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E: The Sins of the Church

was reading the Other Press and came across Bryan Johnson's rant.
is sad that this person is filled with such illogical and to quote
im “virulent” hate.

My guess is that perhaps he had an experience being brainwashed
y a “Christian church” or other cult and therefore feels eminently
ualified to not only insult all Christians, Muslims, Buddhists but
also take GOD’s name and Jesus’ name in vain and use them as
e would use common profanity.

Such a poor and untrained writer is he, that he spices his column
ith frequent swearing. He talks of deprogramming his child from
hristian teachings then relates that he filled the child’s mind with
yths such as the Big Bang theory and evolution (for which there
no basis in fact from any scientific point of view, the scientists
ho push evolution push it as one would push a faith, not backing
up with scientific facts).

I realize he has every right to fill his child’s head with drivel like
at, as he is the “guardian”, but to promote hatred against other
roups of people is not acceptable in our society.

Why does he even bother saying that his child will not go to
urch later? He is so willing to condemn her to darkness that he
ay as well prevent her from ever entering a church.

e later ends his column with even more ridiculous comments
an the beliefs he has been denouncing. His beliefs as stated near
e end seem to be quite in line with some Buddhist thinking and
e thinking of certain cults that wish to believe that man only
eeds man to succeed. He has processed in his own beliefs a por-
on of that which he insults. I feel sorry for him because he is com-
letely mixed up and doesn’t seem to know it.

atrick Longworth

 

 

Canadian elected Governor of Michigan.

 

 

 

J.J. McCullough
OP Cartoonist

 

Re: “ How Come I’m Not a Supermodel?”

November 6, 2002

After recovering from my initial disgust with
reading Ms. Evans’ piece in the Other Press
from November 6th, I attempted to figure out
exactly what she was trying to say. Surely, I
thought to myself as I ate my lunch and pon-
dered, there must be some point to all of this
valley-girl chit-chat and pubescent drivel being
in a college newspaper. Well, I spent a good
hour with a question mark above my head and
quite frankly, it did me no good. The only
conclusion that I could draw was that the arti-
cle was there simply to waste space. Ms. Evans’
article about how absolutely devastating it is to
have been born and “okay chick” as opposed to
being one of those oh, so “hot chicks” she went
to highschool with is a sad story. No, really,
my heart goes out to her. I wonder if she
knows how lucky she is to not be hearing
impaired, blind, or have been born with
Down's Syndrome.

I cannot believe the way that she thinks of
her daughter. Does she actually see her as
“[ylet another thing to alter [her] body
image”? How pathetic. Hopefully, Ms. Evans
will fill in the gaping holes that her own par-
ents seemed to have missed in her own devel-
opment of priorities while raising her child
and not allow her child to develop a gaping
hole between her ears like so many other
shallow, image-absorbed women (and men)
have.

She claims that her self-esteem is not an
issue, but this statement is bizarre considering
how incredibly obsessive she is about her
appearance. Can someone who cares about
the size of her breasts, feels like an “ugly, old
hag” and is actually bitter about her daughter's
inevitable “heartbreaker” status have fine self-
esteem? Why not use a little of the energy that
is being wasted crying over some failed high-
school fantasy to improve her personality.
Maybe if she had a personality, she could
redeem herself as a more than just an “okay
chick” to people who care more about what a
person has to offer than about
appearances... maybe. She goes on to say the
“model life” is probably shallow and meaning-
less but, if this is true, Ms. Evans would fit
right in. What is shallower than a super
model? Someone yearns to be one even
though she has no hope at all in fulfilling this
fantasy and continues to wallow in her own
self-pity.

Ok, so maybe her entire article is a sarcastic
dig at the shallow, pathetic lives that some sub-
urban girls live and is meant to be a huge joke.
If so, I don’t really care. It still stinks, is still
wasting space and belongs in a thirteen year
old girl’s diary, not in a college newspaper.

Caitlin Gilroy

 

 

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