Letters to the Editor
Solomon the Wise@$$
Published Letters: 21
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Unreported rapes
[Read the article: Dusting off 17th century rape laws]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Okay, let me first say that I am not saying that many rapes and sexual assaults go unreported, nor am I saying that the percentages we are given are inaccurate, so please don't hate me for asking this. How do we know how many people don't report being raped or sexually assaulted? How does one go about quantifying an unknown? I mean, if a crime isn't reported, how do the statisticians know it happened, let alone how many times?
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What about.....
[Read the article: Duke players cleared]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]What about the accuser in this case? When does her name and her face get plastered all over the NATIONAL media? Seems to me that once a rape or sexual assault accusation has been shown to be unfounded (or even malicious), that the rape shiled laws that protect the accuser's identity become null and void for that accuser in that case. She put these young men through hell, and they will face negative consequences from this for many years to come. There will always be a cloud over their heads because someone once said they did it. This is a fact. What about her? She just gets off scott-free? Sounds like double standards are alive and well in this country, especially when it comes to protecting (guilty) women from (innocent) men. Oops, now I'm a misogynyst for saying that, and this post might very well be deleted, er I mean sanitized for your protection. Heaven forbid people actually use their brains rather than spew the propaganda they've grown to rely on. This would be double-plus ungood.
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Pyrian
[Read the article: Duke players cleared]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]A failure to convict is when a jury finds a defendant not guilty. This was not a failure to convict, it never got that far. This was a failure to properly investigate, and when the facts started finally coming to light, it was shown that this woman lied about being attacked. Sorry if that hurts ya there buddy, but this is what went down (no pun intedned). They are innocent, ergo she is guilty of slander at the very least, though we all know it's much worse than that.
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To Emyth and Whispers RE: RealName
[Read the article: This Modern World]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]How ironic. You get so caught up in 'serious discussion' that you completely lose your perspective. What RealName said was a joke, even I can see that, and I am an idiot. Sure, it was in bad taste, but it was still a joke. I love when people get so 'serious' that humor only upsets them. It gives me hope for the future of America and our planet, it truly does. These are the people we need shaping the discussion.
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To gsp Re: SPAM
[Read the article: The U.S. attorneys scandal gets dirty]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You did get the memo, but it ended up in your SPAM folder so you never saw it.
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Guns are NOT the problem
[Read the article: Repeal the Second Amendment]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]And no, I am not a gun owner or a memeber of the NRA. In the 1960's, you could buy fully assembled, fully automatic weapons (read: machine guns) and their required ammunition right out of the Sears catalog by mail, no background check, no ID check to verify age or anything. And yet, we didn't have the kinds of mass killings and gang violence that we have now, with all our regulations, laws, background checks, bans on assault weapons, etc. Yes, there was that man who went up the clock tower and committed a mass murder, but that was beyond even an anomaly back then. The fact of the matter is that it's not the guns causing these problems. It's the general erosion of the spirit that allows people to become so heinous. My heart goes out to the families and friends of those poor, innocent victims of the VA Tech tragedy, but eliminating guns won't cure the disease, it will only mask a symptom.
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I am, however,
[Read the article: Repeal the Second Amendment]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]dyslexic and a bad typist. I apologize for my failure to properly proofread & edit my last post. ;-)
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Mandatory Vaccines
[Read the article: How safe is the HPV vaccine?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]My first reaction was "No way, no how!" to the idea of mandatory vaccines. Then I realized what a moron and hypocrite I am being. Most of us as infants and children had mandatory vaccines against measels, mumps, rubella, smallpox, whooping cough, and a host of others that I cannot think of now. In other words, mandatory vaccines aren't necessarily Orwellian, although I do think each new one should be well discussed and thought out before people allow it to become mandatory. Based on what I have read of this one so far, it seems like a good idea to require this vaccination.
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Everybody seems to have flawed arguments here
[Read the article: This Modern World]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]And I'm sure mine is not much better, but for what it's worth, I am reposting what I posted recently about this same issue just a few days ago... stay tuned!
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Guns are NOT the problem
[Read the article: This Modern World]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]And no, I am not a gun owner or a memeber of the NRA. In the 1960's, you could buy fully assembled, fully automatic weapons (read: machine guns) and their required ammunition right out of the Sears catalog by mail, no background check, no ID check to verify age or anything. And yet, we didn't have the kinds of mass killings and gang violence that we have now, with all our regulations, laws, background checks, bans on assault weapons, etc. Yes, there was that man who went up the clock tower and committed a mass murder, but that was beyond even an anomaly back then. The fact of the matter is that it's not the guns causing these problems. It's the general erosion of the spirit that allows people to become so heinous. My heart goes out to the families and friends of those poor, innocent victims of the VA Tech tragedy, but eliminating guns won't cure the disease, it will only mask a symptom.
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RealName
[Read the article: This Modern World]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Is that supposed to refute my argument somehow? I don't remember making any claims as to Whitman's state of mind, only that it happened and that it was exceedingly rare in a time when such awesome firepower was anyone's for the taking.
If that was purely for my edification, then I thank you for that, though I'll probably forget it in a day or two. ;-)