Part of a letter to Voices on 07-19-2008, may have been serious and then again, it might have been an attempt at a bit of satirical humor. If it is serious, there is something amiss with his thinking; if it is satire or humor, then he is right on as the old saying goes. The point he was making in the letter was that the commentators expound on subjects wherein their knowledge is very limited. He apparently doesn’t like Wally Hall, but over the years, Wally has been proven to be quite a knowledgeable sports writer. Just because one disagrees with a writer doesn’t mean he is ignorant of his subject when the work is based on fact. Editorials and commentaries are opinions, but they should be based on objective criteria rather than “I think it is so therefore it is so.”  

The writer has decided that the commentators (editorial writers?) and Wally know very little, so as to begin his morning right, and to go along with his coffee, he wrote that to cure the problem he only reads the letters to Voices. My first thought after a fit of laughter was, is he serious? Surely, he wrote that in jest trying to be funny. If he is serious, Momma Mia, Great Googamooga, Schazaam and all that stuff!

Let’s try to understand his Voices letter. He sees letters that are from people who are upset with the commentaries on the Voices page. The commentaries upset him too after he reads them. So rather than reading the commentaries, he stays calm by reading the Voices letters, many of which are critical of the said commentaries. Does he really mean that the letter writers know the subject on which they write? Is there an oxymoron in there somewhere?

Voices letters run the gamut from evolution to rants against God. If one has only a smattering of information based on facts, it isn’t difficult to figure out that those who support evolution can’t explain how they crawled out from under the rock, much less explain how the rock was formed under which was their home while they evolved. But then it might be said that laughter does help begin the day. It is terrifically funny reading the convoluted thinking of the evolution crowd.

Another subject is the Bible. Quite a few “scholars” attempt to show that it is nothing more than a book of fables filled with mythology. What they succeed in showing is their ignorance of the scriptures and their own hate filled attitude toward those who believe in God. Those writers take great pleasure in arguing with believers but in reality, they are arguing with God, and it is a foregone conclusion who will win that argument. In the process, they show their refusal to acknowledge that God is and they aren’t. They need to soberly think on the warning in Hebrews 10:31, [That] It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Foolish thinking abounds on many subjects and no one is filled with it more than those who are constantly demanding that the government do more for them. The “do more for me” crowd wants more and bigger handouts, health care paid by the government (it’s never the taxpayers, it’s always the government) relief from high energy prices, housing, food, and if they can name it, they want it. It is apparent from their diatribes, demands and greed that they know little of the representative government which was given to us many years ago. But they do know how to yell for that which isn’t theirs. Such behavior is much like holdup men who demand that the owners give them the property but somehow when the government does the same thing it’s different.

There is a major difference between the editorialists and the commentators. They get paid for not knowing anything and the letter writers contribute for nothing. But it is good to know the thinking of those who want more government and who hate God. Yet, if reading the nonsense that drips from the Voices letters on a daily basis makes his coffee taste better, then let him have at it. But it is hard to believe that he is serious about the letters versus the commentaries. Maybe he doesn’t know that he is … Naw, couldn’t be. Oxymoron anyone?

© 07-19-2008