Too Much Angst and Too Much Ink Devoted to the GHS Cheerleader
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Too Much Angst and Too Much Ink Devoted to the GHS Cheerleader Story
Dear Editor,
Stop the whining!
Haven’t we read enough disappointment of all those who are outraged because someone said, “No” to a field trip? Why do we find it so difficult when someone opposes our wants?
It appears that the adults are having a more difficult time with this than the students! Don’t you teach your children that they can’t get everything they want? Why is it so necessary to label this an “outrage”? Why doesn’t someone say, “we respectfully disagree with the Board’s decision but we will abide” and let it go at that?
If the trip means that much to everybody then just go. Let the Board figure out what to do with you when you get back. If you won’t do that, then stop the complaining and move on to something else.
I can’t believe the Dispatch has devoted so much space to this story. We should be thankful we’re not a high school in Colorado right now.
Paul Carrasco, Gilroy
Ban ‘The Deed – Not the Breed’ is Approach Used in Oregon That Makes Sense
Dear Editor,
I don’t even understand how the newspaper could ask a question about banning pit bulls. Why would anyone want to ban Honey? She goes to two doggie day cares where she is one of the most popular dogs there. She has been to numerous vets and she is always a staff favorite including a vet telling me “bring her back anytime.”
And this is the funny part – she is not unusual for a pit. Pits are the most loving, loyal and friendly breeds out there. I will agree they are often dog aggressive (Honey isn’t), but that does not affect how friendly they are with people. They all want to sleep on the bed with with their owner, they are huge lickers and kissers, they are clowns and like to entertain (these are things that DEFINE the breed) and, they’re SO good with children – they used to be called nursemaid dogs because they were so often used to entertain the children. I meet pit after pit that is just as wonderful as Honey.
Now, talk about banning pits and you are not addressing the problem, which is the owner. I watched the Gotti real-life drama on VH1. The son had just gotten three Rottweilers. The dog trainer said what do you want from your dogs. He said “I want them to be vicious. I want vicious dogs.” Do you think banning a breed is going to address that problem?
Make people get licenses for pits, licenses for breeding, make them pay incredible amounts when their dogs run around loose, or bite people. Don’t allow the purchase or ownership of a pit to people unless they allow animal control to do housechecks. Oregon put a law into place that punishes the deed – not the breed. Maybe Californians could become as enlightened.
Simone Seydoux, Gilroy
