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jenny_wildcatA wise person once said: "Once you accept that the majority of humanity thrives on stupidity, then you can sleep at night."
We just can't get enough of controversy. Last Friday, the Statesman editor, Brooke, offered an editorial to the nutjobs who had been impugning her intergrity, defaming her character and threatening her cat. They'd been clamoring for an explanation and they got one
Now today, the zealots are out in full force. While I was perusing the comics, I was forced to acknowledge that idiots such as these had taken up the entire facing page. (go to utahstatesman.com and look up the Opinion page of February 13. I can't get the thing to link. I hope the link to Brooke's article works. If not, that was in February 10's issue). To read their replies, it was like Brooke tried to burn the standard works or something. All she did was mention the LDS church and FOCUS (the non-denominational Christian club on campus) in one piddly paragraph. I find it interesting to note that FOCUS didn't see the need to defend themselves.
"Omigosh... I'm sooooo offended...offended...offended...OFFENDED!" (It sounds like those weird echoes in movies when a character is coming out of a crazy dream).
You can't argue with people who think Provo is the center of the universe. ("If you could hie to Mount Timp in the twinkling of an eye..." it's hymn # 286, if I'm not mistaken.) Some people just want to wallow in thier own idiocy. Since no one reads my weblog, I feel no shame or guilt in writing this.
I proudly present:
The following are from Steve Welsh (my comments are in the **...**):
"I would like to challenge those who write about the Persian Peacock ads to stick to the issue and not just use it as an excuse to bash Utah culture"
**Other than the fact that most of us are sick of people bashing Utah culture because of these crack-headed zealots, there is no reason not to take this challenge seriously.**
"Though a run of racy ads will not directly cause [addiction] to happen, one would not find it ethical if a newspaper suddenly started distributing small amounts of ... cocaine, even if it wasn't enough to addict anyone or give them a buzz"
**Now we know where they get their psycho ideas.**
**Well, it's kind hard to get the powder to stick in the fold of the newspaper. Come to think of it, it would definitely make class interesting. No one would fall asleep if we had crack in the paper. "Hey, man, pass dat ovah..."**
From Sarah Hill:
(background: In an effort to hold up the "Here's Your Sign" mirror, Aaron Falk wrote a satire saying that the paper shouldn't run "offensive" photos of athletes because their uniforms show way too much)
"It's true that the Statesman shows pictures of gymnasts and other athletes that show 'skin', but these photographs are a far cry from the suggestive insinuations created by the pose in the ad"
**...**
**This is a joke, right? You took that column seriously?!!**
**I don't know what's more amazing. That she actually reads the sports section or that she spelled 'insinuations" right.
**It's called "humor" folks. I know it wasn't something your home-schooled self-righteous ma and pa condoned, but welcome to the world outside of Happy Valley**
From Chase Ellis:
(background: this letter was in response to a professor chiming in on the issue)
"Without showing respect for your students, how can you expect them to respect you and take you seriously as a professor?"
**It's a university campus, dear. College students are the most disaffected specimens on the planet. We don't take professors seriously based on the shoes they wear.**
Love from,
Jenny Wildcat
We just can't get enough of controversy. Last Friday, the Statesman editor, Brooke, offered an editorial to the nutjobs who had been impugning her intergrity, defaming her character and threatening her cat. They'd been clamoring for an explanation and they got one
Now today, the zealots are out in full force. While I was perusing the comics, I was forced to acknowledge that idiots such as these had taken up the entire facing page. (go to utahstatesman.com and look up the Opinion page of February 13. I can't get the thing to link. I hope the link to Brooke's article works. If not, that was in February 10's issue). To read their replies, it was like Brooke tried to burn the standard works or something. All she did was mention the LDS church and FOCUS (the non-denominational Christian club on campus) in one piddly paragraph. I find it interesting to note that FOCUS didn't see the need to defend themselves.
"Omigosh... I'm sooooo offended...offended...offended...OFFENDED!" (It sounds like those weird echoes in movies when a character is coming out of a crazy dream).
You can't argue with people who think Provo is the center of the universe. ("If you could hie to Mount Timp in the twinkling of an eye..." it's hymn # 286, if I'm not mistaken.) Some people just want to wallow in thier own idiocy. Since no one reads my weblog, I feel no shame or guilt in writing this.
I proudly present:
The following are from Steve Welsh (my comments are in the **...**):
"I would like to challenge those who write about the Persian Peacock ads to stick to the issue and not just use it as an excuse to bash Utah culture"
**Other than the fact that most of us are sick of people bashing Utah culture because of these crack-headed zealots, there is no reason not to take this challenge seriously.**
"Though a run of racy ads will not directly cause [addiction] to happen, one would not find it ethical if a newspaper suddenly started distributing small amounts of ... cocaine, even if it wasn't enough to addict anyone or give them a buzz"
**Now we know where they get their psycho ideas.**
**Well, it's kind hard to get the powder to stick in the fold of the newspaper. Come to think of it, it would definitely make class interesting. No one would fall asleep if we had crack in the paper. "Hey, man, pass dat ovah..."**
From Sarah Hill:
(background: In an effort to hold up the "Here's Your Sign" mirror, Aaron Falk wrote a satire saying that the paper shouldn't run "offensive" photos of athletes because their uniforms show way too much)
"It's true that the Statesman shows pictures of gymnasts and other athletes that show 'skin', but these photographs are a far cry from the suggestive insinuations created by the pose in the ad"
**...**
**This is a joke, right? You took that column seriously?!!**
**I don't know what's more amazing. That she actually reads the sports section or that she spelled 'insinuations" right.
**It's called "humor" folks. I know it wasn't something your home-schooled self-righteous ma and pa condoned, but welcome to the world outside of Happy Valley**
From Chase Ellis:
(background: this letter was in response to a professor chiming in on the issue)
"Without showing respect for your students, how can you expect them to respect you and take you seriously as a professor?"
**It's a university campus, dear. College students are the most disaffected specimens on the planet. We don't take professors seriously based on the shoes they wear.**
Love from,
Jenny Wildcat
