I was quite startled by your cover design when I opened my mail this morning: an arrow with feathers in the colors of the Irish flag pierces a prostrate bird’s chest bearing the flag of the European Union (“Just Bury It,” June 21, 2008). How horrible! When I looked a bit more closely, though, I noticed there was no blood on the bird’s chest. Only then I realized what you actually had in mind with your cover design: the bird was stuffed already! Right?