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THE ASTORIAN • SATuRdAy, NOvEmbER 27, 2021
OPINION
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KARI BORGEN
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Un-words
or reasons that should need no clarifi-
cation, it’s always, and ever, business
as usual. I am entranced with the con-
cept of “leisure industry” (The Astorian,
Nov. 18).
It is such an Orwellian abstraction!
Intoxicating newspeak boiled down and
brewed. Switching venues, it’s the same
as “working forest,” a favorite of #Tim-
berUnity, where the most valuable and
worthy of trees can be found lying down
on the job.
At the least, such lingual jiu-jitsu
should be candidates for the Un-word of
the Year. In any case, these mind-twist-
F
ing expressions need to be sent off to the
Euphemism Wing of the Oregon State
Bureau of Misinformation. I will get
right on it.
GARY DURHEIM
Seaside
Gone in an instant
W
e all enjoy the change of sea-
sons differently. I appreciate win-
ter birds moving in, especially colorful
ducks using the area to rest after a long
flight, exhausted, needing nourishment.
Some people celebrate their arrival
by hunting them. Fees are paid, areas set
aside, even enhanced and protected to be
able to shoot them. Using guns is part of
the fun. I own a gun, and understand the
excitement of firing one. But I admit I
enjoy seeing ducks alive.
I am told to go somewhere else, out
of the way of hunters. I wonder why I
have to go somewhere else, and accept
this cruelty, because shooting migrat-
ing ducks is fun for some.Yes, fees paid,
licenses granted, as if that makes it OK.
Some of us go outside to be restored
by observing wildlife living, when lucky
enough to see it. Now I hear gunfire in
the distance from my home, as ducks
scatter, frightened, gone in an instant.
Bang … poof … gone … mallards,
pintail, wigeon … and we’re left with
nothing, so the fun can go on. Isn’t it
more fun playing with the grandkids?
LYNNE FARRAR
Astoria
Talk is cheap
U
.S. Rep. Earl Blumenauer stated that
the feds must do more to prepare
for climate disasters (The Astorian, Nov.
18).
Talk is cheap. The feds can only do
what Congress directs and funds.
DAVID FEIRING
Front Royal, Virginia