Letters to the Editor
meeneecat
Published Letters: 37 Editor's Choice: 1
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And about the urine...
[Read the article: Massive police raids on suspected protesters in Minneapolis]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I just wanted to point out something about the urine. First of all, it's not a crime to have urine in a household. Someone else pointed out that it can also be used for tanning, well the point I want to make is this: I live with older people in a house in which our family has lived in for quite a long time (before even, the use of the toilet was common). And believe it or not but chamber pots are still used in my household today! I assume it's a holdover from the olden days (yes the ppl in my house are that old!). But certainly if the police raided my house at five in the morning, they would find pots of urine. Does that make my 90 year old grandma a terrorist? I don't think so.
It's also understandable that with 25 people in the house that was raided, and with the bathroom probably being very crowded, some of the tenents probably figured it would be easier to just pee in a bucket. Makes sense to me.
So, by my standards, I don't see why the urine thing is such a big deal. On some of the local paper sites, I saw commenters who were using the fact that the cops found urine as evidence that these people had to be "terrorists". Again, what it comes down to is the fact that it's not illegal to have urine in your house, Heck, a century ago it would have been expected in just about every household.
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@maryjane (and others) comment on other sites
[Read the article: Massive police raids on suspected protesters in Minneapolis]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Maryjane, that's a good idea to comment on some of the other sites that are suffering from a major case of idiocy, here's some of the local papers whose comment pages I've been appalled by (of course there are some good reasonable comments on these pages as well) but they could all use a boost from some of the Salon readership. Here's some links:
http://www.twincities.com/ci_10339642?source=most_viewed
http://www.startribune.com/politics/27695244.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O:DW3ckUiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUnciatkEP7DhUsr
http://www.twincities.com/ci_10344356?source=most_emailed
You'll have to cut and paste these, note the second link doesn't all fit on one line.