As her own voice screeched above the nighttime traffic rumble outside a Melbourne strip club, excellent evidence for the case against the constitutional Voice, Lidia Thorpe again mastered her arguments with decidedly less eloquence than a drunken sailor. (Closing time for loud Lidia, 18/4). If the constitutional acknowledgment is to be seen as a reward, one must ask for what? With child sexual abuse rampant and its effects palpably afflicting law and order in Alice Springs, the campaign for a Voice is naught but a distraction from taking urgent action. Ms Thorpe’s spite filled lexicon from the gutters of Melbourne instils no confidence in what The Voice might be saying one day. If The Voice is to establish some level of equality, one must ask why it is then so divisive, giving a minority the dominance in a purported democracy. Until the major cultural and social problems are resolved amongst Indigenous Australians, there cannot be a unity or homogeneity which would make a Voice representative, balanced or constructive. A plethora of nebulous details might minimise targets in the “Yes” case, but such a strategy will see fear win the “No” case. Alan Sexton, North Parramatta. 19Apr2023.