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Show MONDAY • MARCH 13 • 2006 A6 WWW.NETXNEWS.NET Religion of peace Nick Johnson Opinions Writer The Islam as a great religion of peace characterization is one of the grandest cases of Orwellian double speak propaganda that has ever been perpetrated by the Liberal media. Where is their journalistic impartiality? The same major media outlets, which are so reluctant to publish Danish cartoons, apparently have no qualms about showing new Abu Grave pictures, releasing the intricacies of ourdomestic intelligence gathering, or the vulnerable spots of our soldier's armor and equipment. Coupled with this is an aggressive abridgement of free speech. The "peaceful" practitioners of Islam start assassinating people and burning things whenever an Infidel voices any form of criticism. Nor are believers spared Allah's wrath either; take Salman Rushdie for instance. In fact, when I mention writing this article to anyone, they always advise me to be quiet or I will probably be killed. Possibly killed by being run over with a car, like the terrorist just did at UNC. If a Jihadist doesn't get me first, then the Leftists will. Most likely by suspending me from school, which also happened recently in :•>••>-•* "Fight those who believe not in Allah, nor the last day, nor hold that forbidden by Allah and His Messenger, nor acknowledge the religion of truth, even if they are people of the book [Jews and Christians], until they pay the tribute readily and are brought low." - S u r a h 9; 29 Illinois to students who did have the spine to publish the cartoons. There has been a consistent movement among Liberal professors and journalists to distort the true nature of Islam. In effect, they are running PR for any group that is antiAmerican, especially Islamic radicals. Certainly we can all agree that the 9/11 attacks were America's fault... (Islam's little monument to peace). They have duped the average college student into thinking that Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance. All this, while the head of state in Iran is spewing rhetoric that would make Adolph Hitler cringe, and swearing to wipe Israel and America off the face of the earth. By now any Liberal will begin losing their grip on reality. They will fall back on their sole and favorite tactic (name calling) in order to obstruct free speech and eliminate any actual debate. But before they can, I am going to eliminate their miniscule, cliched grab bag of pejoratives, which they will inevitably try and use against me. Racist: One who discriminates on the belief that one race (not religion) is superior to another. Furthermore I am not advocating discrimination, just requesting that we call a spade a spade, preferably without fear of death. Fascist: A fascist is an adherent of ultra-nationalistic socialism; so you lefties are halfway there, and I am certainly not making reference to their nationalism. Stereotype: This requires judgments acquired culturally or from society; as opposed to a rational evaluation based on personal experience. Come on "libs," throwing nasty words around that are inaccurate is really just an assault on and dilution of the English language, and we all suffer... Thanks to those who write back we want to be them. Zoobie #1 posted this comment in response Opinions Editor to Nick's article about 'Y' students: "1 mean, The best part of my week isn't opening up honestly, why would anyone CHOOSE to go the opinions page and seeing the fruits of to UVS-'High School', which has no recmy labor. It's not even when I step out of a ognition outside of Utah County, unless of hot shower and admire my steaming naked course they were rejected from BYU?'1 body in the mirror every morning. No, the OCP wrote: "This rant reeks of envy." best part of my week is reading responses Joe Dirt wrote: "Your post leads me to beto the opinions from the vast readers of the lieve that you are a very bitter UVSC student College Times. So I have written this piece who couldn't get into BYU." to thank you for efforts, because without you So apparently, every, time a Canadian or we would be out of a job. European mocks American politics it's beThank you BYU alumni. About once a cause deep down they are jealous and want to month someone on the staff writes an article be us. Or every time I make fun of a fat guy making fun of the antics commonly done by it's because I want to put on a few pounds. BYU students. They live with us as neigh- Who knew? bors, friends and even siblings, giving us Thanks to all those who know us better plenty of material to work with. Our readers than we know ourselves. Even though most have kindly informed us that we are not mak- readers have never met us, they tend to let us ing fun of them because they have done any- in on who we really are — most people pay thing wrong, but because deep down inside. psychologists good money for that feedback AmmonVanOrden — suckers. Sick-n-tired wrote: "I am tired of other people telling me how to spend what money I make! ... Especially some.sheltered college student, whose parents pay for college and her car ... and lastly who are you to call for reform in the way people save when all you know about is what you saw on MTV? ... There is a word for people like you who hold the same beliefs as you do, they are called. Dictators!" This comment was sent in response to Lorain's article in which she asked people to spend less money on boats and designer jeans, and more on the poor and needy. Oh, and Lorain is in her thirties and has three kids. After reading this comment she cut her MTV down to two hours a day. And last but not least, thank you Bill. I have gotten a lot of hate mail, but Bill's response to last weeks article, takes the cake: "He isn't funny, [addressing me] he isn't original, and reading his articles is the equivalent of taking numerous kicks to the groin while being forced to listen to an idiot like Van Orden run his mouth." So in essence. Bill is saying that he would rather have me read my article out loud to him while taking kicks to the groin, than just plain read it to himself. This obviously means that our print and font are painful to decipher. So for the rest of this article I'll soften it up for you. Whatever you do, don't write in with letters of praise for a job well done because our heads are already too big. And why shouldn't they be? Every time we get made fun of it's obviously because you envy us, and our skill with the pen. So, please keep those letters coming, it makes my week. Idler/ °lo (he editor Quill and Sword Dear Nick Johnson, I am hoping your article was written to be funny, because it was not. While I am not a member of the afore mentioned "Quill and Sword,'" I do not agree with your ideas of "ridicule: constant, unrelenting ridicule/' To publicly mock and ridicule a group of people for doing something they enjoy is evil and wrong. Do you remember what happened 7 years ago this April 21, in a town called Littleton Colorado? Two boys who were a little "different" caved under the pressure of ridicule and decided to go psycho. It is pathetic to me that in a college setting you could be so shallow as to behave like a kid in High School. I though we were supposed to grow up after graduation. People are people no matter what they wear, read or do in their free time. It isn't hurting you and it isn't hurting anyone else, why don't we just try and be civil to one another so this fact doesn't change. — Danessa Rawlinson LETTERS TO THE EDITOR * E-Mail Jeuers to uvscopinions@hotmail.com * The NeiXNcws room is located on campus in SC22O. * All fellers become property of NetXNews and may be edited for content, specifically clarity, length or other concerns al the discretion of the Opinions Editor. * Letters between 50-250 words are encouraged and those letters marked by their succinctness are more likely to be published. " Letters must be accompanied by full name, address, and phone number for verification purposes (contact information will not be published). Elections Revelations Once again it's election time at UVSC. I would like to give my two cents worth on the topic. Last year's elections were a disgrace, in my opinion. I think the people who won did so by making unrealistic promises. 1 heard them up and down the hall of flags and in the LA building, promising that by raising our student fees the Testing Center fee would be eliminated. The fee has not even been lowered, let alone removed. When questioned on this, I seem to have read something in this paper to the effect that people really voted for them because they want a football team. That is not the main thing they were campaigning about in the hallways as they passed out treats. I also witnessed what I think were unethical questions asked of students as they passed the campaigners. I have no problem with the question of, "Did you vote?'1 But I heard people being asked whom they voted for with a quick addition that it was not too late to change their vote! I don't know how other institutions of higher learning conduct their student body elections, but it is so bizarre to me that the elections are mentioned the week before with a barely legible blurb in the school newspaper. Also, it is followed by a week of incessant campaigners accosting students and trying to gain their votes with the best coupons, cotton candy,and unrealistic promises. This followed by no real accountability. I hope this year the campaigners will keep their promises within reality and students will not be swayed by pie-in-the-sky pledges, or by who gave out the most and the best treats. Sincerely, — Katie Edwards I take great offense at the implication that all people of faith are equivalent to the Lafferty brothers. There are more people in this world who do believe in some form of revelation than do not. Does this make all of those people fools and insane serial killers? Of course not, most of them are upstanding pillars of the community. Occasionally, people come along who are mentally unstable and whose beliefs are twisted and who use these beliefs to justify their actions. Ted Kaczynski (the Unibomber) had no religious agenda; neither did Ted Bundy or John Gasey. Charles Manson, however did. This does not change the nature of their psychosis, only the nature of its manifestation. I am a convert to the LDS Church and I have felt the sort of promptings that Mr. Walters refers to, and I can assure you that the "good feeling" that comes as the testimony of the Holy Ghost feels nothing whatsoever like the feeling one has after a good movie. It is a totally new experience, which once one feels it, cannot be mistaken. It troubles me that those of us on this campus who are deeply religious, have to tiptoe and skirt around the subject of faith and religion so as to be sure not to offend or infringe upon the free speech rights of those who do not believe as we do. Those who consider themselves atheists or non-Christians (or what have you) are free to attack our beliefs so blatantly in print. The right to free speech should extend to everyone regardless of race, creed or religion. Sincerely, —Joseph C. Fox |