Letter to the Editor
Letter: In Wake of Aurora Shooting ‘Discussion,’ a Reasoned Approach to Government Regulation
A letter to the editor from Woodbury resident Tom St. Martin.
During a recent search for Patch political news, I came across your account of the Aurora Colorado shooting. At last count more than 600 comments had been posted in response to this article. I didn’t read most of them: I have better, more worthwhile things to read. My attention was, nevertheless, drawn to the polarized, strident, often rancorous “discussion” of the pros and cons of regulation. Polarized, strident because the remarks in question were posted by folks who seemed to think that governmentally imposed regulations were THE answer to, well, just about everything. Or, on the contrary, by folks who think that most, if not all, government regulation is harmful, oppressive or worse. That having been said, I recognize that this rather …
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Alice
12:45 am on Thursday, August 9, 2012
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