What bothers me is that Tootsie's and its management deny any problems with them. In the past, couples have been warned and even asked to leave for harassing the women. I have witnessed this. I hear lesbians commenting about the couples, and trust me, they aren't being kind. I believe that Tootsie's will continue to deny any problems as long as the straight couples continue to come and spend their money.
Once again, thank you for addressing this issue.
Name Withheld Upon Request
Kansas City, Missouri
I am a heterosexual man, and as much as I hate to say it, a ménage à trois has rattled around in my masturbatory fantasies on occasion. I would probably run as fast as I could from any encounter with one, but it is a man's fantasy, and as I said, I am a man. I was born that way. Sort of a birth defect.
That said, the one angle that I think Hipp missed was the lesbians who actually went home with these swingers. I would think that there have to be some takers and actually some who enjoy it. I can't believe that all women, regardless of sexual orientation, are not interested in group sex of one kind or the other. It's also true that all men are not interested in a ménage à trois or group sex. Hard to believe, huh? But it's true. Maybe it's more about how much testosterone some men have and how little others have. I don't know. I am not sure I understand swingers, but I also think it's wrong to assume that the man is the instigator of all ménage à trois activity, though I would guess most of it is.
Alexander Fisher
Swanton, Ohio
Thank you, Casey, for bringing such a delicate problem to light and exposing the truth.
Scott Trupiano
Columbia
Let's see. While in high school, JaRon broke the Missouri State High School Activities Association regulations regarding eligibility. He cost his teammates their state championship titles. A post-JaRon penalty cost hundreds of boys at his high school, none of whom ever played basketball with him, the opportunity to play in postseason competition. To my knowledge, he has never even offered an apology to his teammates or to his school.
He misrepresented to his school principal the ownership of an automobile that was being provided improperly to him. He chose to live with a wealthy businessman rather than his family. Do I need to know more?
No one is kicking JaRon while he's down. He's down strictly as a result of his own actions. He's where he deserves to be.
J. David Holt
Kansas City, Missouri
Hall glossed over JaRon's life thus far and pointed out snippets of information that in no way painted a complete picture of Rush's talent and strengths as an individual. To insinuate that his life and basketball career are over at the age of 21 is appalling. Hang in there, JaRon, life goes on -- with or without basketball. Hopefully, though, life will go on without filthy, uninformed articles by Greg Hall.
Katherine Holland
Hartford, Connecticut
A House Divided
The mom trap: In 1986, when I was 4 years old, my mother was dropped off at the place described in Deb Hipp's story as the ("House of Horrors" January 25). I was left with my grandparents, who insisted on placing her there because she was not taking her medication for epilepsy. She had also just lost her boyfriend and was suffering from a nervous breakdown.
As I grew up without a mother, times were really hard for me. I grew up in group and foster homes. I could never seem to rescue my mother. My grandparents wouldn't take me to see her. When I reached my teens, I finally ran away from the group homes. And, as I grew older, I always wanted to rescue her from that place.
I came from out of town, and Christine Allen wouldn't let me visit. When I called, sometimes she said that my mother was asleep. I feel as if I were robbed from having my mom. I love her and care for her so much. It just seemed like when I tried to take her away from there, Ms. Allen said I wouldn't get her and that that was her home. I even planned on kidnapping her. I always felt like something wasn't right.
I'm not asking for sympathy. I don't think Ms. Allen should have her place opened back up because many more people will suffer. My mom and I have grown apart, and I want to have a better relationship with her. She is well and safe now, but I would feel better if she and I were side by side.
I really want to thank everyone who has stuck by my mother's side, especially Trooper Alex Petigna. As for all the other people who were left in that situation, I cry all the time, and it's always on my mind. If I ever had a wish, it would be to spend the rest of my life with my mother and family -- but mostly my mom. Maybe by my speaking out, people would think twice about leaving their loved ones in there. I really wish I had made the time, because time is running out.
Pamela Harris
Newport News, Virginia
"Resurgence"? Please! Has Miller been to The Hurricane on a Sunday or Wednesday lately? I doubt it.
"Cutting-edge"? More please! KC has no bands that fit this description -- just the same old tired 1994 rehash industro-grunge wannabes that didn't fly the first time.
If your band can draw a crowd, you will have no problem playing out in this town. Stop crying that you can't play anywhere because of another (cover) band, unfriendly crowds, a DJ or whatever. Get something worth seeing and you will play. Until then you can enjoy my new original project, Catfight, or just come and get all the Baloney Ponyz or Disco Dick you can stand!
Good luck, and keep practicing!
Curtis Anderson
Riverside
Anyone who does not know the music of Sonny Kenner is not a natural-born human being, so drop by your nearest record store and buy yourself some real jazz of Mr. Guitar, Sonny Kenner.
God bless you, Sonny, and I pray that you will play on in spirit when I leave this world.
Tony Lordi
Kansas City, Missouri
I would also like to say to Everybody's X that if they are going to be man enough to talk trash and lies about other people, then be man enough to write the name of the people they are speaking of. I understand that they were probably afraid of getting their scrawny asses kicked, but come on, let's be adults here. We are all out of high school!
I would also like to add some good points about Band X, like the benefit shows that they have done, never once asking for anything in return. One show was for a small little girl who was very sick, and the other was for an up-and-coming radio station. So I feel that Everybody's X should really quit acting like a bunch of whining little girls and should just realize that the reason no one clapped was not because they were told not to; it was because they suck!
I would also like to point out that in one of Everybody's X's whining sessions, they apologized to Canvas for the crowd that they had the night of the New Year's Eve show. Well, how would they know about the crowd? Everybody's X left right after they played.
Rebecca Burris
Kansas City, Missouri
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