Letter to the Editor

There was a sad spectacle of some lawlessness and vandalism during recent demonstrations in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere. Nevertheless, it also is important that we strive to preserve our Constitutional rights and responsibilities of “freedom of speech” and “the right of the people peacefully to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances …” (“Bill of Rights”, Constitutional Amendment I).
On the other hand, Proverbs 13:20 also readily comes to mind –
“He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.”