Letters to the Editor
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Published Letters: 324 Editor's Choice: 8
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It's all about CYOA
[Read the article: Why don't we have a male pill yet?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Cover Your Own Ass.
I think its ridiculous that pharmaceutical companies would argue that women wouldn't trust their men. This pill for men (or patch, or whatever) doesn't have anything to do with women! It's about men being able to control whether or not they have kids beyond abstinence and condoms.
If I were a man, and I wanted to make sure that my girlfriend wasn't putting a hole in her diaphragm, forgetting her birth control in her mother-in-law's car (that's what my brother's ex did...she ofcourse got pregnant...my mother found it under her seat just when the new little bundle of joy was announced) or just plain forgetting to take her pills due to no malice, then I would opt for a man-pill. Wouldn't it be nice to know that I won't have any little bastards running around whom I would have to support forever because of 30 minutes of pleasure 9 months before? Basically for men its either a vasectomy, a condom, or the ol' pull out method, and pretty much every couple I know who uses the latter gets knocked up at some point.
Women, however, have so many choices out there that its ridiculous.
If men and women both took responsibility for themselves and stopped having to rely on the other, trust the other, or trust the efficacy of the others birth control, then I think the world would be a much fairer place. It could truly cut down on the number of men "trapped" into fatherhood.
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@Maureen
[Read the article: Whew!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Doesn't Arabic have its own alphabet? So any translation of the words into English could be suspect.
I've seen the word Hezballah spelled so many different ways in so many different publications I'm not sure how to spell the word. (I've seen Hizbollah, Hezbollah, Hezballa, etc.) Maybe the same is true of the word djinn. I've seen it spelled jinn as well. And jin.
I know that when I studied Japanese, I noticed many different spelling for words in romanji, which is why my professors frowned upon us learning how to convert Japanese script into our alphabet. Maybe the same is true for Arabic. Though I'm sure you know more about this than I do, since you know everything. ;)
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Okay, a bullet was dodged, so let us bow our heads and pray
[Read the article: Edwards admits to affair]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Dear Jesus (or whatever deity you pray to)
Thank you for hardening the hearts of the voting public to Edwards awesome platform for poor Americans.
Thank you for the media which made this, throughout the primary season, a two person dog fight between Clinton and Obama.
AMEN!
(Just think what would have happened if Edwards was our nominee? There is no way this country would vote for a man who fucked around on his wife who is now dying of cancer, even though she was in remission at the time.)
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Silly blogger, gymnastic tricks ARE for kids
[Read the article: Why are gymnasts so young?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Especially since most elite gymnists start out as toddlers. I took my first gymnastic class (tumbling) at the tender age of 2 1/2. I did it until I was 5. The coach told my mom I'd never make it past tumbling because they assumed I'd be tall like her (she's 5'9". I'm only 5'4") AND I already had a rather large posterior that made it hard for me to do any of the easy tricks the other kids could do. I pretty much stopped a back hand walk overs. I couldn't even do a flip.
But, anyhoo, just think about it; You've been training non-stop since you were 5 or 6 years old (before that, its mostly playing around doing handstands and rolls and what not.) By the time you're in your twenties, your body is tired. And probably in constant pain from all of the injuries you've had during the years.
Unlike other sports, I don't think the juice really gives you any edge, other than allowing you to compete injured. You don't want to be bulkier in gymnastics; the judges don't like it.
So basically, the only edge out there is to be really young. I'm fine with it, personally, especially considering the kind of sacrifices those young girls make to be the best. So what if you have to retire at 18. You've earned it.
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Models are glorified coat hangers
[Read the article: Quote of the day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]There I said it. And I'm sorry, Robert Cavalli is pretty much repeating what everyone already knows; the era of the Supermodel has pretty much ended. Designers and those who work in the fashion industry got fed up with paying exorbitant prices to spoiled, drug addicted (Moss) genetic freaks and instead opted to hire grateful genetic freaks from 3rd world countries who are just happy to have a meal once in awhile and that their parents didn't sell them into sexual slavery back in Kreplekistancheck.
Cosmetic companies and even fashion houses realized that for their shows all they need are leggy coat hangers to show their clothes, and for print and television media, why not use actresses who are happy to stay in the media's eye in order to keep their momentum going between acting gigs.
High fashion models still make bank, but nowhere near what the Klums, the Campbells, the Banks, or even the Budchen's do (she's probably the last supermodel, Gisel Budchen.)
I say good riddance.
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BabyGrumpus
[Read the article: The beast]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Give it up, I don't think anyone is gonna bite. If you think being a gymnast is comprable to being a dog in a dog show, a circus freak, or whatever, then you are entitled to your opinion. Stop trying to instigate, though; people are already offended enough by Sey's deep down bitterness that they don't have time to pay attention to you. Well, except for me that is.