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Box 81, Albuquerque, N.M., 87103 or faxed to (505) 346-0660. Letters—including comments posted on alibi.com—may be published in any medium and edited for length and clarity; owing to the volume of correspondence, we regrettably can’t respond to every letter. Diverse Views in the First Amendment, was founded on principles of religious tolerance. It should stay Alibi Dear , that way. Peter Nardini responded beautifully in Rich Weiner, "Nurture the Seeds" [v27, i33] to Manuel Albuquerque Ybarra's "Letter to America" [v27, i32]. Ybarra’s point seems to be that without belief in a Christian God, people are “morally corrupt,” Humpty Trumpty hate more than love, do “abominable things,” Humpty Trumpty fell off his border wall and are headed to Hell. Nardini correctly All the lies that his press security would tell points out that Ybarra’s message is one of Could not put Humpty Trumpty back together religious exclusivity that prevents him from again. seeing how loving people with diverse religious views can be. I would add that diverse religious The news quickly spread through out the land views include atheism, agnosticism and non- Only to be called “fake news” by Fox. deity-based spirituality, none of which is inconsistent with possessing a moral compass, Giuliani was quick to say capacity to love fellow human beings and other That Muller pushed Humpty Trumpty off his creatures, or doing good in the world. border wall. While I also respect Ybarra’s faith, he has Falling on the Mexican side no more proof of the existence of God than I Where federal police took him away. do. Because I have no proof one way or the other, nor do I expect such proof to be When asked where Humpty Trumpty was forthcoming, I don't consider the question of taken God's existence important to me. So I guess The Mexican government could not say that makes me agnostic. I prefer to focus on No flowers were placed where he fell understanding nature and living in harmony Only the baby Trumpty balloon floats over the with nature, which includes all human beings. I spot. know many people whose understanding of nature is similar to mine, only they reach that Soon great celebrations covered both lands understanding through both science and their That the want-a-be dictator is gone for good. belief in God and their particular religions. People do wonderful things in the name of Suddenly the lights come on religion. People also fight wars over religious And Humpty Trumpty realizes it was only a differences, claiming that their God is superior dream. to their enemy's God. I’ve lived long enough to learn many times over that a person’s religion, Soon the reality of the day sets in belief in God, or lack of such religion or belief It’s breakfast and eight hours in the prison is not a reliable predictor of how good, loving laundry or moral that person is or may become. At twenty-five cents a hour. The Mayflower pilgrims may have come to Bill Moore, America to advance Christianity, as Ybarra Albuquerque a claims. However, this country, as encapsulated AUGUST 30-SEPTEMBER 5, 2018 WEEKLY ALIBI [5] water main burst, but just a suggestion— next time, wait to get actual feedback from ODDS residents before making up things all by yourself.” Bhalla’s brother Amardeep Singh later claimed that he had accessed the account and created the post, not the mayor. AND ENDS Dateline: Mexico WEIRD NEWS A restaurant in Mexico City was told to stop Dateline: England serving tarantula tacos after it was discovered that the spider being used was a A man allegedly posed as his ex-fiancée’s protected species. A video was released to dead mother in an attempt to rekindle the Facebook earlier this month depicting relationship has received a suspended prison footage of a chef at the México en el Paladar sentence. Cornwall Live reports Roy restaurant using an aerosol can and lighter Meadwell was sentenced to four months in to torch a tarantula for use in an expensive prison after he broke a restraining order that and exotic taco. The video went viral and banned him from contacting Kay Wimbury soon attracted the attention of the federal or entering Cornwall, where she lived. Environmental Protection Agency. FOX According to authorities, Meadwell broke a News reports the arachnid was identified as court order that was given to him after he a Mexican red rump tarantula—a protected attacked Wimbury in 2016. He reportedly species under federal law. Agents were sent went to a psychic shop for a consultation into the restaurant and confiscated four and took a leaflet home with him. He then spider carcasses. México en el Paladar was sent an anonymous letter to Wimbury which reportedly selling the tacos for 500 pesos— appeared to have been written by her dead nearly $27. Patrons of the restaurant looking mother. The letter described a Christmas for insect-based dishes won’t be ornament given to her by her mother that disappointed, however, since the menu had broken but was fixed by Meadwell. It retains grasshoppers, scorpions, moth larvae urged her to call the man who “sacrificed and worm and ant eggs. It is unclear if any everything” for her and listed a number of penalty will be leveled against the favors Meadwell had performed for restaurant’s owners, who have said they will Wimbury. A second anonymous message stop serving the dish until they can prove purportedly written by Meadwell was also that they’ve obtained their ingredients delivered to Wimbury’s home. This message, legally. supposedly written by an anonymous friend, read “OMG, can’t you see the greatness in this man.” Meadwell denied five counts of Dateline: Florida breaking a retraining order, but was found A security guard was fired after filming guilty of four of them by a jury.