The devil you know

Editor: I support the article that was in last week's Bulletin ("Voices of our community," Bulletin cover, July 5) concerning the owners' reasons for printing all forms of information with respect to our community.

As most readers of any newspaper, I do not always agree with someone's point of view. That doesn't mean I don't want to hear it. By doing what the Bulletin has chosen to do, it is assuming that its readership is smart enough to determine what is legitimate (in their own personal opinion) and what is not. The devil you know is better than the devil you don't know. For thousands of years our scholars have debated the most intricate of details in a Torah passage, although they were not trying to delegitimize each other or their own religion.

Standing up for ourselves as Jews and what we believe in is how we have survived for thousands of years. To deny us the ability to read what others may believe about us or the state of Israel would cripple our right not only to stamp out the hate-mongers, but educate those who also may have heard only one side of the issue.

Shelley Ail
Richmond