Deep Breath?
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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After reading News Views this weekend I found myself in agreement with a couple of Gary's points. However, the idea of "taking a deep breath and calming down" is not an option at this time.
Once a person signs their name on a petition they must understand that the fallout, both good and bad, will follow their signature. Also, if a newspaper chooses to print blow-by-blow articles of a story, it needs to be prepared for opinionated responses. Your article on Sunday side steps the very heart of the matter, Gary. Although the owners may not be "heartless haters", their core ethics became visible very quickly.
A healthy community does not ask their disadvantaged members to "use the back door."
The following argument has been posed to me more than once since my letter:
"These businesses are an integral part of our community. With the economy being so bad why not work with the businesses to discuss other locations?"
My belief on this argument is: If a business owner cannot accommodate a little room next door for homeless children, women and men then they are not an integral part of this community.
What comes next? Do we ask the downtown Methodist church soup kitchen to scoot down the block a bit further? They have been feeding homeless families downtown for some time now.
Kevin Planck
Warsaw, via e-mail[[In-content Ad]]
After reading News Views this weekend I found myself in agreement with a couple of Gary's points. However, the idea of "taking a deep breath and calming down" is not an option at this time.
Once a person signs their name on a petition they must understand that the fallout, both good and bad, will follow their signature. Also, if a newspaper chooses to print blow-by-blow articles of a story, it needs to be prepared for opinionated responses. Your article on Sunday side steps the very heart of the matter, Gary. Although the owners may not be "heartless haters", their core ethics became visible very quickly.
A healthy community does not ask their disadvantaged members to "use the back door."
The following argument has been posed to me more than once since my letter:
"These businesses are an integral part of our community. With the economy being so bad why not work with the businesses to discuss other locations?"
My belief on this argument is: If a business owner cannot accommodate a little room next door for homeless children, women and men then they are not an integral part of this community.
What comes next? Do we ask the downtown Methodist church soup kitchen to scoot down the block a bit further? They have been feeding homeless families downtown for some time now.
Kevin Planck
Warsaw, via e-mail[[In-content Ad]]
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