Letters to the Editor
ironocrat
Published Letters: 205 Editor's Choice: 4
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Drive by comment!
[Read the article: Salon's new letters registration policy]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]See subject!
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Utterly terrible crap
[Read the article: Real inconvenient truths]
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Aaaaahahahaha
[Read the article: The joys of home fries and wine]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...and the Salon letter writers inexplicably reach a new low. Everytime I start thinking it might be nice to go premium here, a nice letters thread such as this one pops up to remind me how out of touch, imperious, and other adjectives people here are.
I mean shit, I'm a liberal, but some of you are like meta-liberals.
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"nary a peep from the gun crowd"
[Read the article: Gun control or "hopes and prayers"?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I seriously tire of this argument that is often repeated stating how the "gun crowd" has not protested the actions of the Current Occupant.
First, the "gun crowd" is us. We are Democrats and we are Republicans and we are every other party. The 50% (or whatever statistic) that own firearms and the 50% that may vote Republican are not the same 50%, as the comments here should teach you.
Second, you're constructing a false argument. Without doing much research of my own, I'm willing to accept that the NRA has not spoken up about wiretapping, DoJ attorneys, etc. However, I'm also unable to locate any indications of (for instance) the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence speaking up either. My admittedly sarcastic question for you is, where were the Brady people? Are they pro-Bush? I'm taken aback that there has been "nary a peep from the anti-gun crowd" regarding these abuses of civil rights.
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I'll be damned
[Read the article: Rapist No. 1 action figure]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I've been reminded why I don't read Broadsheet.
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What the hell?
[Read the article: "It's like when 9/11 happened"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm a VT alum and lost a friend yesterday. I know dozens of alumni, current students, and faculty... So far the only people making a race issue is (apparently) right wingers whom I don't listen to, and Salon. Oh, and two Koreans at Tech that have not been discriminated against in any way.
Thanks Salon!
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This is just too good
[Read the article: Why Democrats dumped gun control]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]In response to RealName, above:
"1. Let's make it illegal for people under 21 to drink so there won't be any alcohol related deaths on American campuses.
We actually do and such bans in fact work. Also we put quality standards on alcohol so that people don't drink battery acid."
This has to be the funniest thing I have ever read in Salon. Seriously, Joan is probably looking up your phone number right now so they can get rid of Paglia. If you really believe what you wrote then you really need to go outside.
"2. Let's ban drugs so there will be no more drug related crime.
We do ban drugs, one can argue it's a failure but you in fact have no way of knowing what would happen if heroin crack and meth were legal."
A non-response if I've ever seen one.
"3. While we're at it, let's make drunk driving illegal. That will "save" lots of lives.
About half of the people who were killed wrecks compared to 1975. Plus we require people to wear seatbelts which also save lives."
Neither of which relates to the illegality of drunk driving.
You seem very devoted to keeping your head in the sand on this one, especially considering the inflammatory remarks you've felt the need to post every page or so to try and get someone to play with you. Well, I guess it worked.
I lost a friend on Monday and all of this doesn't mean anything to me. How did this guy slip through the cracks? That's all I really wonder these days...
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Rape?
[Read the article: At her majesty's pleasure]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I've re-read once or twice now, and I'd like someone to point out where Kurth actually claims he was raped.
He certainly mentions prison rape in the abtstract sense early on, but very clearly steers clear of the accusation later.
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Excuse me, but...
[Read the article: At her majesty's pleasure]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...wasn't he jailed because he broke a law (occupying a restricted area of the aircraft and refusing to leave once warned)?
I mean yeah the guy's an asshole, no one should be arrested for behaving as such, but that's not why he was arrested. You're perfectly welcome to be rude to a police officer, but I wouldn't recommend it if you are also in violation of one or more laws.
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Re: Withholding votes
[Read the article: Biden alone]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Yeah, that's a great way to ensure that John Q. Republican wins every time, since Grandma and Grandpa and most of the evangelicals will reliably turn out to vote.
Withholding votes is total bullshit.
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Cellular phones
[Read the article: Hummer makes a cell phone]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]When will the US market get a phone that (a) is a good phone (battery life, reception, ergonomics) (b) is not an exceedingly mediocre anything else (camera, computer, home theater, George Foreman grill) and (c) is not a cube 4 inches on a side nor is it 8 inches tall and 0.05 thick that (d) will not break in 4.5 weeks so you can buy another (undiscounted) phone?
Not to imply that the Hummer phones appear to meet any of the above, but the state of the mobile phone market (in the US at least) has me baffled. Does anyone over 15 honestly use their phone to watch HILARIOUS Bam Margera videos or download the latest Ciara turd? Yet that represents the entire business model of our providers...
/rant