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...warming. We should not forget that the death of even a single bird because of environmental factors can be linked to the fate of human beings, since we all depend on the health of our ecosystem. Tadashi Kawabe Fukuoka, Japan Of Illness and Morality time's interview with evangelist Franklin Graham [May 29] astonished me. He seems to believe that diseases such as cancer and leprosy are the result of "a sinful lifestyle." In Jesus' day, no one knew of the existence of bacteria and carcinogens, so many put the cause down to sinful behavior, but now we know better...
...Rights had to pass a popularity test in order to be enforced. The phones of suspected terrorists have been and should continue to be monitored - with court supervision. Without such oversight, the possibility for abuses of private information is very real. Margery Winters West Simsbury, Connecticut, U.S. Ben Franklin is thought to have written, "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." I am not willing to give up the constitutional freedoms that Americans have died to protect just because I have nothing to hide. Jeff Morris Saugerties, New York...
...President Franklin Roosevelt said it well: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." TIME's reporting on the NSA seems aimed at making the American people paranoid. Let the civil libertarians be anxious. If monitoring our phones keeps just one American from being harmed, the government can listen to my calls anytime it wants. Norm Rossell Fallbrook, California...
...Franklin is thought to have written, "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." I am not willing to give up the constitutional freedoms that Americans have died to protect just because I have nothing to hide. Jeff Morris Saugerties, New York...
...Catalan Pride on the Pitch I was disappointed by Franklin Foer's essay about European football, "Homage to Catalonia" [May 22]. Foer said that over the years, his view of the Barcelona club "has grown ever more romantic," owing to its anti-Franco traditions. If he was willing to link football with politics and religion, he should have written at least a couple of lines about Athletic Club de Bilbao, the last romantic soccer team worldwide. It's not that I don't like Foer's favorites, Arsenal and Barcelona, but he should have mentioned that Athletic Club de Bilbao...