Letters to the Editor
Published Letters: 14 Editor's Choice: 1
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"They did what they had..." + "To Steal a baby's necklace"
[Read the article: Revealing a 40-year-old horror]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]In response to the two letters listed:
First to 'No Name Given', Buddhist was right to call you to task. The atrocieties of Tiger Force and the Mai Lai massacre were perpetuated upon unarmed men, women, and children. It was not neccesary for anyone to shoot a four year old, or decapitate a baby. I can only imagine your ethnocentric rage if American children were killed in such a way by a "terrorist", and I seriously doubt the fact that such had happened forty-years ago would dissuade your thirst for "justice". There is no excuse for the murder of a child dear woman. None. And those who have commited such crimes need to be held formally accountable for what they have done - not merely allowing time to prosecute/persecute them. Society needs that recognition, the formal statement in front of the world that such is not allowed. We require it from other countries, we MUST require it from ourselves. That you do not see this need, merely illustrates why the inhabitants of the world hold Americans in such disregard.
However, to 'Buddhist', you disregard the treatment of the young men who went to Vietnam and were so badly mistreated. That is also unacceptable. Right now there are those of us who are distressed by the treatment of prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, and it most likely is not as bad as what some soldiers suffered in Vietnam. Most of these young men were doing what they saw as their duty, and were misled by their leaders. To toss off so glibly their suffering and loss is to stoop to the same level as 'No Name' - you place more value on one life than another. Suffering is suffering no matter who perpetuates or who suffers, it requires equal amounts for all of punishment and compassion. If you wish to truly be heard, and truly be a compassionate person, not a hypocrite, you'd do well to keep this in mind
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Here here!
[Read the article: 65 pregnant teens = one canceled abstinence-only program]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It's about time! Hopefully, it will spread beyond Ohio and to places like Mississippi.
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Sex Since 1988
[Read the article: 65 pregnant teens = one canceled abstinence-only program]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Several comments/letters have been that sex hasn't changed much since 1988 but STDs and medical research has!
Since 1988, we have:
more and accurate information on AIDS and HIV
a vaccine for HPV
better information on condoms, what to use with them or not
definitive scientific information that disproves many of the "theories" and "truths" that anti-choice groups put out there such as abortion causes breast cancer and that using condoms is "playing Russian Roullette"
While new textbooks would be great -- as long as they are scientifically accurate -- any book that is scientifically accurate that talks about how a person gets pregnant, how to prevent the spread of STDs, and how to prevent pregnancies is good! Plus the different exercises encouraging kids to talk to their parents, learn their ethics and morals, and what they have to consider when having kids. There are lots of girls out there who think that a baby will give them unconditional love and will make their lives better. The family financial planning things we did in high school sex ed really opened my eyes. You really have no idea how much just having a baby is going to cost until you plan on having (or have) a baby.
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When am I supposed to get angry?
[Read the article: Do bloggers clear brush, too?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I kept reading and reading and reading and reading... and began to wonder when it was that they thought I should be angry. Instead, I was nodding my head and thinking "Yep, that's right".
It is a sad day when the DNC goes digging for dirt on someone and the worst they can come up with is that he was called "vile" by a conservative writer and that he thought Isreal was being a bad guy. I have to say that I think it is quite interesting that when Americans hear someone speak out against Isreal, that they are anti-Semites but the Isrealis themselves are upset with their own government for this "attack on Lebanon". Are the Isrealis anti-Semites too? Or does the GOP just need to stop using inflammatory words?