Perhaps Mr. McConnell has not heard about the hot news item I like to call the First Amendment. According to http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/first.html, "The Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution was ratified on December 15, 1791."

I do not condone pornography, nor do I condone religious fanaticism. Voltaire said it best: "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

I'll see you on the houseboat. As Fred Schneider and the Shake Society sing, "It's always summer in Hell!" Pass the tanning butter...

PalmPower not a pawn of Satan
First, just to get it out of the way, I am a Christian who is opposed to pornography.

Second, I recognize PalmPower's constitutional right to report news. I have a journalism degree and work in public relations. I recognize the arrival (no matter how unfortunate) of porn to handhelds as a newsworthy event. In our broken world, it was sadly inevitable. I think the news item was neutral in its presentation and did not show any evidence of an agenda on PalmPower's part. In no way do I believe that PalmPower is a pawn of Satan, no more than other news outlets when they report on the porn industry. In fact, I'm glad that PalmPower has warned me of this development.

However, if PalmPower magazine continues to notify its subscribers of new developments in handheld porn and provide serious reviews of porn software, my personal religious convictions will certainly lead me to unsubscribe to this otherwise fine and helpful e-newsletter. That's a personal decision that I will have to make.

Otherwise, keep up the good work!

Tom McCool

Where sex and religion merge
I just wanted to send a quick note to comment on a few things:

First, I really enjoy PalmPower and generally read it on my Palm IIIxe itself!

I loved the review of Beggars in Spain ("Beggars in Spain, the perfect ebook for sleepless nights" at http://www.palmpower.com/issues/issue200008/ppbookmonth0800001.html) and the thought occurred to me when I read the other mini-book-reviews toward the end of the article that this harkens to the days when you could purchase paperbacks for less than a couple dollars and savor them on a budget. (I still have many such books!) Anyway, since I enjoy reading on my Palm, I think I'll look at these new commercial outlets for some of my reading material...

Speaking of reading material, I really enjoy reading my New International Version of the Bible via Laridian's MyBible program. It's great for conducting word-studies and casual reading (though as a software developer, I can see room for improvement).

Speaking of the Bible, I want to support your stance in the exchange in "Health, religion, and installers...Oh my!" You are very right about judging, and wherever you stand spiritually, you were correct to rebuke Mr. McConnell. There are circumstances under which Mr. McConnell might have been justified, but PalmPower magazine is not about morality, and its content is well within the moral norms of our pluralistic society. You, me, Mr. McConnell may exist anywhere along this continuum, and it is not PalmPower's mission to favor one point over the other (even though we each have our points of principle). And, as you wrote, PalmPower was simply reporting the news...