Letters to the Editor
savadi
Published Letters: 9 Editor's Choice: 1
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leave, live, be free
[Read the article: I'm a small-town girl dreaming of the big-city lights]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Speaking from personal experience, having pets makes it a little more difficult, but NOT impossible, to find rental housing. Some places charge pet fees per pet that can add up on the rent. Perhaps that is why the writer is hesitant about moving plans. If it was me, I would still break off the engagement and worry about the logistics of leaving later. Save yourself some grief babe and put this one back in the water. Have a little faith in yourself, you can do it.
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please do not put him outside
[Read the article: I hate my cat!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]O deja vu. I went through a similar experience 10 years ago.I decided to keep a feral kitten from a colony I was trapping and sending to the shelter.He was,is incredibly intelligent and devilishly clever. His main behavior problem was the litter box. He preferred to do his business on the floor. It drove me crazy. I tried everything, held on for 8 years before I decided to take him out and abandoned him. Needless to say, guilt kicked in and I went searching for two weeks, found him and took him back. He became sick and was diagnosed with cancer. I bought an all natural cat litter because of the cancer, guess what, he never had another accident. I think it also helped that I gave up my anger and started to treat him with understanding and kindness. He is living out his last days with me.
I'm not saying this is your problem. Just please do not give up. I see now that I let my anger and frustration cloud my judgement. And believe me, it was very frustrating cleaning cat urine out of your floor everyday for 8 years.I was so angry all of the time that I had no place in my heart for anything else. Please do not let this happen to you.
Contact a behaviorist, a vet, contact a no kill shelter, even consider euthanasia. But please do not put him outside. He could get hit by a car or be attacked by other animals or other people even. These are not the kind of deaths you want for someone you rescued is it?
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call, but it's your right to choose whether to go to the funeral
[Read the article: My Southern grandmother is dying, and I don't want to go back]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Call, express your condolences, regrets, whatever, but you do not have to show up if you do not want to. It does not make you a monster, it is your life and you get to choose. You cannot pick your relatives or your childhood circumstances, but thankfully, if you are lucky, you can get away from them. Perhaps you have other issues with your family that a face to face reunion will bring up. You managed to put some distance between your past and present, you are happy, why make yourself miserable coming back to a place that holds unpleasant memories. You can always visit her grave later, in private, if you want to.
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hit delete
[Read the article: My boss forwards fluffy kitten e-mails!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Honey, hit the delete key. I'm inundated with this crap everyday and guess what, in the larger scheme of things, it's not a major issue, just let it go. By the way, I work for the government, I could write a book on the morons that work with me and how they waste your tax dollar.
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what is the big deal
[Read the article: Should I take my husband's name?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]For what it's worth, I'm from VietNam and women kept their family names after marriage. It doesn't seem to be a big issue in our society.
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euthanise him humanely before you kill him in some horrible way out of anger, please...
[Read the article: Should we euthanize the Yorkie?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Sounds like you've already made up your mind and is just asking for vindication of your decision.
My mother currently takes care of my father who has Alzheimer's, it is no day in the park and even the patience of a saint doesn't help her cope.
I think you're just at the snapping point where you'll do harm to the animal out of frustration. If that is the case: PLEASE PUT HIM HUMANELY OUT OF HIS AND YOUR MISERY instead of waiting until you stomp on him or beat him to death as many adults do to children out of anger.
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empathy for suffering is universal and not limited to the first world
[Read the article: An Olympic disgrace]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Excuse me, I beg to differ with the writer who thinks that the animal had a good time before being slaughtered. Where does pain and fear factor into having a good time? I'd like to see you have a good time in an abbatoir trussed up and ready to have your throat slit. Perhaps in your next life you will be so lucky.
I'm from Viet Nam and I do not eat dog or cat, it is a choice. Do you assume that all people from third world countries are savages, or that we live in a hut and sleep on a straw mat? The decision to be humane is a universal one and not reserved for supposedly more enlightened Westerners. Budhism is our national religion, many of us practice vegetarianism. My uncle considered becoming a monk at one point, he decided to become a doctor instead to support the family, but he is still a devout Budhist and vegetarian. My father on the other hand ate anything including dogs. We were not starving peasants, we were middle class people with plenty of food and money. Our choice of food was not directed by famine nor poverty.
Cruel and inhumane treatment of any being is wrong, regardless of where you are from. Any reasonable person with empathy and conscience would recognize this.
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Please, do not speak for me...
[Read the article: Save the animals, exploit the women]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Please, I'm sick and tired of people claiming to speak for all women. You do not speak for me. I do not feel exploited and I contribute to PETA every paycheck. I support them because they stand up for animals, the most exploited, tortured group on this miserable planet.
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feel complimented, be thankful
[Read the article: My hip-to-waist ratio is nobody's business but mine]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I personally wouldn't speak out loud my opinion of anyone's body, but strangely enough, most everyone feels it is their right to comment on mine since I'm skinny. I don't care.
Feel complimented, be thankful, I know I do everytime someone says something similar about me, even if it's not in the nicest or civilized of language.