A double standard on controversy

I noted in your Dec 31 headlines, you listed Jerry Falwell as controversial, but you did not label Kurt Vonnegut as controversial.

Although Jerry Falwell made mistakes, his overall thrust was pro-God, pro-family, pro-life, which are traditional Judeo-Christian values. Those are not controversial ideas; they are the bedrock of the successful founding of our great nation.

Alternately, Kurt Vonnegut's writings contain many seedy, dysfunctional, reprobate, proliferate characters with novel (goofy?) plots.

On moral issues, Vonnegut: Revenge is "the sweetest thing in life." Hit men who will "kill for $1,000 plus traveling expenses" "Federal Ethical Suicide Parlors" and hundreds of crazy quotes.

Jerry Falwell made some mistakes. Subsequently came some public apologies.

Concluding: Vonnegut was the controversial figure.

Ken Frizane

Mount Prospect