Letters to the Editor 09-03-2002
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Grave Desecration - Pierceton Fire - Penal System
Grave Desecration
Editor, Times-Union:As someone who has a few loved ones interred myself, I can understand and sympathize with your outrage and anguish at the desecration of the grave of a loved one that has been lost to you. I was told second-hand about some ne'er-do-well, drooling, envious little scumbag who supposedly urinated on the grave of my younger brother because he was jealous of how popular my brother had been among his circle of acquaintances and friends. I was tempted to look him up and put him in traction, but I didn't because I couldn't prove that it was true.
You feel a sense of completion when you have given someone a "decent Christian burial" and had a man of the cloth say the proper words over their final resting place, so it's upsetting to have some little slackjawed heathen violate that peace with their petty, cowardly toddler forays into the world of crime and uselessness. It's frustrating to not know who the slinking little cur actually is - or even when you have a suspect - and to not be able to do some vigilante action on your own. The police aren't psychic either, and can only do as much as any other reasonable human being who has to have actual evidence to act on. Sometimes they get to be heroes, other times they just have to stand in frustration beside you. The person or persons who killed my younger brother in a hit-and-run outside of Pierceton still haven't been caught, so I can speak fluent "frustrated." But have faith in the knowledge that the Big Man Upstairs who oversaw that "decent Christian burial" is still overlooking that gravesite, and that He knows exactly whodunit. Their after-hours sorties into the "dark side" aren't going as unobserved as they may conceitfully congratulate themselves that they are.
God sees everything that they do, and knows every myopic little scheme that misfires in their tiny snake brain. Have faith that even though we may not get a chance at them here in this life, that when they themselves die, they'll be staring God in the face and answering to Him for all that they've done here, and that they'll have their rear-end dragged through some particularly hot coals that are reserved especially for little scumbags just like them.
My condolences, sympathies and warmest thoughts to you all.
Howard Shoemaker
South Whitley
via e-mail
Pierceton Fire
I would like to take this opportunity to clarify the events that occurred during a mobile home fire at Regency Point Estates on Aug. 24, 2002. The information that Central Dispatch was receiving and relaying to the department was that there were three children possibly trapped in the structure.This information was provided to dispatch from 911 calls that they were receiving about the fire. Fortunately this information was incorrect. At no time were there any implications that a false report had been given. Upon the Fire Department's arrival, there were neighbors at the structure yelling that there were people trapped in the home and were trying to make entry into the structure. Furthur investigation of the fire revealed that there were no children that lived there. The home was occupied by five adults.
Information provided at the scene indicated that only two of the occupants were home when the fire broke out. The other occupants were at a neighbor's house located several trailers away. The reports also indicated that one of the occupants met the two neighbors at the door as he was fleeing the structure. The other occupant was reportedly asleep on the couch. The two neighbors reportedly assisted with getting him out safely. Both occupants exited through the door. Reports indicate that no one was pulled to safety through windows.
On behalf of the Pierceton Fire Department, I would like to thank the two neighbors for their efforts prior to the Fire Department's arrival.
Gordon Baker
Chief, Pierceton Fire Department
via e-mail
Penal System
Editor, Times-Union:Does the government really want to help this recession and the American people? I understand they do but I personally feel they're going about it the wrong way. If they really want to help, then they should take a more scrutinized look into the penal system and the demoralization of drug addicted persons that fill this system.
The government needs to quit cutting what strengthens our country and that is: education, health care and family recreational centers. These help produce strong morals and ethics in our society. They need to start passing laws to help drug offenders get into treatment centers. By passing laws to help these people it will recede the vicious cycle of addiction instead of receding "The Budget." It roughly costs $28,000 a year to warehouse these people. Add that to the tens of thousands of people incarcerated because of a man-made substance and you'll come up with a very large figure. How much do you think treatment will cost?
Let's go a step further. If your pet was sick and you knew what was wrong with it, you wouldn't take it to an animal shelter to be warehoused, would you? I think not! You would take it to the veterinarian to get it some treatment! If you have that much compassion over an animal, why not have that much for a human?
Why do the courts/government keep sending these diseased, demoralized addicts to prison to be warehoused to tranquilize their addiction instead of sending them, "metaphorically speaking," to the veterinarian? Does the government really want to help the American people?
Actions shall speak louder than words.
Charles F. Robinson I
Winona Lake
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- Grave Desecration - Pierceton Fire - Penal System
Grave Desecration
Editor, Times-Union:As someone who has a few loved ones interred myself, I can understand and sympathize with your outrage and anguish at the desecration of the grave of a loved one that has been lost to you. I was told second-hand about some ne'er-do-well, drooling, envious little scumbag who supposedly urinated on the grave of my younger brother because he was jealous of how popular my brother had been among his circle of acquaintances and friends. I was tempted to look him up and put him in traction, but I didn't because I couldn't prove that it was true.
You feel a sense of completion when you have given someone a "decent Christian burial" and had a man of the cloth say the proper words over their final resting place, so it's upsetting to have some little slackjawed heathen violate that peace with their petty, cowardly toddler forays into the world of crime and uselessness. It's frustrating to not know who the slinking little cur actually is - or even when you have a suspect - and to not be able to do some vigilante action on your own. The police aren't psychic either, and can only do as much as any other reasonable human being who has to have actual evidence to act on. Sometimes they get to be heroes, other times they just have to stand in frustration beside you. The person or persons who killed my younger brother in a hit-and-run outside of Pierceton still haven't been caught, so I can speak fluent "frustrated." But have faith in the knowledge that the Big Man Upstairs who oversaw that "decent Christian burial" is still overlooking that gravesite, and that He knows exactly whodunit. Their after-hours sorties into the "dark side" aren't going as unobserved as they may conceitfully congratulate themselves that they are.
God sees everything that they do, and knows every myopic little scheme that misfires in their tiny snake brain. Have faith that even though we may not get a chance at them here in this life, that when they themselves die, they'll be staring God in the face and answering to Him for all that they've done here, and that they'll have their rear-end dragged through some particularly hot coals that are reserved especially for little scumbags just like them.
My condolences, sympathies and warmest thoughts to you all.
Howard Shoemaker
South Whitley
via e-mail
Pierceton Fire
I would like to take this opportunity to clarify the events that occurred during a mobile home fire at Regency Point Estates on Aug. 24, 2002. The information that Central Dispatch was receiving and relaying to the department was that there were three children possibly trapped in the structure.This information was provided to dispatch from 911 calls that they were receiving about the fire. Fortunately this information was incorrect. At no time were there any implications that a false report had been given. Upon the Fire Department's arrival, there were neighbors at the structure yelling that there were people trapped in the home and were trying to make entry into the structure. Furthur investigation of the fire revealed that there were no children that lived there. The home was occupied by five adults.
Information provided at the scene indicated that only two of the occupants were home when the fire broke out. The other occupants were at a neighbor's house located several trailers away. The reports also indicated that one of the occupants met the two neighbors at the door as he was fleeing the structure. The other occupant was reportedly asleep on the couch. The two neighbors reportedly assisted with getting him out safely. Both occupants exited through the door. Reports indicate that no one was pulled to safety through windows.
On behalf of the Pierceton Fire Department, I would like to thank the two neighbors for their efforts prior to the Fire Department's arrival.
Gordon Baker
Chief, Pierceton Fire Department
via e-mail
Penal System
Editor, Times-Union:Does the government really want to help this recession and the American people? I understand they do but I personally feel they're going about it the wrong way. If they really want to help, then they should take a more scrutinized look into the penal system and the demoralization of drug addicted persons that fill this system.
The government needs to quit cutting what strengthens our country and that is: education, health care and family recreational centers. These help produce strong morals and ethics in our society. They need to start passing laws to help drug offenders get into treatment centers. By passing laws to help these people it will recede the vicious cycle of addiction instead of receding "The Budget." It roughly costs $28,000 a year to warehouse these people. Add that to the tens of thousands of people incarcerated because of a man-made substance and you'll come up with a very large figure. How much do you think treatment will cost?
Let's go a step further. If your pet was sick and you knew what was wrong with it, you wouldn't take it to an animal shelter to be warehoused, would you? I think not! You would take it to the veterinarian to get it some treatment! If you have that much compassion over an animal, why not have that much for a human?
Why do the courts/government keep sending these diseased, demoralized addicts to prison to be warehoused to tranquilize their addiction instead of sending them, "metaphorically speaking," to the veterinarian? Does the government really want to help the American people?
Actions shall speak louder than words.
Charles F. Robinson I
Winona Lake
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