PUBLIC FORUM PEOPLE DID NOTHING.I would like to comment on those letters, all of which suggested that the Markowitzes take responsibility for the death of their son - or some responsibility, since the older son's drug debt was the apparent motive. Their boy was abducted abducted Distal angulation of an extremity away from the midline of the body in a transverse plane and away from a sagittal plane passing through the proximal aspect of the foot or part, or away from some other specified reference point by a gang of young thugs who knew him and held him in various houses until he was killed by the young thugs. The families and friends of some of the thugs knew that the boy was a hostage and did nothing to help him. After he was killed, I didn't see a single statement of regret or apology for their complicity. I saw an article that stated none of these people would be charged. What piece of that vicious murder do those letter writers think the Markowitz family owns? I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. whom the Markowitzes are suing, but I could sympathize if it were the entire world. - Bonnie Blankenship Glendale Another bad idea Re ``Studio City streets to get tildes'' (Aug. 18): I don't have a problem at all with Councilman Nick Pacheco's request to add a tilde A symbol used in Windows, starting with Windows 95, that maintains a short version of a long file or directory name for compatibility with Windows 3.1 and DOS. For example, the short version of a file named "Letter to Joe" would be LETTER~1. Then "Letter to Pat" becomes LETTER~2. to street names in Studio City. The cost, however, of $6,801 should be taken out of his salary. This may circumvent any future lame-brain ideas these council people come up with. Do the streets O'Malley, O'Melveny, etc., in Sun Valley have the apostrophe apostrophe, figure of speech apostrophe, figure of speech in which an absent person, a personified inanimate being, or an abstraction is addressed as though present. ? Does the street Schoenborn in the Valley require the two dots over the ``o'' so as not to change the German pronunciation of the word? Ridiculous, isn't it? - John Reilly John Reilly can refer to:
Granada Hills Assassinations Marion Mandeson in ``Palestinian targets'' (Public Forum, Aug. 15) complains about the world's criticism of Israel for target assassinations. Mandeson could have clarified the Israeli position with the following points: Palestinians are using very crude and out-of-date methods for the targets, whereas Israelis are using the very latest techniques and the state of the art in target assassination Assassination See also Murder. assassins Fanatical Moslem sect that smoked hashish and murdered Crusaders (11th—12th centuries). [Islamic Hist.: Brewer Note-Book, 52] Brutus conspirator and assassin of Julius Caesar. [Br. . Israelis have also assassinated as·sas·si·nate tr.v. as·sas·si·nat·ed, as·sas·si·nat·ing, as·sas·si·nates 1. To murder (a prominent person) by surprise attack, as for political reasons. 2. one of their prime ministers, one who was inclined toward peace and showed some favor to the Palestinians. Now they have overwhelmingly elected a prime minister who was indicted INDICTED, practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted. for Sabra sa·bra n. A native-born Israeli. [Hebrew  and Shatila war crimes. They honor him for his past performance. The situation is worsening. The question is whether this will make the Palestinians give up intifada. No. Take a lesson from history. Give up the occupied land. - Mohammed Daud Canoga Park Halt aid to Israel After reading Mona Charen's biased column (Opinion, Aug. 20), it appears there is but one solution to peace in the Middle East. Immediately bring all U.S. aid to Israel to a halt - the $3.5 billion in cash, plus the tanks, Humvees, F-16s, etc., that we give Israel gratis GRATIS. Without reward or consideration. 2. When a bailee undertakes to perform some act or work gratis, he is answerable for his gross negligence, if any loss should be sustained in consequence of it; but a distinction exists between non-feasance and . Stop all this giveaway that perpetuates the strife in the area, and soon the two factions will be on an equal footing throwing rocks at each other. Let's see Let's See was a Canadian television series broadcast on CBC Television between September 6, 1952 to July 4, 1953. The segment, which had a running time of 15 minutes, was a puppet show with a character named Uncle Chichimus (voice of John Conway), which presented each if Mona can come up with a more sensible solution to peace. - Max Ross Lancaster Fish or owl? The firefighters up north have the toughest job in the world. Should they scoop up Verb 1. scoop up - take out or up with or as if with a scoop; "scoop the sugar out of the container" lift out, scoop, scoop out, take up remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something water to put out the fires? If they do, they put the sucker fish See See also: Sucker in danger. But if they allow the fire to burn, many spotted owls may be killed. Either way, they're sure to be sued. - J.D. Silvester Sylmar America's foundation Re ``Crossing the line'' (Public Forum, Aug. 17): Ray Shelton seems to be a bit confused about the history of the United States “American history” redirects here. For the history of the continents, see History of the Americas. The United States of America is located in the middle of the North American continent, with Canada to the north and the United Mexican States to the south. . Shelton claims that by imposing moral standards - what he refers to as ``the superstition of the church'' - on our country, George W. Bush is rejecting the vision of the founders. On the contrary, the Founding Fathers were not out to create the atheistic a·the·is·tic also a·the·is·ti·cal adj. 1. Relating to or characteristic of atheism or atheists. 2. Inclined to atheism. a society that Shelton so desires but, in fact, placed God at the heart of America's foundation. To recall a once well-known phrase: America was intended to be ``one nation under God,'' a place where one could enjoy freedom of religion - not freedom from religion. - Deborah M. Evans North Hollywood I'm old fashioned I have been reading much lately about using a lot of money, machinery and time to make a baby. In my 95 years, I have enjoyed the pleasure of making several babies who are now healthy people and doing the same thing naturally. Personally, I think one must be either ill-informed or very unnatural to want to cut out all the fun and delight two persons can have making a baby. Plus, it's so much less expensive naturally. - Stanley Smith Arleta SUV benefits Re ``SUVs are testament to vanity and profit'' (Viewpoint, Aug. 5): If we follow Steve Vlasich's argument to its logical conclusion, we need to get all the long-distance haulers, UPS and Fed Ex vans, fire trucks, ambulances and so on off the road. While he's entitled to his opinion, he overlooks the benefits. My grandkids have been riding in a Suburban for six years or so. It hasn't rolled over once, and they're safe. That's worth a few extra gallons of gas. I drive a 4Runner and have since the late 1980s. The bed is a convenient height. I'm not straining my back to lift a bag of concrete out of the well of a car trunk. I like that. Of course, there's a down side. People with conventional cars often seem to have an irresistible and hysterical compulsion to get in front of you. Fortunately, I have good brakes. - Mike Savell Simi Valley A little resolve Once again science has shown us that lifestyle intervention is the safest and most effective weapon against disease. On Aug. 8, The National Institutes of Health released a study concluding that a low-fat diet low-fat diet A diet low in fats, especially saturated fats, which has a positive effect on arthritis, CA, ASHD, DM, HTN, obesity, and strokes. See Diet, Low-fat snack; Cf Animal fat, High-fat diet. combined with modest exercise is more effective than the leading anti-diabetes drug Glucophage at helping people lower their risk of developing diabetes. The studies in the past two decades documenting the health benefits of replacing meat and animal fat in the diet with grains, vegetables and fruits have revealed to us the secret of a long, healthy life. Our supermarkets provide us with a rich variety of raw and processed plant-based foods, including soy-based meat analogs. All we need now is the resolve to remove animal-derived products from our shopping lists. - Mark Kerber Woodland Hills Reasonable atheists In response to the writer (``Love of reason,'' Public Forum, Aug. 14) who doubts that an atheist would ever be found guilty of a religious hate crime, I am assuming that the actions by ``reasonable'' atheists like Hitler, Stalin, Mao Tse-tung and Pol Pot were acts of love. I am still waiting to find a hospital, leprosarium lep·ro·sar·i·um n. pl. lep·ro·sar·i·ums or lep·ro·sar·i·a A hospital for the treatment of leprosy. or disability ministry dedicated to atheism atheism (ā`thē-ĭz'əm), denial of the existence of God or gods and of any supernatural existence, to be distinguished from agnosticism, which holds that the existence cannot be proved. . - George W. Harris Agoura Hills Foe of all sides Don Brunson (Public Forum, Aug. 14) seems to have missed the point of my Aug. 9 Public Forum letter concerning the fact that the government is giving with one hand and taking back with the other. That letter was not primarily about right-wing or left-wing viewpoints. It was about the fact that the government is borrowing money to give a rebate advance to some of the people now; yet all of us and our children will have to pay it back in the future. When the government gets out of step with the people, it becomes the foe of every citizen - both those on the right and those on the left. - Melody Kellis Woodland Hills |
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