Hole in the Wall
Against 'Chronicle' Being Stapled
RECEIVED Wed., Feb. 15, 2012
Dear Editor,
Unlike Jack Bishop [“Postmarks,” Jan. 9], I am not pleased with the unwarranted invasion of staples in The Austin Chronicle. Generations of people have somehow managed to read their newspapers without staples. And they have done so without runaway pages escaping at any given chance. What is this, a late-night infomercial in which the simplest of tasks are portrayed as unnecessarily difficult? Maybe you should go one step further and attach the Chronicle to a big wooden rod like libraries and newsrooms do. I, for one, enjoy the ability to neatly fold my newspaper in half, thus allowing me to read all the text of the articles. Please free the pages again from the shackles of the staples.
Unlike Jack Bishop [“Postmarks,” Jan. 9], I am not pleased with the unwarranted invasion of staples in The Austin Chronicle. Generations of people have somehow managed to read their newspapers without staples. And they have done so without runaway pages escaping at any given chance. What is this, a late-night infomercial in which the simplest of tasks are portrayed as unnecessarily difficult? Maybe you should go one step further and attach the Chronicle to a big wooden rod like libraries and newsrooms do. I, for one, enjoy the ability to neatly fold my newspaper in half, thus allowing me to read all the text of the articles. Please free the pages again from the shackles of the staples.
Sincerely,
Ram Hinojosa
Ram Hinojosa