Regarding Theresa D. Wiora’s opinion that the holiday season is not the time for the Tribune’s series on senior citizens because it can be a depressing time of year (Voice, Dec. 23):
Ingenious reasoning, but why stop there? Why not mandate that all seniors, handicapped and disabled people remain shut-ins so the rest of us don’t become depressed upon seeing them? Cancel the charity programs, the Santas and the presents for children at Cabrini, the Toys for Tots and the like. Poverty can be a real downer.
Give Bob Greene a vacation! Readers deserve a break from tragedies like “Baby Richard” and the “girl in a cage” columns.
How about imposing a blackout on those public-service announcements about organ donors; who wants to think about car accidents and bloody operations? Ditto for any blood donor drives. And leave Saddam Hussein out of the news during these weeks.
Perhaps I was mistaken, but I thought the holidays were about generosity and charity, giving and sharing–“goodwill toward men” stuff. “Out of sight, out of mind” is hardly an exemplary way of dealing with difficult issues, and, unfortunately, things like depression, stroke, accidents, Alzheimer’s, etc., don’t wait until the opportune moment to strike.
