Re "Poisonous Police Behavior" (column, June 2): Bob Herbert was right; I had no idea that black kids were being abused by the police every day in our city.
But to ignore Zomby's poisonous ego is to tolerate nasty, obnoxious behavior just because the asshole responsible for it is an artist.
Roberts adds, "Snakes are wild animals who cannot be trained and, at any time, can display their normal wild behavior, which may include a poisonous bite or strangulation".
Examine your behavior when you are around your poisonous friend.
The fact is that the disrespectful comments attributed to Malia Obama questioning her intelligence, her looks, behavior etc... is a larger symptom of the pernicious level of poisonous racism that is still deeply embedded in various pockets of our nation.
Our history is replete with examples of the bad behavior of Corporate America in the absence of regulations, such as poisonous foods, dangerous products, false claims, unsafe chemicals, pollution, labor exploitation, monopolies, rigged markets, financial manipulation, and on and on.
"The atmosphere in our hospital is so poisonous," said Dr. Arbit, a thin, soft-spoken man, "and this kind of malicious behavior has been exercised not only against me but other doctors as well".
(See: Stoudemire, Amar'e) Even before the injury, Howard has been poisonous, having toyed with his team and the fans in Orlando and jawboning with Coach Stan Van Gundy, behavior unbecoming for a man who portrays himself as Clark Kent.
This behavior probably evolved to reduce the risk of consuming items that turn out to be poisonous, but the mechanisms that underlie a preference for familiar foods are largely unknown.
