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What do we really believe?
To the editor:
Watching the events of the last couple of months unfold, I have to ask the question: What do we really believe?
We all watched as the Newtown shootings unfolded. Days after, we saw the funerals and the tears of family and friends and a nation. We swore to never let it happen again. On that very same day, 3,500 children were killed. No funerals, no tears, no nation in mourning. Their innocent lives taken “legally” in the name of a right to choose.
Listening to the speeches of President Obama and the first lady, and many others, I hear the subject of fatherhood come up a lot. How they love to tell us about the importance of a father in the family. They tell us it is scientifically proven that when there is a father in a stable family setting, children have a much greater chance at a bright and productive future. I believe this to be true. How do you go from this fact to saying it doesn’t matter who you marry as long as you love them? If two women marry, does that mean a father is no longer necessary? What about two men? Are two fathers twice as good?
I remember a recent story in the paper about teen pregnancy in Washington County. The Board of Education seemed to wonder why children as young as 8 years old have already had a sexual experience. Remember, this is a generation whose lives revolve around technology, TV, the Internet, video games and smartphones. TV commercials have turned almost pornographic, and many of the video games children play have sexual content. We continue to insist how concerned we are for our children, yet we protect this filth and perversion under freedom of speech.
What do we really believe?
David Spade
Clear Spring
Better security, not proposed gun laws, is the answer
To the editor:
I am writing about the recent increase in gun laws brought on by the school shooting in Connecticut. This includes limiting ammunition magazine sizes and background checks for private gun buyers. I have been politically aware of these laws, and for two reasons consider these new laws inadequate.
First, the magazine size restriction is ineffective. A gunman now has smaller magazines. He could just save up and buy more from his source. And a person planning to use a firearm for home defense would need to purchase more magazines.
Second, they only make firearms harder to obtain by legal methods. A person can still acquire a gun through illegal means. However, if a person is planning to buy a gun for home defense legally, he must go through a longer process. This involves obtaining a license, purchasing the gun and then waiting a week for a background check.
In short, the magazine restriction will not resolve the problem. Stricter background checks will not solve the issue either. We should instead have better security in public places like schools.
Thomas Coe
Hagerstown
Legend of Japanese invasion based on Yamamoto’s words
To the editor:
To the editor:
Watching the events of the last couple of months unfold, I have to ask the question: What do we really believe?
We all watched as the Newtown shootings unfolded. Days after, we saw the funerals and the tears of family and friends and a nation. We swore to never let it happen again. On that very same day, 3,500 children were killed. No funerals, no tears, no nation in mourning. Their innocent lives taken “legally” in the name of a right to choose.
Listening to the speeches of President Obama and the first lady, and many others, I hear the subject of fatherhood come up a lot. How they love to tell us about the importance of a father in the family. They tell us it is scientifically proven that when there is a father in a stable family setting, children have a much greater chance at a bright and productive future. I believe this to be true. How do you go from this fact to saying it doesn’t matter who you marry as long as you love them? If two women marry, does that mean a father is no longer necessary? What about two men? Are two fathers twice as good?
I remember a recent story in the paper about teen pregnancy in Washington County. The Board of Education seemed to wonder why children as young as 8 years old have already had a sexual experience. Remember, this is a generation whose lives revolve around technology, TV, the Internet, video games and smartphones. TV commercials have turned almost pornographic, and many of the video games children play have sexual content. We continue to insist how concerned we are for our children, yet we protect this filth and perversion under freedom of speech.
What do we really believe?
David Spade
Clear Spring
Better security, not proposed gun laws, is the answer
To the editor:
I am writing about the recent increase in gun laws brought on by the school shooting in Connecticut. This includes limiting ammunition magazine sizes and background checks for private gun buyers. I have been politically aware of these laws, and for two reasons consider these new laws inadequate.
First, the magazine size restriction is ineffective. A gunman now has smaller magazines. He could just save up and buy more from his source. And a person planning to use a firearm for home defense would need to purchase more magazines.
Second, they only make firearms harder to obtain by legal methods. A person can still acquire a gun through illegal means. However, if a person is planning to buy a gun for home defense legally, he must go through a longer process. This involves obtaining a license, purchasing the gun and then waiting a week for a background check.
In short, the magazine restriction will not resolve the problem. Stricter background checks will not solve the issue either. We should instead have better security in public places like schools.
Thomas Coe
Hagerstown
Legend of Japanese invasion based on Yamamoto’s words
To the editor:
