Local Idiocy
Well, it looks like I've sent my last letter to the local paper, The American Press, referred to by many as The American Mess. Of course I will continue writing and sending it out to other papers, but the Press has shown its religious and political bent once too often to suit my taste.
Lord knows how many letters I send to them and sometimes have to wait weeks before they will print just one of them in their Sunday edition that has Opinion letters.. But let someone object to what I have written and they seem to find the space the following Sunday. Amazing.
Of course I was taken to task just today (5/29) by one of the local geniuses about a letter I wrote just last Sunday. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I don't mind people disagreeing with me, I just wish they would afford me the same courtesy when I send a letter in answer to someone's opinion. They have never published one of those.
But then again, the idiocy of some really starts to get to me when I see a letter like they published today. True the paper doesn't write these letters, it just prints them. But somehow I think they should draw the line and stop catering to the ignorance that is so prevalent here. Here's what someone wrote under the headline "God doesn't approve of stem cell research.":
I read Henry Mouton's letter to the editor advocating that the state of Louisiana should allow stem cell research. I don't agree with him. I know my God and know he never would do that. I know he never meant for our bodies to become factories of body parts. I believe that from conception we have life and a soul. Some of the people don't care because they just want to relieve their pain and some just want to live longer. (Me-For shame, wanting no pain and living longer.) God never promised we would not have any pain and he has his time to call us home. He says, "I will come like a thief in the night. You have to be ready when he comes. If you're not ready, you know where you'll go.
Wow! Here is a woman who has evidently never taken an aspirin, never worn glasses, never had a flu shot, never put anything on her child's skinned knee, for fear of relieving pain or lengthening life. Maybe I should take the pacemaker out of my chest since it is relieving my pain and lengthening my life. I am so glad that this lady has such a personal relationship with God that He has personally told her what He wants. Is this a service provided by Southern Bell? Can I get the same service?
This is typical of what the Press prints.
Lord knows how many letters I send to them and sometimes have to wait weeks before they will print just one of them in their Sunday edition that has Opinion letters.. But let someone object to what I have written and they seem to find the space the following Sunday. Amazing.
Of course I was taken to task just today (5/29) by one of the local geniuses about a letter I wrote just last Sunday. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. I don't mind people disagreeing with me, I just wish they would afford me the same courtesy when I send a letter in answer to someone's opinion. They have never published one of those.
But then again, the idiocy of some really starts to get to me when I see a letter like they published today. True the paper doesn't write these letters, it just prints them. But somehow I think they should draw the line and stop catering to the ignorance that is so prevalent here. Here's what someone wrote under the headline "God doesn't approve of stem cell research.":
I read Henry Mouton's letter to the editor advocating that the state of Louisiana should allow stem cell research. I don't agree with him. I know my God and know he never would do that. I know he never meant for our bodies to become factories of body parts. I believe that from conception we have life and a soul. Some of the people don't care because they just want to relieve their pain and some just want to live longer. (Me-For shame, wanting no pain and living longer.) God never promised we would not have any pain and he has his time to call us home. He says, "I will come like a thief in the night. You have to be ready when he comes. If you're not ready, you know where you'll go.
Wow! Here is a woman who has evidently never taken an aspirin, never worn glasses, never had a flu shot, never put anything on her child's skinned knee, for fear of relieving pain or lengthening life. Maybe I should take the pacemaker out of my chest since it is relieving my pain and lengthening my life. I am so glad that this lady has such a personal relationship with God that He has personally told her what He wants. Is this a service provided by Southern Bell? Can I get the same service?
This is typical of what the Press prints.
posted by Sam Schoolsky | 3:48 PM
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