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...have had many conversations with Sunni and Shi'ite Muslims about the cartoons. The issue of freedom of speech is not well understood by them. But the reasoning behind their outrage does not lack merit. Westerners can claim that we are totally free to print or write anything we wish. That people are offended is assumed to be less important than the right to express oneself in a free society. But am I free to print a pro-Nazi, anti-Semitic article in Germany? Of course not. Ronald Monsen Dhahran, Saudi Arabia...
...find it ludicrous to claim that there is something unethical about toy companies creating animated programs in order to sell their toys. For years television shows have licensed toy companies to re-create their characters and objects for children to play with. If a company designs a concept for a toy, as well as a story line to go with it, it is just a natural extension of the licensing concept...
...disagree with the experts who claim that children have ''little room for improvisation'' when playing with toys based on TV shows. My sons, ages 9, 6 and 3, are fans of G.I. Joe, Transformers and Voltron and own some of the toys. They spend hours creating their own versions of stories, using wooden blocks, paper sacks, bedroom furniture and whatever else is not tied down. Certainly children's TV could be improved, but some adults overestimate its negative influence. Liane T. Fenimore Bexley, Ohio
...With Australia having begun what looms as a tense tour of South Africa, it's timely to remember an innocent Ponting's fascination with cricket - and to hope that he remembers it too. On results, it would be silly to claim that he's failed as skipper. Except when they lost the Ashes five months ago, Australia under Ponting have trampled everyone in their path. He has played numerous sublime captain's knocks, and clearly has the respect, loyalty and affection of his players. But on another level, Australian cricket has suffered under a leader whose goals seem too narrow...
...might seem to be a normal reality of globalization. The caveat that roused all our public servants from their midwinter slumber is that Dubai Ports World is owned by the emir of Dubai, which is a part of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and, quite shockingly, an Arab state. Claims by, among others, Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.), Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.), and Sen. Charles E. Schumer ’71 (D-N.Y.) that the deal would constitute a threat to national security, suggesting it would be akin to blessing an Islamo-terrorist “infiltration?...