Palace Chrysler-Jeep  Letter to the editor  Retired judge knows
power of words  February 02, 2011 - Dear Editor,  Immediately
after the shootings in Tucson, Ariz., there was a great deal of
discussion as to whether inflammatory language and references to
gunplay caused the shootings.  There have been references to
"reload," "Second Amendment rights," i.e., right to bear arms,
"crosshairs," and "bulls-eyes."  Was there a causal connection
between speech and action? If you don't think there is such a
causal connection, go into any locker room at half-time and
listen to the coach's half-time talk. It is too late to give the
players instruction on how to play the game. This is the
occasion for the coach to "fire up" his players, make last
minute adjustments, not to instruct but to encourage, to jack
them up. The coach wants to elevate his players to a new level
of intensity. The coach wants action as a result of his words.
Out of the hundreds of examples of speech causing someone to act
come to mind President Ke