Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 324 Editor's Choice: 8
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Elephantam
[Read the article: Obama: "I am outraged"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I know you aren't talking to me, but I wanted to respond.
I don't think Wright is a lunatic. Growing up in the Bay Area, I met a lot of people who subscribe to Conspiracy Theories. I don't see how someone beleive AIDS was created by the government is anymore evil or crazy than folks who beleive any of the 9/11 Conspiracy theories, JFK Conspiracy theories or that Aliens landed in Roswell. In fact, the theory that AIDS was created in a lab and injected into Africans isn't something Wright made up, or is in fact, only beleived by black people. I beleive the book where Wright got this conspiracy was written by a white guy.
I also don't think people who beleive the world was created in 7 days, despite the overwhelming scientific evidence to the contrary, are somehow evil and crazy and pandering politicians. Sure, I find it silly, and possibly the oldest conspiracy theory in history, but to each his or her own.
I don't really understand why Wright's conspiracy theories upset you so much. You seem to imply that Wright's opinion are detrimental to the black community, like we're children who can't be exposed to controversial ideas, weigh the facts, and make a rational decision? Damned left brain thinking! (I know, I know, you don't beleive that.) Or maybe you think its not good for race relations, because it might cause anger on the part of black people against the government? I really don't understand.
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I always thought poppets were evil (Non-Sequitor)
[Read the article: Barbie vs. Bratz XVII: The Reckoning]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Kind of like voodoo dolls. Whereas a puppet is a representation of itself (puppets usually have their own personality distinctive from their masters and are not just a simulacrum of a human being) , a poppet is a representation of a human that could be used for nefarious purposes such as voudon and/or black magic. But this distinction could have just been made up in my own mind; for example, I thought "naval" oranges were called that because the British Navy used them to fight off scurvy during the 1700s. I had a whole story about it. I mean, I came up with that when I was a kid and it was only recently that I took a look at an orange and realized WHY they were called navel. It was an AHA moment.
So Gams, I could be crazy, but maybe those Bratz dolls are evil poppets.
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If everyone has Herpes... (Last billy)
[Read the article: Our friend got drunk and went to a hotel room with a bunch of Marines]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]then why should the talk be hard?
I remember I was at this Sushi Restaurant in the City and I was sitting next to this couple who was having a long conversation (on their first date) about their herpes. Presumambly, they met on a Herpes website. They were both attractive people, older, well dressed, and if I hadn't had been all up in the kool-aid, I wouldn't have pegged them as having an STD.
I mean, herpes is painful, and kind of icky, but in the grand scheme of things, if everyone has it (and just hasn't had an outbreak I guess) then why is it so awful? Granted, you can't get rid of it, but like I said, they have Herpes dating websites. And it doesn't wreck your fertility like the treatable STDs.
I do have a close friend who has it. She got if from her boyfriend, who presumambly got if from his ex. He's never had an outbreak though, as far as he can tell, and the test he took was inconclusive. Or something, I'm not really sure of the details. It must suck having to tell every partner that you have herpes, but I'd much rather be with a guy who knew he had herpes and told me, than with a guy who is blissfully unaware. Besides, condoms aren't necessarily that effective against herpes anyway. All it takes is one accidental touch, and bam, blister central.
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I'm sorry, but everyone in this situation is pretty much an idiot
[Read the article: Did "crying rape" lead to murder?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I don't have that much sympathy for the dead guy, either.
Call me old-fashioned, but any person, male or female, who screws around with a married person, especially in bum-da-fuck Texas, land of hotheaded shoot first ask question later types, is an idiot. If you do decide to fuck around, for the love of God be incredibly careful and don't do it in front of her house! It's like he wanted to die and the wife wanted to get caught. That's a Darwin award in the making.
There is a reason why adultery is on the Ten Commandments; people are inherently jealous and crazy when they find out their spouse is having sex with someone else. Men and Women are bad about that.
I speak from experience. My cousin is walking around with a bullet in his head because he screwed around with the wrong woman. My cousin hasn't been right since then; headaches, craziness, etc. He did, however, learn to keep his dick in his pants when it came to MILFs.