Re “Man arrested in Christmas killing; Homeless man charged with rape, murder in Spring Valley,” Dec. 28 article:

I am writing to express my sincere displeasure with your choice of headline in the above article. Why was it deemed necessary to write that day’s headline story “Man arrested in Christmas killing”?

While a murder may have occurred on Dec. 25, was it necessary to show such disrespect to headline the story as a “Christmas killing”? What did Christmas have to do with the murder? Why the omission of Christmas “Day”?

To deliberately or carelessly associate Christmas to the murder shows such utter contempt and disrespect. It’s truly remarkable that every time the notion or reference to Christmas Day, Dec. 25, the choice of word seems always to be “holiday,” that is unless the opportunity to denigrate it comes up. Would such word association play out in September, October, January or any other month?

You owe your Christian readers an apology for such insensitivity and carelessness.

Tim Downey


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