Letters to the Editor
Straelbora
Published Letters: 7 Editor's Choice: 1
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I have renewed hope
[Read the article: Tease me]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I, too, was getting to the point where I didn't want to watch one more mind-f*ck episode when Jack, Sawyer and Kate were held by the Others. I'm looking forward to how the series plays out for the next couple of years.
And Jin hasn't learned much English in three seasons because only a few months have passed on the island. As a monolingual high school exchange student to South America, it took me about 6 months to get to the point where I could have complete simple vocabulary conversations. What must be hard is that, as I understand it, Daniel Day Kim's Korean is a second language.
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Aziz
[Read the article: Cleric: Your sexy outfit is killing me!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Find a Navajo to English dictionary. Aziz = penis. And this poor melting snowflake seems to have his in a bunch.
Wouldn't it be easier for this clown to just put his eyes out? After all, he wouldn't be tempted by immodest women OR representations of humans which could result in idol worship, too.
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Little Emperors
[Read the article: No more babies for you!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I saw a lot of Little Emperors on my visit to China last summer. The strange thing was when I'd see families with two kids, often a brother and sister. Inevitably, the brother was obese and incompetent, the sister thin and helpful.
I'm curious about dating and marriage in China in another fifteen to twenty years. There will already be a surplus of eligible men for women to choose from. A substantial portion of those men, I believe, will be doughy and dependent, and left by the wayside. There may be a lot of individualist Little Emperors, but in the long run, the Empresses may benefit the most.
My Party-member brother-in-law's traditional Chinese mercantilism came through when we he was telling me that he was glad he had two year old daughter. "In twenty years," he told me, "smart pretty girls will be able to get anything they want. They will be worth their weight in gold."
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B*llsh*t
[Read the article: Choose one: Sex or respect]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Maybe she needs to look for a higher caliber of guy. This derives from Abrahamaic religions' desire to control both sex and women. Get away from that worldview, and it loses power.
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There are visas available for victims
[Read the article: Not quite Americans]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Any person who is not a permanent resident or citizen who is a victim of certain grave crimes, such as rape, murder, human trafficking, slavery, etc. , even if he or she is a visa overstay or entered illegally, may apply for a visa that can lead to permanent residency. The victim must cooperate with police or prosecution, and it's no guarantee.
The problem is that both the victims and law enforcement are generally unaware of these visas.
As an immigration attorney, I see how US citizens, as well as illegal and legal immigrants, are all not served by the current system. As a nation, we need to strike a balance between rule of law and humanitarianism.
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Racism more likely
[Read the article: Don't lose your head (scarves)]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Having grown up in Dearborn, I think it was because the two women are African-American converts to Islam, and the hijabs were just an excuse.
There have never been great relations between the local Arab (Muslim or Christian) and African-American communities. The former seem to have bought into a lot of preexisting American racism, the latter have seen the Arabs, about the only convenience store and small market owners in the city, as over-charging outsiders taking advantage of them.
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Irrationality
[Read the article: Racists for Obama]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The article points out the basic irrationality of a lot of bigoted people, especially those who are 'knee-jerk' racists. I was at a bar once, and when Charles Barkley came on the TV, a guy sitting next to me said, "I hate that racist n*gger."
Towards the end of the article, the author used the word "Caucasian," which I wish would be retired, alongside "Negro" and "Oriental." It's part of a 19th century Eurocentric racial paradigm that has been completely disproven.