Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Another letter sprint
Again from the Chron:
Joeann Edmonds:
Now anyone who knows this president, absolutely knows he is incapable of answering, in such detail, any questions of national or world importance.
That turns out to be true of all politicians, actually. It's usually a good idea to write down important stuff before you say it, so you have a chance to double-check what you say. The last thing we want is a national leader ad-libbing.
Jerry Courtney:
Because Google is not going to turn over the files of its subscribers to President Bush, I call upon all red-blooded Americans to voluntarily surrender to the FBI a list of Web sites they've visited in the past five years.
If you are white, haven't taught evolution, had an abortion, helped the homeless or worked for peace, you probably have nothing to worry about.
Hope Bush doesn't find out that I write letters to the editor of The Chronicle.
Yeah, keep flattering yourself. I'm sure the administration cares. What is wrong with these people? Do they really think their whining strikes such fear into the heart of the government?
Martin Russell:
One of the central themes in "Brokeback Mountain" is significant by its absence from Pati Poblete's social commentary ("Why some men won't go for 'Broke,'" Jan. 23). The theme, of course, is intolerance, the kind of savage reaction to love between people of the same sex that led to tragedies such as the murder of Matthew Shepherd.
The kind of intolerance that makes men shy away from seeing an extraordinary film, superbly acted and directed. A film that might even make men weep.
The theme that Poblete suggested was, amazingly enough, that men don't want to see romance films. How dare she say that without bitching about intolerance and murder? Anything that has anything to do with gay people must include commentary about such things. Only by doing so will gay people be treated like people.
So let's see... it's a romance film where neither of the romancers are hot women, and it could make men cry... but that's not the real reason why straight men don't want to see it. That reason isn't politically valuable enough.
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