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January 23, 2004

Stand by your opinions

Editorial

Thanks are due to the anonymous person or persons who have, on an increasingly regular basis, dropped conspiracy material through the front door of the Bulletin's office building.

At first, we wondered how some of these obviously front-page news stories had escaped our attention. Then we read some of the material and understood: Israel, America and "the Jews" limit what we are allowed to learn about international events like 9/11. (Guess whose fault that is?)

But not all of the material is nonsense. Some contains fair comment, which the Bulletin is fully prepared to publish – and has, on many occasions, when the authors have signed their names. We will even withhold the author's name on request, in appropriate circumstances, as long as we know who the author is.

Anonymity does not add a lot of gravity to one's argument. If you don't have the character to stand behind your opinions, we're certainly not going to add credence by publishing (or even reading) them.

Our Letters and Opinion pages are open to a wide range of commentary, as regular readers are keenly aware. Let's keep the lines of communication open: Sign your name and leave a contact number.

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