The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Thursday, April 27, 1995               TAG: 9504270003
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A14  EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   19 lines

TREASONOUS

When the leader of an extremist group from Idaho compared the Oklahoma City bombing to a beautiful Rembrandt painting, I was revolted and disheartened that this comparison wasn't perceived as a treasonous statement.

GLORIA H. SHACKELFORD

Willis Wharf, April 24, 1995 by CNB