Letters to the Editor
edziu's muse
Published Letters: 514 Editor's Choice: 21
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spell check takes too long
[Read the article: There's a cougher in the office and it's driving me mad!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]While on vacation, I forgot how to spell too! LW, good thing I don't work at your newspaper.
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just want to say
[Read the article: Why me? What did I do to deserve Bell's palsy?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Damn Cary, you are good.
I'd cut/paste some examples, but really, you made me cry. Maybe I am just lachrymose.
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digging in late but really why the hate on her?
[Read the article: Why me? What did I do to deserve Bell's palsy?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Why are some of you are so f-ing MEAN? Get a life! You come here to be cruel? Bitter? I think the poster Garry Owen said it best so I'll quote him:
"Feel free to insult me as well. I use your hateful energy during my workouts. Burns calories."
LW, ignore the mean-spirited or use their words for fuel. The contemptuous nature of some responses is outrageous! You said you had a philianderer Dad and a drunk Mom, and you found ways to survive, which means you can get over this just like the other hurdles. I wish you luck and send barbs to the haters.
Damn people, she is pregnant and scared. Why all the hate and the "people are starving/at war/children suffering/torture/worse diseases" projection? This is her current reality and she was writing to unload some of it, that's all. For the person who called her a princess and taunted her, you are a coward too. It's easy to hurl insults here as anon. Apparently, you've suffered and learned absolutely nothing from it.
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dudes and dogs
[Read the article: Ellen, the dog bullies and me]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Ah, Heather, You mix truth with jest so nicely!
"...usually in the wake of a very bad boyfriend and in the company of a very good doggy."
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I am here to read Cary.
[Read the article: Why me? What did I do to deserve Bell's palsy?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Don't care if a LW is real or not, I don't plan on meeting LW anytime soon. Cary's poetic advice stands. Mean people still suck. Kind posts are still helpful. Let's spank the LW on national TV, like Oprah did with James Frey, shall we?
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therapy
[Read the article: My wife thinks I'm cheating on her -- but I'm not!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]For you and for her. Search specialists in PTSS and begin talking with one that fits, individually and as a couple. It sounds like you want to work on this and it will take some time, like any relationship in trouble. Paranoia and jealousy seem to be poisoning your life. She is out of control and you are in danger of being dragged into the quicksand if you don't do something immediately.
I've let things get out of control in relationships, and the clean up afterwards will proliferate if you feel ambivalent. Believe me LW, I have stories... at least you aren't in denial! Best of luck to you and thanks to you and to your wife for your service.
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Back to the middle
[Read the article: Earth to PETA]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It's nice to know that people care, find an issue and put their hearts and souls into it. Most people are far too comfortable and complacent to bother with anything beyond their myopic singular lives. However, I agree completely with those saying there is a middle way. The poster who said that PETA is taking things too far, is correct.
The last campaign PETA had that affected me was an ad where runway models were taking off fur coats and as they dragged down the catwalk, there was a trail of blood. It gave info about the number of small animals required to make a fashion statement and how they were killed. Disturbing and powerful.
About food: Most people do eat meat but maybe we don't need so much of it. Moderation is a good thing to discuss in any case. About population growth: Most countries are multiplying too fast, with too many births. If you check the stats you'll notice the citizens of the U.S. are having fewer babies and generations are stretched more than ever.
I guess what I am attempting to say is that at this point everyone is so checked out, that any group or person getting attention on a topic like the environment or cruelty to animals is at least trying to make changes. Even if they are annoying and missing the middle way. Even it they are screechy and self-righteous. Complacent is worse.
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Another show gets too clever
[Read the article: I Like to Watch]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]HH, Thanks for saying exactly what I've been thinking about Californication (and Weeds, which continues to be one of the best). Lately I just want to punch Hank! As soon as they had his self-aggrandizing Daddy on the show with the posthumous letter, it was all over. And I really thought his one-liners were so funny! What a disappointment that they are making it seem more important that it is.
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stirring her own stuff up and using you
[Read the article: My boss says I'm a lesbian but I'm not!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I think this has everything to do with what is appropriate/comfortable in the workplace and nothing to do with your gender/sexuality/personality or the details of the people you work with. If you like your job, stay, but if you can find another without too much chaos, go for it.
I don't understand why she is making your sexual preferences such a big deal. Maybe you are one hot hetero? It is her issue and you need to remove yourself from this situation if you feel harassed. When someone is paying too much attention to you, and in this particular way, trust the warning bells and get the hell out. She sounds creepy, grabbing your arm and creating drama.
And for the record, if this "she" boss were a "he", or it were some other combo of random behaviors and projections, I'd say exactly the same thing.
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Did you call him or did he just knock?
[Read the article: An elderly salesman terrorized me in front of my kids!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]My Mom used to let the Fuller Brush Man in because she felt sorry for him and his bad combover, but this sounds like more than just cleaning supplies and shoe horns. Come on LW, extract your head from your rear and get this company out of your space.
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benw-sf
[Read the article: An elderly salesman terrorized me in front of my kids!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Why do you come here? Why not post on a site that you enjoy, with a writer you actually like?
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Belief and beer
[Read the article: Should I come out as an atheist?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It is clear your questions cause things to get philosophical, but if I remember correctly, college is filled with people who are focused mostly on themselves and or drinking. Maybe they aren't paying attention to you or your beliefs as closely as you think.