Pointing fingers fails to root out evil - and more letters to the editors

Pointing fingers fails to root out evil

Robin Smith's commentary, "Failure to identify right, wrong," got it wrong.

There are atheists who love and care for others, be they like-minded or not. There are believers who love and care for others, be they believers or not. No individual, group or belief has a monopoly on morality.

I have openly expressed my opposition and disgust for the Westboro Baptist Church. Identifying them as a "Christian" hate group does no good. Obama identifying ISIL as "Islamic" does no good.

We need Christians to rally against Westboro, etc. We need Muslims to rally against ISIL, al Quaida, etc. After we discovered the death camps, we did not kill all the Nazis. We do not have to kill all of ISIL.

Embracing others may get you dirty. Pointing fingers is only a convenient way to keep your hands clean.

GREGORY PLANTE, Georgetown, Tenn.


Fleischmann skirts critical fiscal votes

I have noticed that our representative, Chuck Fleischmann, says nothing in his campaign ads about his vote to shut down the government. He also does not advertise that he voted to put America into default even after a deal was reached.

You might remember that the first time Chuck and his radical cohorts pulled this stunt it resulted in America's credit rating being lowered.

Mary Headrick assured me that she would never vote to put our country in default, or close the government.

If you want a representative who cares about the people of this district and not about pursuing a radical right wing agenda, you should definitely get out and vote for Mary Headrick for Congress.

DAVID NAZAR


Holder resignation needs explanation

A District Court recently ordered the U.S. Justice Department to release documents that Attorney General Eric Holder and Barack Obama have withheld from Congress about the "Fast and Furious" scandal.

Holder resigned his position for no apparent reason. It makes one wonder if there might be a connection.

The courts still have power to make our government "transparent" even with a president determined to do otherwise.

WILLIAM GODSEY, Crossville, Tenn.


Consider human bias in statistics analysis

In his commentary "Do Statistical Disparities Mean Injustice?" in Friday's Times Free Press, Walter Williams made some interesting points about different statistics that would lead people to conclude certain things such as lightning is sexist.

The difference between arrest statistics and lightning strikes is that human bias could be involved in arrests.

I am not necessarily saying that the commentary is not correct, but I believe that is something to think about.

NATHAN LEFFEW, Collegedale, Tenn.


Comics losing their humor

I have enjoyed the funny papers since I was old enough to read. My father read them to me as I learned.

Recent changes in comic strips are disturbing. For example, recently revised Doonsbury has become more pro-drug culture while increasingly degrading and mocking conservatives.

You recently replaced the classic, long running Judge Parker with the ridiculous and sometimes offensive Wumo.

But recently Pearls Before Swine depicted, the model family man, Hi of "Hi and Lois" as having contracted an STD from a mistress.

The comic strips are becoming less funny, more crude and not for children any more. Sad.

KENT FOSHA, LaFayette, Ga.

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