Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 21 Editor's Choice: 1
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Mediocrity ALWAYS attacks excellence.
[Read the article: I was betrayed by people I trusted]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]You know in your heart and mind that you didn’t do anything wrong to warrant such an attack on your character. But some people, especially young, dumb people who are insecure about their fledging identity and place in this world will band together to attack people who they secretly feel are better than them. You are dealing with people who need to tear you down in order to feel like they are somebody of worth. I call them CRAB PEOPLE! I am sure you have seen how crabs in a barrel will hook onto crabs that are about to escape the barrel and hold them in place, often to the point of injury. Same sort of deal with the crab people. And the only thing you can do about crab people is to ignore them and be true to your character. Don’t let them make you bitter or hateful like them because that will only crush your spirit and turn you into a crab person. Don’t let them stop you from seeking out new friends. Remember you didn’t do anything wrong, they wronged you publicly and privately. You don’t need or want people like that in your life. But I guarantee you that in five or ten years, these same losers will be trying their best to get in contact with you, some to apologize if they have gained a smidgen of decency and some to continue to try to put you down because their life is still full of shit. I would advise you to not take their phone calls and block their e-mails because THEY NEED YOU, YOU DON’T NEED THEM.
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I remember a society that knew shame!
[Read the article: The K Chronicles]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I remember a time when men acted like men, you know the quiet, strong type with a heart of gold and a mind like a steel trap, not these emo fools I see shuffling around. I remember a time when if you were from a well heeled family and were caught doing something “improper”, you were sent away to a boarding school, a military school or a mental health hospital so as to not embarrass the family and the rest of society. I remember a world where no one in their right mind would strive to air their dirty laundry or make a complete jackass of themselves on national television. I remember a world where you actually had to have talent, intelligence and persistence to make it in the music business instead of just a look and a certain swagger, you know back in the day when most musicians played an instrument or two. I remember a nation that actually wanted to elect a smart, well-spoken POTUS. And the sad thing is, I am only 34. I weep for the future.
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I almost vomited on my keyboard...
[Read the article: Why bathroom sex is hot]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I just don’t get how having sex in a bathroom especially a men’s public restroom is so titillating for gay, bi or straight men. The act smacks of extreme horniness and bottom of the barrel desperation. We are talking about a frigging toilet here complete with the wafting aroma of fecal matter, piss and BO. YUCK! I don’t care if Halle Berry, Angelina Jolie and [insert favorite porn star here] are in that restroom begging for penetration, there is no way I’m having sex in a nasty ass public restroom.
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Bathroom sex is not hot to me and neither is sexual hypocrisy
[Read the article: Why bathroom sex is hot]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Oh I see how it is around here. If a gay guy says that public bathroom sex is gross, he gets a red star. But if a heterosexual man says the same damn thing, he is perceived as being overly judgmental, intolerant of gays and/or a repressed gay guy. None of these perceptions are remotely true but you all know that already. This is not some gay bashing thing with me; it’s a cleanliness/sexiness thing with me. I like my sex “down and dirty” to a certain extent but not to the point of actually wallowing in a miasma of urine, feces and body order. Cold tile and florescent lights remind me of the morgue not the bedroom. And contrary to popular belief some men, gay, bi and straight, are NOT total sluts. Some of us actually have a reasonable measure of control over our libido. Some of us don’t salivate like Pavlov's dogs at the merest hint of sex. Some of us don’t use gender and sexuality stereotypes as an excuse to engage in risky sexual behavior in PUBLIC. Get it, got it, good!
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Enjoy the silence
[Read the article: Psst! Have you heard...?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]“When I was growing up, both of my parents taught me that gossiping is good for you, that it makes you feel like part of a community, and less lonely, even if what you are doing is pointing out how alienating other people are.”
Funny, my mother told me the opposite. She said, “If you can’t say something nice don’t say anything at all.” My father was even more succinct. He said, “Shut your frigging mouth.” Other common phrases I heard growing up included “It’s none of your damn business. Loose lips sink ships. Don’t rat on your friends.” Furthermore, as I grew I learned about the nature of lies and the people who tell them. A lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth gets its pants on. And that is what most of gossip is, LIES! Or at best gossip is a big ball of lies surrounding a tiny kernel of truth which no one hardly ever gets to see because of all the embellishments people like the article writer pass on when they just have to run their damn mouth. I guess it is different when you are a girl. I mean what’s the worst that can happen to you if you say the wrong thing about the wrong person at the wrong time. Usually not much, not so for a man. To each his own I guess.