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on Silencing the 4 female Bridge Champions
New York Times Op Ed/ letters, Saturday Nov. 17th, 2007
The New York Times Op Ed letters, AD: Brian Rea and/ or Sam Weber
To the Editor:
The entire country should rise up in disgust at the cowardly effort by the United State Bridge Federation to impose sanctions against (the 4 female) players who expressed their political opinions at a tournament in Shanghai last month.
Since when has it been un-American to protest the actions of a government dangerously out of control? Since when has any American been obligated not to make people “uncomfortable”?
All Americans should be proud of these brave women. They were actually defending, not attacking, our country and its values. Their actions stand in marked contrast to the cowardice of our Congress, which cannot muster the courage to stand up to Bush. The U.S. Bridge Federation shoud be ashamed of itself. —Victor A. Altshul