MICHELE NORRIS, host:
It's Thursday, the day we read from your e-mail.
MELISSA BLOCK, host:
And many of you were unhappy with our report about Brent Brents, a convicted serial rapist in Colorado.
Brents talked from prison with our reporter. He said he hoped to prevent other people from becoming like him.
NORRIS: I am completely offended by your story, writes Ansal(ph) of Boulder, Colorado. It would be one thing to run a story on how society can learn from a convicted sociopath, but to give this predator time on air, to broadcast his voice, to give him attention, when it's the very thing that he craves most, offends me deeply. How about giving voice to the women who were raped by this terrible excuse of a man.
BLOCK: Mary Anne Sills(ph) of Denver had a similar reaction. She writes. Serial rapists, like Brents, are removed from society for many reasons, not the least of which is so that they can be prevented from doing further harm. Playing the voice of that man perpetuates the emotional harm he has done to my community at little to no benefit. As the reporter and experts in your story point out his words are not to be trusted. Please consider the impact hearing his voice has on those who endure the ordeal he inflicted on this community.
NORRIS: However, Sally Saxton(ph), a psychologist from Scottsbluff, Nebraska, applauds Brents's effort. She sent this comment. Whatever horror this man has perpetrated, good for him for trying to get the word out that abused, tortured or molested children, not infrequently, go on to abuse and torture.
BLOCK: Some art fans write to take issue with an incidental mention we made of sculptor Alberto Giacometti. We said he was Italian. And although he is revered by many as an Italian artist, he was born in Switzerland and he's buried there.
NORRIS: Our chat with sportswriter Stefan Fatsis focused on the start of the college football season last week and the uneven match-ups that usually kick things off.
Mr. STEFAN FATSIS (Sportswriter, Wall Street Journal): This early season's slaughterhouse bowls happen because these football powers pay lesser teams hundreds of thousands of dollars to come to campus and play. The lambs get big money, which helps them boost their programs. The lions get the sure win by these preposterous margins.
BLOCK: Well, imagine the glee of fans of Appalachian State, which we cited as one of the lambs being led to the slaughter.
NORRIS: Michael Waters(ph) of Pinetown, North Carolina crowed: As the parent of an AppState students, I want to let you know how much we appreciate having the Michigan ASU game included last Friday. At the time, I fear that you may have miscalculated the potential of a small school team that is the back-to-back I-AA national champions and currently has the longest win streak in college football. In case you missed the score: AppState, 34, Michigan, 32.
BLOCK: Finally, praise for my Labor Day interview about a collection called "Music of Coal."
NORRIS: Thank you for giving this music to a larger audience, writes Susan Marinelli(ph) of Honolulu. I bought my copy last month at the Carter Family Fold in Southwest Virginia near the tiny coalmining town where I grew up. The world needs to know more about what's being built these days of a clean energy source and the terrible price that miners and their families often pay just to feed the ones they love.
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