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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Letters to the Editor, Oct. 16 MailTribune.com Writer Posted Oct. 16, 2015 @ 12:01 am Posted Oct. 16, 2015 @ 12:01 am » Social News p bs:newslist StartDate="20121121" EndDate="p bs:datecalc Months="3"" DateSort="1" UseObjects="1" ObjectClass="81" Taxonomywords="2325,665" ExactTaxonomyMatch="1" Image="1" Count="4" --> A sensible editorial Thanks for the very appropriate and sensible editorial in the Sunday paper about President Obama’s visit to Roseburg and the protesters there. Were the protesters all from the Roseburg area? I wonder. (I don’t think Oregon has a “Bible Belt” as described by an AP reporter a few days ago.) Also, I think it is just silly for the sheriff of Douglas County to think it inappropriate to name the UCC shooter. He’s already dead. He can’t get any status from being named, but the citizens of the area have a right to know who did the shooting. Since he has been identified we know something of his sad history. Possibly something will be done if people know of others with similar problems. In that connection there was also a good guest opinion by Kathie Olsen in the Sunday paper. As she says, we know what to do. We just have to do it. People have to quit being afraid to enact sensible gun and ammunition control measures, which would not violate the Second Amendment. Americans should read the whole Constitution, not just the part they agree with. Mary A. Delsman Ashland Not the image we want The county commissioners should reconsider the agreement to put gambling advertisements on the airport carousel. A roulette wheel is not the first thing visitors to our valley should see when they arrive. What a message! Our new airport terminal is tasteful with the existing artwork and represents the valley well. A roulette wheel will not complement what is there in any way. Something as important as the valley's image should be considered more carefully and public opinion should be surveyed before this kind of decision is made. Is $30,000 a year worth the negative image this kind of advertising will have for years to come? Is this helpful to the many in our valley struggling with gambling addiction? We urge the commissioners to give the 30-day notice required and stop the advertising now. We hope they and Bern Case will solicit public opinion before they suggest any significant future advertising at the airport. Janet and Charles Shalda Medford Turn off the groupthink We’re hearing a lot about brain surgery these days. A rare and dangerous problem encountered in that specialty provides a useful analogy for our current state of affairs. Our entrepreneur-driven economy and the widespread culture of super-consumption are like conjoined twins with strongly connected brains. The connection might be called generalized marketing. It includes more than such obvious components as commercial hype (advertising), name recognition, product placement and planned obsolescence (autos; electronic toys). It also includes more insidious parts, such as overuse of credit cards and other “cheap” debt (real estate bubble — what next?), financial markets that have become get-rich-quick casinos, outright frauds (VW diesels, fantasy sports, you name it) and the subtle advertising of popular media (movies, TV programs, junk on the Web). It’s a mistake to think that intervention by surgery (government regulation) might solve this problem. There would always be loopholes that allow new connections to form as fast as the old ones get snipped. Instead it’s up to the consumer brain to come to its senses and realize that its own best interests are not served by the marketing. Turn off the groupthink that encourages idiotic greed. But wait! There’s more! Much more. Dean Ayers Medford Take pot off front page Can you please take marijuana "news" off the front page? I find it most offensive and do not deem it news, much less worthy of the front page. 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