Letters to the Editor
Chris Paulson
Published Letters: 3
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sad
[Read the article: Craigslist scam "artists" caught!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I find it pretty sad that the first two letters responding to this article are critical of the criminals only for being inept, but aren't critical in the least as to their lack of ethics/morals. So according to these letter-writers, a lack of understanding of how the internet works is a greater failing than a willingness to steal from others.
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And if the nomination was decided by which candidate collected the most ponies...
[Read the article: Why Hillary Clinton should be winning]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...then the Obama campaign would probably have invested more in collecting ponies.
I have heard variations on this theme before. It is the equivalent of saying that if the Giants had been playing baseball instead of football, all of those touchdowns wouldn't have mattered.
Doesn't it occur to you that if the rules had been different, the Obama campaign might have developed a different strategy based upon those other rules?
What was the point of writing this article?
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Authoritarian dickwads
[Read the article: So long, Canada]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I live in Bellingham, Washington-- about fifteen minutes from the B.C. border, and everyone I know has the same fear of getting one of the asshole border guards angry during a crossing.
In a country where the rule of law is respected, law-abiding citizens have no need to fear the police, or any other security apparatus of the state, because we haven't fucking done anything wrong.
But that's not the case in the country I live in today. Everyone knows you'd better not make any jokes, or look at the bastards funny, or be in too good a mood, or whatever else might make them decide to pull you out of line and subject you to several hours of harrassment.
What makes this particularly stupid is the fact that while I am out hiking and backpacking, I cross the border a couple of times each summer on well-established trails about thirty miles outside of town. In other words, our jackass border guards at the crossings aren't doing anything useful, so there's not even any benefit we're getting in exchange for being treated like second-class citizens.