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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1996)
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR “Bible” Jim a bigot I was rather disturbed by your story about “Bible” Jim Webber and his tirade in the EMU Court yard. It’s people like him who have caused me to question my faith in Christianity in the past. I’m sick of all of these Bible beater-offers like Webber who use the Bible to preach their hate to the world. He and his kind are bigots plain and simple. This is not the 1950s. “Bible” Jim’s sign proclaiming impending judg ment on “Queers, IRS Agents, Mormons and Rebellious Women,” among other things, just shows what a scared, little man he is. The Bible is not a tool of anger, and people who preach hate should not use it as such. Too many people use Christianity as a shield for their anger. As for people like Webber, all I can say is four words: Love thy neighbor, baby! Gregory Darusmont Economics Save it for Hard Copy I am writing to voice my out rage over the Emerald’s decision to run a cover story and photos of “Bible” Jim Webber (ODE, Oct. 22). Not only is Webber full of hot air and hatred, but he is sex ist, racist and homophobic. I would hardly call the mob scene on Oct. 21 a “religious debate.” I am angry because I am an ac tively out lesbian student on this campus, and my personal safety and identity is threatened by Jim’s supposedly “Christian” rhetoric. I am not one to chal lenge the First Amendment, but there’s this little thing inside a person called a boundary ... and he crossed mine. The most upsetting thing about Webber’s recurring tirades on our campus is that people still give him the time of day, still stop and pay attention to him, argue with him and therefore encourage him and support him in his mission — whatever that may be. “Touch people’s hearts?” I doubt it. It seems to me that the Emer ald’s supposed devotion to fair reporting and equal representa tion is a farce. It’s not bad enough that “Bible" Jim still draws a huge crowd, but the Emerald has to condone the whole scene by displaying it on the front page as a “newsworthy event.” Save it for Hard Copy, please. Frankly, I’m a little sick of bigotry being enter tainment. Cassie Salewske English, Women’s Studies Yes on 48 In 1992, Oregonians passed term limits with an overwhelm ing 70 percent of the vote. I felt then, as I do now, that term lim its are the only way to bring ac countability back to our govern ment. This November we have another chance to demand re sponsibility from our politicians by voting yes on Measure 48. Term limits are the corner stone of all political reform. Cut ting short the tenure of our repre sentatives would open up the political arena to citizen legisla tors, who are solely missing from the congressional roll. Take a look at our city councils. They aren’t clogged with lawyers and political professionals. 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