Letters to the Editor 02-24-2000
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Disgusted And Broke - Judging - Scary - Living Will - Veterans
Disgusted And Broke
Editor, Times-Union:After reading Saturday's paper (Feb. 19) "Editor Views" on expensive gas prices... I can't afford to keep up with the Jones' and have no desire to, but have to pay $1.49 for gas too. I don't drive an SUV or a gas guzzler.
How can the "lower class" citizens ever hope to become "middle class" citizens when we have to pay and pay and pay? Not everyone is fortunate enough to make a big salary! I would love to own my own home, be a two-car family, etc.
Where I live, a security deposit plus the first month's rent is required to move in. Should you have a pet, another large deposit plus an increase in rent is tacked on! Where is justice? Do tenants not have any rights? Short of playing and winning the lottery, how can I ever get ahead?
Disgusted and broke!
Karen Fisher
Warsaw
Judging
Editor, Times-Union:The Bible is God's word given to man. It is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness. It is only natural that a Christian would remind others, believers and non-believers alike, what the Bible says. A common response to this reminding is "Judge not, lest ye be judged." But is this Christian judging?
If someone says, "Stealing is wrong," is this judging? No, this has been acknowledged through Scripture and our local laws. If someone is quoting the Bible, they aren't judging. They are only revealing God's judgments.
Of course, there are exceptions. There will be those who will misquote Scripture or will take Scripture out of context. Then it is each person's responsiblity to study Scripture, to test it and prove it.
Todd E. Engle
Warsaw, via e-mail
Scary
Editor, Times-Union:I don't know about the rest of you, but Matt Trier's letters scare me (and I'm not even gay).
Tim Ellis
Winona Lake
Living Will
Editor, Times-Union:To begin with, I am not criticizing anyone. However, yesterday I spent one of the worst days of my life, watching my brother-in-law die.
I was awakened at 7 a.m. by a phone call saying my brother-in-law had died, would I call all of my sisters and brothers to tell them the news. Of course, I said I would. To make a long gruesome story short, my brother-in-law woke up at about 6 a.m. and couldn't breathe. My sister tried to help him. He walked to the bathroom and made it back to the couch, where he said, "I'm going to die." He collapsed to the floor and died. My sister called 911.
My question is, what are we supposed to do? A few years ago, if someone died a natural, expected death at their home, you could call your family doctor. Not today, today we call 911. They do a wonderful job. I'm not complaining about the EMTs, they did their job. However, the shot they gave him in his heart restarted his heartbeat. It took till 7:30 p.m. for him to die.
We were told, if you don't want the body resuscitated, don't call 911. So who do we call? I know this has happened to other people and it is so unnecessary. I guess what is most distressing is that my brother-in-law had a living will.
Virginia R. Wiseman
Columbia City
Veterans
Editor, Times-Union:I would like to commend you on the practice you began several months ago of marking the obituaries of our military veterans with an American flag. World War II veterans are now in their '70s, '80s and older and are dying at the rate of 30,000 a month. Veterans of the Korean and Vietnam wars are also passing away at an increasing rate. Recognition of their service to our country is a final way of saying thank you for their sacrifices and bravery.
I would encourage every American to read "The Greatest Generation" and "The Greatest Generation Speaks" by Tom Brokaw. These books would make wonderful gifts to WWII veterans. Most of them have never talked about their wartime experiences. Reading these stories of other soldiers seems to make it possible for them to tell their own stories to their families for the first time. So much history is being lost, and their loved ones and we as a nation are the poorer for it.
Marty Scearce
via e-mail
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- Disgusted And Broke - Judging - Scary - Living Will - Veterans
Disgusted And Broke
Editor, Times-Union:After reading Saturday's paper (Feb. 19) "Editor Views" on expensive gas prices... I can't afford to keep up with the Jones' and have no desire to, but have to pay $1.49 for gas too. I don't drive an SUV or a gas guzzler.
How can the "lower class" citizens ever hope to become "middle class" citizens when we have to pay and pay and pay? Not everyone is fortunate enough to make a big salary! I would love to own my own home, be a two-car family, etc.
Where I live, a security deposit plus the first month's rent is required to move in. Should you have a pet, another large deposit plus an increase in rent is tacked on! Where is justice? Do tenants not have any rights? Short of playing and winning the lottery, how can I ever get ahead?
Disgusted and broke!
Karen Fisher
Warsaw
Judging
Editor, Times-Union:The Bible is God's word given to man. It is profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness. It is only natural that a Christian would remind others, believers and non-believers alike, what the Bible says. A common response to this reminding is "Judge not, lest ye be judged." But is this Christian judging?
If someone says, "Stealing is wrong," is this judging? No, this has been acknowledged through Scripture and our local laws. If someone is quoting the Bible, they aren't judging. They are only revealing God's judgments.
Of course, there are exceptions. There will be those who will misquote Scripture or will take Scripture out of context. Then it is each person's responsiblity to study Scripture, to test it and prove it.
Todd E. Engle
Warsaw, via e-mail
Scary
Editor, Times-Union:I don't know about the rest of you, but Matt Trier's letters scare me (and I'm not even gay).
Tim Ellis
Winona Lake
Living Will
Editor, Times-Union:To begin with, I am not criticizing anyone. However, yesterday I spent one of the worst days of my life, watching my brother-in-law die.
I was awakened at 7 a.m. by a phone call saying my brother-in-law had died, would I call all of my sisters and brothers to tell them the news. Of course, I said I would. To make a long gruesome story short, my brother-in-law woke up at about 6 a.m. and couldn't breathe. My sister tried to help him. He walked to the bathroom and made it back to the couch, where he said, "I'm going to die." He collapsed to the floor and died. My sister called 911.
My question is, what are we supposed to do? A few years ago, if someone died a natural, expected death at their home, you could call your family doctor. Not today, today we call 911. They do a wonderful job. I'm not complaining about the EMTs, they did their job. However, the shot they gave him in his heart restarted his heartbeat. It took till 7:30 p.m. for him to die.
We were told, if you don't want the body resuscitated, don't call 911. So who do we call? I know this has happened to other people and it is so unnecessary. I guess what is most distressing is that my brother-in-law had a living will.
Virginia R. Wiseman
Columbia City
Veterans
Editor, Times-Union:I would like to commend you on the practice you began several months ago of marking the obituaries of our military veterans with an American flag. World War II veterans are now in their '70s, '80s and older and are dying at the rate of 30,000 a month. Veterans of the Korean and Vietnam wars are also passing away at an increasing rate. Recognition of their service to our country is a final way of saying thank you for their sacrifices and bravery.
I would encourage every American to read "The Greatest Generation" and "The Greatest Generation Speaks" by Tom Brokaw. These books would make wonderful gifts to WWII veterans. Most of them have never talked about their wartime experiences. Reading these stories of other soldiers seems to make it possible for them to tell their own stories to their families for the first time. So much history is being lost, and their loved ones and we as a nation are the poorer for it.
Marty Scearce
via e-mail
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