Letters, Feb. 22, 1971

Casual Acceptance

Sir: My initial feelings of horror and repulsion at the sight of the grinning soldier displaying his trophies of war [Feb. 1] were soon overcome by acceptance; is there really a difference between head counts and body counts? The casual presentation of such carnage cannot help but breed casual acceptance of such atrocities.

(MRS.) SUSAN H. HYDE Great Neck, N.Y.

Sir: Do we need any more proof that the world is indeed mad?

ROBERT E. FERGUSON JEFFREY S. NINTZEL Hanover, N.H.

Sir: The insipid grin of degenerate pride in achievement on the face of the Cambodian soldier further illustrates the...

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