Letters to the Editor
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Love the planeted oleanders? Itch to bomb Iran? Think Rev. Wright should be shot?
Cary's labeling of LW's concern as "charming", followed by his postulating an absurd response, only to point out its absurdity, is deft parody. His send-up of a callous elitism falls a bit flat, however, when he dismisses an actual crime as "class warfare". Karl Rove, who invented the phrase, wouldn't go that far. For all the beauty they might bring, should the encroached-upon victim of criminal-theft-of-use of her property live so long, they'll always be a bigger stick-in-the-eye for their humiliating, cruel message. I'd advise LW to approach the neighbor and offer to dig them up. If the neighbor does demure, as she likely will, having lived long enough to put plants in perspective, at least she knows she can depend on one neighbor to respect not just her but human decency and the law.