Dear Board of Editors:
I would like to express my utter disgust with your Editorial in the 9/13/01 edition, entitled “Details vague, message clear.” Your article makes the assertion that there is some excuse for this attack, that America needs to “wake up to our aggressive national bullying which intimidates but also stirs anger and hostility.” The article goes into a list of injustices that the United States has allegedly committed against others.
This is vulgar and horrendous. We should be uniting as a Nation, rallying around our fellow citizens with a sense of compassion and patriotism that has never before been seen. How dare the “News” point the finger of blame at anybody besides the terrorists who committed these acts. How dare they try to make a political point about the U.S.’s social actions at a time like this. You want to criticize our government and our people – take a look at Democrats and Republicans lining up side by side on the steps of the Capitol to sing “God Bless America” with tears in their eyes. Talk about the outpouring of volunteers, blood donors, and support in general going out to the victims of this great tragedy. But do not try to make this Nation the “bad guy” that you spoke of with such lack of eloquence in your editorial. You should be ashamed of yourselves.
-Christopher Sgro
political science major
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