Warrior’s a worry

At last the real reason.
Last week’s letter from our regular complainer Alan Coutinho Hogan (Something to Look Forward To, Mail Opinion, 5 November) revealed several things which make his constant war with “the Guvmin” and all who sail in her much clearer.
Alan (I’m not being friendly or familiar, its just the rest is such a mouthful) says he is becoming a keyboard worrier.
How true, he worries me every time he gets near a keyboard.
Ah, perhaps he meant keyboard warrior, in which case he is very lightly armed in the word-power and English usage department.
In classic terms, he is taking a knife to a gunfight.
But the real revelation comes late in his letter where he admits in his own words his ulterior motive for running (unsuccessfully) for council.
I quote Alan exactly: “Don’t take politicians seriously, they are only there to feed their own needs.”
So, by his own admission, the cat is out of the bag, he ran “to feed his own needs”.
But I guess we all do things through rational self-interest.
John Nieman,
Monbulk.