Bad Example Not Good!
Another Letter to the Editor
Saturday, May 2, 2020
Saturday, May 2, 2020
Bad Example Not Good!
4/30/2020
Hello, Everyone!
Finally took my first walk without a jacket this week.
It has been somewhat cool here in Wyoming till now,
but yesterday, I got out into the yard and did some cleanup
before the grass turns green and flowers start blooming.
I sure am looking forward to that - and Thankfully,
I won't have to worry about social distancing to get out into the yard.
I am still working on that poem/song I said I was going to
write due to being shut in because of the virus.
It's called NEW WORLD COMING. I did write a verse,
but not having any pressure to do more, I will work out
maybe two additional verses in time.
After that, I will pass it along - for what it's worth.
And "for what it's worth," I submitted another letter to the editor
this morning that I wrote yesterday.
It is all about "good example" or doing what you proclaim
others should do. I will let that letter speak for itself -
though I had to reduce it from an original 475 words to 350
to fit within our paper's guidelines. I am glad I have an opportunity
to speak out at all, however. So I am not complaining.
And since today is a good friend's 79th birthday,
let me wish ole Joe - with whom I worked at Rocky Flats
in Colorado in the 70s - a HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JOE!
Stay safe - and stay in when you can.
Gently,
Francis William Bessler
Laramie, Wyoming
& wife, Nancy Shaw
SUBJECT: BAD EXAMPLE FOR ALL
I think the best that one can give in this world is example. If you direct someone else to do something, do it yourself first. Practice what you recommend. If you don’t, then it should be obvious that you don’t believe in your direction – and therefore, you are lacking in integrity, to say the least. One who leads should think about what they are recommending – and then do it first if their offering is truly authentic.
For awhile now, I have been tuning it to the Presidential press conferences. I have heard all on the stage before the press offer that we should social distance and wear a mask when in public – if we are near enough to pass on the bug called COVID-19; but I do not see any of those on the stage of these Presidential press conferences doing what they are offering others should do. Not our president, not our vice-president, not anyone on that stage. Where is the example in that?
What does it matter that our president and vice president ignore their own recommendations? It matters because their example leads others to fail to follow proper direction as well. How can we blame anyone who goes into a store without a mask if our president and vice president do not even present good example before us? They tell us they don’t wear masks because from being tested they know they are virus free, but how do we, the public, know that?
President Trump offers that his recent “executive order” that meat packing plants stay operational because they are “essential” goes forward with recommendations that workers are tested and have to follow the rules, but no one can sue a plant if those recommendations are not carried out. How sweet is that? The president and his vice president can follow the rules if they want, but are exempt from consequences if they don’t. Likewise, industries like meat packing plants can follow the rules, but by “executive order” are free of consequences if they don’t. Where, oh where, is the wisdom of that? Go figure!