LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Editor's note: As a matter of policy, the Journal does not publish original letters regarding candidates in the edition directly preceding an election because it doesn't allow time for a rebuttal or response.

A matter of color

Editor, the Journal,

I read in the Journal where the anti-Taylor Shellfish people are losing the fight against the oyster bags. So, now they are arguing the color now makes a difference.

They want the color to be something other than black.

I have stayed out of the discussion because, personally, it doesn't affect me a whole lot. But when they argue the color should be red or green I must put in my two cents worth.

If you want something to be less noticeable, paint it black. If you would like people to notice something more, paint it red or green. That is why traffic lights are red and green. Boats running lights are red and green. So, if you want my support, people, get a lot better argument.

Maybe, if I lived closer to the place in question, I might feel differently. But so far I tend to support Taylor Shellfish.

Bill Robbins, Shelton

Editors note: The following letter is a rebuttal to a letter published in Oct. 26 edition of the Journal.

Her values

Editor, the Journal,

Ms. Burger has her personal opinions about Cadine Fergusen-Brown's recent decisions and is entitled to them. She is not entitled to assume that her opinions represent the "values" of everyone else in Mason

County. They do not.

Linda Honan Sheldon, Potlatch

Some books

Editor, the Journal,

To Darrell Barker: The language, stories, metaphors in parts of the Bible can indeed be rough, but in truth, few children read the adult Bible, which is already banned from schools. They read children's Bibles, selected stories of moral truths, usually colorfully illustrated and child appropriate. Children would benefit from such books in school.

A lot is in the translation. I read the King James version, translated directly from the original Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic. While not infallible, the language is not as graphic as what you quoted, whatever translation you are using. Ezekiel tells of the destruction of Jerusalem and Samaria for their wickedness, metaphorically graphic.

In Genesis, many thousands of years ago, incest was not what it is now. We would not exist if the children of Adam and Eve did not "commit incest." The same with Lot's daughters, whose husbands chose to remain in Sodom, who chose to produce progeny through the only man available, their father, Lot.

KJV of Luke only says circumcision of Jesus, a Jewish law that represents the Abrahamic covenant. Kings was a bit more disturbing, even in KJV, but the message is don't mess with God's prophets.

Neither of us want our children exposed to obscenity. The difference is, Darrell, all the graphic words you stated in your letter from your Bible were printed in this section. If I quoted the words in these controversial "children's" books, they would never be printed in this section. Too sexually graphic.

Katie Groves, Shelton