Chesterfield resident defends "Porn & Pancakes" article

Dear Editor,

Sometimes I feel quite irritated by people's responses to a rather innocent and clean article. I am referring to the response of some people to your [Oct. 31] article dealing with "Porn & Pancakes." By reading their responses, you would think you had a naked woman and man on the front page doing the horizontal polka! A few readers even expressed concern that their children retrieved the newspaper from the mailbox and were exposed to words.

Wake up, parents. If your child is old enough to read the word "porn" and ask you what it means, then he is old enough to be given a simple answer. If the child cannot read, then your letters were a wasted effort.

It is not words that harm us, but people's actions.

Thank you for your newspaper. I do enjoy it.

Anne Minter

Chesterfield