Historical Dunce gets called Village Idiot

To read or not to ...
To all the Gil Smart naysayers: It's not credible to continue claiming not to read his column when it's obvious you read and dissect every word. With everyone's busy schedule, who would take the time to write a letter to the editor about a column he or she doesn't even read?

Why not claim to read and disagree?

Merry Christmas.

-James P. Pack, Lititz


Enough is enough
If you [Sunday News columnist Gil Smart] recall in the movie "It's a Wonderful Life," Jimmy Stewart reflects back on his life and questions what, if any, impact he made on the world.

Perhaps, in the same context, you should reflect on Christianity and the Christmas season in the same manner: "What impact does it really have; what is the significance?" Your zeal to see Christianity suppressed during the season ["Hegemony for the holidays," Dec. 2] would be analogous to extracting mankind's DNA; we would be reduced to organisms with neither a purpose nor a soul. Considering your weekly diatribes, I wonder if you have not already experienced this.

If you revel in the notion that Christianity's presence during Christmas should be diminished (as you indicate that it deserves), would that also apply to its presence during the entire year? During Katrina storm-relief efforts, Mennonite Relief Committee's exhaustive worldwide aid, food banks, transportation for the elderly, Water Street Rescue Mission and on and on and on. What would you propose as a substitute?

The greatest disservice here is irresponsible journalism, promulgating a twisted theory without a shred of credibility or intellect. Enough is enough; Lancaster doesn't need another village idiot.

-Daniel Newhard, Lititz