Observer Media Group CEO Matt Walsh asked last week on this page: ‘Never again?’ It was referring to the Holocaust and implied that Islamic terrorists’ atrocities resembled those of the Nazis. We said it was time for the U.S. to act forcefully. OMG readers responded — forcefully.
+ We need to wake up
Dear Editor:
Well, finally, a media source that is trying to make a difference. This makes me like the Plant City Observer even more. It is the job of the president and our elected officials to protect us and our country. We need to insist on it now! Thanks for this much-needed editorial. I pray people wake up before we have no freedom!
Carol Bridges
Lakeland
+ Inappropriate for children
Dear Editor:
While I agree with your views, this editorial was hidden inside the paper with little or no warning. Your paper is dropped off to local elementary schools weekly.
My 10-year-old son found himself reading an article in the back seat of the car and looking at pictures that my adult brain struggles to make sense of. He was horrified. It opened up the door for some real conversations about acceptance, witnessing and choosing God even when it seems hopeless. (My 5-year-old’s take on it: “You have to choose Jesus even when bad guys don’t.” My 10-year-old’s view: “We live in a big world, and there are bad guys. We just have to remember to plant a seed.”) While I feel they were able to talk this out, I wasn’t planning to share this kind of information yet.
I ask that you continue to stand firm in your beliefs, but please don’t deliver issues such as this to elementary schools.
Patty Baxter
Plant City
+ Aggressively eliminate them
Dear Editor:
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you!
Finally, someone had the nerve and clear view of the EVIL in our world that is like a cancer that no one is treating.
To say that this EVIL is confined to a few Muslims and that Islam is the religion of peace is pure baloney. You have only to study Muslim aggression in history and the true life of Muhammed to see what we’re facing.
Compare the lives of Jesus and Muhammed.
How can we get serious about this threat to the entire civilized world and let known terrorist camps operate in this country? We must call them what they are and aggressively eliminate them. Period.
Just a patriot …
Phil Stewart
Bradenton
+ Editorial belongs in trash
Dear Editor:
I object to your statement that the president refuses to identify radical Islamic extremists and that his response is “feckless.”
Are you saying he should have already committed ground troops in the fight against ISIS?
We just got out of two different wars!
I want to remind you there is a presidential election next year, and you are welcome to run for president. I have always enjoyed the Observer up until last week’s editorial.
We already have Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity stirring up fear on Fox News every night, and now we have you trying to defame our president.
I object to your article. It belongs in the Tampa Bay Times or St. Louis Post-Dispatch, not a neighborhood newspaper.
If you continue to have offending opinions like this, I’ll remove the paper from my driveway and deposit it directly in the trash can.
Jerry Signaigo
Lakewood Ranch
+ You said it like it is
Dear Editor:
Bravo for taking such a stand against the Islamic terrorists.
Your “Never Again?” editorial is a must-read for everyone, and I mean everyone.
We are at war. Make no mistake about it, and you took it upon yourself instead of writing about local news to warn our country that we must take action now.
There is no one: “No other nation with the might, the ingenuity or the ability to muster the will, courage and commitment to do whatever is necessary to end the slaughtering of innocents, to destroy this mortal enemy of Western values and civilizatiion.” Because, as you said, “If not we, then who will stop them?”
What a courageous person to say it like it is.
Gloria Max
Executive Director,
Jewish Federation of Volusia & Flagler Counties Inc.
Ormond Beach
Contact your representative
Dear Editor:
Bravo to you for your editorial regarding terrorism. I hope it helps bring people to their senses.
It’s refreshing to see someone call it like it is and put forth a call to action by the people.
It is frightening that our president continues to release terrorists and defend them while innocent people are being crucified, beheaded and burned.
Perhaps you could craft a template letter that people could print, sign and send to our representatives.
Amber Suka
Lakewood Ranch
Ms. Suka: Send the editorial page to Congress. Or email your representative a link to it: yourobserver.com/news/longboat-key/Opinion/0204201538528/Our-View-Never-again. — Ed.
HONESTY APPRECIATED
Dear Editor:
I just wanted to thank the editor for writing the “Never Again?” article. I thought it was not only informative and moving, but so courageous of the paper to tell it like it really is for Christians and other victims of terrorist acts in the Middle East.
I showed it to my high schoolers and they were left speechless by the photographs, as it all became very real for them. I also gave the article to our high school Bible teacher who was planning on discussing it with her class.
So appreciate your honesty in reporting this.
Mary Ellen Murray
Foundation Academy, Winter Garden