LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG.Byline: The Register-Guard Gun makers needed protection The Register-Guard's Oct. 21 editorial missed the mark. Many of the facts stated in the piece are simply not true. The fact is that U.S. firearms manufacturers have been under legal attack by folks who want to put them out of business. Their legal attack was analogous to suing Ford Motor Company for the acts of drunken drivers and car thieves. The bill passed by Congress will protect the gun companies from frivolous lawsuits only. Liability due to defective products is still viable. The statement that the intent of the bill is to make it the most coddled and unregulated business in America is simply not true. The firearms industry has been and will remain one of the most regulated businesses in the country. The federal government has strict requirements on the sales and distribution of firearms. Many states and local governments add their own regulations. Senate Bill 397 also had a national security component. It keeps the firearms companies alive and well and able to provide firearms and ammunition to our police and military. I wouldn't want us to have to depend on the Chinese or East Europeans to equip our defenders. I am writing this on behalf of the 264 members of the Willamette Valley The Willamette Valley (pronounced [wɪˈlæ.mɪt], with the accent on the second syllable) is the region in northwest Oregon in the United States that surrounds the Willamette River as it proceeds northward from its Arms Collectors and their families. RON HERBERT, President Willamette Valley Arms Collectors Cottage Grove Cottage Grove, village (1990 pop. 22,935), Washington co., SE Minn., near the St. Croix River; inc. 1965. There is farming (cattle, sheep, corn, and soybeans) and manufacturing (chemicals and machinery). Why does council ignore vote? Where are the environmentalists? Why aren't they holding a sit-in at the Eugene City Council chambers? Why aren't they chaining themselves to the traffic signals on West 11th Avenue? After all, everyone knows that cars in stop-and-go traffic expel more noxious emissions than ones traveling at a steady pace of 35 miles per hour. I would think they would be up in arms armed for war; in a state of hostility. See also: Arms about the obvious irresponsibility of not accelerating the progress of the West Eugene Parkway The West Eugene Parkway was a proposed re-alignment of Oregon Route 126 through the western parts of Eugene, Oregon and its suburbs. Highway 126 through western Eugene currently runs along several surface streets (including West 11th Avenue); this route is well-known in the Eugene . Maybe responsible citizens should be heard on this subject. Oh, I forgot, they were heard. They voted to proceed with the parkway. Why were they ignored? WALTER MORGAN Walter Morgan may be:
Junction City Junction City, city (1990 pop. 20,604), seat of Geary co., NE Kans., at the confluence of the Republican and Smoky Hill rivers; inc. 1859. The rail, trade, and processing center of an agricultural and dairy area, it grew as the supply point for nearby Fort Riley, Parkway vote hurts democracy The issue of the West Eugene Parkway is most disturbing. The issue is not whether the parkway should be built. The issue is the City Council's disregard for the will of the voters. The voters have twice voted in favor of the project. For a handful of people to ignore the voters is a slap in the face to one of the basic underpinnings of democracy. The majority rules, period. Council members who cannot support this basic concept should resign immediately. DAVE A file sharing program from Thursby Software Systems, Inc., Arlington, TX (www.thursby.com) that allows a Macintosh to share files with a PC. Designed specifically for and needing installation only on the Mac, DAVE works with Microsoft's native SMB/CIFS file sharing protocols and uses CROSBY Monroe Abortion will never disappear Do what you will relative to abortions, they will continue. In 1940, my friend worked his way through school by working in the emergency room at Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia. Abortion was illegal at that time. Most of the work in the emergency room was abortions. Women would start an abortion, be it coat hanger, Coke bottle or exploded light bulb. The bleeding was great. They'd go to the emergency room. The doctors saved the woman from bleeding to death. The result was her goal, an abortion. If women took that dangerous course then, I doubt whether sermonizing will change anything when the perceived need is that drastic. I doubt whether President Bush or his male cohorts have the basic sympathy or empathy to understand a woman's position. Nor will they try. And certainly Bush, with his youthful predispositions for wildness, will not acknowledge what problems such wildness could cause. Nor will he try. Abortions have always been and they always will be. The question is: Will they be safe? BILL BEALS Reedsport Roaming cats are in danger I completely empathize em·pa·thize v. To feel empathy in relation to another person. with the pain that Allison Hartlage (letters, Oct. 28) is feeling as a result of someone taking potshots at her and her roommate's cats. As a pet owner, I know that I would be devastated dev·as·tate tr.v. dev·as·tat·ed, dev·as·tat·ing, dev·as·tates 1. To lay waste; destroy. 2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. if anything happened to my animals. But that said, I can't believe that any pet owners who truly love their animal friends would allow them to wander outside of the confines of their home or fenced area, unless the animal is on a leash or in a crate - especially when, in her own words, "My house is surrounded by four very busy intersections." Let's say for argument's sake that there weren't any shooters in her neighborhood. It is only a matter of time before a passing vehicle hits one of the cats. I'm sorry, but Hartlage and her roommate are the ones who are responsible for the safety of their cats. If that is beyond their physical, financial or emotional capabilities, then they need to gift the cats to someone who will give them the needed care and environment. JENNIFER MELLONE Eugene A mayor for some of Eugene It's obvious now that despite her claims of being the "mayor for all Eugene," Kitty Piercy "Kitty" Piercy is the current mayor of Eugene, Oregon, sworn in January of 2005. The press dubbed Piercy's election part of a "shift to the left" for the Eugene City Council. is not the mayor for the majority of Eugeneans who voted for the West Eugene Parkway. She's the mayor for the minority, and the rest of us can just go hang. No big surprise there. SUSAN IVERSON Eugene Gender ordinance unreasonable The Human Rights Commission has a new proposed gender identity ordinance that spells a great day for sexual predators and a bad day for worrying parents. Any person of any sex dressing as any gender claiming to be any gender can go into any communal shower Communal showers are a group of single showers put together in one room/area. They are often used in locker rooms, changing rooms and army barracks for personal hygiene. School Communal Showers at any time without any questions and there isn't anything anyone can do about it, whether at swimming pools or physical education in schools. Doubt my words? Read what's on What's On (Traditional Chinese: 熒幕八爪娛) is a weekly half-hour TV series that airs on Fairchild Television. Format Originally started in 1996, the show is currently the longest-running program in Fairchild Television history. their Web site for yourself. They don't just borrow your modesty to pay for someone else's, they steal it. They list reasonable compromises on the Web site, but don't require them to be accepted. A gender variant can be offered what the HRC HRC Human Rights Campaign HRC Human Rights Council (UN) HRC Human Rights Commission HRC Hard Rock Cafe HRC Hillary Rodham Clinton (democratic senator/presidential candidate; former first lady) says is reasonable, but the code itself says they don't have to accept it - that person has sole determination of what shower they go into and when. You can't question anyone on looks or sexual equipment, either. It would be sexual profiling based on societal stereotypes steeped in phobia phobia: see neurosis. phobia Extreme and irrational fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation. A phobia is classified as a type of anxiety disorder (a neurosis), since anxiety is its chief symptom. . I read on the Internet this week about a man that twice walked into a woman's shower room Noun 1. shower room - a room with several showers room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view" shower bath, shower stall - booth for washing yourself, usually in a bathroom and just watched for a while and left. What happens if we legalize le·gal·ize tr.v. le·gal·ized, le·gal·iz·ing, le·gal·iz·es To make legal or lawful; authorize or sanction by law. le his presence? The HRC offers nothing in their code that requires compromise to prevent mixing sexes in showers. They know this. Businesses and schools can only offer and hope. It's not reasonable to give one individual the right to determine city code. BILL NORTHRUP Eugene Country misled into Iraq war Iraq War: see under Persian Gulf Wars. Iraq War or Second Persian Gulf War Brief conflict in 2003 between Iraq and a combined force of troops largely from the U.S. and Great Britain; and a subsequent U.S. The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times reported that the Bush administration spin machine will resort to "attacking any criminal charges as a disagreement over legal technicalities." The battle over public opinion has begun. We must remind the country that this Valerie Plame scandal isn't about a technicality, it's about a White House scheme to cover up the lies that led our nation into one of the most deadly foreign policy blunders in its history. Let me remind people that there's no graver crime than misleading a country into war - and then covering it up. JEFF Jeff boob who usually bungles Mutt’s schemes. [Comics: Berger, 48] See : Dimwittedness J. JENKS Monroe Maybe they should be drafted Is anyone else struck by the grotesque contrast between the circumstances of the drunken, carousing ca·rouse intr.v. ca·roused, ca·rous·ing, ca·rous·es 1. To engage in boisterous, drunken merrymaking. 2. To drink excessively. n. Carousal. University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. students on campus last weekend and their less lucky peers who serve the nation and face deadly risks in Iraq each day? Recall also the campus panty raids and riots that happened while largely lower middle and lower class origin grunts were trying to survive duty in the Korean and Vietnam wars. Where do some youths get their unearned privileges and their impoverished values? Perhaps, after all, there is something to say for a military draft. EATON CONANT Eugene Name parkway Rosa Parks Way Ask the people who use West 11th Avenue every day if they would like the new highway built. If they would, build it! We suggest it be named Rosa Parks Way. She opened more eyes to the problem than most of us never knew was going on. Honor her brave act and name it after her. Martin Luther King Jr. has enough named after him, name it after that lady who absolutely stood on her own and went to jail by herself. It's time she was honored! And it wouldn't hurt to plant a few roses along the highway. We ask City Council members to please change their minds. JOHN CADWALADER DOROTHY CADWALADER Springfield |
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