Comments Of Readers Of The Non-MSM

Wrong track

In reference to “A bridge too high,” God is in the Details, April 30: where is Shawn Micallef’s editor? The photo clearly shows the Bathurst Street bridge, not the Strachan crossing, as anyone who lives in the area would know. EYE WEEKLY’s opinions would bear a lot more credibility if you actually did some research.
Look, you can’t have it both ways. People want sustainable transportation, but some of us don’t want to make the difficult choices. The level crossing at Strachan is not compatible with the current level of rail traffic, never mind the increase we see coming. What’s your alternative? Make the rails run under the road? Insane. Are you saying we should put the interests of automobiles ahead of public transportation? Whose side is EYE WEEKLY on, anyway? We’re all pretty sick of ill-informed knee-jerk NIMBYism. Shame on you. You should be supporting Metrolinx initiatives, not trying to frustrate them.’ Pegasus

Poundstone’s lesser sins
Gee, maybe I’m being overly sensitive. And I know I’m breaking the cardinal rule that someone associated with a person interviewed should never write the interviewer. But, your piece (Laugh Tracker, April 30) neglected to mention that the charges Paula Poundstone was found guilty of were driving while intoxicated with minors in the car, and that the child endangerment charge was in relation to that. I do not in any way condone Paula’s actions. I know that she is profoundly sorry for what she did. She underwent a six-month in-residence program for alcohol addiction. She has been sober now for almost eight years.
All charges that involved sexual intent were dropped because they were not true. This was further substantiated in a piece Maria Shriver (wife of the current Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger) filed for a prime-time news show.
In the States, one can be charged with anything — that doesn’t mean it’s true. Of course, as you say, all this was eight years ago, but I’d like to set the record straight. Bonnie Burns Manager, Paula Poundstone

The man behind the myth
It was nice reading Kate Carraway’s article, “Called to Worship” (My Life, My Fault, April 23). I think what you express is how many people treat their religions. But I can’t help but think that, if God does exist, isn’t it a sad preoccupation to love the church rather than who it is for? Isn’t it a bit like the child who gets a gift for Christmas and puts the gift aside to play with the shiny wrapping paper instead? Farzam