Sympathy for Ms JunosDecember 9, 2011Dear Sir,I don’t know Ms Junos or her sins. My disgust is not about her, it is about the headlines in The Royal Gazette today. That one person has the authority to issue an order to evict someone from their residence under those circumstances sends shivers down my spine. I am also disgusted at the team of men who went in and followed orders. Why did they agree to such a cruel and demeaning act? They should have refused when told to throw her belongings onto a truck and cart it away. Did they not for one moment say “This could be happening to me”?I went all through the war in England so I can visualise the scene when the SS thugs went into Jewish homes, breaking down the door, rampaging through their things, evicting them out onto the street and dumping their belongings. Are we so far behind the dreaded Nazis when we can in this day and age, in this precious Island, perpetrate such an act? Imagine having a dog and dragging him out of his home, shooing him away and destroying his kennel. Was Ms Junos given any better?Evict yes, if that was legal and all up front, but do not demean her and throw her photos away and private papers and belongings. Could that not be called theft? What of human rights? I feel so moved at her plight, to come home and see what was happening to her world. Aren’t we our brother’s keeper? We must surely all care what happens to each of us. The response, of course, will be: “I was just following orders.” That is what they said at the Nuremberg Trials. We all have choices, is there no limit to what a person will do to protect himself from the discomfort of standing up and saying “No”, refusing to do what he knows is wrong? Yesterday’s act was wrong, and one can only hope that goodness will overcome evil and that the judicial system will be able to give her guidance and help.DIANA WILLIAMSPembroke