Re: [Winona] Multi-media Approach

[Gene Thiele]

I would suggest that anyone participating in a chat room or forum similar to Winona Online should assume anything they send will be printed in the paper.  There is no inference of confidentiality here.    People need to be aware of their civic duty to be informed participants in democracy.  On the steps of the National Archives in Washington, D.C. is etched, "The cost of freedom is eternal vigilance."  Or something to that effect.  The public elementary schools do a good job of teaching environmentalism (recycling, energy conservation), community service (helping the less fortunate), diversity indoctrination (the melting pot is dead), ADD diagnosis (have you had your Ritalin today), the feminization of young boys (sit still and behave!), and other PC causes.  But they seem to have let us down in the area of civic duty.  I hope it's not because our founders are a bunch of dead European white males.   Gene Thiele Winona ----- Original Message ----- From: marcia chaffee To: Winona Online Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 9:14 AM Subject: [Winona] Multi-media Approach ----- Original Message ----- From: marcia chaffee To: Winona Online Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 8:53 AM Subject: Multi-media approach I think the idea of coordinating with the Daily News and the Post is good. I would think no editor would want to publish any letter without permission from the writer. In view of the pitiful attendance at the political candidate forums last month (with only about a dozen people there and many of those from the sponsoring organizations) perhaps they have seen their day and we should move on to some other means of reaching people. I have been reading that the trend is toward more people wanting to spend the evenings with their families, but they still monitor their e-mail and watch TV. Marcia