July / August 2013
Letters
RE: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT STORY I had to go back and read the story twice just to be sure that I had not missed it but I was right , there was not one mention of the cold blooded execution of the police officer, Indianapolis Police Sergeant Jack Ohrberg, who was not only shot once in the stomach but was shot twice more, execution style, while he lay wounded on the front porch of Smith's residence. I don't suppose there was any compassion for him or his family from the writer of the story. I have no compassion what so ever for someone who commits a crime such as this and can even live so long as to cause the public to pay for his upkeep, his defense and his appeals. There was no "innocent man" here in this case and they shouldn't even have to have a trial in these "smoking gun" incidents. Anguish about waiting to be executed, give me a break, did the office he killed have even an instant to think about his death before he was murdered, did he know he was going to die today? Did he have a moment to say good bye to his family and friends? There is not enough punishment to fit the crime committed here, the only good thing is that the taxpayers don't have to keep his guy fed and give him a bed anymore. If you don't want to go to prison and if you don't want to end up on death row, DON'T COMMIT A CRIME!! It is as simple as that. Bud Halderman Bellefonte
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BEYOND MONEY How should we think about Centre Crest? We should think as we do about the education of our children. Like the care of our children, the care of the elderly is a priceless public trust. Through these we show our community as morally whole in commitment to the young and old. This goes beyond money, which is but
one index of it. It is said that money is the bottom line. This is false: The bottom line is the depth of our common care and concern for one another. Centre Crest is run now by each of us together out of this bond. It is a wonderful facility. Let us be proud of it and keep running it for generations yet to come. My vision for Centre Crest is very similar to Michael Pipe’s proposal which was rejected in last week’s vote by the county commissioners. But we can still save these ideas if we all insist on a strong, strong community presence on the public nonprofit board. John Harris State College
By Tom Baker
LEAVE BSA TO THE BOYS It appears that the criticism of the BSA wanting to exclude homosexuals is expressed as a matter of discrimination or prejudice. I don't see it that way at all. I see it from the stand point of knowing that when you co-mingle 11, 12, 13 and 14 year old boys with an older male homosexual it is setting up situations for an active sexual predator to perform or function. Of course the aggressiveness towards the young scouts depends upon the character of the homosexual. This is a fact that I know from personal experience, both for myself and as an action upon a son. To put it very frankly they just can't keep their hands off of the boys. So why should the BSA permit homosexuals as members or leaders? My wife and I strongly agree that permitting homosexuals in the BSA is an extremely bad idea.
Ken Criste State College Please see page 31 for the editor’s rebuttal to this letter.
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