What is simipathy?

["jsalas" <jsalas@tampabay.rr.com>]

In your first story you told everybody that 7 years ago you killed
another horse under similar circumstances!

 

This was one of the comments the undisclosed writer wrote to Howard. See, assuming does make as ass out of oneself. I read the original story and it made me laugh (God forbid on this page) and cry. Isn't that what most good stories do? Yet, another example of all the people who know everything. So people were offended by his description of a certain person, or the fact that he and his wife have sex. (I hope that is a fact :) Hellooooo, did we not just celebrate the 4th of July and Freedom? Freedom of all kinds of things, including speech, writing what one feels or thinks without repercussion. Didn't his very serious thoughts count for anything? I would like to ask, didn't anybody learn anything from his story, but it seems everyone already knows everything. I agree, some things were offensive. But if describing someone as a "witch" is that derogatory and harmful, I am in deep s#^+!  Shame on EN for refusing to print the second half. Those who opposed had every right to contact EN and protest. But I have every right to be able to read it. I am not defending Howard, only his right to write. If our media as a whole, censored what we read or saw we would be in Cuba. I wouldn't want to only be able to read the crap the miserable, no sense of humor, self-righteous, know it all's would want me to read. It is bad enough, they want to tell me how to ride and race my horse. Lisa Salas,  The Odd Farm  Free from oppression as long as it goes MY WAY! :)