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Your business is here, Mr. Worthington

Your business is here, Mr. Worthington
Thursday September 05, 2002

To the Editor: 

Someone give Berkeley Councilmember Kriss Worthington a job as a standup comedian. While his poem on Iraq was shoddily written and had poor meter, his comments concerning BCMTV brought the laughing lunatic in me to the forefront. The Daily Planet reported (Sept. 3) that Worthington said that if Berkeley implements the most restrictive censorship in the state its passage would send a message to other cities to do the same. Other cities have city councils full of adults who can make their own decisions, and we really should spend more time worrying about what happens in this city than in other cities that might decide to emulate, rather than maintain this Cold War era fear of the domino effect. Further, why is Mr. Worthington more worried about sending the wrong message to other cities than he is about sending the wrong message to children in Berkeley? Besides, is showing a bunch of naked people doing sexual acts expressing an opinion? And if so, what opinion? 

 

Your business is here, Mr. Worthington