Letters to the Editor
LeCastor
Published Letters: 1916 Editor's Choice: 86
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Man:
[Read the article: Dutch Cabinet pushes for burqa ban]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]How dishonest! Anyone who spent a few moments researching the UCLA library card fiasco would see a kid who was looking to make trouble - not a kid who got tasered because he forgot his library card.
Also dishonest. Maybe he was, in the worst case, looking to make trouble. So what did he do? he "went limp" and yelled accusations. He never physically attacked anyone and made no such threats. In my opinion, that's never enough to taser anyone.
You like to carry water for Muslims - that's fine - but those who pretend that Muslims are the new black folk, don't know American history - and you're not from America, are you?
Low blow. Does one have to be born in the US to know American history? I can read English, even write it. I went to American public schools, just like you did. :)
Arab Muslims in America enjoy a higher standard of living than they do in any country in the world - bar none - and live better - far better - than most blacks or Latinos. Unlike Muslim countries - which inhibit Muslims from praying as they see fit (and outlaw most other religions or religious expression), or Europe - where Muslims are told what to wear and when, American Muslims are free to dress as oppresively as they see fit.
So is this the "they should be grateful for what we have already graciously given them" argument? as in, "well, yeah, maybe we're mistreating you a little bit right now because of your background, but hey, you're better off here than in your shithole land of origin, so shut the fuck up." Newsflash: this is not the way our country works nor should work 14th Amendment - all citizens -> equal protection under the laws. :)
American Muslim women can freely choose to live as second class citizens if they so choose - if they want to cover from head to toe and walk behind their husbands, that's their choice.
You think it's never their actual choice and some sort of statement rather than kowtowing to their husbands and being 2nd class family members?
to compare this with segregation is like comparing the holocaust to the farm industry
Not yet. It's only been 5 years of lawmaking on the topic since 9/11, we'll see how far our country goes. We already have different rules for different people: white american citizens captured in afghanistan are given regular criminal trials and less than life in prison, hispanic american citizens captured in the US are designated as enemy combatants, drugged, roughly interrogated, held without access to law for 3 years, and middle eastern american citizens are held in guantanamo bay, and then deported to saudi arabia in exchange for the surrender of their US citizenship.
We'll see how far this goes in formal laws and treatment.
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KStone
[Read the article: Melinda Gates: A woman to watch]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I think many people may disagree with you on the point that there is no difference between philanthropist and businesswomen. People get special degrees to run nonprofit organizations.
Gates got her MBA in 1987, met Bill the same year, they married in 1994, then had 3 children. As far as I understand it, her professional activities throughout the 1990's included being on many boards of directors, and the board of trustees of Duke University. The foundation was started in 2000, and not by her alone, but with Bill, and with his money. In fact, she has gone to work full time at the foundation only in August 2006.
So i don't see what the professional business accomplishments are here. She didn't have a successful startup, didn't even climb that high in her career ladder. If she were not the wife of Bill, she would not be the chairwoman of the foundation.