Dear Editor: Its been reported that the late Tony Robinson, on the day he was shot to death by a Madison police officer, had been taking hallucinogenic mushrooms because he wanted to go on a spiritual journey of some sort.

Unfortunately, almost nobody will blame the purveyors of such absurd notions as spirituality for young Robinsons tragic and premature demise. "Spirituality" is the modern, politically correct term for superstition. Its based on the even more dangerous concept of faith that its possible to somehow or other know things without a lick of supporting evidence and frequently in the face of abundant evidence to the contrary.

And who are the premier exponents of faith and spirituality in 21st century America? The churches, who need a never-ending supply of suckers to buy into their basic premise in order to continue to fill their coffers by perpetually delivering nothing for something.

I wouldnt be at all surprised to discover that Tony Robinson was raised to believe this load o baloney. As a young black man, he was probably yet another unfortunate heir of the lying pie in the sky gospel that old-time slavers foisted on their miserable property to keep them subservient and submissive, and which continues to infect black people with this insidious brain parasite right down to the current generation.

Richard S. Russell

Madison

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Richard S. Russell: Blame purveyors of 'spirituality' for Tony Robinson's death