DEAR EDITOR:
In response to Kevin Christensen’s rebuttal to the letter
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Sex clubs: symptoms of deeper trouble:
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DEAR EDITOR:
In response to Kevin Christensen’s rebuttal to the letter “Sex clubs: symptoms of deeper trouble:”
I must admit that when I read your letter to the editor I was shocked not only by the harsh nature of your writing, but the illogical and bigoted viewpoint that you conveyed. After I read your article I looked back through old newspapers to find the article that you were responding to, and I was surprised by what I found.
After reading your scathing letter I had expected to find an opinion filled with what you described as “extremist views on morality,” “puritanical crap,” and “rigidity and lack of compassion.” Rather, what I found was simply a letter urging parents to “open their eyes and take a look at where society is today, and think about how they’re raising their children.” The letter wasn’t written by a bunch of extremists trying to control other people’s lives, it was simply a reminder that parents play a huge role in their children‚s development, which will affect he rest of their lives.
In addition to the harshness of your letter, the logic you used was so self-contradictory that in the end your letter defeats itself. In your letter you seem to stand against the newspaper columnists who try to “shove their brand of morality down readers throats” and participate in “rabid finger waving.” However, in the very same article you not only shove your morality down their throats by telling them that they cannot even express their own viewpoint, but you also do your own finger waving, saying to the writers of the “sex clubs” letter: “YOU are the ones who are raising tomorrow’s swingers.” The statements made in your article are irrational and express extremely intolerant personal views.
Also, you seemed horrified that the “sex clubs” letter makes the “assumption” that the people who go to the swingers club are somewhat affected by the way that their parents raised them. I definitely do not believe that the lifestyle choices of children are completely determined by how their parents raised them. Obviously there are many other factors involved. However, it would be foolish to say that the guidelines that parents set down have no affect on the lifestyles and choices of their children.
Anyone who is honest with themselves has to admit that parents help shape the character of their children. That is all that the writers of the “sex clubs” article were trying to communicate.
I think that before you write in again you need to realize that people have opinions that are different from yours, and that if you disagree with them it is best to respond with a logical argument, not with insults, blaming and hypocritical standards. Everyone has the right to disagree, and I encourage you to share your opinion; however, it should be done in a mature, rational way.
Ben Whittaker, Gilroy
Submitted Friday, July 11 to ed****@****ic.com
