Parade or a campaign event?

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Little Egg Harbor, N.J.: I am so confused by Mayor de Blasio and Gov. Cuomo both trying to outdo each other to celebrate the win by our women’s national soccer team. Both cry daily that life isn’t fair and now they want to celebrate a team that proves that life is never fair. Real world is full of winners and losers and nothing in life is fair. William Cook

Bronx: I am proud of the U.S. women’s soccer team winning the World Cup. Yet somehow the mayor finds a parade important to do within days of the win. May I ask why he wasn’t there when the Memorial Glade was dedicated to all those who served on 9/11? He put a parade together in days and yet couldn’t find the time to squeeze in an hour to show us respect? Congratulations to the U.S. women’s team, and shame on you, Mr. Mayor. We don’t need nor do we want a parade, but a little respect goes a long way. Sonia Agron, 9/11 recovery worker

MAD nation

Goshen, N.Y.: Why do you think MAD Magazine is throwing in the towel after 67 years? It’s quite simple when you think about it: MAD is (was) a satirical publication. On the day the American voters foolishly decided that sending an unhinged sociopath like Donald Trump to the White House would be a really neat idea, satire became obsolete. Tom Degan

Texting while strollering

Brooklyn: If the city was sincerely concerned about pedestrian safety, they would legislate to make it illegal to text or speak on a cell phone while pushing a baby stroller. Instead of cynically installing more speed cameras to increase their revenues, they should fine those thoughtless pedestrians who not only endanger themselves and their child, but the motorist as well. My favorite, which I have often observed, is when the mother is inattentively crossing the street pushing her stroller while gabbing on the phone with a container of coffee in the other hand. This kind of extremely irresponsible behavior gives new meaning to the term “distracted driving.” Donald Kempler

A bit of poetry

Scranton, Pa.: Iran is enriching its uranium as America has a president deficient in the cranium. Our previous president made a good deal, which Iran was abiding by, for real, until our current

president again fumbled the ball in the world’s stadium. Vin Morabito

Spelling test

Charlotte, N.C.: To Voicer Ruth Weiner: Donald Trump discovering a cure for cancer?! I’d be surprised if he could spell it. Ron Turek

Fire flacks burned

Spring Lake, N.J.: To Voicer Francine Martin: You are right about the FDNY press office being uninformative and biased. When I was a reporter in New York City, they were terrible to deal with. Their arrogance and attitude were what I remember most. They are the opposite of the hardworking women and men of the great FDNY! Thank you, commissioner for finally making a change. Lawrence Barrett

Pass the Webster’s

Manhattan: The dodos who write your rag and its editorial page are at it again. This time, in the July 8 edition, they twice misused the word “arcane” when they meant “archaic,” or “outdated.” The word arcane refers to something that is very little known. It was first misused on page five, regarding the celibacy requirement for priests. Celibacy may well be archaic or outdated, but it is certainly not very little known. The second misuse of “arcane” occurs on page 26, in reference to Rikers Island, a jail that may well be outdated, but which certainly is not little known! Memo to the Daily News staff: If “arcane” is too arcane for your gradeschool vocabulary, you shouldn’t try to use it; you’re trying to sound smarter than you really are.

Elaine Schechter

We’re on it!

Middle Village: It is so disheartening to read other opinions of what is happening at the border at this moment. It is incumbent upon journalists to tell it like it is and explain that they are coming here seeking asylum and when they are being forced not to do this, they are taking extreme measures to flee where they came from. The lack of empathy is palpable and the total denial of their own family histories of how they came here is like selective memory loss.

Samantha Papaccio

A change of heart

Yonkers: An NYPD police officer who had investigated thousands of so-called “accidents” taught the New York State Driver Safety Course. He taught “there is no such thing as an ‘accident.’ ” A crash is caused by human error or mechanical failure which is also human error caused by poor design or by improper maintenance or servicing. I photographed probably more than 20,000 vehicle crashes as a New York City press photographer over four decades. At first I did not agree with his definition, but finally saw its wisdom. As Voicer Pam Taylor also noted: Using the term “accident” removes liability and stigma from the person who drove carelessly, planned poorly, or did not care about safe behavior and endangered, injured or killed innocent people.

Robert Kalfus

Oil and water

Bronx: In reference to the op-ed “Rats have speech rights too” (July 8): The Republicans and Trump will have different views on gun rights, LGBT rights, climate change, immigration, etc., but they all want to do away with organized labor. If you’re a GO NAKAMURA FOR NEW YORK DAILY NEWS union member and you support Trump or any Republican, you should rip up your union card because you’re a closet scab. John Cirolia

(S)he who has not sinned

Manhattan: Kamala Harris believes Joe Biden should apologize for sins of 50 years ago. Well, I believe she should apologize for her sins of nine years ago. How about apologizing for defending wrongful convictions on technicalities? How about apologizing to those innocent men who had crucial evidence supporting their innocence withheld and who she fought to keep in jail? Or apologize to all people of color for opposing a bill to investigate police shootings or standards for body cams? This is more relevant to me than issues such as busing kids who did not want to be bused anyway. What they wanted were the same books and extra-curricular activities and school buildings their white counterparts had.

André Carl Jones