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A True Story Subject Responds

It isn't often that someone featured in a This is True story writes to complain or argue about a story about them. The few that have written with comments are indeed generally not at all upset, but rather quite amused by the whole thing. So much so that I wish I got more such notes.

In any case, I realize that not everyone will be happy with what comes out in one of my stories. Fair enough: I certainly wouldn't expect that. My column dated 15 November 1998 included this story:

Forgive and Forget:

The recent murder of New York gynecologist and obstetrician Dr. Barnett Slepian, who performed abortions, isn't all bad, according to Canada's B.C. Catholic, the official newspaper of the archbishop of Vancouver. The murder has been linked to several similar shootings in Canada. Editor Paul Schratz wondered in an editorial, "How can anyone help but be pleased that murders of abortionists just might have some positive side effects?" He added that the fear that zealots shooting them in the back may cause some doctors to go into other fields of medicine "goes to show that our all-powerful and all-loving God can bring good from any evil situation." (UPI) ...If we all went to church more often, perhaps we'd know about these loopholes and exceptions in the Ten Commandments.

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Posted November 22, 1998 10:04 AM | Comments (0)

True's Readers Respond to B.C. Catholic

I actually expected the B.C. Catholic story to generate some outraged response mail. It didn't: Just one (one!) reader said I hadn't represented the original editorial fairly. I explained that wasn't my point: I was trying to represent the newspaper story about the editorial fairly, and I believe I did. Then, I got the letter from the editor of B.C. Catholic.

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Posted November 22, 1998 10:25 AM | Comments (0)