Austin Motel
Position Completely Absurd
RECEIVED Mon., Oct. 4, 2004
Dear Editor,
"Okay, as one who fears that we will suffer the consequences of the Bush administration for generations yet to come and regards the Iraqi invasion as a military disaster, I feel the heavens have spoken and the fundamentalist Bush should respect the message" ["Page Two," Sept. 24].
Louis, I just don't buy that Bush should no longer be in power because "the heavens have spoken." Your position reflected in that statement sounds completely absurd, particularly coming from a more secular person such as yourself. That you point out Bush is a fundamentalist and the heavens speaking reduces the tragedies resulting from the hurricanes and the president's actions to little more than cartoonish caricature.
"But even if you feel this is going too far, you have to accept that, at the very least, the heavenly powers have made their feelings about Florida Gov. Jeb Bush so clear as to be obvious even to the most hardened of atheists."
And no, I don't have to accept the idea that the heavens made their feelings known about the president's brother. I don't see your point. (If it has anything to do with the Schivo, case then you're really stretching it. I don't think you were making that point.) Keep convincing yourself of it all you want.
If your last paragraph was meant to be a joke, you undermined any attempt at credibility.
I don't consider myself atheist, but I don't align myself with any one religion or philosophy.
"Okay, as one who fears that we will suffer the consequences of the Bush administration for generations yet to come and regards the Iraqi invasion as a military disaster, I feel the heavens have spoken and the fundamentalist Bush should respect the message" ["Page Two," Sept. 24].
Louis, I just don't buy that Bush should no longer be in power because "the heavens have spoken." Your position reflected in that statement sounds completely absurd, particularly coming from a more secular person such as yourself. That you point out Bush is a fundamentalist and the heavens speaking reduces the tragedies resulting from the hurricanes and the president's actions to little more than cartoonish caricature.
"But even if you feel this is going too far, you have to accept that, at the very least, the heavenly powers have made their feelings about Florida Gov. Jeb Bush so clear as to be obvious even to the most hardened of atheists."
And no, I don't have to accept the idea that the heavens made their feelings known about the president's brother. I don't see your point. (If it has anything to do with the Schivo, case then you're really stretching it. I don't think you were making that point.) Keep convincing yourself of it all you want.
If your last paragraph was meant to be a joke, you undermined any attempt at credibility.
I don't consider myself atheist, but I don't align myself with any one religion or philosophy.
Serge Pontejos
[Louis Black responds: I was kidding, though I found the idea entertaining.]
