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LETTERS, Page 17Central Park Gang Rape
Your "Wilding in the Night," describing the attack on a
young female jogger in Central Park (NATION, May 8), filled me
with anger, rage and disgust. How long must law-abiding citizens
endure the litany of excuses made as justification for acts of
murder, rape and child abuse? Each person should be held
responsible for his or her actions.
Zeke Loretto Antioch, Calif.
Charles Krauthammer's passionate response to the Central
Park "wilding" attack is understandable. But I am disturbed by
his refusal to accept the possibility of any broader cause
behind the attackers' moral anomie. He claims it is not economic
deprivation, it is not social frustration, it is not political
cynicism, it is not even psychological rage. It is, says
Krauthammer, mere anarchy, by which he means an "excess of
freedom." An excess of freedom! These boys stalked an innocent,
unarmed woman, a stranger, beat her with rocks and lead pipes,
raped her and left her to die . . . merely because they were
free to do so? This explanation is more chilling than the crime
itself.
Jeff Ewener Toronto
As a 29-year-old black woman, I am enraged by the attack on
the jogger in Central Park. This woman was not the victim of a
few "misunderstood youths" but the prey of evil animals. Racism
does exist, but it cannot be blamed for wilding or drug abuse
or teenage pregnancy. Why don't these gang members use their
brains to build for the future?
Cheryl A. Tunstall Century City, Calif.