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SACRED COWS, SLAUGHTERED

When the facts are revealed that the sacred cow is no longer sacred, but a bull let loose to rampage, who will step up to stop it [Cover Story, "The Fall Guy," Isaiah Thompson, March 18]? We as African-Americans seem to be stuck in an illusion that our actions are OK as long as we can blame the larger society for it, why we create children we can't afford or know how to raise, why we abuse drugs, and the list goes on and on. Well, this time the buck stops with the mothers and fathers of South Philadelphia. Be responsible. If you know that your child and their friends are terrorizing other children and you are not making them accountable for their actions, what message are you sending? When the social fabric is ripped and destroyed and we truly live in a ghetto where no life can exist, who will you blame? I challenge every parent whose child is part of this reign of terror to bring your child in and make him or her take responsibility for their actions NOW. We were once a proud, loving people. What are we now, what have we become, for our children to act this way in our community and schools?

[U.S. Rep. Joe] Wilson was right, Obama did lie. Wilson was just like the Supreme Court justice who would not sit there and be lied to. You lie. I have seen and heard the YouTubes, no one "CHANTED" nigger or spit [Soapboxer, "Fear and Loathing," Jeffrey C. Billman, March 25]. Where did you get the word "CHANT"? There may have been spittle flying but not spit.

You should not play with the TRUTH and then accuse others of doing so. Overheated rhetoric? How are the Tea Party protests different than Code Pink and Cindy Sheehan?

Are you suggesting that we trust O's judgment? Had we listened to him who knows how many more good Iraqis that have tried to buck the religious nuts would be dead now had he just pulled our troops. How many more of the ex-Gitmo inmates would now be killing people around the world? Have you ever seen a president insult our allies and kiss up to our enemies like O? What happens when the money of those who make it runs out?

We repealed prohibition. Socialism next. All of this did not start with O nor will it end with him. I'm not fearing — just loathing.