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...Minnesota summer camp for youngsters with HIV and AIDS [Society, Aug. 12]. I believed that prejudice against kids with AIDS was a thing of the past, but your story shows that ignorance and hysteria are still with us. It is mind-boggling how people can single out a few defenseless children for rejection because they are ill. BILL HEINMILLER Athens...
...year-old daughter of his cousin J.W. Brown (who played bass in his touring band) - had been his wife since December 12, 1957. Jerry Lee was used to hell breaking loose around him, but usually he was the one who opened its cage. Now he looked pale and defenseless in the tabloid press's glare. The Rank theater chain canceled his bookings, he returned to the U.S. to find the reception no kinder, and the bride and groom found themselves the Monica-and-Bill of the '50s. Top-40 radio stations exiled Jerry Lee's music, and Sun Records issued...
...hope she had moments of joy in what must have been a grueling life. This much is true: Sacagawea died of some mysterious illness when she was only in her 20s. Most illnesses were mysterious in the 19th century, but I suspect that Sacagawea's indigenous immune system was defenseless against an immigrant virus. Perhaps Lewis and Clark infected Sacagawea. If true, then certain postcolonial historians would argue that she was murdered not by germs but by colonists who carried those germs. I don't know much about the science of disease and immunities, but I know enough poetry...
...stark cover photo of Yasser Arafat drew a number of surprisingly dissimilar reactions from readers. "I took offense at the picture showing Arafat as defenseless and pitiful," grumbled a Los Angeles man. "It's very misleading to portray him as if he doesn't know how he got into this mess." But an Oklahoman saw something different: "That is the most perfect picture of a trapped rat I've ever seen--bug-eyed, helpless and hopeless." A woman from Florida saw a regretful expression and mused, "If only Arafat acted as contrite as he looks." And a Vancouver...
...save the Church? who cares? The question is, Can we save the children? Let's be clear. This is not "sex abuse"; it is child abuse, plain and simple. And crimes against children are the worst kind. The victims are defenseless and never deserve it. Never. GORDON GUNDERSON Port Orchard, Wash...