If we fail to have feelings in our reaction to the world, then we cannot condemn others for their apathy. If we refuse to acknowledge the humanity of others, we deny our own humanity. Do you want to live in a society of indifference? Indifference threatens our security.
I ask why? I find the letters and attitudes regarding Sept. 11 and the ensuing conflict in Afghanistan increasingly amazing yet cynically familiar. They remind me of the cheap arguments and superficial polemics that graced our palettes during the Persian Gulf War.
As I read your editorial in Monday's Daily Lobo, I have to wonder where the logic is that says that the principles of a free and democratic society imply that it is reprehensible for the society's government to take a life, regardless of the circumstances.
Though I do not necessarily support the death penalty, I am confused by letters such as the one from Ms. Mellas-Ramirez, who says that many innocent people will be sentenced to die under capital punishment law.
The week before last, I wrote about the nature of self-interest; how people's actions are determined by their needs and desires. Last week, I looked at economics with simple common sense to explain how wealth can be created. This week I'd like to tie both of those together.
Maceo Carrillo Martinet's column about corruption in America should be valued only for its hilarious view of America's influence on humanity. He seems to be anti-everything but doesn't offer any explicit alternatives to the reader.
Shame on you Daily Lobo! Even though they are called columns, you still have a duty to check the facts and make sure you are not publishing pulp fiction. The column of Maceo Carrillo Martinet was right about one thing: " ... let's really try to be honest about our history."
If through silence we are duplicitous, today I became a killer.
With relatively little fanfare, the ASUNM Senate has passed an amendment that, if approved, would reduce funding to Student Publications and increase student fees.
Now look people, just what do you think you're saying when you say that anti-war protestors are irresponsible, unpatriotic and even traitorous?
I know that the Daily Lobo's editorial pages are generally not a forum for readers to respond to other reader's responses. However, as a human being who doesn't believe in vengeance and retribution as a means to solve violence and terror, I feel it is important to respond to letters like the one written in Friday's Daily Lobo by Felicia Solis-Selman.
I would like to remind those so-called "peace-protesters" that our country is at war. We did not just arbitrarily decide to declare war on terrorism. Were it not for our World Trade Center and Pentagon being attacked, Afghanistan would remain an unrecognizable place on the map and the terrorists would just keep training more terrorists and harassing various countries.
I find it sad that my country is busy creating orphans, widows and homeless people. I find it depressing that most of these victims that my country is creating have no idea what the Pentagon or World Trade Center were until a few weeks ago.
I was studying with a friend when another friend ran into us with the news that she had just met a girl. With a little coaxing, she agreed to tell us the story.
The execution of convicted-child killer Terry Clark, which is scheduled for Tuesday night, poses a dilemma for many in New Mexico, a state the has largely chosen to stay out of the fray when it comes to the death penalty.
Canoeing, camping and killing: Two out of three ain't bad. Now it's time to stop the slaughter of animals in America's wildlife "refuges."
Our nation is dealing with a number of challenging issues: the balance between personal security and liberty; the balance between the use of military power and the practice of diplomacy; the nature of sacrifice in a land of plenty; and so much more.
Generals, it is said, are always fighting the last war. Facing a war that is neither World War II nor Vietnam, against an enemy neither Nazi nor Communist, Washington has sometimes sounded blustery and lost since Sept. 11.
We are a wealthy nation. Mayors of large cities can afford to turn down $10 million gifts. Perhaps it is time we use our wealth and technological expertise to end poverty and begin a program of universal education.
A line in one of Emily Dickinson's poem reads "Tell all the Truth but tell it slant."
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