Tuesday’s open line


The recent arrest of a Kerr-Vance Academy student after an incident at the Maria Parham Medical Center has provoked a great deal of passion on all sides of the issue. However, let us take this opportunity to caution comment posters that profanity is not permitted on Home in Henderson.

Which words, you ask? We refer you to the late George Carlin’s “seven words you can’t say on television” routine. And, no, substituting a hyphen or an asterisk for one or some of the letters of your favorite vulgarity doesn’t make it better.