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Creating words
I had to read Brian Moore's
letter in Wednesday’s (12/6)
Emerald twice before I definite
ly determined that Mr. Moore
was being witty and didn’t
believe anything he was saying
at all. Sarcasm is such a conve
nient method of arguing. It
bypasses the tedious process of
thinking and writing down
well-thought-out arguments
(logic), yet at the same time it
has the power to evoke emo
tional responses in the reader.
In the fourth paragraph Mr.
Moore introduces his theory
that eliminating sexist language
is the first step in creating an
Orwellian society by stating
“Our language controls our
thoughts. ...” I believe that our
thoughts make up our language.
The result is that our language
reflects our society. An
overabundance of male
dominated words reflects a
male-dominated society. This is
what our children are taught
when they learn English. So in a
way, when we teach them how
to speak, WE are shaping THEIR
thoughts about the world and
how they view themselves as a
girl or a boy.
Newspeak sought to
eliminate words and thereby
eliminate thought. Eradicating
sexist language does not
eliminate words... it creates
words! We can still retain
“fireman" for a man who fights
fires, but what’s wrong with ad
ding “firefighter”? Doesn’t
“police officer” sound more
professional than “po
liceman”?
If eliminating words
eliminates thought, then it
stands to conclusion that
creating new words should
stimulate thought! Maybe this is
the case. After all, the issue in
spired Mr. Moore to sit down
and create a letter. While it is
not a very rational letter, it is,
nevertheless, admirable that he
took the time to write it. It is im
portant to bring this issue to the
public light.
Janice Sunseri
Undeclared
Make my day
No more 9-5 for me. Gun con
trol could launch me on a pro
fitable career. I need only enter
the black market; Kind of like
cocaine smuggling — an ex
ceedingly lucrative career made
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is illegal.
It would be great fun, running
around selling firearms to the
highest bidder. I would hire a
few bad men to do dirty work
and a Miami bank could
launder my money. It would be
especially fun to watch the feds
spend millions of tax dollars
trying to collar my colleagues
and me. Sure, I'd run a slim risk
of getting nailed — nothing a
petty $500,000 bail and a short
vacation to Brazil couldn’t cure.
It wouldn’t bother me to read
about all the murders. After all,
nothing will have changed, and
I’ll be providing a service. So
some of the guns I sell end up as
evidence in a murder trial — not
my fault that several million tax
dollars later the crime rate still
rises.
Just imagine all the money! I
could dump off a $200 .357
Magnum for at least a grand. I
would be an instant millionaire,
with the American people and
their representatives to thank.
Oh, how I love American
capitalism — everyone has a
chance, one way or another, to
make a fortune. So please, sup
port me, your local gun smug
gler, and urge your represen
tatives to pass some kind of
Mickey Mouse gun control
legislation. Go ahead America,
make my day.
John Shewey
Journalism
Campus dogs
This is in support of Linda
Berry’s letter of 12/6 regarding
campus security’s “arrest” of
her dog. I have never seen why I
have to call someone I don’t
know to escort me across cam
pus when I have a large
trustworthy furry friend who’ll
probably be more of a deterrent
than even a burly male. I wish
there were somewhere on cam
pus I could leave my dog during
the day so that he could escort
me back home at night. I love to
walk from my house to work
both for the exercise it gives me
(so I can do my job better) and
the nice scenery along the way.
I doubt that I could find so
meone from the campus escort
service who would be willing to
walk the 3Vi miles each way
with me and yet my dog would
benefit from the exercise. Why
hasn't campus security thought
of things like this? Instead of
banning dogs from campus,
why don’t they think of places
where people could leave
animals for a period of time? Or,
for that matter, why can't they
see that in certain cases the
rules could be bent as in Linda
Berry’s case?
Patricia A. Eysenbach
Teacher Education
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