Polluted Future
Oh yeah, it’s going to get a whole hell of a lot worse (“It’ll Only Get Worse,” by Sam Boykin, Nov. 19). Especially if the 18-to-30-year-old segment of the population of this country drops the ball next year in the presidential election like they did in 2000. The average age of voters in that election was 70!
Unless you want to spend your future in a polluted wasteland where corporate interests are favored over those of the citizens, and war becomes a perpetual and accepted part of life, then the youth of this nation must wake up and take action to help get these clowns out of power. This may sound corny, but it’s the absolute undeniable truth.
— Ron Brendle, Charlotte
Booby Prize
Wow! You put boobies on the cover (“No Support,” by Jessica Seigel, Nov. 26)! How edgy, how shocking! Those Myers Park moms are surely disgusted and embarrassed. Maybe if Creative Loafing was actually worth picking up, you wouldn’t have to use such juvenile tactics to get people to do so. I work in the Children and Family Services Center and we gladly display your publication in our lobby. I am sure that our clientele will be impressed with such quality material. Keep up the great work!
— Lorree Gatch, Charlotte
Cup of Frustration
I loved the “No Support” article by Jessica Seigel. I don’t know about every other woman, but from conversations I’ve had over the years with friends and others I’ve overheard, Ms. Seigel hit the nail square on the head for a lot of us. Shopping for a bra is a bitch, no two ways about it — and a depressing bitch, at that. Why? Because if you have any brains, halfway through your shopping, you realize exactly what Ms. Seigel is talking about: the bra manufacturers could not care less about women’s comfort or convenience. And that doesn’t even cover the ridiculous issue of cup sizes and how they change from bra to bra. Loved your cover with the “teacups,” too, that was funny, although I imagine you probably heard complaints from local prudes.
— Lynda R. Austin, Charlotte
Unsustainable Theory
At the top of David Walters’ article “Divided We Fall” (Nov. 26) is the word NEWS. This rant by David Walters is not news, but is his opinion based on the propaganda he believes.
The “smart growth” Mr. Walters refers to is just one part of a policy known as Sustainable Development. I would urge thinking people to buy a small paperback by Wilfred Beckerman, A Poverty Of Reason: Sustainable Development and Economic Growth.
A quote from this book: “Sustainable development has practical implications that would be morally unacceptable even if its ethical foundations were valid in theory.” Mr. Beckerman goes on to explain these “theories” have no validity.
You might say this book just provides another “opinion.” Then I would say give your readers both sides, and let them decide.
— Suzanne Stallings, Charlotte
This article appears in Dec 3-9, 2003.
