Dems And Reps Coming Together And Gerrymandering In Texas
To The Editor:
In 1688, in Britain King James was overthrown by William and Mary. The conservative Tories and Liberal Whigs rejected Catholic absolutism and radical republicanism.
In 1689, a Bill of Rights was passed, with both parties affirming Parliament’s role in managing the Kingdom’s finances. The England of Isaac Newton and John Locke took over. Britain led the world for the next 250 years. Can we do this now?
California and New York are threatening to gerrymander for Dems if Texas does for Reps. Should they do that?
I was a Basketball coach in Newtown for HS and JHS for about 15 years. I once called time out, my team was behind. The players came to the huddle and complained that the refs weren’t calling fouls. I told them to foul more, if we let the officials get away with cheating and we don’t do it too we will lose for sure.
Yes, New York and California should do the same to win!
Richard Eigen
Sandy Hook
I can’t help but wonder how many young people heard this advice as a life lesson: cheating is fine if the other side cheats first. What does that teach about character? About fairness? About playing by the rules even when it’s hard?
Sports are supposed to instill integrity, teamwork, and resilience. When we replace those values with “win at any cost,” we risk raising a generation who believe that bending or breaking the rules is acceptable if it gets them ahead. And I wonder — how many of those players, years later, carried that lesson into other parts of their lives? How many crossed ethical lines in business, relationships, or even the law, because they’d been told that it’s okay to do wrong if you feel wronged?
A society that embraces “two wrongs make a right” doesn’t become more just — it just becomes more wrong.