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OCF STORY POLE DECISION
Congratulations to the Oregon Country
Fair board for a wise and prudent decision
(May 4, “OCF Cancels Story Pole”).
There is a place where style and tradi-
tion intersect. But tradition leaves style at
the crossroads and goes a longer, proven
journey through generations. It takes cul-
tural memory … where are your ances-
tors buried ?
Although our minds are colonized by
the omnipresent corporate dominion, we
have to diminish our own colonial attitudes
and not squander privilege on ourselves.
Who is setting the agenda? Who has
privilege, wealth and control? What is the
value of time and the sanctity of place? Not
tested by time and place, pop culture goes
pop and the weasels are then gone.
Richard Gross
Deadwood
TREATIES WERE CALLED
‘VALID,’ TOO
What does it mean to say, “The tribes
did not respond in an organizationally valid
way?” I’m not sure, but it reminded me of
DAPL [Dakota Access Pipeline] represen-
tatives claiming that Standing Rock people
did not respond to their request for input on
the Dakota Access Pipeline project. As we
later heard, that claim was false.
It’s not that hard to get in touch with Na-
tive people in Oregon. It’s time for white
people (I’m one of them) to step outside
the comfort zone of cultural dominance.
Kate Tyson
Eugene
YELLOW JOURNALISM
One phrase from the lead article “Want-
ed: Dead or Online” (May 11) summed up
this entirely unnecessary, self-indulgent
article by Rick Levin: “morbid curiosity.”
Yeah, so much fun to dwell on the misfor-
tunes of others, isn’t it?
Morbid curiosity indeed, as in watching
the aftermath of a car crash to see if there’s
blood on the road, or chortling over how
so and so fucked up. Well, at least MY shit
doesn’t stink, hah, hah. Er, um ...
This article belongs in the likes of Na-
tional Enquirer — or preferably nowhere.
Why sensationalize a sad situation? People
screw up sometimes, some more often than
others. So what?
Since when has Eugene Weekly be-
come a mouthpiece for vigilante style
journalism?
I personally don’t want to stare at faces
of people caught in the moments of their
indiscretions.
Especially since the election, there’s
been an explosion of Us vs. Them smug-
ness and intolerance. The Weekly fuels this
undesirable trend with articles such as this
that serve no useful purpose. I would hope
that the Weekly would build bridges rather
than rely on yellow journalism to boost its
ad sales. Too much to ask?
On a related note, the cover designs of
the last two papers have IMO been ugly
and off-putting.
Peter Holden
Eugene
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INTERFAITH BEFORE 9/11
Interfaith services in Eugene started be-
fore Sept. 11, 2001. For years the interfaith
community had Thanksgiving services that
brought eight to 10 different religious de-
nominations together demonstrating their
prayers of Thanksgiving, followed by a
potluck pie dessert.
When 9/11 occurred it was natural for
the Eugene mayor to contact the interfaith
community for a prayer service. Several
clergy and lay people met with the may-
or and created a prayer service similar to
what had been done for Thanksgivings.
The service was held that evening at
Cuthbert Amphitheater. About 400 people
showed up.
The next day President Bush declared
the coming Friday a day of prayer. Again
the mayor met with interfaith community
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