Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, April 27, 1993 TAG: 9304270284
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Ed Shamy
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Re: Mounted police in Roanoke.
"Dear Mr. Ed, Enough of this horse crap. This is 1993, not 1893. Roanoke could follow other cities' examples . . . by putting cops on mountain bikes. This could be a way to change the stigmatism of fat cops who won't leave their car to do anything but warm a seat at Krispy Kreme."
H.B., Salem.
Re: Wasena Park.
"Dear Ed, I still can't get used to having these kooks mingling so openly and boldly - I'm almost 76, maybe set in my ways. I realize everyone is entitled to a lifestyle, but why try to impose it on a normal person? I really like your columns. Sometimes it's not about anything I'm interested in, so I just skip it . . . ."
M.P., Roanoke.
Re: Hey! What's going on here?
"Dear Ed, I've always looked for your columns, but I must confess sometimes I don't read them entirely . . . ."
C.L, Christiansburg.
Re: Wasena Park
"Dear Mr. Shamy, I feel compelled to give you the enclosed Band-Aid to protect your `masculinity' and `sense of self.' However, if being propositioned by another man so shatters your sensibilities, perhaps a suit of armor would be more appropriate. . . . I have found `fag' shouted from the occasional passing car when I walk in my neighborhood to assault my `sense of self.' . . . Thanks to the subliminal homophobia which occasionally leaks from your column. . . . I close with a succinct career suggestion: Should you ever choose to refrain from showering Roanoke with your literary gifts, I'm sure Oliver North could make use of you on his campaign staff. I also believe you owe your gay readership a huge apology."
M.J., Roanoke.
Re: Jeesh.
"Dear Ed Shamy . . . I'll continue to read your columns even though you're no Monty Leitch."
D.M., Roanoke.
Re: Wasena Park.
"Dear Ed, . . . I consider myself conservatively open-minded, and I have gay friends. I truly hope that science and medicine will someday prove that tendencies toward homosexuality and lesbianism do not stem from a simple predilection, but rather from a genetic disorder or damaged chromosomes as is currently being studied . . . ."
Z.D., Roanoke.
Re: You guessed.
"Dear Mr. Shamy, Et tu, Ed? Just another man who is outraged when subjected to the sexually aggressive behavior women have endured for eons. Funny how you big guys don't cry for legislation to protect women from the acts you find so abhorrent when directed at you . . . ."
C.H.S., Radford.
Re: Yes, again.
"Dear Ed, . . . require that all solicitors be limited to one-a-month (Wasena Park included), state police approval will be necessary for anyone desiring more than one-proposal-a-month . . . ."
T.R., Fincastle.
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