Letters

Wyn Hilty responds: Let me make my position clear. I am not denying the existence or the seriousness of the Y2K problem. Even the most optimistic experts agree that it will cost billions of dollars and an ungodly number of man-hours to fix-money and time that could be better spent on, say, feeding the hungry (or giving Congress another raise). My argument was simply that there is such a preponderance of evidence on all sides of the "How serious will it be?" question that when it comes to deciding who to believe, the choice is governed more by faith than by a rational process. And unfortunately, North, the man leading the "end of the world as we know it" crowd, is driven by a faith that believes, among other things, that homosexuals should be put to death. Y2K is a technical problem, not a hearty raspberry from a vengeful God, and I resent that religious fanaticism rather than technical expertise is partly shaping public policy on the issue.