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Sample Letter to the Editor

              3540 Limestone St.
              Bloomington, IN 47401

              December 10, 1998

Editor
Bloomington News
3540 Limestone St.
Bloomington, IN 47401

To the Editor:

I like the comic section of the Bloomington News very much, but lately I have become upset with the comic strip "Street Smart." In the last few days, "Street Smart" has been making fun of homeless people.

I don’t think being homeless is funny. In fact, it’s a human rights violation. Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights says –

    Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care… .

I think the cartoonist, Marcia Chapman, is very inconsiderate to make fun of homeless people. I don’t find it the least bit amusing or entertaining. The problem of the homeless is serious and these people have a right to be helped.

            Jamie Davis
            8th Grade
            Bloomington Junior High School
            Bloomington, IN

 

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