• A thanks to my wood-burning neighbor • No truer words! • Man is entitled to hunt for game • It’s time for strict gun control laws A thanks to my wood-burning neighbor I would like to thank my neighbor
• A thanks to my wood-burning neighbor • No truer words! • Man is entitled to hunt for game • It’s time for strict gun control laws
A thanks to my wood-burning neighbor
I would like to thank my neighbor for allowing us to breathe fresh air once in a while. He is so empathetic to our needs. Especially the other night when he burned wet wood for 20 hours straight. He understands that an 82 year old living with us has severe emphysema and only needs four hours of fresh air a day.
He is so thoughtful. Good thing we have that inhaler machine to keep her alive. Oh yes, and I want to apologize for all the times we complained to our neighbor, the police and the Department of Health. We are so embarrassed that we are considered the laughing stock of Kaua‘i, and just for trying to express our happiness in being poisoned on a daily basis.
I have learned from the Clean Air Branch that burning wood is a deadly toxin and is banned, except when it goes through a pipe, and then it is okay. They are so smart. Hey neighbor, mahalo for six years of spewing your poison throughout our neighborhood.
We have a petition with 45 signatures that expresses their happiness with slow death, too. Seriously this is a deadly situation that needs to be addressed. If you can relate contact me at n.lori@hawaiiantel.net
Neil MacDonald
Kapa‘a
No truer words!
In response to “Percentage problem,” (Dec. 20 letter by Sheila Heathcote): Great letter Sheila, and please allow me to expand your argument.
Instead of “guns” lets try your letter to the editor on bicycles paths. Should not a balanced solution apply to both issues within a competent governing system?
If we governed by majority rule, how on Earth can 1 percent of the population dictate laws (or irresponsible legislation and funding) that allow a proliferation of a bicycle path construction that are not even used for purposes of getting to work?
Is the County of Kaua‘i’s County Council and Mayor’s Office so incompetent that people feel that they need to spend $5,000,000.00 per mile for a 10-foot wide bike path that 1 percent of the population uses rather than a 20-foot wide county road at $250,000.00 per mile that 99 percent of the population uses for overall transportation?
Isn’t this considered irresponsible leadership, perhaps cronyism?
If only 1 percent of the population rides bicycles, it is apparent that the majority of our elected officials are the crazies and the perpetrators of corrupt leadership?
John Hoff
Lawa‘i
Man is entitled to hunt for game
I don’t hunt for game, I do not own a firearm. Despite this, however, I disagree with the writer (Sheila Heatcoth, “Percentage problem”) when she wrote a letter to the Forum to say that only 7 percent of the population are hunters, and she asks how can this be. Her opinion reflects “majority rule” when the majority of society is not reflected in the formula of majority rule.
Since society allows for mankind to hunt for wild game, they are entitled to hunt for game, whether it is by using a rifle, bow/arrow, or any other means to hunt for wild game. Afterall, our society is based on freedom.
Sorry, Sheila, I disagree with your opinion on hunting.
Cayetano Gerardo (Sonny)
Koloa
It’s time for strict gun control laws
There has been much discussion as to “why” Adam Lanza chose to massacre his mother, 20 small children and six additional women last week, but in fact we all know why he did it: he did it because he could.
Without access to the weapons that made it physically possible for this tragically deranged individual to shoot his way into a locked school and kill so many people within seconds, most of those people would still be alive.
As would the hundreds of others who have been killed by similar weapons over the past few years alone.
It is time to make it impossible for any civilian to obtain access to these kinds of weapons, and mandatory for existing weapons of this kind to be turned in, with full amnesty, and swift and sure penalties for violations. It must be done quickly, through legislation or though emergency executive action by the president. Every day that passes has brought and continues to bring several more tragic and unnecessary deaths.
The next step is to begin the process to repeal the Second Amendment, which was never intended to apply to the kind of weaponry that is available today.
The Second Amendment is not necessary for gun ownership.
The NRA and gun lobby would still exist, and we, the people, would determine through the legislative process, state by state, what restrictions to apply to gun ownership, carrying and use.
Jill Friedman
Hanapepe
