Letters for February 2

  • Posted: Thursday, February 2, 2012 7:00 a.m.
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House decision could hurt local communities





What: $1.2 billion in funding cuts for pedestrian and bikeway projects including Safe Routes To Schools.



When: To be voted on Thursday by the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure as part of the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act.



Safe Routes funding has been used locally and may not be available in the future if this bill passes. Other local greenway projects and the development of the College Station Bikeways Plan likely will be impacted.



ROBERT ROSE



Cycles Etc.



College Station





Writer misunderstood columnist's message





I read with confusion Sue Gower's letter (Eagle, Jan. 25), "God's Truth Trumps Our Own Truths Every Time," regarding a guest column by Ben Starnes (Eagle, Jan. 23) about Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. In his column, Starnes clearly demonstrates that King was a champion for and based his arguments for civil rights on objective truth. Starnes then goes on to state that the Rev. King would have trouble getting a hearing in today's relativistic culture that has abandoned such truth claims.



Starnes' analysis of King's "I Have a Dream" speech did not suggest in anyway that there is no objective truth. In fact, it argues for exactly what Gower states in her letter, that truth is truth whether we believe it or not.



Starnes' was certainly not advocating by his column a society that moves beyond objective truth to a place where each person finds a "personal truth." Rather, he was commenting on the cultural shift that has occurred in this nation since King gave his speech in Washington.



Whether we like or agree with the moral relativism that pervades our society, Starnes is correct to note that it does, in fact, pervade it. One only has to peruse the other pages of this paper to find evidence of that fact.



I would suggest that Gower re-read Starnes' column from a perspective that assumes they are both on the same side of the coin, for I suspect, based on the tenor of his column, that Starnes no less than Gower hopes for a society in which objective truth reigns and is acknowledged as the guiding principle of all other laws.



PAMALYN BEELER



Bryan





Some 'guys' aren't one of the guys after all





This letter is similar to a column (Eagle, Jan. 30) which referred to the commonly used reply of "no problem" rather than "you're welcome." My wife and I frequent a variety of eating establishments in the Bryan-College Station area.



After being seated, we invariably are greeted with, "Good evening. What can I get you guys?" My wife is certainly not a guy and we both are senior citizens.



How much more pleasant would it be to be addressed as "folks" or "people?" All it would take would be for the managers of eating establishments to discuss the proper salutation when addressing senior patrons in particular.



"Guys" is not the proper salutation.



KARL J. KOENIG



Bryan





Dog dumped in Caldwell will be taken care of





I'd like to address the people who dumped their dog on my property Tuesday, rather than doing the responsible thing and taking her to the shelter.



You've placed my husband and me in the uncomfortable position of making your adult decision for you. We have three dogs of our own and can't afford another, but we will take your dog to the shelter and pay their drop-off fee.



In the meantime, your dog, who was loyal and loving to you and asked only the same of you, has been scared, wet and hungry, wondering where her family has gone. She's a sweet dog and she deserved so much better from you.



LESLIE JANAC



Caldwell

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