A NETWORK OF NITWITS, ET AL?

Editor, The Record:

Gosh, I would have thought I'd enough local critics, but it seems they had to go as far afield as Manitoba and New York state, this week.  Perhaps Mr.  Randall put out the call for support on his network of nitwits, libertarians and moral castratos.

Alan Randall, it seems to me, could not accept the possibility that his son just may have suffered a fatal moral failure when deciding to experiment with illicit drugs, or that his death might reflect on his or his wife's encouragement in the libertarian lifestyle.

Chris Buors, of the Manitoba Libertarian Party, cooks up a noxious recipe that includes Thomas Jefferson, Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas, with a very large and bitter dollop of anti-Americanism.  While it is true that Thomist thought owed much to Greek logic, it is incontrovertible that its taproot was Christian morality.

Mr.  James Dirlam of Thornwood, New York will be delighted to know, I'm sure, that I am well versed in alcohol addiction, and although it has caused considerable trouble for me and my family and friends over the years, I would point out that crimes committed under its influence are usually treated with far more stringency than those committed with cold, premeditated and sober intent.  Nor have I ever felt the need to steal for want of a drink, nor the urgency to perforate my veins.  Also, I might point out that liquor was not prohibited in my lifetime.

Larry Bennett

P.S.  If Mr.  Randall felt it okay to invoke his son's memory to support his beliefs, I claim the same right.