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- Subscribe - Contact Us - Rate Card - Place an Ad Valley&State Backpage O&E Sports Archives Classifieds Faith&Beliefs Obituaries Revels July 23, 2004 The fence is the key to safety It's beyond comprehension that the International Court of Justice has designated Israel's security fence as illegal. This fence is stopping terrorist attacks dramatically - they are down by 90 percent from terrorist groups operating in the northern West Bank where the fence is completed. This fence offers not only self-defense, but a chance for the peace process to get back on track. It deserves international support, not condemnation. Make no mistake, the terrorists are still trying to attack, but the security fence is stopping them just as the Israelis said it would. It's saving lives. How dare anyone condemn that which preserves life. Israel, like any other country in the world, has the right to defend herself without interference from the international community. Or are Israeli civilian lives somehow different than the lives of all other civilians in the world? Jody Zonnenschein Ashland See 9/11 for yourself I am writing to encourage people of Oregon to see the documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11." You may have heard positive and negative things about this film. I recommend you see it before you form an opinion about it. There is nothing to fear, but fear itself. This film is not about Democrats vs. Republicans. This film is not about Us vs. Them. This film is simply about provable facts and true events and people like you and me. This film is about information you have a right to know. This film is about Oregon and soldiers and parents of soldiers. By the glory of our still intact Bill of Rights and Constitution, you have every right and freedom to see this film. The fact that so many excited, angry and influential people do not want you to see it is reason enough to see what they are trying to keep you from. Please, exercise the rights many have died for. The rights our soldiers are dying for right now. Gaia Carney Ashland Not all liberals under one tent In today's culture, one hears the word liberal thrown around in generalities. Although understandable, this creates a problem because liberals, just like conservatives, come in different styles. Not all are the same. For example, to many conservatives and libertarians, the policies of the neo conservative Bush administration are quite different than previous conservative policy. This is shown by the concern traditional conservatives have with Bush's massive budget deficit and immigration proposals. Similar inconsistencies occur if one generalizes about liberals since liberals sometimes disagree on issues ranging from welfare reform and foreign policy to abortion. To highlight the inconsistencies regarding liberal stereotypes, one can sometimes read conservative intellectuals in the The Weekly Standard state that their goal is to create liberal democracies in the Mid-East. Obviously, this conservative endorsement of liberalism blurs the liberal stereotype. A frequent complaint against liberals is that they rely on science to make judgments about laws and morals. Critics say that by elevating science, liberals fall sway to moral relativism. Although fears of moral relativism have contributed to a current backlash against science's influence, mankind's reliance upon scientific method and technology over the past 500 years, whether one is conservative, moderate, or liberal, is profound. Science and technology have changed all of us. Regarding morals, not all liberals are awash in a moral relativity induced by the findings of science. Many liberals are grounded in the Judeo-Christian morals that helped found this nation and use these, along with rationalist judgment, as a guide for living. Perry Casilio Talent Zane Grey needs protection While controversy has been rightly growing around the U.S. Forest Service's environmentally harmful and irresponsible logging plan in the Biscuit fire area, attention should also be focused on a local Bureau of Land Management proposal. The plan in question is the Medford BLM's Kelsey Whiskey timber sale in the Zane Grey Roadless Area on the Wild and Scenic stretch of the Rogue River. The BLM, in a stunning disregard of public input, is planning to clearcut 500 acres of healthy ancient forest in the heart of this national treasure. While only 4 of nearly 150 written comments sent to the BLM support Kelsey Whiskey, the BLM has decided to act against the interests of the American people, and in favor of commercial clearcutting in this internationally renowned wild and scenic area. The Zane Grey Roadless Area should be designated wilderness, not subject to destruction through a taxpayer-subsidized sale to commercial logging interests. Matthew McKinnon Ashland DailyTidings.com Home Page Valley&State | Backpage | O&E | Sports | Archives | Weather | Classifieds Columnists | Faith&Beliefs | Obituaries | Revels | Subscribe | Contact Us Copyright 2004 Ashland Daily Tidings and Ottaway Newspapers All Rights Reserved Click Here Site Search: .:Advertisements:. RESOURCES - Mail Tribune News - ODOT Road Cams