Debate Over Owls and Timber in Northwest

Your backhanded attempt to equate loggers with the production of weapons is both cowardly and typical. And your statement that loggers can be retrained and re-employed shows a callous disregard for the families affected.

No one has a greater love for animals and trees than I, but I reject the elitist notion that they have equal rights with humans. The ultimate goal of environmental activists is a total ban on timber harvesting. One can only hope that common sense will someday be the rule and not the exception.

ROBIN NEWLOVE

Olivenhain, Calif.