Letters to the Editor

There is almost nothing as shocking as a man forcing himself sexually upon an animal ("PETA, Perverts and Horses," 21 July). As a cruelty officer, I prosecuted cases in which men took small dogs and chickens into alleyways or elsewhere and raped them, often rupturing the animals' organs in the process. When I was working with the Washington Humane Society, there was one case that I was unable to find a way to prosecute, which will always haunt me. It involved a sex club run by men who, we had reason to believe, were sexually assaulting cats in a private home.

It is almost as shocking to read my comments about non-assaultive sexual contact as some endorsement by me or PETA of sexual assault on animals. Let me be clear—as the writer was shamefully not—that PETA and I are totally opposed to any exploitation and all bestiality. Philosophical musings on whether there is cruelty when a girl experiences sexual pleasure from riding a horse who is oblivious to that fact or when someone allows a dog to hump their leg are a far cry from an endorsement of bestiality. Bestiality is cruelty to animals and PETA pushes for laws to outlaw it and prosecution when it occurs.

Please correct the hideously false impression that Alexander Rubin gave in his guest column.

Very truly yours,

Western governments can learn much when comparing how the British handle a terrorist act versus the Americans. The Brits have correctly treated the July 7th bombing as a criminal event and not an act of war. Thus instituting a legal process to resolve this crime.

They called in the anti-terrorism squad of Scotland Yard as well as Sir Ian Blair of London's city police. Both groups diligently went to work putting together the pieces and less than 10 days later have gathered an impressive amount of information.

Our American cousins handled 9/11 very differently. President Bush and his cabinet did treat 9/11 as an act of war. Fighting terrorism since 2001 quickly became a major growth industry. The "war machine" went into motion. The famous words of General "Stormin' Norman Schwartzkof best describes the President Bush "get even" approach: "I believe that forgiving them (the 9/11 terrorists) is God's function. Our job is simply to arrange the meeting."

46-days after 9/11 the freedom restricting, Patriot Act was signed into law by Pres. Bush and Americans were now ruled by laws more powerful than its constitution. Unlike the Yanks, will the Brits parlay these July 7th bombings into creating forms of unaccountable power over its people?

Basically the Americans incorporated a political solution to solve 9/11, and not the more practical, legal solution. Let's see how the Brits do with a completely different approach.

The merciless attack by terrorist assassins in London, yesterday, was on my mind as I watched an episode on the History Channel, here in the colonies.The programconcerned the Mosquito Bomber aircraft of WWII, manufactured by our British cousins of WOOD! This use of wood was due, of course, to extreme shortages of metals, as a result of war production requirements. The performance of the wooden airplanes was outstanding, much to the astonishment of the Nazis.

The point is, the sun may have set on the British empire; but, not on the British, nor their legacy. This small island, birthplace of most of the ideas which have made modern industrial democratic republics successful throughout the world, will not be defeated by terrorists. If the combined might of the axis powers could not crush Britain (along with its Commonwealth, American, and Soviet allies) then by gosh, the terrorists shall not do so either.

Remember the words of your half-American Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill: "Never, never, never give up." God save the Queen, and all of Britain.

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