Sir, Fr M. Cullen OSA (June 3rd) quotes Napoleon as saying that he prefers to see a child entrusted to a man who knows only his catechism rather than to an educated teacher who rejects religion. To abandon religion will lead to a situation where "anarchy is loosed upon the world".
Perhaps Fr Cullen should have sought teachers who were educated rather than merely religious. Anarchy does not mean chaos, disorder or savagery. It is the theory of socialism based on a grassroots democracy, without government or other minority rule. It is what the French call libertarian socialism. Yours, etc., Fairview, Dublin 3.