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Forgotten winnersEditor, I am very disgusted with the picture on the front page of The Post for Feb. 14, 2000. The picture was of the two girls kissing as part of the Cornwell Jewelers' Court Street Kiss off. What about the winning couple? Why wasn't a picture of them put in? I was up there and a participant. There were many photographers taking photos for over an hour, but of all the pictures that were published, the one of the two - how do I say it in a politically correct way - queers was published. It is bad enough that "those" groups get enough attention to the point that they get more attention, and are made a bigger deal of than the average everyday person. Even on Valentine's Day, can't the photographer and the editor give up all the alternate lifestyle crap and put in a traditional picture of a traditional couple on a traditional holiday? On top of that, the one-liner under the picture didn't do the Valentine's Day activity any justice. Nothing was mentioned about Cornwell Jewelers, the winners or anything about the contest. I think The Post owes it to the participants, the winning couple and the sponsor to publish at least a traditional couple's picture in the paper along with the results and prizes for the contest.
Eric Bucher A soapy futureEditor, Yesterday's article about soap operas, "Study: 'Soaps' hit social issues," also happened to hit home with me. Soaps are not only the best way to educate teen-agers, housewives and illiterate bulldozer operators about important social issues such as "family planning, gender equality, teenage sexuality and environmental conservation" - to quote from the article. These fine programs are our "first line of education" in such important issues as amnesia, people disappearing for no particular reason and then reappearing (also for no apparent reason) with a face lift, alien abduction, children finding out that they are the love child of their most despised enemy and being in love with your incredibly beautiful sister. Equally important is the message that it is OK to be fiendishly rich, as long as you aren't evil. Thanks to my own soap opera viewing, I was well prepared when my brother informed me that he is, in fact, the ghost of my future son-in-law, whom I will have killed in a fit of rage when I will have found out that he slept with my sister, who is currently long-lost and will be until I am marooned on a desert island for three years. He also tells me that I'm going to get a face lift. Andrew Lammers |