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'Vegan freaks' The point needs to be made that burning and torching fur farms, SUVs and research laboratories is not cool. Who better to demonstrate this than former ALF frontman Rod Coronado ["Cover Story," May 30]? Dude's gotten a little too cocky with this Christ-like cover shot (nice belt). He knows the feds are all over his shit, yet he continued to talk of incendiary devices. The smirk on his face and the look in his eyes conveyed a sense of pride mixed with yuck fou. While the foundation of Christians and Muslims is shared, they are two divided and separate groups. The same should be said for environmentalists and animal activists. The ALF has caused a supposed $200 million in damages. This might not be 168 dead or some Al Qaeda-type shit, but it ain't no death penalty, either (Tim McVeigh). Adding another 20 years to your sentence could make you think twice before burning up an SUV or condo building. Fifty million in damages? Sounds like some terrorism to me. So, before you vegan freaks go get some gas and motor oil, remember with freedom comes responsibility. We may be able to heal the world one veggie burrito at a time, but in the end, your shit still stinks.
Matt Read,
San Carlos
Coronado's case Excellent writing by Dean Kuipers ["Cover Story," May 30]. The best ever. With some fear of making any kind of statement on the Internet, and with the hope that I will not be harassed and incarcerated by our 1984-style political ilk, and out-of-control governments (state and federal), I cross my fingers that America's finest lawyers will win this one for Rod Coronado, and for the rest of us. Thank you, CityBeat, and thank you Dean Kuipers.
Jimmie Sober,
Paradise Hills
Old-timey music In "Ya don't say" ["Summer Guide," May 23], CityBeat wrote of Lestat's: "Insider's Guide to San Diego says: ‘Nightly entertainment is featured here: ... even some music from the Middle Ages every once in a while.' CityBeat says: We don't know where they got idea [sic] that the Normal Heights venue holds semi-regular Renaissance Fairs, but...." Maybe Insider's Guide got the idea that Lestat's occasionally features medieval music (not a fair, and not semi-regularly) because the Golliards have performed at Lestat's in the past. I have heard them there. Perhaps they haven't performed at Lestat's recently, but that doesn't preclude the Golliards (or a similar early-music group) from performing there again. And that is indeed "music of the Middle Ages."
Elisabeth Fidler,
University Heights
Just stop It's really pathetic that people have to justify not having kids ["Presently Tense," June 6]. The most-and I mean the most, without exception-socially responsible, revolutionary and radical thing one can do is not have children. All other social problems rest finally on the fact that we're asking the planet to support 6.5 billion humans. (A million seconds is 11-plus days; a billion seconds is 31-plus years!) Thirty years ago, Gore Vidal and I, independently of and unknown to each other, proposed that, say, a half-billion would be about right. But nooooo. When I became aware in the late '40s of the population of the world, it was 2 billion after the most murderous 35 years in human history. Now look at it. No problem reversing the trend. Just use the same techniques used to make Bud Light and Coors Light, the best-selling so-called beers in America. People are sheep and if you tell them in a seductive way that it's great not to have kids, they'll stop having them. End of story. But that is the unspeakable taboo. Hence, ultimately, end of human story.
George Blender,
Ocean Beach
Expensive agency Re: Your May 30 editorial about the Airport Authority's travel expenses. Bowens' statement that Airport Authority expenses are not directly out of the taxpayers' pocket is really beside the point. The Airport Authority needs to be slapped down by State Sen. Christine Kehoe's proposed legislation. The authority may have a useful function to perform, but it does not need three highly paid board members, plus a highly paid executive director to operate.
Ivan Edelman,
La Mesa
The bottom line The governor's actions on high-speed rail ["Cover Story," June 6] can probably be explained by the bottom line. A high-speed-rail system would have the effect of reducing automobile usage, airline flights and gasoline and fuel consumption. No matter how positions are spun and spurious explanations given, the interests of the automotive and oil industries in keeping the United States auto and oil dependent will prevail.
Phil Pearson,
Agoura Hills
Published: 07/04/2007
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