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South Alabamian Readers Write



Where is the mercy for God’s creatures?


Dear Editor:


I recently became aware of the Hog-Dog Rodeos that take place in your area.


What kind of people are you? Is it not enough that innocent creatures of the earth suffer the pangs of hell in slaughter houses, live in the horror of factory farms, are tortured to death in laboratories in the name of science and totally exploited in so-called "sports" events, circuses and side-shows to name a few?


How could you indulge in this kind of cruelty? And condone having young people witness and participate in this? Where is your respect for life? Where is empathy?


For those of you that "believe", is this the thing to deal with? I’m sure many of you will go to church each Sunday with bowed head, folded hands and bended knee to ask for mercy in your life – where is the mercy you showed God’s creatures? You hypocrites!


Next time, bow your head in shame! You disgust me!


Tonia Grassi


Apex, N.C.

Confederate holidays not antiquated


Dear Editor:


In his column lamenting the impasse of the current legislative session, SA publisher, Jim Cox referred to the two days which Senate Bill 301 would have removed from the state calendar as antiquated Confederate state holidays.


Two out of three Alabamians can trace their ancestry to Confederate soldiers and these citizens made the governor aware of the deep regard in which they hold these holidays. The governor offered a compromise via a press release saying "he would never do away with Confederate Memorial Day as long as he was governor, and offered to combine it with the Jefferson Davis holiday in June."


The sponsor of SB 301 withdrew it on Feb. 26 stating that he never realized it would be construed as slighting Alabama history.


How much money would one day save the state anyway, especially in light of the fact that the governor added two additional days to state employees at Thanksgiving and Christmas?


The Fourth of July is more antiquated than the two Alabama Confederate holidays and national Memorial Day is only 15 years younger, having been patterned after Southern Confederate Memorial Day. Would anyone suggest removing these two days to help balance the federal budget?


Apparently a lot of Alabamians do not share Mr. Cox’s opinion that two Confederate holidays are antiquated. Perhaps they recall that it was an antiquated document, the 1901 Alabama State Constitution, which allowed the citizens of this state to vote down the largest tax hike in Alabama’s history.


Guess there’s still a lot of antique lovers out here?

Ellen Williams


Leroy





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