BRATTLEBORO — Reaction to Joyce Marcel's “Visions, values, and tragedy” last issue has been deep and strong and has engaged our readership at unprecedented levels.
Whatever your take on this story and what we set out to do, we must again emphasize that The Commons does not condone Richard Gagnon's actions. Quite to the contrary, and despite some of the statements in the letters in this week's paper, it is out of a revulsion and rejection of Gagnon's extreme actions that The Commons sought to learn more about the events surrounding the murder of Michael Martin.
This was a difficult story. For us, it was difficult to report, difficult to write, and difficult to edit. For many of our readers, it was difficult to read and, we know for some, difficult to accept. Thank you for letting us know what you thought.