Well…. all RIGHT then!

It appears that my readers and I are not the only ones who think Bob Joyce is off his rocker — for trying to take away our constitutional rights and for suggesting that women are brain-dead pawns lacking morality and integrity. Several residents of West Roxbury and the surrounding communities sent letters to the Bulletin this week expressing their concern for Joyce’s efforts to remove the Boston Phoenix from all local establishments.

Joyce himself, wrote a letter to the editor — challenging the Phoenix and Gary Park (owner of Gary’s Liquors), to answer a few of his questions:

1. Is the content of the Adult section of The Boston Phoenix indecent?

2. Is the content of the Adult section of The Boston Phoenix sexually exploitive?

3. Is the content of the Adult section of The Boston Phoenix incompatible with the standards of the West Roxbury community?

4. Does the content of the Adult section of The Boston Phoenix present a risk of physical and/or psychological harm to any member of the West Roxbury community?

I would like to take a stab at answering these questions myself:

1. It’s 100% opinion based… and it’s freedom of speech and freedom of the press.

2. To exploit something is “to advance or further through exploitation; to promote”. It’s the ADULT CLASSIFIEDS… PROMOTING ADULT ACTIVITY. Of course it’s sexually expoitive… that the idea!!!

3. NO, NO, NO and NO — If you don’t like it, don’t read it. If you are afraid it will influence your children — throw it out or don’t show it to them! It’s common sense people. And what, I ask you, are these “standards of the West Roxbury community” and who wrote them? These are new to me and as part of the West Roxbury community, I do not want anyone or any committee speaking for me — without getting my opinion first.

4. ABSOLUTELY NOT… Unless you’re a freak to begin with — who looks for any reason to control what other’s read, do and think b/c it doesn’t agree with your own personal beliefs.

Get a life Mr. Joyce… Don’t you get it? We don’t agree with you, so leave our Phoenix alone!