Letters to the Editor 07-06-2004
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Shocked And Awed - Sesquicentennial Thanks - Truth Should Be Thought
Shocked And Awed
Editor, Times-Union:What is this madness? Harold Kitson writing a letter to the editor that doesn't mention his dream of shooting a neighborhood dog and threat to violate city gun laws (March 4, 2004)? That doesn't recommend a fellow letter-writer move to Japan because he disagrees with her (June 21, 1999)? An opinion that doesn't request a face-off at the Tri-County rifle range with a fellow letter-writer (Oct. 17, 1997)? A letter that enlightens us on his view that "strawberries are just as cute as pigs" (March 19, 1998)? One that casts the Confederacy and its racist undertones in a glowing light and then proceeds to advise us to check for the bogey-man under our beds (Nov. 2, 1999)? An opinion that he "probably has more right" than a fellow letter-writer to citizenship (June 24, 1999)? His viewpoint that he's "not a horsey-person" (Nov. 20, 1997)? Or the opinion he has that "travel for leisure is probably not protected by the Constitution" (Oct. 7, 1997)?
And one that doesn't deal with obviously the most important love of his life, his firearms (20 of 25 letters I could track down via searches)?
Or most surprisingly, a letter that's short and to the point?
I'm shocked - and awed.
Matt Perry
New Orleans, La.
via e-mail
Sesquicentennial Thanks
Editor, Times-Union:We do not wish to overlook anyone, so we will say thank your to all of the many businesses who helped make the Sesquicentennial Car and Truck Show a success. We appreciate the sponsorship of show plaques and trophies along with donations of prizes and giveaway items.
We also want to thank the many volunteers who gave their time to help run the show. Without everyone's contribution, we could not have had such a great show.
Thanks again for your contribution and hard work.
Warsaw Sesquicentennial
Car and Truck Show Committee
Truth Should Be Thought
Editor, Times-Union:Mr. Slone's microfilm search-and-choose effort is not in vain - at our house we plan to read an entry or two each day at breakfast. I wonder how long that will take? Not as long as it took him to compile it!
Referring to the June 26-27 News Views about media bias, I think it is fairness (not to mention truth!) that journalists should seek. That must take plenty of hard work and continual self-education, studying perspectives outside of comfort zones. For example, as I heard and read the news leading up to Mel Gibson's "Passion" movie, I wondered if anyone out there thought of focusing on something other than anti-Semitism or gore - the historical evidence for the resurrection would have been one possibility.
Bias shows up in minuscule and unthought-of ways - the choice of topics, the choice of one word over another, the highlighting of one fact in place of a different fact. Seems to be that neutrality is a myth, and bias unavoidable - journalists mainly need to stop pretending they are exempt.
Each one writes what they see through a world view "lens," and even if they can't or needn't label it up front (liberal, conservative, Christian, eastern mysticism, postmodern, and so on) they should at least admit they have one.
Nancy Spangle
Warsaw
via e-mail
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- Shocked And Awed - Sesquicentennial Thanks - Truth Should Be Thought
Shocked And Awed
Editor, Times-Union:What is this madness? Harold Kitson writing a letter to the editor that doesn't mention his dream of shooting a neighborhood dog and threat to violate city gun laws (March 4, 2004)? That doesn't recommend a fellow letter-writer move to Japan because he disagrees with her (June 21, 1999)? An opinion that doesn't request a face-off at the Tri-County rifle range with a fellow letter-writer (Oct. 17, 1997)? A letter that enlightens us on his view that "strawberries are just as cute as pigs" (March 19, 1998)? One that casts the Confederacy and its racist undertones in a glowing light and then proceeds to advise us to check for the bogey-man under our beds (Nov. 2, 1999)? An opinion that he "probably has more right" than a fellow letter-writer to citizenship (June 24, 1999)? His viewpoint that he's "not a horsey-person" (Nov. 20, 1997)? Or the opinion he has that "travel for leisure is probably not protected by the Constitution" (Oct. 7, 1997)?
And one that doesn't deal with obviously the most important love of his life, his firearms (20 of 25 letters I could track down via searches)?
Or most surprisingly, a letter that's short and to the point?
I'm shocked - and awed.
Matt Perry
New Orleans, La.
via e-mail
Sesquicentennial Thanks
Editor, Times-Union:We do not wish to overlook anyone, so we will say thank your to all of the many businesses who helped make the Sesquicentennial Car and Truck Show a success. We appreciate the sponsorship of show plaques and trophies along with donations of prizes and giveaway items.
We also want to thank the many volunteers who gave their time to help run the show. Without everyone's contribution, we could not have had such a great show.
Thanks again for your contribution and hard work.
Warsaw Sesquicentennial
Car and Truck Show Committee
Truth Should Be Thought
Editor, Times-Union:Mr. Slone's microfilm search-and-choose effort is not in vain - at our house we plan to read an entry or two each day at breakfast. I wonder how long that will take? Not as long as it took him to compile it!
Referring to the June 26-27 News Views about media bias, I think it is fairness (not to mention truth!) that journalists should seek. That must take plenty of hard work and continual self-education, studying perspectives outside of comfort zones. For example, as I heard and read the news leading up to Mel Gibson's "Passion" movie, I wondered if anyone out there thought of focusing on something other than anti-Semitism or gore - the historical evidence for the resurrection would have been one possibility.
Bias shows up in minuscule and unthought-of ways - the choice of topics, the choice of one word over another, the highlighting of one fact in place of a different fact. Seems to be that neutrality is a myth, and bias unavoidable - journalists mainly need to stop pretending they are exempt.
Each one writes what they see through a world view "lens," and even if they can't or needn't label it up front (liberal, conservative, Christian, eastern mysticism, postmodern, and so on) they should at least admit they have one.
Nancy Spangle
Warsaw
via e-mail
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