Ron Judd wraps up 2009, revisits Glenn Beck event
Regarding Ron Judd’s 2009 review “It’s hard to pick just one ‘winner’: 2009 was the race to the bottom” [News, Dec. 27].
Judd made a comment about Glenn Beck being a lunatic.
He may very well be a lunatic, but I sure wish someone would make a list of things he has been wrong about. I want some details about what he is wrong about, before I make my decision on him being a lunatic or even a liar.
— Jackie Harden, Seattle
Christmas music overload during December
Don’t children get enough Christmas music at home, in stores, on TV and at church in December [“Have yourself a PC little Christmas,” Opinion, guest commentary, Dec. 24]?
We do not need more Christmas music in school.
Unlike Jan Lind-Sherman, I think we marginalize other traditions when we force school children to perform music that is traditional only for Christians. Other traditions have beautiful music, but the schools have not given them equal attention at this time of year.
Performing one Hindu song and 10 Christian songs in a school performance is neither warm nor loving of non-Christian students. There are enough songs about winter and nature to fill a winter program that everyone can enjoy.
Our society celebrates Christmas music to the exclusion of all other music in December. The schools need not add insult to injury to people of other traditions.
— Barbara Frost, Seattle
C’mon, throw the dog a bone
I go out walking in Seattle fairly frequently and I have noticed a disturbing phenomenon. At Discovery Park, in Elliott Bay Park, and now along the path to Golden Gardens beach, I have come across people walking large Dobermans over which they do not seem to have much control.
It is difficult being a Doberman, I know. People train them to be attack dogs, and it isn’t their fault. Nevertheless, they are large, aggressive, alpha dogs, and they are dangerous to people and other dogs. They should not be walked in public areas where other people and their dogs congregate.
It’s admirable that there are people out there who want to rescue Dobermans and save them from the cruelty that usually marks their lives — vicious attack-dog training and then euthanasia when something goes wrong — but that doesn’t mean Dobermans should be out mixing with the general population. They are dangerous dogs and should be walked outside the city and general population limits.
The owners of these dogs all behave as though they are tremendously entitled to the space they occupy — they aren’t. They present a threat to others, and their oblivion to this is revolting.
— Dawne Adam, Seattle