Show r LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 1 Weekly Response to Weekly Whine To The Editor Is the Weekly Whine for real In the past the editorials als for als-for for lack of a better term have term have ranged into the terra incognita such as the radio station played in the College Center get a walkman John or maybe use those appendages below your waist and slandering local businesses businesses businesses busi busi- nesses taking advantage of your position instead of personal personal personal per per- responsibility Now the editorials are taking a new slant Mr Nielson wrote he likes to live on the edge How so By re-hashing re the same tired arguments about gun control in hi a conservative state I believe the term actually is preaching to the choir While we are sharing definitions there are a few others that are worth mentioning mentioning mentioning mention mention- ing in addition to those in the most recent article All bold definitions from Websters Webster's respectfully Whine a pitched high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry Common use infers an annoying overtone Naive marked by unaffected simplicity deficient in world wisdom or informed judgement Ostrich the belief that the ostrich when pursued hides its head in the sand and believes itself to be unseen And possibly Parrot a person who sedulously echoes echoe's another's words I am not a carrying card inferred to mean a full- full fledged member in a doctrinal or totalitarian organization tion member of the National Rifle Association or even a regular member of the same I know from practical experience experience experience and wisdom earned from living beyond these sheltering sheltering sheltering shel shel- mountains that making firearms illegal to the general general general gen gen- eral population simply inhibits the general population from firing back be the fire directed at red coats or crim crim- Do people think that criminals ge get their weapons from their local sporting goods store Originally I was going to include pollyanna until I found the true definition While I thought it to be an amplification of naive it is in hi fact one characterized characterize by irrepressible optimism and tendency to find the good goodin in everything And that certainly does not include the editorial content of this paper Perhaps if the editorial editor editor editor edi edi- tor did similar research before writing the quality of this paper might improve Until then en the best term for the editorial page is more technological a term referring to the information-carrying information capacity of a given system Leading to waste of bandwidth something which is frivolous or not worth spending time on Daniel Christensen H Education Major |