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<br />1)enverPost.com - LETTERS <br /> <br />Page 2 of5 <br /> <br />000119 <br /> <br />HOME <br />ETHICS POLICY <br /> <br />SEARCH <br />SITE SEARCH: <br /> <br />. Enter ;;each terrY!, <br />hit enter key <br />. Clic,k herefcr <br />adv"';:C1ced searm <br /> <br />WEB SEARCH: <br />. <br /> <br />~!!~L~~,m <br /> <br />m.,..... <br />m <br /> <br />Dieter Zerressen, Denver <br /> <br />While many of us sing, juggle, dance, play musical <br />instruments, scratch, and play Frisbee, few of us engage <br />in these practices in restaurants and bars. We restrain <br />ourselves because we understand that our enjoyment of <br />these activities may impair the ability of others to enjoy <br />themselves. Places of business need not post signs <br />banning these behaviors, just as governments need not <br />outlaw them; they can simply trust us to be considerate. <br />If only the same were true of smoking. <br /> <br />l.W. Earnest, Denver <br /> <br />Alternatives to jailing more citizens <br /> <br />Re: "Time for fresh jail thinking," Jan. 9 Perspective <br />article. <br /> <br />It warms the cockles of my heart to read in Doug <br />Linkhart's article about the alternatives to jail that the <br />City and County of Denver is exploring. <br /> <br />I visit inmates at the Denver County Jail every week and <br />find that many of them are good people who have just <br />made some mistakes. They don't know how to put <br />together the kind of life they want or even believe they <br />can succeed at it. They desperately want to change their <br />lives and the little help I can give them makes a big <br />difference. They say things like, "Now that I have <br />someone to work with, I have hope that I can succeed <br />on the outside." Then they begin the process of thinking <br />about what they want their lives to be like. They think <br />about what has gotten them where they are and what <br />they need to change. <br /> <br />The alternatives to jail that Denver is considering will <br />make it possible for many, many more offenders to get <br />this kind of help. Denver, let's get behind this in a big <br />way. It will not only save us tax dollars, but will create <br />productivity, happiness and a safer, more pleasant city. <br /> <br />Bruce Thron-Weber, Denver <br /> <br />California's use of Colorado River water <br /> <br />Re: "Right move on West's water," Dec. 31 editorial. <br /> <br />Urban Southern California shares The Denver Post's <br />belief that the seven Colorado River Basin states must <br /> <br /> <br />http://www.denverpost.comlStories/0.1413.36%257E416%257E.00.htm1 <br /> <br />1/14/2005 <br />