Open Forum

There have been a couple topics of discussion deleted from the HJ site recently.

One, the Peterson USU BJ in the steam room thang,

Two, the funeral respecting a family's sacrifice in Iraq.

My take is that neither dialogue should have been deleted though the dialogue got "out of hand". There is a balance of argument there. No one should go there while grieving yet if they do they should be prepared to take the good with the bad. I can see how the Alleman family could stand tall with clenched fists whilst the rest of us beat up on Desertique who believes funerals are appropriate venues for protest. That said, the only problem I really have with her comments is the venue she chose for expressing this view. I didn't catch the entire dialogue but I do remember going through it just before deletion and thinking there was an extreme view pushing her over the edge.

Let's talk right here.