What gives those in power the right to eliminate suspected drug transporters in open waters?
What became of due process and the sacred safeguard of innocent until proven guilty?
Summary executions at sea make us no better than the least-democratic banana republic. Suspicion is not proof. If we can annihilate people at sea, then we can apprehend them at sea (and seek worthwhile intelligence).
I and many others put our lives on the line to protect our principles. It’s sad to see them trampled by the current administration. Following the rules is the harder course, but for any nation that calls itself a democracy, it’s the right course. Drug trafficking is a worldwide blight, and so are mass killings. But the accused are entitled to a trial by jury. Our ship of state is in dangerous waters.
Les Schwartz, Boca Raton
‘Live free or die’
I was a certified range officer at my gun club while living in San Francisco.
I specialized in teaching women sport shooting, including proper holster carry and draw techniques.
This is not rocket science. Once they overcame their nervousness and possible fear because of all the bad California propaganda that we are always bombarded with, they usually became regular competition shooters.
I retired to Broward after my career in the federal government because I believed in my original New Hampshire motto, “Live Free or Die.” I enjoy living here. It’s like a breath of fresh air.
I’m a regular shopper at Publix. While I applaud their Second Amendment policy, I’ve yet to see anyone with a gun in either store I frequent.
This sounds like more anti-gun rhetoric by the usual people who preach democracy but are always out to restrict our Constitutional rights. I’m neither a Republican or Democrat but a Lauderdale Libertarian. The U.S. Constitution is my government.
Don Bartone, Fort Lauderdale
On Charlie Kirk Road
In a letter to the editor endorsing naming 40 college and university roads after Charlie Kirk, Frank Pucillo appears to acknowledge that Kirk said racist and antisemitic things, implying that this was OK because Kirk was not a liar.
The writer may be happy at the prospect of driving on Charlie Kirk Road in Davie, but I doubt that any Jewish or African-American student compelled to do so will feel the same way.
Jerry Barkan, Pompano Beach
Kirk and the Klan
Frank Pucillo of Davie (“Kirk deserves the honor,” Nov. 1) writes that Charlie Kirk should be honored for what he said.
Here are a couple of things Kirk said: Some Black women “do not have the brain processing power to otherwise be taken really seriously.” “If I see a Black pilot, I’m going to be like, ‘Boy, I hope he’s qualified.’”
Mr. Pucillo noted that the Sun Sentinel Editorial Board did not call Kirk a liar. He may not have been, but his presentation was dishonest. It was not designed to elevate civil consciousness but to present reprehensible, racist and misogynistic views as legitimate discourse rather than the regressive and oppressive past errors of our efforts to live up to our ideals that should be disavowed by all Americans.
Charlie Kirk did not deserve to be murdered. He also does not deserve more recognition.
I too drive past Broward College in Davie. Naming streets in the area after such a man would be a step into the past as when the Ku Klux Klan paraded openly in Davie. At least then, most of us jeered them rather than celebrate their abhorrent views.
Scot McCluskey, Davie
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