Time to oppose radical Islam
Re: Cal Thomas’ article on Feb. 9, page B-7, “Egypt and radical Islam.”
Thank you, thank you, thank you for telling it like it is!
Now, if everyone would read your article and realize what a huge threat we are all dealing with and start doing something about it, maybe, just maybe, we can change the path we are on in this country. Radical Islam will stop at nothing to obtain their ultimate goal of taking over every country and ultimately the world.
This is not an overestimation. This will happen if we, as peace-loving Americans, don’t take steps to change things. What a frightening future our children and grandchildren face because us adults are too lazy and complacent.
Another good website to get more info is ActForAmerica.Org . I strongly urge everyone to check it out and become more informed before it’s too late.
SHAWN WILEY
Cleveland, Tenn.
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Tobacco users have rights too
Recently there have been laws passed for tobacco users that say they can’t smoke indoors, in bars, or on college campuses. Now lawmakers try to go too far. The lawmakers liked the idea that Canada was using to prevent smoking.
Canada uses pictures of cancerous lungs and mouths on its tobacco products to try and discourage people from using tobacco. It sounds like a good plan, but the problem is once you’ve started, more likely than not, you won’t stop using tobacco. They target people who are already using tobacco with grotesque pictures. Do they not have the right to enjoy a cigarette, dip, or a chew without having to see people’s black lungs and rotten mouths?
Tobacco users know that the products they use might kill them one day. They know this. They should have the right to buy their tobacco without having to view those pictures. Already tobacco users are taxed and prohibited.
When will lawmakers understand that they will never be able to stop tobacco use altogether? These pictures will do nothing but cost the tobacco companies and tobacco consumers more money. How great it is to make a company lose money during a recession.
ROBERT M. BAILEY
Whitwell, Tenn.