Sewer project is noisy

I just wanted to congratulate Samantha Harper and all the others involved with the sewer project in Port Hadlock/Chimacum for their well thought out schedule of laying pipe. We had been looking forward this past winter to spending the the majority of our time having a quiet and peaceful summer, enjoying the weather, time in the garden, food on the barbie, listening to the birdsong and having friends visit, as have the majority of our neighbors I'd guess.

Instead we'll just stay indoors with the windows closed in an attempt to escape the din. Instead of planning this work to begin in the late fall and through the winter, when most of our time is indoors, this summer we will be surrounded (literally) by the constant roar and smell of diesel engines, warning horns from heavy equipment, loud never ending scraping and grinding.

On the bright side, the construction crews won't have to work through the dark and dreary winter! Thanks to every one involved,

Alan Susnow

Port Hadlock

Encore: Don’t feed deer

More appreciation here for Scott Doggett’s May 1st article about the dangers of human feeding deer. There is evidence in my own neighborhood (near Fort Worden), that folks are still feeding deer. For example, there is a young buck that frequents my yard. He is easily recognizable by a large, dark-brown patch of fur running over his front shoulder. Just in the last couple of days, I’ve noticed the tell-tale signs of digestive stress—a dark, stringy mess around the tail, and more mess down the backs of the rear legs.

Did you know that a deer in this condition is likely to die a slow and painful death? Grains, bird seed, even fruit can cause microbiota disruption, resulting in an inability to digest food and eventual organ failure. Last summer, we watched a doe with twin fawns slowly waste away until she, and one of her fawns, finally died in early fall. It would truly be more humane to shoot the deer rather than give them handouts. Please, please stop.

Ism-ism, woke-ism, speciesism

There are a lot of isms in the English language, but only about 125 are in common usage. If you’re interested in appearing to be woke (sensitive to social and political injustice) you’ll need to memorize at least a dozen or so: socialism, despotism, sexism, racism, ageism, etc. It’s much simpler to be a carnivore, you only need to know the five fundamentals of a meat-based diet: barbarism, despotism, cruelty, brutality, and speciesism. If you’re familiar with what happens on a factory farm you already know the definitions of cruelty and brutality. Speciesism is basically the mind-set that allows humans to believe they are inherently superior to all other species and thus have the right to be cruel and brutal without any moral or ethical qualms. Speciesism permits, without consideration, the disposability of animals that are known to be sentient. It totally ignores Jeremy Bentham’s statement: It’s not can they reason or can they talk, it’s can they suffer. Speciesism is a philosophy that argues it is irrelevant that animals have their own desires, needs, and complex lives. Human gratification and profit take precedent. Their suffering need be of no concern to us.

Jens Abrahamsen

Langley, WA

Reader submits 2nd Pothole

of the week

This pothole is on Lawrence Street between Calhoun and Cass Streets, impressive enough that cars, fire trucks and buses must swerve around it.

Cheers,

Michael Morrow