Letters to the Editor

IT’S US OR THEM

TO THE MERCURY: Jesus. You don’t even need to read the story
on auto-death. The illustration and title say it all [“Getting Away
with It,” News, Nov 12]. Good job. But I don’t know why the writer
bothers with quotes such as “roads that are dangerous by design,” or
“little or no provision for people on foot, in wheelchairs, or on a
bicycle.” It’s obvious what’s really going on. These common drivers in
their death machines are gabbing away on phones while speeding through
bikers and pedestrians with impunity. Then they send in their tickets
and drive off to their next “accident.” There is really no need for
improved lighting or “pedestrian refuge islands” when only strict
punishments like this proposed “vehicular homicide law” will cause
drivers to think twice before they kill again. Car deaths aren’t met
with indifferent prosecution simply because they are “accidents.” The
bike lawyer is right. Vehicular murder is considered the “cost of doing
business in our society.” And articles like this expose the aggressive
recklessness of the driving class. We need to continue to feed those
flames. Period. There are drivers and there are those who have chosen
alternative modes of transportation. It is us or them. And they’re
winning.

Jeremy

EZRA CARAEFF FOR LIFE?

Okay man, first off, your [Art Alexakis] interview sucked major cock
[“The Most Hated Musician in Portland,” Music, Nov 19]! Everclear is
still very relevant in the world of music, and Art, who I have met like
20 times, is the nicest guy in the world. He doesn’t bullshit, and he
is a true professional when it comes to music and business! I saw them
about 14 times last year (I follow them around on tour), and some shows
were pulling 1,000-plus fans in. One in particular was Aquapalooza in
Lake of the Ozarks, and it had about 4,000 people there. It was
intense! Portland Mercury, I think you need to find some new,
un-biased interviewers who actually have some sense of what the hell
they are talking about, because obviously this guy [Ezra Ace Caraeff]
was a fucking moron and is sad because he can’t afford to feed his
three crack babies and slut of a transvestite girlfriend. EC for
life!

posted by Twistinside on portlandmercury.com

A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE

TO MATT DAVIS: Well said [“Leaving Randyland,” Hall Monitor, Nov
19]. I’ve been feigning interest in WW for the last five or six
years now, but have recently read it more often. I read the Leonard
story without much knowledge of his personal life, so I ate it all up.
I hadn’t considered the story from your perspective, and I applaud you
for it.

Andres Dominguez

DAMN YOUR FOOTNOTES, SIR!

MR. HENRIKSEN: Sir! Are you aware that many of these cage liners are
read in dimly lit taverns between cans of Old German and trips to the
pisser? That being said, what sort of vicious dickhead puts footnotes
in his otherwise highly enlightening article [“Welcome to the
Apocalypse!” Feature, Nov 19]? I submit that dickhead is none other
than you, Mr. Henriksen! You! Sadistic cryptofascists such as yourself
have no regard for the thousands of semi-literate Americans who have
lost their bifocals to random violence and must strain with constipated
aggression in order to decipher your itty bitty subtext. How do you
sleep? I trust the answer is “Not very well, thank you.” Good evening
to you and your many illegitimate offspring, Mr. Henriksen.

A. Slashermonkey, Ph.D.

CONGRATULATIONS TO A. SLASHERMONKEY for winning our letter of the
week and correctly identifying Mr. Henriksen as a “sadistic
cryptofascist”—a title we’ve unsuccessfully tried to attach to
him for years. A.S. wins two tickets to the Laurelhurst Theater and
lunch at No Fish! Go Fish!, where one never needs bifocals to read the
menu.