In the June 25 Butler Eagle, Nicholas Kristof wrote a column about Muslim extremists threatening to kill anyone who sells alcohol. Then a Christian who owned a liquor store was killed.
We might not be Muslim or believe as they do, but alcohol and illegal drugs are responsible for killing and maiming a lot of young people.
Just before Prohibition, our own parents, grandparents and Christians bopped on the head a lot of drunks and bartenders who sold alcohol.
My own mother used to chase an old drunk around the outside of our house, whacking his head with a broom, after Prohibition was repealed.
They lived during a time when that kind of thing was considered necessary to make people think and believe as they did.
Maybe Iraq and other Muslim countries are in that stage today.
In our country, smokers sue tobacco companies for getting them addicted to their product and fat people sue fast-food companies for making them obese.
We do what we think is necessary to get people to believe in the things we do, just as Muslims do.
Since some people keep pushing their ideas on us today; maybe a bopping on the head is a good thing.
Danny W. Shultz
East Brady R.D. 1