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Originally Posted by graciegirl
The Daily Sun carried a story on the sinkholes. I have to think you don't like the Sun because of what we aren't allowed to talk about.
As for this story, I will just have to quote Shakespeare. There are things in this world that you don't know Horatio.
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I think lovesports was referring to "freedom of speech" and freedom to know the truth.
So many of our grandparents or great grandparents came from countries that were oppressive to these freedoms........in doing my massive family tree, genealogy has taught me a lot more than just the male lineage and the female lineage........it's shown why they left those countries behind for the freedoms in America........
Some people do move to Florida naively; better to know all the little details than to go blindly into the night..........we ourselves learned that.
I really enjoyed the Villages newspaper when we were there.
Positive news is wonderful and the Daily Sun is chock full of all types of interesting articles and club news, real estate, etc.
However, things that befall our neighbors, such as to the man with his dog in his own backyard........truly deserved an article. All the other Florida papers printed it**........so for the naysayers that doubt if it happend, I still cannot believe the doubting Thomases that abound in TV.
Why is everyone who states a fact treated negatively.
**Even a paper in Great Britain printed the news....
My maternal grandparents came from what later became Communist countries.......but in their childhoods and youth , they were still oppressed. They were so fortunate to come to our great country where freedom of speech and the right to read the truth is one of our basic liberties.............all places have good things and not so good things.
Alligators are one of the perils of living in Florida.......but not every one is expecting them to pop up in their own back yard.
Had the N.Y. papers not printed the article about the Central Park attacker, other unsuspecting women might have ventured out as that unfortunate woman did. News happens . It's not all happy news.
I'm all for freedom of expression and for all newspapers printing what really happens in their town. Ours sure does. We want to know if seasonal homes are being broken into up here or if other "stuff" is going on. It is called being aware and staying safe.
We do love the Daily Sun newspaper and who doesn't like happy news?
But it should be balanced.