While standing in

the grocery checkout line recently, a headline on one of the tabloids

caught my attention.

So

now Christian theme parks offend

One

Citizen's Perspective

I thought I had

heard it all, every range of personal offense that could be taken by

the behavior of others, every manner of charge of discrimination imaginable,

but, alas, I had not, until now.

MTV

feeds on our children

MURPHY

Laugh Lines

MTV wants to have

their cake and eat it, too. They want to champion every type of moral

liberality and be a victor for the freedom of speech, yet they also

want to feed off their own young, getting fatter and richer with every

bite. Only, their cannibalism continues to wreak havoc on the young

flocks of viewers they both attract and devour. I wish them a good case

of Mad Cow Disease.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

So

now governor wants to parent our children

Governor Barnes

wants to move into my spare bedroom so that he can parent my children.

He does not think that I can determine when my four daughters are responsible

drivers so he wants to take over my job.

If

you are black and also a Republican, there are costs

Re: "Jackson

forfeits leadership." Yes, Bill Webster is correct. "Racism

is alive and flourishing."

Tyrone

a redneck Bubbaville?

Re: Your article

in the FactFinder on Tyrone. I have had the unhappy experience of living

amongst the "dumb as dirt, redneck as it gets, Bubbaville-thinking"

Town Council, mayor and residents in Tyrone for the past 11 years.

Crossing

guard will be missed

I learned yesterday

that Mr. Ron Andrews had passed away last Thursday. Mr. Andrews was

the school crossing guard for Huddleston Elementary and Booth Middle

School. I saw him every day as I drove up Peachtree Parkway on my way

to work.

New

flag is good compromise

Congratulations

to Gov. Roy Barnes and the Georgia General Assembly on their compromise

on a new design for the Georgia state flag. It took a lot of courage

from those involved to stick their political necks out in order to get

the change passed. I have heard civil rights leaders and sons of Confederate

veterans alike blast the new flag; therefore, it must be a good compromise.

I do not agree with the derision of the Confederate battle flag, but

I can accept the change because I am a reasonable man.

Excited

that Brown may run for mayor

We are regular readers

of The Citizen and appreciate it as a source of information and viewpoints

on issues affecting our community.

Lenox

off-base on 'Tyranny of majority' response

Reply to Mayor Bob

Lenox: Despite my 960-word response to your published letter you answered

me in just 13 words! For those who care, your response to my letter

was, "Try John Stuart Mill, "On Liberty," published 1869.

An interesting and provocative essay."

Cult

involvement can snare your young relatives without warning

The Christmas season

is behind us, and we are several weeks into a new semester at Georgia's

colleges and universities. So I am writing this letter to warn parents

who have kids away at college for the first time, and to help others

who may find themselves facing the same crisis I faced in May of 1998

when a relative of mine became embroiled with a cult, the International

Church of Christ.

Sons

of Confederate vets decry state flag change

It is with great

sadness that we recognize what we hope will be temporary, the changing

of the flag of the state of Georgia from a flag of honor to a flag of

nothingness.

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