Comments for Editor's Note http://blogs.e-rockford.com/editorsnote Back in the old days -- that's less than a decade and before there were such things as blogs and interactive conversations with readers -- editors used to respond to their newspaper readers with an "editor's note." Sometimes it clarified a point made in a letter to the editor. Sometimes it offered a correction. Sometimes it was just a simple explanation. An editor's note was a handful of sentences; maybe a four or five paragraphs. It was always a personal link between the editor and the reader. Only difference between it and today's blog is the immediacy and the platform. Welcome to Editor's Note. Sun, 8 Nov 2009 02:36:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.4 Comment on The clothes are back on by chris73456 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/editorsnote/2009/11/06/the-clothes-are-back-on/#comment-673 chris73456 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:35:04 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/editorsnote/2009/11/06/the-clothes-are-back-on/#comment-673 Well said, Jim. Should be on the welcome to Rockford signs. Well said, Jim. Should be on the welcome to Rockford signs.

]]> Comment on Jeremy’s parents are naked by chris73456 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/editorsnote/2009/11/05/jeremys-parents-are-naked/#comment-672 chris73456 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 20:32:43 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/editorsnote/2009/11/05/jeremys-parents-are-naked/#comment-672 Naked comics???? Naked comics????

]]> Comment on The clothes are back on by Jim Phelps http://blogs.e-rockford.com/editorsnote/2009/11/06/the-clothes-are-back-on/#comment-670 Jim Phelps Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:55:40 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/editorsnote/2009/11/06/the-clothes-are-back-on/#comment-670 I agree with Mr. Ballic. The RRSTAR needs to spend its energy pursuing serious issues with this kind of energy and dilligence. I submit, in good humor, this new City Motto: Rockford; 56 square miles surrounded by Reality… I agree with Mr. Ballic. The RRSTAR needs to spend its energy pursuing serious issues with this kind of energy and dilligence.

I submit, in good humor, this new City Motto:

Rockford; 56 square miles surrounded by Reality…

]]> Comment on Jeremy’s parents are naked by Seve Ballic http://blogs.e-rockford.com/editorsnote/2009/11/05/jeremys-parents-are-naked/#comment-669 Seve Ballic Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:38:10 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/editorsnote/2009/11/05/jeremys-parents-are-naked/#comment-669 Linda, I'm completely embarrassed for and of you. The idea that a comic strip would be pulled due to lack of clothing is ridiculous. I’ve seen the strips and I'm more offended by your attempt to protect ME from something others find offensive. Your sense of self importance is infuriating. You need to focus on important issues in this community and it sure as H*** is not what a cartoonist is doing or not doing. Crime in this city is a joke, school are unsafe, unemployment is rampant, local politicians are completely unaccountable and the daily paper spends the time and energy to jump on a soap box and proclaim how their moral compass has saved us citizens, yet again, from brain melting obscenities. Again I am embarrassed of and for the RRStar and its staff. I believe the letter sent back to you from the Comics Editor Burford was polite and sincere but I also feel it was writing with a roll of the eyes and disbelief that someone would or could be so shallow as to be offended by the Zits strip. Just when I feel the RRStar could not be more ridiculous, you always prove me wrong. Linda, I’m completely embarrassed for and of you. The idea that a comic strip would be pulled due to lack of clothing is ridiculous. I’ve seen the strips and I’m more offended by your attempt to protect ME from something others find offensive. Your sense of self importance is infuriating. You need to focus on important issues in this community and it sure as H*** is not what a cartoonist is doing or not doing. Crime in this city is a joke, school are unsafe, unemployment is rampant, local politicians are completely unaccountable and the daily paper spends the time and energy to jump on a soap box and proclaim how their moral compass has saved us citizens, yet again, from brain melting obscenities. Again I am embarrassed of and for the RRStar and its staff. I believe the letter sent back to you from the Comics Editor Burford was polite and sincere but I also feel it was writing with a roll of the eyes and disbelief that someone would or could be so shallow as to be offended by the Zits strip. Just when I feel the RRStar could not be more ridiculous, you always prove me wrong.

]]> Comment on The clothes are back on by Seve Ballic http://blogs.e-rockford.com/editorsnote/2009/11/06/the-clothes-are-back-on/#comment-668 Seve Ballic Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:34:26 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/editorsnote/2009/11/06/the-clothes-are-back-on/#comment-668 Linda, I'm completely embarrassed for and of you. The idea that a comic strip would be pulled due to lack of clothing is ridiculous. I’ve seen the strips and I'm more offended by your attempt to protect ME from something others find offensive is infuriating. You need to focus on important issues in this community and it sure as H*** is not what cartoonist is doing or not doing. Crime in this city is a joke, school are unsafe, unemployment is rampant, local politicians are completely unaccountable and the daily paper spends the time and energy to jump on a soap box and proclaim how their moral compass has saved us citizens yet again from brain melting obscenities. Again I am embarrassed of and for the RRStar and its staff. I believe the letter sent back to you from the Comics Editor Burford was polite and sincere but I also feel it was writing with a roll of the eyes and disbelief that someone would or could be so shallow as to be offended by the Zits strip. Just when I feel the RRStar could not be more ridiculous you, always prove me wrong. Linda, I’m completely embarrassed for and of you. The idea that a comic strip would be pulled due to lack of clothing is ridiculous. I’ve seen the strips and I’m more offended by your attempt to protect ME from something others find offensive is infuriating. You need to focus on important issues in this community and it sure as H*** is not what cartoonist is doing or not doing. Crime in this city is a joke, school are unsafe, unemployment is rampant, local politicians are completely unaccountable and the daily paper spends the time and energy to jump on a soap box and proclaim how their moral compass has saved us citizens yet again from brain melting obscenities. Again I am embarrassed of and for the RRStar and its staff. I believe the letter sent back to you from the Comics Editor Burford was polite and sincere but I also feel it was writing with a roll of the eyes and disbelief that someone would or could be so shallow as to be offended by the Zits strip. Just when I feel the RRStar could not be more ridiculous you, always prove me wrong.

]]> Comment on The clothes are back on by hokumboy http://blogs.e-rockford.com/editorsnote/2009/11/06/the-clothes-are-back-on/#comment-667 hokumboy Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:44:41 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/editorsnote/2009/11/06/the-clothes-are-back-on/#comment-667 " I guess yesterday’s navel on Jeremy got me discombobulated. " Isn't attention to detail essential to being a good editor? This point, and the shameless use of our fallen troops at Fort Hood to drop the subject in the previous post, seem to say an awful lot about you, Linda. ” I guess yesterday’s navel on Jeremy got me discombobulated. ”

Isn’t attention to detail essential to being a good editor?

This point, and the shameless use of our fallen troops at Fort Hood to drop the subject in the previous post, seem to say an awful lot about you, Linda.

]]> Comment on The clothes are back on by the dude abides http://blogs.e-rockford.com/editorsnote/2009/11/06/the-clothes-are-back-on/#comment-663 the dude abides Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:04:29 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/editorsnote/2009/11/06/the-clothes-are-back-on/#comment-663 Just in case anyone missed this.... <blockquote>.“To my knowledge, out of the 1,600+ newspapers that ZITS appears in, your readers are the only ones who have had such a problem with the depiction.</blockquote> Once again, Rockford is number one!!! @LGC: The vocal minority seems to win so many battles in this town. Please don't make it any easier for them. On the other hand, if you're looking to sell even more papers to Rockford's most small-minded, that darn Garfield is naked too - you should probably Photoshop some pants on him before anyone gets offended... Just in case anyone missed this….

.“To my knowledge, out of the 1,600+ newspapers that ZITS appears in, your readers are the only ones who have had such a problem with the depiction.

Once again, Rockford is number one!!!

@LGC:
The vocal minority seems to win so many battles in this town. Please don’t make it any easier for them.

On the other hand, if you’re looking to sell even more papers to Rockford’s most small-minded, that darn Garfield is naked too - you should probably Photoshop some pants on him before anyone gets offended…

]]> Comment on Jeremy’s parents are naked by Linda Grist Cunningham http://blogs.e-rockford.com/editorsnote/2009/11/05/jeremys-parents-are-naked/#comment-662 Linda Grist Cunningham Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:39:08 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/editorsnote/2009/11/05/jeremys-parents-are-naked/#comment-662 Over at my most recent post, Truman Fable points out that it's NOT Jeremy's parents! It's Jeremy and his girlfriend who are in the buff. He's so right. As I told him, I must have gotten so discombobulated at yesterday's navel I completely messed up. Thanks, Truman. Now, the rest of you can rest easy. Remember, I love Zits. Clothes or no clothes. Gotta love getting nuts over a comic strip when it would seem we ought to be saying a bushel of prayers for the families at Fort Hood. We humans are interesting beings and the world is a complicated place. May God bless you and may your weekend be filled with moments of joy. A mind filled with tiny moments of joy has little room for despair. Over at my most recent post, Truman Fable points out that it’s NOT Jeremy’s parents! It’s Jeremy and his girlfriend who are in the buff. He’s so right. As I told him, I must have gotten so discombobulated at yesterday’s navel I completely messed up. Thanks, Truman.

Now, the rest of you can rest easy. Remember, I love Zits. Clothes or no clothes. Gotta love getting nuts over a comic strip when it would seem we ought to be saying a bushel of prayers for the families at Fort Hood. We humans are interesting beings and the world is a complicated place.

May God bless you and may your weekend be filled with moments of joy. A mind filled with tiny moments of joy has little room for despair.

]]> Comment on The clothes are back on by Linda Grist Cunningham http://blogs.e-rockford.com/editorsnote/2009/11/06/the-clothes-are-back-on/#comment-661 Linda Grist Cunningham Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:33:57 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/editorsnote/2009/11/06/the-clothes-are-back-on/#comment-661 Oh, Truman, you are so right. What was I thinking? I guess yesterday's navel on Jeremy got me discombobulated. Thanks for the catch! Oh, Truman, you are so right. What was I thinking? I guess yesterday’s navel on Jeremy got me discombobulated. Thanks for the catch!

]]> Comment on Jeremy’s parents are naked by Carole Santiago http://blogs.e-rockford.com/editorsnote/2009/11/05/jeremys-parents-are-naked/#comment-660 Carole Santiago Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:38:28 +0000 http://blogs.e-rockford.com/editorsnote/2009/11/05/jeremys-parents-are-naked/#comment-660 Zits is one of the best features in the RR Star. I'm not offended by a little daily dose of wisdom and humor. Please try to clean up the movie industry so we could go to a movie without being shocked/embarrassed by the nudity that is in your face. I don't think the nudity in Zits this week was shocking. Oh, well. Zits is one of the best features in the RR Star. I’m not offended by a little daily dose of wisdom and humor. Please try to clean up the movie industry so we could go to a movie without being shocked/embarrassed by the nudity that is in your face. I don’t think the nudity in Zits this week was shocking. Oh, well.

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