TO THE EDITOR
DIRTY ARSON
In his Jan. 25 letter, Jeffrey Luers
states he is “an incarcerated radical envi-
ronmentalist.” He then takes offense that
an earlier letter compared him to a “right
wing pro-life arsonist,” an apt compari-
son. Mr. Luers foolishly and romanti-
cally claims that so-called eco-saboteurs
are acting to save us from both corporate
greed and the destruction of our environ-
ment.
Luers’ claims are nonsense. I drove
by the Romania arson the next morning
because I had lived in the neighborhood.
What I saw made it clear that the arson
did horrific harm to the environment in
that it released into the air and the
Willamette River tons of toxins. Not only did
the arson foul our environment, it resulted in
the manufacture of new cars and trucks which
replaced the ones destroyed in the arson.
If Mr. Luers wants to help in saving our en-
vironment, he should volunteer with the
Willamette Riverkeepers or another of the
local organizations which promote clean
rivers.
David Jensen
Eugene
EDITOR’S NOTE : As we recall, the three vehicles
damaged in the Romania arson were repaired and sold.
WHAT IS OBSCENE?
There appears to exist within Eugene a vast
population of people simply aching for some-
thing to complain about. Take for instance the
fervor ignited by EW’s inclusion of Dan
Savage’s “Savage Love” column. Most de-
tractors want to assure us that they’re “not
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prudes,” as if that legitimizes their claims. And
evoking your longstanding readership by re-
ferring to the paper by its original name does
not make it your paper to the exclusion of
those of us not at all bothered by Dan Savage
or his opinions.
Me personally, I’m sick of hearing about
the West Eugene Parkway or why I should
have sympathy for a deluded arsonist or any-
thing written by Sally Sheklow. My response
is to not read those things that piss me off. But
you others decide that threatening EW with the
attorney general is appropriate. You idiots!
What I find obscene is your disgust with
the details of real people’s lives, people who
might happen to need Dan Savage’s advice
since he speaks to a segment of our national
community that you might prefer didn’t exist
at all.
Geoff Stiles
Eugene
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