In the double header of last Saturday’s(April 22) Border Mail letters to the editor both Bill Baxter and Vicki Meyer expressed their strong disgust for the actions of the green element in pushing back against the over exploitation of our Earth.

Both these people should be well aware of what happens when a paddock is overstocked.  

A smart farmer destocks and changes his farming practices before the damage and destruction becomes irreparable – yet both Mr Baxter and Ms Meyer are saying, in effect, “Let’s just get on with it and shut up the greenies”.

Like an addict who demonises and attacks his/her counselor, like an obese person who discredits and dismisses the advice of their doctor, both your correspondents are attacking the dissenting voice who speaks out for the environment and for a truly sustainable future for we human beings and all other biodiversity on our finite Earth.

Shoot the messenger of the unpalatable message.

On behalf of Wodonga RSL Sub Branch we would like to thank the support from our local community in attendance at both dawn and morning services held on Anzac Day.

We are very thankful of the support of Wodonga City Council for their ongoing support and organisational assistance, also Wodonga Citizen band always ready to help us when required,

Ross Draper for his magnificent bugle playing, Lisa Cullen for her beautiful rendition of both National Anthems.

The school children who marched and laid wreaths in soaking wet weather, a wonderful sight to see.

To all those that volunteered to make the day a success, we thank you.

The 2017 Anzac commemoration was very encouraging in its description of describing the evolving values of our nation and community.

The Field of Remembrance included members of other faiths, remembering those who defend the freedoms of our country, indigenous people were acknowledged as those who first fought for Australia.

The contribution of women and the way that conflict affects the development and outcomes of children were highlighted, which is why the reference to Jesus on the Anzac battlefield seems as though it belongs to a back issue of a celebrated local paper.

Dismissing those who have been forgotten in public Anzac commemorations as some sort of nuisance and firing down the barrel of yesterday at those who stand up against injustice seems at odds with a publication that has received such professional acclaim for its sensitive and contemporary reporting resulting in positive community change.

Jesus has frequently been hijacked or taken hostage to fight battles against change, even by flat earth fundamentalists, against in the abolition of slavery, discrimination on the basis of race or cultural background, his presence to give muscle to suppress the role women, including women’s ordination and leadership and to compromise best outcomes for children and diverse communities.

How Jesus could not be seen as present in protests by oppressed, gagged or nailed up minorities and yet found in a particular uniform on the field of battle at Gallipoli is nothing short of a  theological and editorial wonder.