11.13.2003
Stanford Daily/Campus Truth Ad still felt
Someone sends a letter to the Stanford Daily's Answer Boy:
"Yo Answer Boy, Why’s The Daily got to be so hatemongering? I’ve seen these so-called “Campus Truth” ads, and they ain’t nothin’ but a negative generalization of the Palestinian people. That’s not cool."
Answer Boy answers: "You seem like a smart kid. Unless you have a serious eye defect like glaucoma, conjunctivitis or macular degeneration, I’m sure that you caught the disclaimer at the bottom of the campustruth.org ad yesterday, noting that it does not necessarily reflect the views of anyone at The Daily. This, in legalese, is a “save-my-ass-from-controversy” clause. Obviously, it didn’t work..."
MORE: Stanford Daily letters page.
And in the Yale Daily News' letters pages.
"Yo Answer Boy, Why’s The Daily got to be so hatemongering? I’ve seen these so-called “Campus Truth” ads, and they ain’t nothin’ but a negative generalization of the Palestinian people. That’s not cool."
Answer Boy answers: "You seem like a smart kid. Unless you have a serious eye defect like glaucoma, conjunctivitis or macular degeneration, I’m sure that you caught the disclaimer at the bottom of the campustruth.org ad yesterday, noting that it does not necessarily reflect the views of anyone at The Daily. This, in legalese, is a “save-my-ass-from-controversy” clause. Obviously, it didn’t work..."
MORE: Stanford Daily letters page.
And in the Yale Daily News' letters pages.
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