In an Associated Press article on Aug. 17, reporter Helen O'Neill provided us with all the over-the-top emotional background: "face contorted in anger and pain," "sold out by my father," "grimacing," "crying," "seething at the forest of turbines," "lost a son," and "son's rage." Please, Ms. O'Neill never asks any of these anti-wind activists to cite actual scientific research to back up their emotional claims. Yes I'm sure they could cite research from anti-wind groups. There was a letter to the editor from David Docteur from Cape Vincent citing many of the subjects of this article. I suppose this was just a coincidence. This article is one more example of the Times's anti-wind power tilt.

The real issue here is not the windmills. It is the emotional meltdown of supposedly grown men and women. "Hating" your father because he did something perfectly legal with "his" land is a sign of deeper issues. It's ironic that John Yancey's brother is an avid ATVer and snowmobiler. These are activities that cause more deaths, environmental damage and irritation than a single windmill ever has with no benefit to the rest of us, yet he cites all the environmental evils of wind power.

As for Rick Byer's ultimatum to his father about the use of his land: If your dad is doing something smart with his land interferes with you playing with your toys, then I guess you'll just have to get over it. At least that was how I was raised.

Mark G. Empey

Evans Mills