Sanctimony is defined as an action or practise of acting as if one were morally superior to other people. One of the most well-known phrases from the Bible on this subject is "let he who is without sin, cast the first stone." For others it seems, it is a year or two at a finishing school that determines suitability for representation in public life. Just as we know our own truth, so too do each of us laugh and cry at different times and for entirely different reasons. - Gerrard Eckhoff is a former Otago Regional councillor and was a two-term Act New Zealand list MP from 1999-2005.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 02, 2023 16:34 UTC