Liquid Tension, right again!
looks like someone found an English major to stick up for them....I deserved it of course
Dear sir,
The editorial you refer to did indeed have
several mistakes, as you so
kindly point out. And yes, there are a few
inaccuracies in it as
well. However, may I gently point out that the
students that write for
The Keystone are just that--students. They are
still learning the
craft of journalism, as are the student editors.
They try diligently,
and while they sometimes miss the mark--as this
editorial did--that in
no way diminishes the effort they put into each
article.
We appreciate your readership, and your reply.
However, since you were
so generous in pointing out our errors, allow us
the same kindness.
In your e-mail, you mention "wallmart." We don't
have "wallmarts" in
Pennsylvania. However, we do frequent
"Wal-Marts."
Also, your e-mail was rife with sentence
fragments, and you suffer from
an egregious lack of punctuation, sir. Bear with
me, won't you?
"Also I am a vegetarian and I do not hunt, I do
however own many guns
including AK47's and AR15's both are reasonably
accurate. The bullet
goes where I aim so either he is lying or he is
stupid, I suspect the
latter." (THIS PASSAGE WOULD HAVE GREATLY
BENEFITTED FROM PUNCTUATION.
ALLOW ME TO DEMONSTRATE. "Also, I am a
vegetarian, and I do not hunt.
I do, however, own many guns, including AK-47s
and AR-15s. Both are
reasonably accurate. The bullet goes where I
aim, so either he is
lying or he is stupid. I suspect the latter."
SEE HOW THAT FLOWS?)
"So being that I am not a hunter is supposed to
mean that I have given
up my right to own a gun? Oh and your common
hunting rifle may also be
shot from the hip it is probably more powerful
the my AR15. I don't
however expect the writer to know the difference
between .223 & 30 06"
(THIS PASSAGE ALSO WOULD HAVE BENEFITTED FROM
SOME PUNCTUATION, USED
APPROPRIATELY. PLEASE, INDULGE ME AGAIN. "So,
being that I am not a
hunter, is that supposed to mean that I have
given up my right to own a
gun? Oh, and your common hunting rifle may also
be shot from the hip.
It is probably more powerful than my AR-15. I
don't, however, expect
the writer to know the difference between .223
and 30.06." THERE.
ISN'T THAT BETTER?)
Sadly, sir, I expect better from freshmen high
school kids.
But thanks for reading The Keystone, sir. Take
care.
-Warmly,
The Keystone