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TO THE EDITOR
RESOURCE COLONY
It is becoming ever more evident via
the huge numbers of raw log hauling
ships leaving Northwest ports or the huge
ineffi cient forest incinerators proposed in
Klamath Falls to profi t California’s private
utilities that the ruling elite see Oregon
and its people as just another fi rst world
resource colony.
Are we going to allow the super wealthy
(and their cronies) to poison us with their
herbicides and dehumanize us until we
have nothing left but the shirts on our back,
the food we can buy at Walmart, and an
urban shack that we pay taxes to a super-
wealthy class serving government?
Although this seems obvious, the people
of Eugene or the entire Willamette Valley
have this problem with coping with this
reality. It seems that the dominant mindset
is “keep one’s head in the sand because if
one doesn’t think about all the problems
that the super-wealthy class are creating by
ruining our economy and the natural world
that it all will just go away.”
It seems that all species will fi ght for
their survival if threatened but for some
reason modern civilized people have not
accepted the fact that we have a psychopath
class that threatens us all.
Shannon Wilson
Eugene
CONCIOUS MEAT SOURCE
I fi nd your Chow section interesting
and helpful but one thing I think is missing
— a special section or classifi cation
for eateries which offer “conscious/
free-range, hormone free meat.” After
being a vegetarian for almost 20 years I
recently started eating occasional strictly
“conscious meat,” and a listing of all the
places in Eugene I can eat out that offer this
would be very useful.
I am tired of calling each restaurant
before I want to try somewhere new to ask
if they use free range meat or not, often
only to fi nd a person who doesn’t know,
and then they have to ask the manager,
who isn’t there, and maybe if I am lucky
someone will call me back (often days
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later, by which time it’s too late). Some
restaurants and cafes only provide this kind
of meat but (surprisingly) don’t advertise it
— they should be celebrating this ethical
and healthy choice and I’m sure would gain
more customers because of it.
If I want to eat meat out, this is the
deciding factor for me; I won’t go if it
isn’t free-range and “natural” (antibiotic/
hormone free). In a town like Eugene with
many people who choose to make ethical
consumer decisions this kind of “conscious
meat providers” list would be a valuable
guide. Please put one together!
Chanah Hall
Eugene
BETTER PLEDGE
We are living in a global community,
and we are entering a cycle where we
will slowly be seeing an end to a long
era of nationalism. The founding of the
U.N. was an effort by global leaders to
give recognition to the need for global
cooperation. We may choose to pledge
allegiance to our individual nations, but
we are citizens of the world. Some years
ago Lillian Gensler introduced a pledge
in the U.N. that recognized our need to
pledge allegiance to the planet. This pledge
would be more appropriate to recite before
our City Council meetings: “I pledge
allegiance to the world, to cherish every
living thing, to care for earth and sea and
air, with peace and freedom everywhere.”
Christopher Michaels
Eugene
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LEAVE YOU SMILING
Readers would be better served by
listening to the opinion of the woman
who sat behind Rick Levin at the Cottage
Theatre’s production of The Boys Next Door
than to listen to Levin himself (6/16 review).
If nothing else, Scott McWilliams as
Arnold and Acilles Massahos as Norman
put a smile on your face that lasted long
enough to ensure that you’re glad you didn’t
miss this delightful theatrical gem.
Gerald Morsello
Eugene
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