INFORMERS
Sir,— Every sneak thief, burglar, perjurer, philanderer, embezzler, drug addict, smuggler, bigamist, and a host of other offenders will gladly back B. J. McClelland in his advocacy of “those hard-won freedoms fought for so bitterly over the centuries" if this so-called freedom can be interpreted in such a loose way that informers should be debarred from the freedom of exposing the wrongdoer. It is easy to pick out a few minor evils which the informer should wink at rather than give sach minor culprits away. Who is to be the authority as to where to draw the line? If the informer’s motive is right he is above criticism, but he can never be popular with the offender and, perhaps, the offender’s friends. I am one of the nine of 14 correspondents writing “anonymously" today (alas, no informer).—Yours, etc., JOHN CITIZEN. February 20, 1953.
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Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 26971, 21 February 1953, Page 3
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