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In response to message posted by SteveT:

Steve you are probably right conservatives would likely reject any attempts like those you describe.

But conservatives don't live in the neighborhoods on the front lines of the war, such as in Baltimore where a brave woman lost her own life , as well as her entire family for battling drug dealers.

" Letters to the Editor

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Originally published October 23, 2002

Baltimore's children are victims of terror

The Dawson family, allegedly murdered by a neighbor, were showing their belief in their city by trying to reclaim the sidewalk around their house ("Suspicious house fire kills 6," Oct. 17).

Productive, civically active families make a community. Yet the only answer the police could give this family was, in essence: "Move or be quiet."

The children who live on those city streets are as much victims of terror as any children in the world.

Mary Neale
Baltimore

Arsonist's act sends unwelcome message

For their efforts to do their part to help clean up this city, a mother and her five children were fire-bombed and burned to death, allegedly by a neighborhood drug dealer ("Suspicious house fire kills 6," Oct. 17).

While an absurd, multimillion-dollar advertising campaign of billboards and bumper stickers eats up precious revenue, this city's inept Police Department and courts continue to deteriorate.

A dead mother and her five dead children give testament to this.

Believe in this, Baltimore: The fire-bomber sent a message to more than just the Dawson family and their neighborhood: If you don't like the dealers or the drugs, stay out of this town. And if you're here, get out. Get out, or we'll burn you out.

As for me, I got the message. Loud and clear.

Donnie Fair
Baltimore "

This kind of terrorism has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives over the years.

-- posted by James88