Readers React: Napa Valley Wine Train: Who’s being intolerant?

To the editor: What a twisted rationalization from Sandy Banks regarding the Sistahs on the Reading Edge Book Club’s trip on the Napa Valley Wine Train. (“When your seatmates are loud and louder,” column, Sept. 1)

According to Banks, the group “informed the agents that they might be loud” but “their plan to celebrate was trumped by others’ intolerance.”

What about the other passengers who paid for and had every right to expect a wonderful Napa Valley experience on the train? Weren’t the book club members intolerant of them?

My women’s book club has participated in many public activities over the years. We are mindful of how we conduct ourselves, and we always have a wonderful time.

I submit that Banks’ words, “We act as if the only thing that matters is whether we’re happy,” applies more to the Sistahs then to the other passengers on the train.

Martha Morrow, Huntington Beach

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