Letters, Nov 18
18/11/2009 11:17:00 a.m.
Maranui café
I am ready to HELP you dear Muted Horn by listing a few of the many exclusive charms of Maranui. Beginning with views of the sea enhanced by the sight of aeroplanes descending across the sky. Then the atmosphere of warmth and youth that pervades the place together with charming and attentive waiters and waitresses, and, to crown it all, generous helpings of delicious inexpensive food. I am certain that even though you may not have been a member of the “arts community” you would have been forced to admit that it was a delightful way to spend an hour or two on a Sunday afternoon far away from the bustle of the city, and that you would have been sad at the thought of its demise.
R.M. Halse, Karori
Indian rickshaw race
RE the rickshaw race (Capital Times, Oct 21-27) to be conducted in India. I was shocked by the way India had been summed up in that article. Anybody reading that who has no contextual understanding of India is going to cringe, and what is worse, hate the idea of India and Indians. It does happen that way, let us not be naïve. Having said that, it is really awesome that a few philanthropic Kiwis get together and keep going to India to raise money for charitable causes. The rickshaw race is a case in point. What other country except India would even allow such a thing to happen? So India is not all about stinking rivers and masturbating men after all.
Nnditha Ram, Wellington
(abridged)
Darwin play
It wasn’t surprising to read (Nov. 4) all the gush by actors in Collapsing Creation, a play written for this 2009 Darwin Year. Few people in all history have done as much harm as that wicked, godless old heathen did by his writings; and one assumes he went to Hell. I hadn’t known his wife was a devout Christian, or was his cousin. Another humorous story is that some mischievous boys used various parts of a few dead insects of different species, stuck them together with glue, and took the composite “insect” to Darwin, asking him what the odd creature was. He had a look, and asked them whether it had hummed before they killed it. They said, “Oh yes, sir, it hummed like anything!” Darwin replied, “Then undoubtedly, it is a humbug.” Yes, but so is his wicked nonsense the Evolution theory, which brainwashed schoolkids and tertiary students are taught as a proved fact.
H Westfold, Miramar
I am ready to HELP you dear Muted Horn by listing a few of the many exclusive charms of Maranui. Beginning with views of the sea enhanced by the sight of aeroplanes descending across the sky. Then the atmosphere of warmth and youth that pervades the place together with charming and attentive waiters and waitresses, and, to crown it all, generous helpings of delicious inexpensive food. I am certain that even though you may not have been a member of the “arts community” you would have been forced to admit that it was a delightful way to spend an hour or two on a Sunday afternoon far away from the bustle of the city, and that you would have been sad at the thought of its demise.
R.M. Halse, Karori
Indian rickshaw race
RE the rickshaw race (Capital Times, Oct 21-27) to be conducted in India. I was shocked by the way India had been summed up in that article. Anybody reading that who has no contextual understanding of India is going to cringe, and what is worse, hate the idea of India and Indians. It does happen that way, let us not be naïve. Having said that, it is really awesome that a few philanthropic Kiwis get together and keep going to India to raise money for charitable causes. The rickshaw race is a case in point. What other country except India would even allow such a thing to happen? So India is not all about stinking rivers and masturbating men after all.
Nnditha Ram, Wellington
(abridged)
Darwin play
It wasn’t surprising to read (Nov. 4) all the gush by actors in Collapsing Creation, a play written for this 2009 Darwin Year. Few people in all history have done as much harm as that wicked, godless old heathen did by his writings; and one assumes he went to Hell. I hadn’t known his wife was a devout Christian, or was his cousin. Another humorous story is that some mischievous boys used various parts of a few dead insects of different species, stuck them together with glue, and took the composite “insect” to Darwin, asking him what the odd creature was. He had a look, and asked them whether it had hummed before they killed it. They said, “Oh yes, sir, it hummed like anything!” Darwin replied, “Then undoubtedly, it is a humbug.” Yes, but so is his wicked nonsense the Evolution theory, which brainwashed schoolkids and tertiary students are taught as a proved fact.
H Westfold, Miramar
