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Show O ?) U letter to the editor Former staffer applauds newspaper's success As a former member of The Signpost staff (Class of 74), I'm happy to see that the paper looks as good as ever especially on the web. Congratulations to you and your staff. Brad Post Boeing Enterprises Seattle, Washington Reader still dislikes Barnard's column To Aaron Barnard: Wipe the foam off your mouth and take your blood pressure pills. True, I think your column is terrible and I disgree with nearly everything you say, but don't lose your control, man! A little skillful criticism of Barnard's previous column set off a powderkeg of profanity and rage like I've never seen before Trying to make a Write a letter to the editor! Oiaintam 3iiidaL tReghlxy. May and June Weddings to the following couples, who have registered their gift wish-lisis at Rainbow: ti JMinrlv Marrinlr lean I amhprt n .testy Kristin Stevens & Clay Tritt June 7 Jaime Wood St Tony John June 13 h Joslyn Epley & Giorgio Volpi June 20 1 iMiP$IW Please ask. al tbe front counter for Registry information on these happy couples. tftainSouD hardens H H Hl n I 3,--M ,M M M M r ta i Bl on newsprint. Stung by the accusation that he has no practical suggestions, in addition to being a poor writer and a worse entertainer, Monday Barnard proceeded to crank out a more specific list of things he hates. It was quite a long column. Allow me to condense. Things Aaron Barnard hates: America, Utah, the military, law enforcement, drug laws, the Constitution, cars and Mormons. Things he doesn't hate: Nature, drugs, anarchy and profanity. Barnard wants to end peacekeeping missions that invlolve the U.S. troops. I'll give him that one; I believe in letting other countries determine their own courses, so long as they leave everyone else alone. But the idea that the American military went to places like Bosnia and Somalia so we could "strong-arm weaker nations into a more advantageous economic headlock" (I assume he means advanta sl t.'.i pi -2- P Si F k P 5 M geous to the U.S.; his bad grammar makes this unclear) is ridiculous.What have places like Bosnia and Somalia got to offer America, financially speaking? To Barnard, America is nothing but "the land of the consumer and the home of the indebted."Futhermore, "America's beliefs (are not) inherently better than any other country's or more humane." America is nothing special to Barnard. Other countries have his respect because they have the right toself-determination, but he has nothing but contempt for anything determined by America. The main cause of social ills, in Barnard's mind, is the moralizing busybodies who won't mind their own business and let everyone get down to pursuing hapiness at the end of a crack pipe. The reason we have crime is because we have too many laws. 'j'r '"""if" Qv " " '-& $? ill"! Wm mmimmm - i In Recqgnito De Excellentia fp ' :;4if Um Ly fflHHSi) wSmi 1f$krzXKifW 7&M$&m -frysSyf-'i ' ilfcpztyPxW Pmnw - I ft AfJfswii mm . -s ta. r Get rid of laws, and crime will go away. You'd think this meant Barnard believes in 'live and let live,' but that's not true at all. The best solution for straghtening Utah out, as far as he's concerned, is to pass plenty of laws to stop Mormons from reproducing. Of course he never says "Mormons," but what does it mean when he says we should "Redesign the state laws and government to serve the people, not the descendants and kin of original settler to the area and their cronies." (In another bout of rabidly bad grammar, Barnard implies that both area and its cronies were settled.) In Barnard's world, Mormons aren't even people, and the government shouldn't serve them. Finally, he vents his rage against cars. In Barnard's world, cars are worse than heroin. By the way, Barnard, I ride the bus to school. Finally, he bravely declares, "You leave if you don't like what I'm saying. I have the right to say it, and I feel an inherent duty to stand against what I feel is unjust."Well, Barnard, I also have the right, and feel it a duty, to stand against what I feel is unjust. I know it irks you, but this is democracy. That's why you keep screeching about diversity. What you really mean is, it's not fair for the majority to disagree with you. But the last time I looked, this country was based on the idea of being united, yet divided. We even put the word "United" in the country's name. You aren't tolerant, you aren't open-minded, you aren't even a humanitarian. You're just mad that everybody doesn't agree with you, and you're lucky enough to have a column where you can stomp your feet and cry about it and hopefully annoy plenty of Mormons. Don Preston McConkie u |