Love-Hate Mail
Schizophrenic Scene
First you have an issue with Nashville Star on the cover (“Star Stuck,” March 16) and inside is a very good and enjoyable article on the Outlaw movement in the ‘70s (“Beyond the Law,” March 16). You could not have two more opposing stories. I was wondering if this was intentional. Next, I would suggest an article on Christianity on the cover and further back in the issue a truthful look at Jesus Christ.
Bill Carter
over99per@wans.net (Nashville)
Whatever happens in Nashville, stays in Nashville
Kudos for last week’s “Spring Break 2006: Nashville or Bust!” (March 16). How true indeed that “some people... consider Nashville a desirable destination.” I was one of them: made my first visit in 1988, fell in love with it, took another year to make sure that it wasn’t just infatuation (it wasn’t), packed up the car and left Los Angeles in my rearview mirror, and 16 years later—almost one-third of my life—I remain a happily entrenched Nashvillian.
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And thanks especially for highlighting the cultural riches of my beloved South Nashville. As you chided your staffer who proclaimed that “West End/Richland, Green Hills, Belle Meade, Hillsboro Village... pretty much covers it,” not hardly! Viva Nolensville Road!
Katherine Le Croy
katka60@hotmail.com (Nashville)
Don’t make us take your porn
In regard to the recent article about the proposed legislation that will make it illegal to sell any kind of adult novelty or “sex toy” (“Down With Dildos!” March 2), this is an obvious case of men trying to dominate women by taking away their rights. This is hypocrisy according to gender and a feeble attempt by the legislature to shift public attention away from itself in a time of governmental corruption.
First of all, the male-dominated legislature is being blatantly sexist with this bill. It is scientifically proven that women are more strongly stimulated by their sense of touch, while men are more stimulated visually. This bill is aimed directly at objects that are predominantly used by women. The legislature is trying to get this bill passed under the guise of increasing morality in our state, but there is no mention of any restriction on any form of visual device used for the same purpose, such as pornographic videos, DVDs or publications, which are predominantly used by men. Can you imagine the reaction if a bunch of women tried to outlaw porno movies or magazines?
I can’t help but think of all the things going on in our state that they could be concentrating on, such as TennCare. There are so many laws that are already on the books that they could be directing their attention toward enforcing. The legislature is saying they want to make us safer, but the more rights they try to take away from me, the more I wonder if they aren’t the ones I’m endangered by.
Noelle Patty
Nizzoeizzelle@yahoo.com (Lebanon)
Color-coded
Regarding Helter Shelter, “Choice of Colors” (Feb. 9): I took a stress test one time. At the start, they gave me a stack of numbered color cards. “Put in order of like to dislike and assign a color-name.” They gave the same test at the end of the stress test. I was the only person to put them in the exact same order and give the tester the actual names of the colors. Perhaps I am one of the four-photopigment women.
Marilyn Peters
marilyn@ambishon.com (Brisbane, Calif.)