Subject: "winey" firefighters": you won't be calling me winey when I am cutting you out of a car ... or performing cpr on your daughter after I pull her from her burning bedroom .... The pissed off firefighter

RESPONSE: As you no doubt understand, the goal of this site is to provide a public forum, to provoke thought and debate about local, national and international issues that effect us all. HONEST CRITICISM IS HARD TO TAKE, PARTICULARYLY FROM A RELATIVE, A FRIEND, AN ACQUAINTANCE, OR A STRANGER…so said Franklin P Jones.

To that end and too for the entertainment value; the use of “insult”, or ad-homen characterization has been employed by the shallow host. And once again it is pointed out that all comments have been published.

Cato the Elder noted that: ANGER SO CLOUDS THE MIND, THAT IT CANNOT PERCEIVE THE TRUTH. Respectfully; were some tin horn dictator to say to the complaint about his brutality or wrong headed policy, or unwillingness to debate an issue on its own merits; that because the trains run on time, or fire and ambulance service is prompt; when one needs those services that in someway excuses or justifies some other bad policy or decision and that makes it all okay…most would see these things don’t connect.

If being pissed off provokes an honest dialogue than I believe we all benefit. I note parenthetically the cowardliness of THE CORRUPT MULLICA 5 & gary THE MUKTAR franklyn in their unwillingness to debate or dialogue on the issues in question. So in closing let me quote William Arthur Ward: IT IS WISE TO DIRECT YOUR ANGER TOWARDS PROBLEMS—NOT PEOPLE; TO FOCUS YOUR ENERGIES ON ANSWERS—NOT EXCUSES.