THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, January 18, 1995 TAG: 9501180009
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A10 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: Short : 32 lines
Does any responsible person at your newspaper have an understanding of what is being published? I think not. Today's issue is a good example.
Banner headlines on the front page gave us another story on John Salvi, along with a large color photo. This is not the first time you have run a front-page story about this man with a picture.
An article on Page A8 tells us that experts on crime suggest a craving for fame might drive some people to kill. Can the next alleged murderer of abortion-clinic personnel look forward to such attention? If the answer is no, you had better let it be known.
The commonwealth's attorney's statement of ``anybody who stands on the sidelines and praises or does not condemn the action is a moral accomplice to the crime'' could have been said by right-to-life people as it relates to abortion. Will this statement cause more people, opposed to abortion, to remain silent no longer?
I am opposed to abortion, but I believe that we must change people's actions by changing their hearts. Violence breeds violence.
CARLTON T. GOODWIN
Virginia Beach, Jan. 6, 1995 by CNB