Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 19 Editor's Choice: 1
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chiming in...
[Read the article: My life as a man]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]<<Every man poses a possible danger to every woman.>>
Indeed.
Every automobile poses a possible danger to every woman as well. Obviously, for this sole reason, we must do away with all of them immediately.
But then again, I have (dear and beloved) female friends and family who pose a clear and present danger to their poor vehicles. Works both ways.
On topic, I enjoyed the review and wouldn't mind picking up this book.
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Re: "Too much of Salon.com makes one sick in the stomach!!!"
[Read the article: How do you like your democracy now, Mr. Bush?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Checking... no. No, I'm pretty sure it was the burrito I got from Ralph's Lunch Wagon. Thanks for the tip though. I'll, uh, keep it in mind.
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*Sigh* My $0.02.
[Read the article: How to run good]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Apologies if this is redundant; I've only read 4 of the 7 letter pages here.
First, I do know what it's like to be a liberal at a NASCAR race. I've done it many times.
Some of these letters state in essence that 'we' shouldn't lower ourselves to 'those' people. My question for those posters is: do you actually know or spend time with any of 'those' people? I do. One of them has been my best friend, through times fantastic and horrible. He has a strange obsession with Kevin Harvick, but we're all weird in one way or another. It might also surprise you that I know several talented, fantastically intelligent women who are, *gulp*, NASCAR fans.
I also know a guy who goes to the track and unfurls his confederate flag before sitting to enjoy his beer. He's not an evil person. He was even nice enough to hand me a beer and let me question his decision to fly that particular symbol. We agreed to strongly disagree, but neither one of us saw that as a reason not to chat and enjoy a good race.
My point is simply that it's easy to blame groups of people that you have no contact with. I think Bush is a C-student jerk who'd buy Dogs Playing Poker too, but consider that the people who voted for him may have had a deeper reason than a desire to piss you off.
--bleeding heart racefan
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Re: bobr900 (and off-topic)
[Read the article: No fear]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Think about laying off the caps lock key. Regardless of content, a post with excessive caps screams "hysterical tract" or "propaganda" or "Cliff's Notes" and many people won't bother to read it. I'm being earnest here, not sarcastic or harsh. Go easy on the caps, captain.
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"Movies based on comic books are fundamentally flawed."
[Read the article: "X-Men: The Last Stand"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]How so? To my knowledge (I've never worked in cinema), many movies are story-boarded in preproduction, in essence turning them into comic strips.
Many of them are flawed, but not as a result of the medium they sprang from.
My $0.02
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"Since then, the state has continued to "develop" at an alarming rate."
[Read the article: Destination: Arizona]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Indeed. As an Arizona resident who was also born here, I am a rare creature.
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Another typical white "rawk dude" agrees:
[Read the article: The riot quiets]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Yes, people other than NY/LA rock critics enjoy S-K. They're on my shelf right next to my Slayer albums. No joke and I'll miss them.
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I predict this will be the longest letter section ever.
[Read the article: I'm young, rich and beautiful but so very unhappy]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]My two cents: since you (LW) don't have to worry about the day-to-day struggle to stay above water, take a goodly amount of time each week and volunteer. Help people who desperately need it. Giving to charity is good, but it takes only a few minutes of your time and almost no emotional investment. If you'd like to cure what ails you, give your *time* and some physical effort. And get to know some people who've been kicked in the teeth by life.
What I mean is that you're in a special position to fight the good fight. You don't have to struggle on behalf of yourself; fight on behalf of those who can't do it themselves. Get your hands dirty.
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Irony for the win.
[Read the article: Help, I can't stop talking!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]As one of those silent-types, I was thinking of how much compulsive talkers irritate me... while compulsively reaching for my pack of cigarettes. So, in a manner of speaking, I should also STFU. Damn it.
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Re: "helpful to a normal, average American"
[Read the article: Men who hate women on the Web]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]So... what exactly is a Normal Average American? Can you describe this creature?
Never mind.
My two cents is that the Salon letters feature needs to be an all-or-nothing affair. Either have them or don't, but don't police them, no matter how inane or offensive or boring they turn out. Slippery-slope principle and all that. I thought the site was more enjoyable without them. By which I mean that you (Salon) shouldn't really listen to a single damn one of us (commenters) and keep publishing whatever you like.
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I've a suggestion:
[Read the article: Men who hate women on the Web]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]My local paper's website requires you to fill out a short, general questionnaire (gender, ZIP code, etc.) before you view the articles.
Maybe, to access the comments section here, you could be required to pass a very short (2 or 3 questions) quiz on the concept of logical fallacies. Not to reduce the comments to cold Mr. Spock style quips, but just to ensure the posters have a passing familiarity with critical thinking. Then, having passed this short quiz, you're still free to be as snarky or immature as you like. But, if you can't identify, say, a false dilemma when you see one, no comment for you.
Hell, I'd pay a few dollars more on my subscription to see this.
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Yep.
[Read the article: Salon's new letters registration policy]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]*thumbs up*
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Stripping my gears pulling your weight.
[Read the article: I still have a job, but I've completely stopped working!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]sansho1 wrote:
"...I have worked with people like the two of you.
'There may be cogs around us that have also stopped working'
Maybe, but it's more likely that the other cogs are working harder because you're not doing crap."
I have one of those wonderful jobs where I cannot go home until my assigned tasks are done (if I want to be employed the next day). When a fellow employee with an earlier shift slacks off, it hits me right where it hurts: in the Personal Time. Ouch.
LW, I won't tell you to get back to work; the machine is disgustingly corrupt. But you might do your friends a favor, namely, quit and go do something that gets your brain firing.