In the University Daily Kansan, I was pleasantly surprised on Tuesday to find a letter to the editor that I actually enjoyed. This is such a rare thing that I had to share even though it’s topic is old and well covered.
Here are a few excerpts:
“Hamas is not dedicated to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state that lives in peace alongside the State of Israel; rather, its charter calls for the destruction and elimination of Israel.”
“Israel is a democracy that represents the myriad views of its citizens. Some are liberal, cosmopolitan and secular. Others are conservative and religious. Some are nationalistic and some Zionistic. Some are Arab. But all have a voice within the Knesset.”
“It is precisely this imbalance that Anderson fails to report. He claims that Israel treats every Palestinian as a terrorist, yet he treats every Israeli as a monster complicit in the supposed extermination of the Palestinians.”
“The cessation of funds from America to one of its staunchest allies is not going to solve the plight of the Palestinians.”
Your Electric Vehicle Is Too Quiet; Congress May Force It To Be Louder
In another paternalistic move, congress is discussing the forcing of a safety feature to electric cars: noise. The idea is that now pedestrians are used to hearing the noise of a car coming and if a car was silent, like an electric car essentially is, then there would be more pedestrians accidents. While the logic is pretty reasonable, it isn’t definite. They haven’t established that its congress’ job to force this feature (they just assume they can and people let them). If electric/when electric cars start to be the norm, I think people might be smart enough to start relying on their eyes more than their ears. We don’t need congress protecting ourselves from learning to use our eyes a little bit more than our ears.
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