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Not EnlighteningTo the Editor, Though I do not have an opinion about the Waco incident, I do have an opinion about Chuck Aubrey's letter ("Waco Wake-Up," Mailbag, November 12).
Aubrey's choice of language and use of sarcasm gives him the voice of an elitist and an extremist. This style alienates his reader because it does not sound objective. Aubrey as a human being may be very objective; unfortunately, his letter does not demonstrate such a quality. Write about Waco or write about video stores, don't do both. Aubrey's consumer views are of no interest to the dead Davidians or the living federal agents. If we live in a police state, why does Aubrey have access to Waco: Rules of Engagement? If we live in a police state, why can Aubrey say, do, believe, write (and get published) anything he wants? He can even break the law. Twelve of his peers will pronounce him innocent if he and his attorney say the right words. If I read between the lines, I can see Aubrey intends to expose the nature of the deaths of human beings; however, if I read the lines, I only see the flags marking his political and cultural paradigms. Is this letter about Waco or is it really about him sharing his slant on life? --Michael John Greene
True CrimeTo the Editor, I think the ongoing discussion of the criminal assault reported by Tim Vanderpool ("Anatomy Of A Blunder," October 8) is the healthiest, most refreshing dialogue that the Tucson Weekly has had in a long time. Unfortunately, it appears that some of your readers and letter writers are of the same mentality as those screaming, rude airheads on television "talk shows"--the ones where they don't listen to each other at all, but instead start interrupting while someone else is speaking, and consequently miss what was being said.
Try watching America's Most Wanted. You'll see reports about a psychopath socialite wife who contracted her millionaire husband's murder, just because she was greedy. You'll see a profile of a jewelry-store robber who murdered the store owner not because the poor, socially deprived thing desperately needed a $5 plastic Japanese watch in order to keep his appointments with his church choir; no, he wanted a pocketful of Rolexes and someone else's cash, just because he's a mean, dangerous, sociopathic criminal. In our own family, we have a spoiled, selfish nephew from a comfortable home who is now in prison for robbing a 7-Eleven and threatening to stab the clerk to death, and for carjacking. He didn't "need" anything. He just wanted a thrill and he wanted someone else's money and decided to take it, and the responsibility for that crime most certainly does "rest solely on the criminal." The guy's a sociopathic punk, and he got what he deserved. Unlike the racist attitude of Nate Byerly, who insults those Blacks, Latinos and the poor who don't assault and rob and kill, Viator clearly stated that she, too, had been poor, but that she did the grown-up thing and "went without." Me, too. We lived in a housing project in Washington, DC, but we didn't rob, we didn't kill, we didn't make excuses for criminal behavior. The criminals are laughing at Byerly and his type. --Tom Sabel
Ware It's AtTo the Editor, Regarding Margaret Regan's "Tin Soldier" (November 5): I am one of the owners of several business properties in the industrial area just east of Alan Levin's current warehouses. I think it is time for the rest of us business owners to stop those persons like Regan from attacking all of us hardworking, taxpaying families who have been responsible business owners making our living in what Margaret refers to as "metal monstrosities and ugly warehouses." For almost 20 years now, us "tin people" have supported the City of Tucson and its citizens in every way imaginable. The money we have earned has supported the University of Arizona, Pima College, The Casa De Los Niños, little league teams, 4-H groups, scouting and church groups, and I am proud of all the times we were able to give contributions both large and small. But let us get more personal on why Regan's article has us infuriated. Long before Levin's warehouses were there, we would drive through Armory Park and the surrounding area with great pride that Armory Park Neighborhood Association was in the process of restoring part of Tucson's past. We rarely missed an Armory Home tour. We provided vintage cars for the home tours on several occasions, and once I acted as a tour hostess. We got involved in the Catalina Hotel project and supported the building of it and the hiring of its residents. We were the tin building closest to Armory Park, and we responded to their needs. Levin builds functional buildings that have meant for many of us the difference between being able to afford starting a business and not starting a business. It would be lovely if industrial buildings had charm, but they don't. One of the great things about Tucson is its diversity. This means grow up, Margaret and the rest of Armory Park. Being able to accept the diversity of our warehouses, business that provide jobs and much-needed tax dollars to Pima County, is a fact of life. --Victoria Clark We Want Letters! Thrilled by our brilliant insights? Sick of our mean-spirited attacks? Need to make something perfectly clear? Write: tucsonweekly@tucsonweekly.com
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If Aubrey's goal was to enlighten or educate his reader, he failed.
Why is it that his belief system is the correct one and those
who don't share it either lack intelligence or live in delusion?
One of the least effective ways to persuade someone is to insult
them.
Such was Nate Byerly's letter (