US is not above the law

October 29, 2002

Dear Sir,

If America attacks Iraq without the agreement of the Security Council and the United Nations she will be destroying these institutions which took so long to set up and setting a dangerous precedent thus making the world a dangerous place. America is not above international law.

GEORGE GAIL

Paget

Letter was a slander

October 29, 2002

Dear Sir,

Regarding the letter to the editor that was printed in the Oct. 29 edition entitled: No Emmys Here.

I fail to see what particular news article or current event this letter relates to. It would seem this letter has been printed for no reason other than to slander the governing party.

No meaningful statements are made in the letter, and no evidence is given to support the writer's sweeping and broad claims of the government's incompetence.

Even more dubious, the writer's name has been withheld. Why?

Why does The Royal Gazette see fit to publish any letter that is sent to it, regardless of its worth?

ANDY SMITH

City of Hamilton

Exercise your rights

October 29, 2002

Dear Sir,

They say that one of the rights of being a stockholder is the right to vote. Unfortunately, this right as a shareholder has been removed from individual investors since they became corporate investors via mutual funds, insurance policies, or pension funds.

However, this does not mean that individual investors have no say in corporate matters. All it means is that they must voice their concerns via the institutional investors managing their money.

Since the US government obviously has priorities other than the economy, it is up to the individual investor to do something to improve our economic situation. One way is to start pressuring the mutual funds, pension funds, and insurance companies to vote at shareholders meetings on issues that concern the hard working employee the most - e.g. present job security and the future of his retirement fund (both affected by corporate governance).

The Retired Teachers Pension in the US has begun to exert their voting rights as shareholders by voting at corporate shareholders meetings for improved corporate governance and accountability.

HANNI K. VON METZGER

Southampton