To the editor:

My life has been altered forever, as have the lives of the hundreds of thousands of casualties from the war in Iraq.

I will miss the throw-down dunks of Julian Wright, as children on many continents miss the care and comfort of their mother or father or both.

I will be happy that Mr. Wright will make many hundreds of thousands of dollars for his efforts, as do the more than 100,000 mercenaries (dubbed “private contractors” by our president) in Iraq.

Get a grip, Lawrence! Be upset about the things that matter!!

Mitch Stockton, Lawrence