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A Sincere Call to Reason
RECEIVED Sat., April 12, 2008
Dear Editor,
A 16-year-old girl calls a shelter to report an alleged abuse, and an entire village is rounded up and the children placed in foster care [“Hundreds of Children Removed From FLDS Compound,” News, April 11]? Another example of misdirected overkill? What next? Entire neighborhoods swarming with SWAT teams searching for an alleged criminal? Shock and awe and invade a country mistakenly suspected of involvement with 9/11? Round up and soften up (torture) suspected insurgents? The mass killings of "suspected terrorists"? The surrender of constitutional rights to protect us from the enemy? Who is the enemy? Difficult timesl, yes, but where is our sanity and reason?
John Ashcroft recently misspoke and substituted the name Osama for Obama. He was summarily booed by the crowd. It is said that while involved in a White House meeting to authorize torture, the same gentleman said something akin to, "History will not look kindly upon this.”
At the risk of being labeled a suspected whatever, falling prey to the PATRIOT Act, and having water poured up my nose, I submit this as a heartfelt and sincere call to reason.
A 16-year-old girl calls a shelter to report an alleged abuse, and an entire village is rounded up and the children placed in foster care [“Hundreds of Children Removed From FLDS Compound,” News, April 11]? Another example of misdirected overkill? What next? Entire neighborhoods swarming with SWAT teams searching for an alleged criminal? Shock and awe and invade a country mistakenly suspected of involvement with 9/11? Round up and soften up (torture) suspected insurgents? The mass killings of "suspected terrorists"? The surrender of constitutional rights to protect us from the enemy? Who is the enemy? Difficult timesl, yes, but where is our sanity and reason?
John Ashcroft recently misspoke and substituted the name Osama for Obama. He was summarily booed by the crowd. It is said that while involved in a White House meeting to authorize torture, the same gentleman said something akin to, "History will not look kindly upon this.”
At the risk of being labeled a suspected whatever, falling prey to the PATRIOT Act, and having water poured up my nose, I submit this as a heartfelt and sincere call to reason.
Respectfully,
Wayne L. Wylie
Wayne L. Wylie
