DEALER THRIVES IN MORAL VACUUM

Dear Editor,

Concerning the Abbotsford connection to the Fraser Valley "drug war,"
we see our municipality, along with others from Chilliwack to
Vancouver, trying to pay for the countermeasures to protect their citizens.

Taxes are up, but insufficient. All are asking for help from the
province, the province from the federal.

Bottom line: we, the taxpayers, pay.

This taxpayer, like many others, is asking "just how did we get in
this mess?" This time we cannot blame the "new Canadians." Most of
the casualties and the targets are home-grown products of our own
education system.

A fair question is this: what, if anything, has changed in the last
two generations that could be a factor?

How about this? Two generations ago, the Ten Commandments were
posted. School prayer was broadcast. At least it was acknowledgement
that there was a God to whom we were accountable.

Evolution was an idea, no more. Today it is taught as a proven fact,
relegating the Biblical account of creation to mythology.

In many minds now, the Bible is considered an unreliable guide, so ignored.

Fear of God? No more!

In this moral vacuum enters the local drug dealer. Impressive, flashy
clothes, flashy car, flashy gal, the recruiting begins. The gang is formed.

Business is good.

Only one problem: competition. Only one solution: remove it.

The war is on.

R.W. Grieve, Abbotsford