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;w <br />t'J326i01 13 ~ 07 <br />• <br />N0.455 <br />PAGE Z THURSDAY, MARCM ZT, ZOOI ~ DOIOt:! <br />Redundancy,'according to the Scott <br />~Foresman Advanced Dictionary, is 1. <br />More than is needed, 2. A redundant <br />thing, part, or amoune 3. The use of <br />too many words for the same idea: <br />wordiness. 4. Presence of duplicate <br />parts or systems in case one fails, The <br />root words are from the Latin <br />redundantem overflowin¢< re- red- <br />back + undo water (see letters to edi- <br />tor.) <br />I was using the first definition when <br />I wrote that editor's note about no more <br />letters on the gravel pit. People do not <br />understand, or ignore the fact, that it is <br />a privilege to be able to write a letter to <br />the editor and have t[ published. It is <br />not a right. On the other hand, your <br />opinion is very important to us. <br />I've said this in editorials before and <br />probably will in the future:. the role of <br />ferrets to the editor Is to express one's <br />opinion. There fs a line between using <br />them as a personal forum to attack oth= <br />xrs and using them as a place to state <br />that opinion. The last letters had ceased <br />to be about an issue; they were taking a <br />turn towards becoming persona] at- <br />tacks. <br />Now, understand I don't mind some- <br />one writing a letter about tne, because <br />that's pats of my job, and I'm fair :: <br />enough to print that letter. But, a couple <br />of the levers were to and about people ' <br />who had nothing to do with the issue, .; <br />and were submitted because the writ- <br />ers perceived something was said about <br />them that actually was not. In retco- ; <br />spec[, I wonder if I made the right de- <br />cision in putting one of those letters in. <br />Becatue of pas[ experiences, where . <br />letter writers' wrote then same views . <br />over and over, and took up several pages <br />of the newspaper which should have <br />been dedicated to real news, a polity <br />was established that._a single writer <br />could have two levers on the same sub- <br />ject (unless different circumstances <br />arise concerning an issue) -see defini- <br />tion 1 -and all letters had to be 300 <br />words or less (which comes under the . <br />dcfinidons I and/or 3). '['here are, of <br />course, occasional exceptions to the <br />length, but, generally speaking. the <br />policy remains. <br />D63 <br />