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  • From: brussell AT ibiblio.org
  • To: "RTP-area local music and culture" <ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: Smoke screen
  • Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 15:45:11 -0400 (EDT)

The article was printed in this weeks Indy.
http://indyweek.com/durham/current/backtalk.html

> Smoke screen
> It warms my heart to see so many people becoming so actively involved in
> helping Bob Groves out. There is no shortage of love in this community for
> people who go out of their way to provide something so rare in our society
> rife with chain stores and multiplexes. No tragedy can ruin a person if
> the community has something to do about it.
>
> All the more strange that a handful of people take this opportunity to try
> to force their ideals down our throats, seemingly trying to hold the
> future of the Starlite over our heads, placing caveats on their support.
> Those of us who have been going to the Starlite for years have known about
> the gun store, and I have never, until recent weeks, seen anyone question
> it or refuse to attend a movie because of it. So why all of a sudden are
> we reading these "people should know" letters?
>
> The gun store kept the Starlite open, not the other way around. Certainly
> not the video store! So when you talk about urging Mr. Groves to close the
> gun store, you're asking him not to bother rebuilding his screen. You're
> asking him to give up his living. The fact is that a person has the right
> to run whatever lawful business he chooses. No amount of statistics change
> that.
>
> Yes, there is a problem in this country with gun violence. And this an
> important issue that we're facing right now, what with the assault weapons
> ban expiring, ongoing, rampant crime in Durham, and an election coming up.
> It just saddens me that we have to be dragging Bob Groves into the fight
> when all he wants is a new screen to show movies on.
> James Hepler
> Durham
>
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