Sholty vs. Heimbuch: Round II

For as long as I can remember, the residents of Brick have been reading letters from Art Sholty via the "Opinion" section of the Brick Bulletin. As time goes by, his letters make me chuckle more and more because of his outlandish opinions and offthe wall political statements.

In fact, I just finished reading the rebuttal by Mr. Sholty that was printed in the Feb. 12 edition. Well, sir, here is my rebuttal back to you:

To go back to our original point, I think you're a bit confused about what you are arguing about to begin with. First you didn't want to press a number. Now you're saying you would rather have someone mention all languages to you off the bat as opposed to just asking if you speak English? Are you angry at the way the question is worded on the phone, or with the actual question itself? You're making your point less and less clear.

Moving right along, I'd like to touch on the point of God. I'm not out to bash anyone's religious beliefs or anything of the sort. You can believe whatever you want to believe, as that is our right to do so in this country. However, consider me an atheist if you will, because I simply cannot believe that an all-powerful being was charged with all creation.

How can I concede that it all did not come from God? Quite simply, it's the fact that scientific evidence teaches me otherwise. In short, your God is not my God. And to pardon a clichéd expression, (though somewhat apropos in this situation), it is my Godgiven right to not believe in God.

I am quite aware that this is an English-speaking country. It is also a free country. Yes, it would be nice if everyone spoke the language perfectly, and yes, I am aware that you need a basic understanding of the language to become a U.S. citizen. But to some, English is not their first language. And much like the point I made before, sometimes it's just easier for them to get their point across in a language they are more comfortable speaking. There is absolutely nothing wrong with giving them that choice.

I'm a bit taken aback that you accuse me of destroying our way of living and our heritage. How can this be possible, when I'm asking you to allow everyone the same freedom that we were granted many years ago? If anything, you're going against the ideals on which this country was founded.

We are considered the greatest and most culturally diverse country in the world. I don't know about you, but I'd certainly like to keep it that way.

And finally, I tried to check the facts you mentioned, but I've found no record anywhere of Thomas Jefferson writing about how proud he was to not press No. 1 on the telephone. I was also unaware Mr. Jefferson even owned a telephone. Perhaps he kept it in his DeLorean.
Jeff Heimbuch
Brick