Dating woes in the #MeToo era

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Bronx: Dear #MeToo movement: A sincere question, how do we men ask a woman on a date these days? I fully support women’s equality, but none of my guy friends will ask any females out now. They’ve been yelled at for simply asking a female if they’d like to go on a date to dinner or whatever! No, my friends are not meatheads. We’re all educated, normal 30-somethings.

We don’t want to upset women. Please tell us the proper technique for how, if we like a female, to ask her out. No man “chooses” to fall in love with a woman, and all the doctors and scientists seem to agree that love and sex are both biological needs, so how do we navigate this? We aren’t “evil” for loving women, any more than blinking is evil. And if “there are more fishes in the sea” were a true concept, then no one would be single on the planet. This mess has even created almost all the mass shooters, who are lonely and have nothing to live for and are angry at this broken society. We need to start having a public conversation about this stuff. The U.K. just created a Minister Of Loneliness because they realized it’s a public health crisis. Sean T. Sabelli

Carpe diem

Whitestone: There are no promised tomorrows. Try to live your tomorrows with respect, compassion and most of all love for one another. The world really, really needs it now. Sally De Felice

Boo-tiful!

Howard Beach: For many years I have been installing my annual Halloween decor. Comments have been made that it really is an art exhibit. It certainly puts everyone that sees it in a happy place. I am 65 years old. I am uncertain how much longer I will be able to do this. It takes many hours of my time. Perhaps it merits your attention and others will come to enjoy it. See for yourself. Must come after dark to appreciate.

Victoria Costanza

No fly zone

Brooklyn: Councilman Justin Brannan writes that his district “has miles of gorgeous waterfront and huge parks” that he wants to let people fly drones over (“City must bring on the drones,” op-ed, Oct. 21). Does he not care that the beautiful scenery will be ruined by the proliferation of these flying machines, or that the drones will annoyingly reflect sunlight into people’s eyes? Sorry chief, this ain’t it.

Joe Ferra

Teacher knows best

Port Jefferson Station, L.I.: I couldn’t agree more with

Voicer Robert Polin’s letter on school discipline. When I was in school, the teacher was always right. There was no doubt that my parents would get a note from the teacher or heaven forbid, a phone call. We were expected to do what was needed to succeed, meaning our homework and studying for tests. My parents took an active role in making sure I was a good and responsible student. Today’s teachers are constantly prohibited from enforcing discipline and the results are obvious, bad test scores and children graduating with limited knowledge. If you want to see better results from our students, go back to being tough on miscreants and problem creators. Get rid of them and the majority will be happier.

Bob Cavaliere

Alienated and color blind

Manhattan: In regards to the service cutback of the B46 bus: Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams’ statement that 75% of bus users are those of color and the move is racist is ridiculous (“NYC Transit union, politicians call on the MTA to stop cuts to Brooklyn bus service,” Oct. 22). This is a perfect example of why we have to stop blaming race for everything. What if Adams said 25% of users are non-colored? It is ridiculous. There are plenty of non-people of color who use mass transit who are poor and middle class. Citing race as a cause just further divides us. The issue is a service cut. Stop blaming race for everything. Let’s unify.

Marilyn Ringel

Too much credit

Copiague, L.I.: Re: “NYCHA gives cancer sick man a break” (Oct. 22): Really? How so very noble of NYCHA’s contracted out legal team to show any compassion whatsoever to a dying man! NYCHA didn’t give William Sanchez “a break” — the court ordered them to! I’ve seen the worst and sometimes the best of NYCHA during my 32plus-year career with them, and I have to say, usually NYCHA doesn’t do anything “noble” unless they’re forced to legally! Carl J. C.-Hafner

No taste

Manhattan: Your Oct. 22 front-page headline was too disturbing to ignore. This is the most repulsive, repugnant Daily News front page! In these very worrying times with antisemitism on the rise, I find the headline to be very divisive and openly antiSemitic! Do not refer to a Jewish house of worship as a “Temple of Doom”! If this tragedy had occurred in a church or a mosque would this bastion of good taste say “Church of Doom” or “Mosque of Doom”? A retraction and apology is clearly warranted here!

Chana Berkowitz

Long distance

Kearny, N.J.: Former “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial” star Henry Thomas was busted after allegedly driving drunk in Oregon. I wonder if he phoned home? Kevin Dale

Printed

Bronx: Perhaps the news media would gain more respect if it did not print so much nonsense. Daily News editorial writers think all the problems of our jails and injustices of our courts and prosecutors will disappear if we only move our prisoners out of Rikers Island and into different buildings (“Jails in the boroughs,” Oct. 16). Plus, you gave space to the propaganda group Manhattan Institute’s Howard Husock to argue those making $30,000 a year should be forced out of public housing, as if this salary, which has not been a good

GETTY IMAGES one since the 1980s, is actually not a poverty salary today (“Three steps to a better NYCHA,” op-ed, Sept. 22). No rebuttals of that (including two letters from me) have been printed and little has been printed to counter your take on New York City’s jails. If you are going to print unrealistic commentary, you should at least allow truthtellers to reply.

Richard Warren

Good vs. Evil

Staten Island: To Voicer Ruth Graves: I read your letter about getting rid of the presidential pardon and all I can think of is what our previous presidents have done. President Obama pardoned/commuted 1,927 people. He holds the record for most commutations in a single day (330) on Jan. 19, 2017. Unfortunately, the law is the law and most likely will not change.

Thomas Bell

Reinvigorated fan

Manhattan: To Daniel Jones: Thanks for giving me a reason to watch Giants football before January. Keep at it.

Susan A. Stark