Bathrooms not a problem if done right
Aside from the crowds at Braves games where the women are lined up waiting while the men walk right in, it never occurred to me that the ladies would want to visit the guys’ urinal.
And any guys who wanted to visit the ladies’ room would/should risk serious bodily injury, either during the visit or immediately after. But now we’re into a brave new world.
In 1978, I was in Norway, where typical Nordic efficiency had already solved this problem. No urinals, and only floor-to-ceiling stalls. Big problem in the conversion from current facilities in the U.S., but it can be done. I was quite surprised to see husbands and wives walking in together and continuing their conversation in adjacent stalls. No big deal. But as I left one nice hotel, a tour bus was pulling up. American couples from Minnesota were piling off and heading to the only restroom. The looks on their faces told me this was their introduction to this “new” practice, but it literally would only take a minute before they realized what I had: if the facility is done right, this is not a problem.
ROGER SOISET, LILBURN
Media tainted Harris’ right to fair trial
There is no way that the Justin Ross Harris trial could be fairly adjudicated in the Atlanta area. The media, the papers and the television, have abused their privileged status by supplying the community with far more information than they needed to know and thus tainted the man’s right to a fair trial. The police talked too much, the media printed and televised too much, so this case was impossible to try in this area. All the people need to know are what, who, why, when, where and how. Endless reporting is absurd and usurps the power of the press.
RALEIGH C. PERRY, BUFORD
