Dear Dennis-- I've been watching the Dayton Daily News, and hoping they would come through for us--no luck. I'm curious whether they were one you heard from? The monumental effort you put forth was an inspiration, and I hope you're not too disappointed. I doubt whether and out-of-town letter would have made it, if your very well written one couldn't! I wonder if a *local* letter which included the substance of yours might get in? Most papersa do limit length I think. That's something to consider...in and case, a great big Gracias, Vielen Dank, Merci, and Thanks a million! >Time passes and all the indications are that my Open Letter has failed to >find a sympathetic editor in the US. This is hardly surprising. As two of >the 3 replies I received put it - their letters page exists to air the >views of their community, not those of "out of towners" (and Perth, Western >Australia is a long way out of most towns). The 3rd advised me that it only >published letters written exclusively for its pages. .0. / \ ; \_/ ; | | | | | | _______; ;_______ `======='\ /`=======` \ / _ | | _ _( \____|=|____/ )_ ( .---. .---. ) `-' / \ '-' / HUG \ ; ; | .---.|__, : / :--' .--\ \ | `" `"".-' < =""` `"== `""""""` =""` `"""===="""` =""` `""==="""` ---an extra special one, from Camilla ! http://www.newcountry.nu/pd/members/camilla/one.htm My homepage