Letters to the Editor 12-10-2002
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
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- Deciding To Vote - Who Will Judge? - Issues Of The Soul - Remember The Military - Alone For Christmas - Outraged - Christmas Vandals - Tolerance
Deciding To Vote
Editor, Times-Union:We are students at Warsaw Community High School. My name is Elyse Baker and I am a senior in high school. My friend Jessica Borders is a junior. We are writing you to let you know about a man that we met who is running for governor in 2004. His name is Eric Miller. (He came to our school and spoke to our history class Dec. 4 about his reasons for running for governor.)
Before Mr. Miller, we were completely turned off to the political process in America. It seemed that all the candidates were acting like little children. They all seemed to be badgering each other and not accomplishing anything. I just figured, why should I waste my time and vote? As a first-time voter, I felt that none of the candidates deserved to represent me and my interests.
While we were talking to Mr. Miller, he explained to us why he is running and how much my vote counts. He also was telling us that the election of 2004 will be nothing like this past year's election. He said whoever wins deserves to win. He is a guy who cares about the young and the older voters of the state. He also understands what it takes to be a true representative for us and all of Indiana. I have decided in 2004 I am going to vote.
Elyse Baker
Jessica Borders
Warsaw
Who Will Judge?
Editor, Times-Union:Over the past few weeks I have read all the comments good and bad over the GSA. When I first saw it in the letters to the editor, I had no clue what this was about. I had missed a few, so I had to go back and find out what all the fuss was about. I sit and I read what people have written, their opinions, but with a twist, these people are also telling everyone they will go to hell if they are gay. Now whether this is true or not, I do not know. Only one person can answer this question. He will answer that question for these people on judgment day. We have the right to voice our opinion, which is one of the privileges of being an American. But, in my opinion, we do not have the right to tell anyone they are going to go to hell for their actions or their beliefs. Only one person can tell them that and I am afraid that it is not any of us.
I also believe that people have the right to have any kind of meetings in a public place. The high school is a public place.
Look what happened after 9/11, people were attacking other people because of their race, religion? They did not care if these people were not involved on that tragic day. All they knew is what they saw when they looked at that person. They saw someone with different beliefs than them, they looked and acted different than most of us. They looked like the people who brought horror to our country. Take a look at our past history. The way the human race reacts to things and people that are different. We the human race can be very destructive. If you do not want to except or like someone because of his or her race, religion or because they are gay, just plain different, then that is your right as a human. Is it right for you to discriminate for those reasons? Will you go to hell because of it? Will a murderer who is a born again Christian go to hell? I don't know, only one person can answer that. My point is we all have the right to our opinions, our beliefs. We have the right to voice our opinions and our beliefs. We do not have the right, in my opinion, to judge someone for his or her beliefs or opinions. In my opinion, there is one true judge over us all and he will judge us, on judgment day. In my opinion, he is the only one who can tell someone they are going to hell. In short, please voice your opinions, but don't be a judge and jury on anyone for their beliefs or opinions. Because in my opinion, God will judge you, for your actions and words against others.
Angela Fulton
Silver Lake
via e-mail
Issues Of The Soul
Editor, Times-Union:Puppies and basketball are not matters that have a direct impact on a person's eternity, they aren't issues of the soul.
Young minds being encouraged to pursue or support a lifestyle that is against God's will, that is an issue of the soul. Do I think people should be allowed to think any way that they want? Absolutely, and so does God. It's just vitally important to understand the consequences of rejecting His will with our thinking.
Does it surprise me that people have chosen the GSA issue to write in about and not taxes or sewers? No. The truth is that there is no issue more important to the human than whether we are submitting to or rejecting the one who made us. In the end, Nothing else will matter. Nothing.
And hey, thanks for printing all the letters that come in from people in the community. Somehow, I think we will all be better for it.
Martt Clupper
Warsaw
via e-mail
Remember The Military
Editor, Times-Union:I am grateful and proud of our men and women serving in the military to ensure our freedom and I am encouraged by the positive results we are already seeing under President Bush's leadership. This week he signed a bipartisan defense budget that provides the resources our troops need to fight the war on terror. This bill boosts military pay and provides for long overdue upgrades to military facilities and living quarters. Also funded is advanced weaponry that will give our troops every advantage over the enemy, be it terrorists or madmen with weapons of mass destruction.
We must never forget the profound sacrifices that our servicemen and women have made in this time of war. Congress and the president should be commended for giving them the tools they need to defend our country's freedom.
Daniel J. Trotta
Notre Dame
via e-mail
Alone For Christmas
Editor, Times-Union:Hello, my name is MT3 Ashley J Pennington (SU)USN.
I am in the United States Navy stationed at King's Bay Naval Submarine Base aboard the USS WEST VIRGINIA (SSBN 736)(G) in St Mary's, Ga. I was born and raised in Warsaw and lived there until I joined the Navy last year. I will be going on deployment in the very near future and haven't had time to wish my family and friends back home a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. This will be the first Christmas in 30 years that I'll be spending alone and I was wondering if you could print this little note wishing the Pennington and Patrick families a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I miss them very much and my thoughts are on them while I'm gone. Thank you so much for your help.
MT3 Ashley J Pennington
St Mary's, Ga.
via e-mail
Outraged
Editor, Times-Union:I am writing to you concerning your comments in Nov. 30's paper.
I am outraged! Are you working in a small room with no windows! Get to your local factory break room and smell the coffee! Your "Nobody cares" was quite a pity party on you. Just because no one writes to you on major issues doesn't mean no one is talking about it.
Hang out at the girls' table. I'm not sure what the guys talk about, but we girls are quite opinionated. We discuss topics from soup to nuts, literally. The issue on the garbage baby in Mentone was a hot one. Believe me, there was quite a debate as to the proper dispensing of punishment for the crime.
As far as the tax increase, we are all in agreement; everyone would do their shopping before it hits. Why do you think this year's day-after-Thanksgiving sales were so big? It's like postage rates. Everyone knows they will increase; it is just a matter of time. Word of mouth in a factory is faster than e-mail.
Hang out in the grocery. Listen to people. Just because it is not in your newspaper doesn't mean issues are not discussed - even between total strangers.
Yes, we girls can get a little irate on things, but we also dig out pictures of our kids and share recipes. So next time you need a little finishing touch on current events, visit a factory break room. You may not even finish your coffee.
P.S. CNN made national news out of a cat sitting on an electric pole today. So what was your complaint again?
Angie Uhl
Bourbon
Christmas Vandals
Editor, Times-Union:We would like to thank the kids from Warsaw that ruined the spirit of Christmas for us and broke the hearts of two toddlers. I hope you had a really good time breaking up my parents' Christmas decorations! My parents are in their late 60s and every year they decorate for their grand babies and the other children in the neighborhood as a gift of their Christmas spirit. It's a lot of work for them and they take great pride in their accomplishments. But for what in return? Some punks that have never been taught respect for other people's property decided they didn't like the decorations so they had to bust them up. If I were your parent I would be so proud of you. I guess it really makes you look good in your friends' eyes to do such a childish thing. This was so devastating to the toddlers that my mom babysits for. They can't understand why anyone would hurt Santa and Rudolph. You have renewed my faith in your generation of kids. You respect no one or anything .I'm sorry that your life is so miserable that you have to resort to such acts. And thanks to the parents that raised this fine up-standing individual. You should be very proud of a job well done.
We would like to thank the Warsaw city police department for their quick response and sympathy all three times. It was greatly appriciated .And to the kids that did this, we still wish you a very Merry Christmas.
The family of Rhonda Lewis
Rochester
via e-mail
Tolerance
Editor, Times-Union:I have read a number of letters concerning tolerance and understanding. Where is the tolerance and understanding of my position of abstinence? Why should any school promote any kind of promiscuity? Where is the tolerance and understanding when it comes to right to life issues? Why is it if I were to say that I am pro-life that I am attacked and called all kinds of names? Why is it that if I were to protest peacefully in front of an abortion clinic that I can be arrested and put in jail? Where is the tolerance in our society?
I know that the immoral behavior is not OK. It is a sin whether it is heterosexual or gay. Why can't religion be the focal point of our lives?
Freedom comes with a price tag. And that tag does not require me to tolerate any behavior that is immoral. People telling me that I must be tolerant do not understand.
That if my religion teaches me that that behavior is immoral, then no one can change my mind.
Thank God we still are free to think.
Ed Waldschmidt
Warsaw
via e-mail
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Deciding To Vote
Editor, Times-Union:We are students at Warsaw Community High School. My name is Elyse Baker and I am a senior in high school. My friend Jessica Borders is a junior. We are writing you to let you know about a man that we met who is running for governor in 2004. His name is Eric Miller. (He came to our school and spoke to our history class Dec. 4 about his reasons for running for governor.)
Before Mr. Miller, we were completely turned off to the political process in America. It seemed that all the candidates were acting like little children. They all seemed to be badgering each other and not accomplishing anything. I just figured, why should I waste my time and vote? As a first-time voter, I felt that none of the candidates deserved to represent me and my interests.
While we were talking to Mr. Miller, he explained to us why he is running and how much my vote counts. He also was telling us that the election of 2004 will be nothing like this past year's election. He said whoever wins deserves to win. He is a guy who cares about the young and the older voters of the state. He also understands what it takes to be a true representative for us and all of Indiana. I have decided in 2004 I am going to vote.
Elyse Baker
Jessica Borders
Warsaw
Who Will Judge?
Editor, Times-Union:Over the past few weeks I have read all the comments good and bad over the GSA. When I first saw it in the letters to the editor, I had no clue what this was about. I had missed a few, so I had to go back and find out what all the fuss was about. I sit and I read what people have written, their opinions, but with a twist, these people are also telling everyone they will go to hell if they are gay. Now whether this is true or not, I do not know. Only one person can answer this question. He will answer that question for these people on judgment day. We have the right to voice our opinion, which is one of the privileges of being an American. But, in my opinion, we do not have the right to tell anyone they are going to go to hell for their actions or their beliefs. Only one person can tell them that and I am afraid that it is not any of us.
I also believe that people have the right to have any kind of meetings in a public place. The high school is a public place.
Look what happened after 9/11, people were attacking other people because of their race, religion? They did not care if these people were not involved on that tragic day. All they knew is what they saw when they looked at that person. They saw someone with different beliefs than them, they looked and acted different than most of us. They looked like the people who brought horror to our country. Take a look at our past history. The way the human race reacts to things and people that are different. We the human race can be very destructive. If you do not want to except or like someone because of his or her race, religion or because they are gay, just plain different, then that is your right as a human. Is it right for you to discriminate for those reasons? Will you go to hell because of it? Will a murderer who is a born again Christian go to hell? I don't know, only one person can answer that. My point is we all have the right to our opinions, our beliefs. We have the right to voice our opinions and our beliefs. We do not have the right, in my opinion, to judge someone for his or her beliefs or opinions. In my opinion, there is one true judge over us all and he will judge us, on judgment day. In my opinion, he is the only one who can tell someone they are going to hell. In short, please voice your opinions, but don't be a judge and jury on anyone for their beliefs or opinions. Because in my opinion, God will judge you, for your actions and words against others.
Angela Fulton
Silver Lake
via e-mail
Issues Of The Soul
Editor, Times-Union:Puppies and basketball are not matters that have a direct impact on a person's eternity, they aren't issues of the soul.
Young minds being encouraged to pursue or support a lifestyle that is against God's will, that is an issue of the soul. Do I think people should be allowed to think any way that they want? Absolutely, and so does God. It's just vitally important to understand the consequences of rejecting His will with our thinking.
Does it surprise me that people have chosen the GSA issue to write in about and not taxes or sewers? No. The truth is that there is no issue more important to the human than whether we are submitting to or rejecting the one who made us. In the end, Nothing else will matter. Nothing.
And hey, thanks for printing all the letters that come in from people in the community. Somehow, I think we will all be better for it.
Martt Clupper
Warsaw
via e-mail
Remember The Military
Editor, Times-Union:I am grateful and proud of our men and women serving in the military to ensure our freedom and I am encouraged by the positive results we are already seeing under President Bush's leadership. This week he signed a bipartisan defense budget that provides the resources our troops need to fight the war on terror. This bill boosts military pay and provides for long overdue upgrades to military facilities and living quarters. Also funded is advanced weaponry that will give our troops every advantage over the enemy, be it terrorists or madmen with weapons of mass destruction.
We must never forget the profound sacrifices that our servicemen and women have made in this time of war. Congress and the president should be commended for giving them the tools they need to defend our country's freedom.
Daniel J. Trotta
Notre Dame
via e-mail
Alone For Christmas
Editor, Times-Union:Hello, my name is MT3 Ashley J Pennington (SU)USN.
I am in the United States Navy stationed at King's Bay Naval Submarine Base aboard the USS WEST VIRGINIA (SSBN 736)(G) in St Mary's, Ga. I was born and raised in Warsaw and lived there until I joined the Navy last year. I will be going on deployment in the very near future and haven't had time to wish my family and friends back home a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. This will be the first Christmas in 30 years that I'll be spending alone and I was wondering if you could print this little note wishing the Pennington and Patrick families a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I miss them very much and my thoughts are on them while I'm gone. Thank you so much for your help.
MT3 Ashley J Pennington
St Mary's, Ga.
via e-mail
Outraged
Editor, Times-Union:I am writing to you concerning your comments in Nov. 30's paper.
I am outraged! Are you working in a small room with no windows! Get to your local factory break room and smell the coffee! Your "Nobody cares" was quite a pity party on you. Just because no one writes to you on major issues doesn't mean no one is talking about it.
Hang out at the girls' table. I'm not sure what the guys talk about, but we girls are quite opinionated. We discuss topics from soup to nuts, literally. The issue on the garbage baby in Mentone was a hot one. Believe me, there was quite a debate as to the proper dispensing of punishment for the crime.
As far as the tax increase, we are all in agreement; everyone would do their shopping before it hits. Why do you think this year's day-after-Thanksgiving sales were so big? It's like postage rates. Everyone knows they will increase; it is just a matter of time. Word of mouth in a factory is faster than e-mail.
Hang out in the grocery. Listen to people. Just because it is not in your newspaper doesn't mean issues are not discussed - even between total strangers.
Yes, we girls can get a little irate on things, but we also dig out pictures of our kids and share recipes. So next time you need a little finishing touch on current events, visit a factory break room. You may not even finish your coffee.
P.S. CNN made national news out of a cat sitting on an electric pole today. So what was your complaint again?
Angie Uhl
Bourbon
Christmas Vandals
Editor, Times-Union:We would like to thank the kids from Warsaw that ruined the spirit of Christmas for us and broke the hearts of two toddlers. I hope you had a really good time breaking up my parents' Christmas decorations! My parents are in their late 60s and every year they decorate for their grand babies and the other children in the neighborhood as a gift of their Christmas spirit. It's a lot of work for them and they take great pride in their accomplishments. But for what in return? Some punks that have never been taught respect for other people's property decided they didn't like the decorations so they had to bust them up. If I were your parent I would be so proud of you. I guess it really makes you look good in your friends' eyes to do such a childish thing. This was so devastating to the toddlers that my mom babysits for. They can't understand why anyone would hurt Santa and Rudolph. You have renewed my faith in your generation of kids. You respect no one or anything .I'm sorry that your life is so miserable that you have to resort to such acts. And thanks to the parents that raised this fine up-standing individual. You should be very proud of a job well done.
We would like to thank the Warsaw city police department for their quick response and sympathy all three times. It was greatly appriciated .And to the kids that did this, we still wish you a very Merry Christmas.
The family of Rhonda Lewis
Rochester
via e-mail
Tolerance
Editor, Times-Union:I have read a number of letters concerning tolerance and understanding. Where is the tolerance and understanding of my position of abstinence? Why should any school promote any kind of promiscuity? Where is the tolerance and understanding when it comes to right to life issues? Why is it if I were to say that I am pro-life that I am attacked and called all kinds of names? Why is it that if I were to protest peacefully in front of an abortion clinic that I can be arrested and put in jail? Where is the tolerance in our society?
I know that the immoral behavior is not OK. It is a sin whether it is heterosexual or gay. Why can't religion be the focal point of our lives?
Freedom comes with a price tag. And that tag does not require me to tolerate any behavior that is immoral. People telling me that I must be tolerant do not understand.
That if my religion teaches me that that behavior is immoral, then no one can change my mind.
Thank God we still are free to think.
Ed Waldschmidt
Warsaw
via e-mail
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