Talkback
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Re: “The clarity of separating church and state” (Feb. 25, page 8)
I appreciate Alex Garcia taking the time to read and respond to my article (“The ambiguity of separating church and state,” Feb. 11, page 8), and for offering his insights. I would like to clarify a couple of points I made that evidently were misinterpreted.
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Re: “Christianity in 2010: Who cares?” (Feb. 25, page 7)
Knowledge is when we see and “understand” words on paper. It becomes wisdom when the words are embodied; when we practice the teachings in our daily lives. A friend told me this once.
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Re: “Christianity in 2010: Who cares?” (Feb. 25, page 7)
Though I can see Ethan’s counter-arguments as valid, he’s missing the point: Loving one another. It’s obvious many Christians in history have dropped the ball – we all know that. And to state which ones have dropped it the hardest is irrelevant. We will always have people doing stupid things – Jimmy Swaggart is no exception.
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Re: “Taking out the trash” (Feb. 4, page 12)
Our government’s promises to reduce our city’s waste and make our planet greener are nice. However, they really need to re-evaluate their methods.
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Re: “Free graffiti walls elaborate prank, city says” (Feb. 11, page 3)
Pat Lazo’s comments are a clear indication that the only people who benefit from legal graffiti walls are the few and the proud who would actually use them.
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Re: “Fashion Streeter” (Feb. 11, page 11)
I don’t like when people only write when they have something bad to say, so I’m sorry. I’ll start by letting you know that I really enjoy reading The Uniter and I try to read it most weeks.
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Re: Philosophy department at U of W
The only thing philosophy has given me (besides my Ph.D) is my extreme satisfaction with life – a life lived in greater freedom, freedom from the things that people often spend a lifetime on that, in the end, in most cases they find have been of little value.
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Dear Uniter
There has been talk about a merging of the Philosophy, Classics and Religious Studies departments at the University of Winnipeg, though what is actually happening is little understood. Such amalgamation has been implemented in the past without compromising the curricular integrity or the autonomy of the composite departments.
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Re: “The moral question” by Andrew Tod (Oct. 29, page 9)
On the basis of the Goldstone report, Andrew Tod questions the actions of Israel in its right to self-defence. However, the Goldstone report is a hardly a firm foundation upon which to base accusations.
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Re: “Re-thinking the anti-poverty strategy” by Gareth du Plooy (Oct. 29, page 9)
Unfortunately Mr. du Plooy fails to provide any “re-thinking” of an anti-poverty strategy in his article. His vacuous argument merely insults those fighting for a poverty-free Manitoba and creates unnecessary confusion. His argument can be summed up thus: Newcomers to Manitoba are better off here than they were before, so they better buck-up, get a job and quit whining.
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Re: “The moral question
Andrew Tod’s comment piece (Oct. 28 issue, page 9) that accuses Israel of committing war crimes in its military operation against Hamas logically does not make sense.
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Re: “Our big, fat public sector”
Samuel Swanson’s article in the Oct. 8 issue of The Uniter (page 4) implies that I was interviewed for his story. In fact, I was never interviewed. My words were taken from a 2005 article of mine published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives-Manitoba.
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Re: “(Don’t) seize the day”
This letter is in response to a comments piece published on page 10 of the Oct. 15 issue of The Uniter.
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Re: “Better than composting?”
I would like to respond to the article “Better than composting?” published in the Sept. 24 issue of The Uniter (page 4), for which I was interviewed. As the project co-ordinator for Resource Conservation Manitoba’s Compost Action Project, I am familiar with many different methods of composting, although I have not had any experience with the Bokashi method and I don’t know anyone who has.
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Re: “Eating on campus at the University of Winnipeg”
The article, “Eating on campus at the University of Winnipeg” from the Oct. 15 issue of The Uniter (page 15) proved that the author or self-appointed cafeteria food critic wouldn’t know good food if it ended up on his plate.
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Re: “Letter to the Editor”
In response to the letter to the editor in the Oct. 15 edition of The Uniter (page 8), I would like to applaud your publication for providing an alternative to mainstream press in our community.
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Re: The Oct. 15, 2009 issue of The Uniter
My imaginary friend Admiral Frazzlepants and I read your latest issue and I can say, without a doubt, that it was just as terrible as always.
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Re: The Oct. 1, 2009 issue of The Uniter
My friend Stacy and I have recently read your latest issue and I can say, without a doubt, that the quality of the paper has sharply declined during the summer and fall issues.
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Re: Sharing time is over
In response to Andrew Tod’s article (“Sharing time is over,” Sept. 10) I just want to suggest that you open up the call for cyclists to share their horror stories of being a cyclist in Winnipeg! Many motorists in this city are completely hostile to cyclists, and these attitudes should not be tolerated.
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Re: “Winnipeg blogs”
The story about Winnipeg blogs in your latest edition (July 16 edition of The Uniter) deliberately propogated (sic) a “myth” that I am responsible for the writing of an anonymous blog, The Black Rod.