LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
RE: LAST WEEK’S LETTER
With reference to your statement on page two of the Bulletin dated September 22, 2021, I must disagree.
While freedom of speech is and should be respected, there are community and personal standards of decency that should be upheld by a community newspaper. The article by Ms. Sinclair echoes the ideas as put forth by the Nazi regime with reference to Eugenics. Please reference the early 1930’s. Her statements suggesting that parents sentence their children to death because of vague feelings that they may be born into poverty, or are crippled, or mentally retarded, or otherwise unworthy of life is both disgusting and dangerous. These are the same opinions that sentenced millions to death in years past.
However, if you stand by your statement that “What we do endorse is every citizen in this county to have their (sic) voice heard, and the right of others to respectfully take issue with any column published on this page.”, then I’m going to ask you to publish columns from me. The first one will be about sex with animals. The second will be that black folks should be slaves only. The third will be why women should not be allowed to work and are second-class citizens. The fourth will be why all Jews should be put in concentration camps. The next will be pornographic pictures.
If you refuse, you are refuting your own statement. If you accept, then you continue to violate the common decency expected of a community newspaper.
So, please rethink your position. While it is acceptable by any free speech standards to debate topics of controversy, there is NEVER any excuse for publishing such a disgusting diatribe as Ms. Sinclair’s suggestion that murdering one’s own child is somehow Biblically sanctioned.
- Dr. Allan Gratia
Bandera, TX
Editor’s Note: Beastiality was not made illegal in Texas until S.B. 1232 made it so in 2017. Had I been here in 2017, I would have accepted columns on the bill, as the Bulletin strives to be an open forum for citizens to discuss issues occurring at a city, county or state level. Should genocide, slavery or gender-based bills present themselves in the future, the Bulletin looks forward to columns of any stance on these bills, be it from Dr. Gratia or other members of our community.