Camps could help Gazans survive | Letters to the editor
Internment camps during war have a very bad reputation, conjuring images of suffering Jews in Poland or of Japanese-Americans in California in World War II.
However, Israel might consider establishing humanitarian refugee camps to which Gaza citizens could flee, voluntarily and temporarily, to escape the death and famine they inevitably face in Gaza. Food and medical care would be available. Israel would control which Palestinians are admitted to the camps and their eventual release.
Such camps might not only reduce deaths and suffering of innocent, non-combatant Gazans, but help restore the world’s view of Israel as a benign and responsible nation.
David G. Perry, Fort Lauderdale
The definition of insanity
I cannot accept that 50% of likely American voters believe that Donald Trump is still qualified to be elected president. His rhetoric is atrocious yet capable of starting a disturbance. His business practices and lack of moral standards have landed him numerous legal actions.
I’ll cut people slack on being stupid, but they sure are gullible. Wake up, America, before it’s too late.
And what’s up with the TV interviewers on crime shows? Defendants face criminal prosecutions where they could lose all their freedom and languish away in a prison cell. Please flip the script, which would be: “Tell me honestly if you did it.”
I have not seen one TV show yet where a defendant, knowing the consequences, says “Yes, I did it.” Please, stop asking this stupid question.
Did you know that police can stop suspected DUI drivers and administer routine sobriety tests?
If they don’t have access to breathalyzers, they impound the driver’s car and cart the driver off to jail to be tested. Even if testing in jail is negative, you can still be charged, and after six months and $5,000, the charge will inevitably get dismissed. That is possibly unconstitutional.
Steven J. Weil, J.D., Ph.D., Boynton Beach
(Editor’s Note: Law firm websites offer guidance on roadside sobriety tests, warning that drivers who refuse to take the test can face arrest.)
High-priced housing
I read the article headlined “Fort Lauderdale Upgrade?” about the new 978-apartment complex planned on a current site of the Pan American Estates mobile home park near McNab Road.
I found it very interesting that you did not interview any current residents. Your choice of photos for the article fit the narrative in support of this new complex. You portrayed this mobile home park as a derelict property. It’s far from that.
What about the 239 trailer homes on the site? What options do current residents have?
It saddens me to see families losing their ability to live in South Florida due to replacing affordable housing options with unaffordable housing options. This new complex will do nothing to help with the lack of affordable housing.
It will only add to the trend of building high-priced, unaffordable housing options. There isn’t much we can do to stop that.
Joe Thiry, Cooper City
Fox is less biased
A recent letter writer, Walter Hollander of Hollywood, commented that Donald Trump is not congenial, caring or considerate. It may or may not be true.
He described “non-Fox News watchers” as literate and informed. Is he aware that nearly as many people watch Fox in prime time as the other, liberal networks combined?
As far as Hollander is concerned, I’m sure he as well as most “non-Fox News viewers” who write in have not watched Fox. They just echo liberal talking points. Note that Juan Williams, Alan Dershowitz, Jessica Tarkovsky, Harold Ford, Leslie Marshall and other liberals contribute to Fox.
By comparison, NBC hired Republican Ronna McDaniel but had to fire her immediately because others at the network were upset with a conservative being hired. So which side do you think is more biased?
Thomas Kruse, Boca Raton