Opinion

Ed Toons

Letter: The mentally ill are often stigmatized by society

Editor, There is a fine line between right and wrong. I believe Anne Rice's letter to the Daily Lobo regarding students' ignorance about mental illness makes a crude point that education and psychology are going to bring students to the light, which is not necessarily true.

Letter: New Mexicans receive poor health care services

Editor, May I suggest a book for those students who have a social consciousness to help them understand the erosion of American democracy?

Letter: Calling war critics cowards reminiscent of fascism

Editor, According to Cali Garcia's letter in the Jan. 9 issue of the Daily Lobo, "We fight on - pissed off, but fighting on." The irony is that, presumably, Garcia is fighting for democracy, yet he claims to fight for "our idea of what it should be like, not yours." So peace is not a part of your agenda?

Letter: Eminent domain laws hurt investment in Rio Rancho

Editor, I recently became aware of a Rio Rancho City Council meeting for the blighting and eminent domain takeover of a portion of Unit 10 in Rio Rancho.

Letter: State should crack down on uninsured motorists

Editor, Gov. Richardson's declared Year of the Child should include reducing the probability that our children will be killed on the road. Richardson and the New Mexico Legislature have the power to help reduce the senseless injury and deaths of many men, women and children on the road.

Letter: Don't judge the mentally ill before trying to understand

Editor, Everyone has a right to an opinion, but some education is helpful. By reading Mario Hernandez' comments in his letter in last week's Daily Lobo, it is easy to tell he knows nothing about mental health issues.

Letter: War protesters concerned with well-being of soldiers

Editor, In the Jan. 9 edition of the Daily Lobo, Cali Garcia takes columnist Dane Roberts to task for not doing any hard research to back up his claim that troop morale isn't affected by protests against the war here at home.

Letter: President Bush a traitor to cause of democracy

Editor, It is believed that Voltaire said something like, "I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Today we have a president who is trying to use the fact that some people do not support his policies to label those people as traitors to the cause of democracy, and thereby increase his power and control over all of the citizens on this nation.

Letter: Hyde's family deserves apology for false letter

Editor, My first reaction upon reading the letter by Mario Hernandez was to be furious with him for stating opinions so forcefully when he has clearly made no effort to learn the facts of the case.

Ed Toons

Letter: Many brave Americans oppose Iraq invasion

Editor, I am responding to a letter that appeared in last week's Daily Lobo. Cali Garcia, a UNM alumnus, stated those who criticize the Defense Department or President Bush are sissies.

Letter: Hyde's history of mental illness a documented fact

Editor, We all enjoy the uplift of a rant about personal responsibility, but Mario Hernandez would appear to have not read the newspapers very well in writing his letter in last Monday's Daily Lobo regarding John Hyde.

Letter: Whisked away by the cozy sounds of a sousaphone?

Editor, Thank you, Debra Au, for a great review of Mac M's CD, Get Your Big Leg Down. I know Martin, and he is a fantastic musician. He even works at UNM, which shows that real people do exist and work here. I have a feeling, though, that one little item was not exactly what you meant.

Letter: Richardson shifting N.M.'s resources to the wealthy

Editor, My gas bill just jumped to nearly $300, an outrageous cost for a little heat. It is clear Gov. Richardson's fuel rebate was a publicity stunt in the horrible disaster of Hurricane Katrina, and now we are faced with the real bills. I hope the next legislative session rejects Richardson's giveaway of $100 million of our tax money to a wealthy tycoon for a spaceport.

Letter: Encourage Richardson to ban toxic aspartame

Editor, The artificial sweetener aspartame is a carcinogenic neurotoxin since one of its metabolites is formaldehyde.

Letter: John Hyde deserves jail, not a mental institution

Editor, This letter is in response to Anne Rice's letter in the Dec. 12 issue of the Daily Lobo regarding mental health issues in light of the ruling by a judge that John Hyde is incompetent to stand trial.

Letter: Columnist wrong about criticism hurting morale

Editor, Dane Roberts' column in the Dec. 7 issue of the Daily Lobo, which stated that the Bush administration is just "playing the patriot card," is hardly fit for a University-level discussion.

Letter: Everyone should support disability rights movement

Editor, Have you ridden public transportation lately? While Rosa Parks was finally able to sit at the front of the bus, we in the disability community are still just trying to get on the bus. This is just one of the things that Justin Dart Jr.

Letter: Students ignorant about mental health issues

Editor, The Question of the Week comments about John Hyde, who is accused of murdering five people, were published in the Daily Lobo on Thursday, the 25th anniversary of John Lennon's murder at the hands of a demented man. Two freshmen said, "I don't think you can use mental disorder as an excuse," and, "I feel if he is competent to kill someone, he is competent to go to trial.