Letters to the Editor

Lout on the town:Holy cow! Thank goodness the sainted men of America can go seeking women elsewhere. Lord knows they carry none of the blame for American women's opinions of them. After all, what 58-year-old lout doesn't deserve a twenty-something supermodel?

Megan Broder
Littleton

Can it:I thought Luke Turf's story did a great job of subtly portraying some men's crippling misunderstanding of women. However, after the outpouring of support for these guys in letters to the editor, I felt compelled to write. Thai brides? Are you kidding me? If that's the answer, what's the question? Is it why are American women so mean? Or is it really why are some American men so pathetic? Denial ain't just a river in Egypt, fellas. Hey, maybe there's an untapped cache of Egyptian women we can exploit. Oh, wait...Egyptian men already have those on lockdown.

I think guys who are contemplating getting themselves nice, subservient foreign wives should ask themselves some questions regarding why American women don't like them. First, are you really a good catch? Would you be attracted to your counterpart in a woman? A forty- to fifty-ish, overweight, socially awkward, excessively hairy, emotionally crippled man-hater? If I had to be involved with that kind of woman, I can tell you the number one thing I would be looking for: money. And lots of it. And second, I would hope she lived in close proximity to a liquor store. Of course Thai women are going to think you're great; they don't speak English and think $5 is a lot of money. If you're going for a Thai girl, why stop there? I have heard some aborigines worship soda cans that they find. Stock up on Coca-Cola and let the wild lovin' begin, my friends. Look, we all want to date someone who looks like one of the Desperate Housewives, but maybe we should realize that one of the Golden Girls is more realistic for some of us. I know that American women can be a huge pain in the ass, trust me. But what you should remember is that a lot of men are insufferable, misogynistic assholes. If you decide to go ahead with your plan, just remember that one day your Thai bride is going to escape from the cupboard you plan to lock her in. She is going to meet a guy who loves women and who treats them like people. Then you really are going to be stuck with one of the aborigines. At least they don't know how to use a doorknob.

Nate Mengel
Denver

April glowers:I have followed Cherry Bomb Suicide for many years now, and, overall, Rick Skidmore's March 9 Playlist review was pretty good. However, he misspelled the name of the lead singer. Her name is April Park, not April Parks. To take shots at someone and not spell her name correctly, well, that's not too cool in my book.

I agree that she does have some similarity to Gwen, but one mention of it would have been enough. Skidmore constantly goes back to the comparison; he must have run out of ideas. I don't think the band sounds anything like No Doubt as far as its music is concerned.

Personally, I feel that the piece wasn't fair to April or the band. But that's just my opinion. I'll bet the author leaves Skidmores in his shorts.

Jesse Jones
Arvada

In a lather:In her February 16 "Hair Apparent," Laura Bond wrote about the Emily Griffith Opportunity Salon. This article was rife with misinformation. My daughter, who graduated from Overland High School, goes there; most of the girls there were recruited at their high schools. There are no Ethiopian immigrants.

As the mother of a very upset daughter, I have to say that Laura really upset a bunch of young girls who still have big dreams and stars in their eyes. Yes, you have some older people there, and I am sure some welfare people there. God knows Denver likes its welfare people. We sure give them more than we do nice, middle-class, hardworking families.

I have paid plenty for her to go there. We are a middle-class family, so of course she can't get a PELL grant, and they don't have loans like regular colleges. So for those of us -- and there are plenty -- who pay every penny for our children to go there, we are as disappointed as our children regarding this article.

Please have your reporters actually do their jobs and go in and verify. I know I would like an apology given to all the kids who are busting their butts there for these outright lies.

Sammie Drake
Aurora