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August 1st, 2007 issue

Rights for Roma

Keep up the good work, as human rights are for everyone, including the Roma [Gypsies] (“Speaking out: American activist passionate about rights, justice,” Tempo, July 25–Aug. 1). I have worked 13 years as a volunteer in Romania, where we have Romany people, too.
I support many Roma initiatives to help bring about a better standard of life for these people and see them as equals to the rest of society. We need more understanding, care, empathy and wisdom to bring people together, so that we can all build bridges and create harmony for the benefit of all.
Brian Douglas
Iasi, Romania
Creative punishment
Ouch. I do agree that sex offenses are some of the most grievous (“Time to modify sex offender treatments,” Opinion, July 25–Aug. 1), and I know the statistics on castration for this set of criminals. A simple bullet to the head would be cheaper and, in a way, more humane. Think of poor Kafky!
Why not have a very long prison term of hard labor for the people, no parole until testicular atrophy, make that general atrophy, renders these folks no threat to any of our young people?
Edward Rykken
Gardiner, Maine, U.S.A.
Weapons blackmail
The United States has no need to “blackmail” Russia (“Russia backs out of arms treaty,” News, July 18–24) with an intermediate range anti-ballistic missile battery in Poland and in the Czech Republic.
America already had several hundred Pershing II theater tactical nuclear missiles in Europe before it entered into the INF (intermediate range nuclear forces) Treaty with the former Soviet Union. Those were a genuine threat to their command hierarchy that resulted in the withdrawal of similar weapons controlled by the Warsaw Pact, which made all of Europe a much safer place.
If those missiles still existed, Russia would be much more threatening than it is.
The proposed ABM (anti-ballistic) weapons system is intended to provide some coverage for Western Europe, not the United States. America can retaliate against any aggressor with overwhelming force, but wouldn’t an ounce of prevention be better than a megaton of cure? Putin is still playing the old “zero sum” geopolitical game he was trained to play when he was with the KGB, and the resistance to the U.S. anti-ballistic missile plan in the Czech Republic suggests he’s winning.
 
Phillip David Haskett
Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
Architect kudos
Eva Jiřičná brings light into a soul, not only into a building (“Finding inspiration both at home and abroad”, Real Estate, July 18–25). Everything she does is based on the structure of respect and love. That makes her outstanding.
Milena Findeis
Prague


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