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Re: “Letters to the Editor”
Then again, you're assuming that justice is perfect. A woman, with four kids, shoots her husband and then sets the house on fire to try and hide the murder. Eden, ID, where this happened is the middle of nowhere, and pretty poor to boot. I would not be surprised in the least if she was getting the hell beat out of her every day and finally had enough and shot him. Or maybe they were just cooking meth and a gun went off.
In any case, good job. You've managed to sleuth out just enough information to judge somebody for something that happened, without knowing any real circumstances. You must be really proud of yourself for how good your internet skillz are!
Re: “How to Not Be an Asshole”
There is a major tip that was missed in all of these Howto's. GET A BIKE MAP. Every summer I see wide eyed newbs swerving around on their five-rides-a-year cruisers clogging up the major auto arteries like two wheeled cholesterol. Portland has developed an incredible bike infrastructure, but its completely wasted if people aren't aware of *where it is* and stick to the routes they know from driving. Please, GET A BIKE MAP. http://www.portlandonline.com/transportati…
Re: “The Floyd's Coffee Shop "Border War" Saga”
Oh shit. I did miss that, even after re-reading the article a couple of times looking for it specifically, and then hastily jumped to some conclusions. My bad. Apologies for mistakenly calling you out. Apparently there's going to be an article in the Mercury on this tomorrow... looking forward to seeing if any KH folks actually presented any of their side of the story.
Re: “The Floyd's Coffee Shop "Border War" Saga”
So Jack and Cris, the owners of Floyds are willing to come on here, using real names and present all the facts from their point of view. Exactly the right thing to do when embroiled in a public dispute, imo. Where is Howard Durban or anybody else who represents King Harvest?
Oh, and cargo.joe? You're a moron if you think it isnt obvious that you're affiliated with King Harvest ("Just to clarify, I have no affiliation with KH's business"). Where does it mention in that article that there were seven taste testers? Doesn't somebody from King Harvest have enough sack to get on here and present their official response? Cowardly posting annonymous offtopic information ("Look how good our hummus tastes! See? That means we arent shisty bastards trying to steal Floyds business!")
Oh and just to be clear, Im a customer at Floyds, I live a block and a half away, but am absolutely not affiliated with Floyds other than thats where I buy my coffee.
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Re: “Letters to the Editor”
"i did not add commentary nor judgment" - I think that saying "shes a murderer and an arsonist, and therefore ought not to be listed as a potential pen pal" is pretty loaded with judgement. I pointed out that you dont know her backstory in the least, you cant tell if she's a deraged sociopath who would kill again, or what the circumstances were leading up to her crime. All you have to go on is what she's been convicted of. Apparently there is some sort of category of prisoner that is deserving of letters from a pen pal, and another category who's crimes are too heinous to deserve a letter.