TO THE EDITOR
ers? In my opinion, deflecting pain onto oth-
ers is the action of a coward. Instead of try-
ing to celebrate and accept our differences,
we are taught to document and catalog them.
Many of us are through with the worn-out
tradition of believing that we must defend
ourselves against people who act, think or
look different than us. The last time I
checked, we are all human beings. Let us
stop trying to categorize and identify all of
our differences. We should start to celebrate
our commonalities. Once we as a communi-
ty can agree to honor the common good of
each person, we all will be strengthened.
There is an old phrase that one of my elders
often repeated, “The higher you think of oth-
ers the greater your world will be.” Please,
take just a moment to imagine how great our
world can be.
Caitlin Turner Robertson
Eugene
A WEEKLY SWIZZLE?
I really have to voice my thanks and appre-
ciation for a couple of things. One is the fel-
low who wrote in last week (Mitch, 3/15) and
stated: “One thought I have is that it might be
extremely selfish of me to insist on EW’s con-
tinued publication of Savage just so I can have
my weekly hoot and to hell with even consid-
ering how it might affect the childen in our
community.” I also appreciated Dan Savage
himself stating in written and spoken word
that his column is not for children.
The bottom line is that it is the EW’s deci-
sion to make itself a community oriented
paper for everyone or not. I would think that
the EW would want to keep the family audi-
ence and to influence the whole community
in a positive way. So why not make Swizzle a
separate paper with a focus on all the adult
material? Maybe it costs too much for new
newspaper stands. Ultimately I suspect it is
this cost that might prevent the EW from
making this decision. In that case how about
making it a permanent insert, and the readers
can then easily remove the insert before the
children can see it. This would cost virtually
nothing to do. Maybe it would even drum up
more business for EW. Swizzle could contain
the personals, the escort services, Dan
Savage and the voluptuous picture ads. Give
it a try and make the entire community
happy!
And a question for those who think that
EW need not be concerned with the children
in our town. What do you think of the 12-and
13-year-old prostitutes who earn a living in
Eugene?
Janelle Kinski
Eugene
BE A GREEN STEWARD
WHO YOU GONNA BLAME?
As a person of faith, I have come to
believe that global warming is a real and
growing threat and is one of the greatest
moral issues of our time. Since I believe we
have been called to protect God’s creation,
we must take action now to preserve the
earth for the benefit of our children and
grandchildren.
I applaud Governor Kulongoski and the
governors of Washington, California,
Arizona and New Mexico for agreeing to
work together toward a western cap of green-
house gas emissions. Gov. Kulongoski has
called for increased use of renewable energy
to help achieve that goal.
My faith leads me to consider the kind of
energy sources we use to be a moral issue. I
am thankful that God has blessed Oregon
with abundant renewable energy potential so
our state can become a national leader in
renewable energy.
I feel it is time for Oregon to join 21
states which have already adopted
Renewable Energy Standards. Our legisla-
tors should pass legislation requiring utilities
to have 25 percent of their power generated
by renewable resources by 2025.
Our members of Congress should support
similar legislation at the national level.
Renewable energy is good stewardship of
God’s creation.
Dorothy Sistrom
Springfield
GREEN MOMENTUM
Global warming has finally found a
national audience! Nightline recently inter-
viewed Thomas Knutson, a hurricane
researcher with the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration. According to
his account, the Bush administration sup-
pressed his research on the effects of human-
induced global warming on the intensities of
hurricanes. Knutson’s research found that the
rising sea-surface temperatures are going to
cause hurricanes to get significantly stronger
and more destructive. The online magazine
Salon has reported that the White House con-
trolled media access to NOAA scientists and
routinely scrutinized their reports.
As residents of Oregon, and more specif-
ically Eugene, we see the momentum of the
green movement all around us. In addition,
many of us know that small changes to our
lifestyle can make big differences: using flu-
orescent light bulbs, biking to work instead
of driving, demanding greater fuel efficiency
from our vehicles and energy accountability
from our corporations and local govern-
ments. But just as important as being a
“green citizen” is convincing the rest of this
country why global heating is of paramount
concern and how they can be energy con-
scious.
The independence of the news media is
constantly being eroded, and most of the
country doesn’t have access to impartial
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