Perhaps you are willing to live in a world where the sheriff, John Stone, lies to you and withholds information. Perhaps you are willing to live in a world where the victims of the Columbine tragedy are denied legal discovery and their day in court to discover the truth. Perhaps you are willing to live in a world where policemen are allowed to stand outside of a school where children are being murdered while they, our protectors, listen and do nothing to intervene. Perhaps you are willing to live in a world where our corrupt politicians, judges and court system do nothing. Perhaps you are willing to live in such a world, but I am not.
How weak is our society, how corrupt is our moral standard when we do not even demand that the police must protect our children and that they must be held accountable when they fail? Lower standards than that for the government of a civilized society do not exist.
If you won't take a stand to protect the innocent children, where will you take a stand?
It is time for you to get involved. Write your congressman and the governor. Demand and implement changes in the laws. Demand and obtain justice for the victims and their families. Then you can move on, not before.
Randy Brown
Littleton
Sealed With a Kiss
Brush up your Shakespeare: Just one question: When did Juliet Wittman see Kiss Me, Kate? ("Porter Done to Order," December 27). You see, if it was the first week of the Denver run (first four shows), then it was not Chuck Wagner she heard opposite Rachel York, but understudy Michael Lackey (me), who is also Rex Smith's understudy. Mr. Wagner was on vacation. Since December 29 is the first day he's been back when Ms. York was not out sick, I believe I should thank Westword for the flattering review...of me.
Thank you so much.
Michael Lackey
via the Internet
Juliet Wittman replies: You're welcome, and my apologies for missing the opening-night substitution.
Ring-a-Ding-Ding
Lord, have mercy:As an aficionado of Tolkien's trilogy, I waited for Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ringwith high hopes and low expectations. (Look what was done to Dune!) I read the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News with keen anticipation -- and found reviews that praised with faint damnation from writers who took pride in either disliking or avoiding Tolkien's epic work.
Westword's review ("Force of Hobbit," December 20) "feels" right, from the inflection marks Tolkien scattered about to Gregory Weinkauf's sly comments on gaffes in both the book and the movie.
Have I seen the movie myself? No, but with your familiar, flippant and fond review, I will -- tomorrow!
Andrew Skeehan
Aurora
Tribal Rituals
Smells like Phish: I appreciate Melanie Haupt's "Transcend This," the Sound Tribe Sector 9 article in the December 20 issue.
But as a fellow writer and fan of the emerging genre of music from bands like STS9 and Lotus, I have a few comments about Haupt's work. Please do not lump all the bands that have a "Grateful Phish" sound or similar fan base as the same. It is a different time. And wherever you got the info that Deep Banana Blackout is even in the same world as STS9, it's false.
Keep writing and evolving.
Brent Kado
Elkhardt, IN
