First of all let me state that

I am a Christian and some nationals of my home country were lost in the

dastardly terrorist acts of Sept. 11.

I do not think Mr. Hyde needs

attempt to hide his bigotry under the cloak of the terrorists' attacks.

His effort is as effective as the ostriches' attempt at playing hide and

seek.

Mr. Hyde obviously does not

realize that all immigrants have different reasons for emigrating, just

like his forefathers before me, I dare say! Or he would not think that

milk and honey are the only reasons for emigration, even if that's why

his forebears came to America.

What gives Mr. Hyde the right

to refer to a foreign language as "gibberish" (defined by The

American Heritage Dictionary as "Unintelligible or nonsensical talk

or writing")? I doubt if Mr. Hyde has ever traveled outside the United

States or I wonder how he will feel if his English was described as "gibberish"

in a foreign country.

It would appear that Mr. Hyde

thinks that every person speaking a foreign language in "his"

supermarkets is an immigrant? He does not realize that they are probably

visitors also from foreign countries on vacation or business. These visitors

who contribute in no small measure to the success of the American economy

(or immigrants for that matter) do NOT have to speak English just to assuage

the twisted ideals of the likes of Mr. Hyde.

I doubt if Mr. Hyde speaks

for the American public like he claims, as this will be against all the

ideals America and Americans stand for.

I also seriously doubt if Mr.

Hyde actually welcomes immigrants who do not answer the last names "Smith"

or "Jones" or that he was joking, for that matter. By the way,

did Mr. Hyde see any of the terrorists wear "headdresses" or

"flowing wraps"? Or were they dressed as he says he would like,

predominantly in blue jeans?

Mr. Hyde ought to hide his

head in shame and rise above xenophobia in the search for the answers

to his many problems.

While I recognize the right

of every citizen to air his or her views, I think The Citizen newspaper

ought to be discretionarily responsible enough and not publish such potentially

damaging views in these difficult times.

Igho Vilhelm Pemu

Peachtree City