2008 Woodie Awards
Letters to the editor
Issue date: 2/29/08 Section: Opinion
Bahash is a genius
I find it odd that Max Hoover criticizes the humor style of Nick Bahash's writing as dull wit; he rambles aimlessly about how their comedy styles don't mesh; then, in the last sentence, he admits that he finds it humorous.
If you are going to talk down to someone, be consistent. Don't bash him and then confess yourself a fan. The double standard is ridiculous.
Hoover then goes on to talk of prostitutes and trick turning and the regret that ensues for both parties. What? Both parties? I don't think the prostitute feels regret; it's her job to do that and she just scored an easy $30 for performing an unmentionable act.
Why do those dim-witted creative writers think people give a crap about their writings? In my experience, if you were James Byron Huggins himself, a creative writer would lift his nose in snubbery critiquing your originality, while the whole time, they are really just criticizing your success and ability to look outside the little box in which they themselves have been placed by the legalistic, smallbrained intellectuals in the faculty of the creative writing department.
Bahash is an intellectual, a genius and my future roommate. So, don't hate him because his fame exceeds your own. Instead, hate your department and creative writing comrades for crowding the already minute box in which you dwell. Keep looking for that non-existent door to success and get a real job and a real major.
Michael Dennis
Graduate student
Journalism
Tomlinson attacks Christians
Abel Tomlinson has taken time to use foreign policy issues to attack those who are Christians; this is hardly the first exhibition of this behavior from him.
The Bible clearly illustrates what constitutes a morally just war, in which a nation's sovereignty is threatened and is attacked by an enemy; the nation attacked (Israel in the Bible) can respond appropriately through legal means. This clearly condemns pre-emptive war, which has always been exercised by evil men throughout history, including pagan emperors, Adolf Hitler, etc. but recently has unwittingly received endorsement from many Christians.
Interventionism and policing the world certainly was one issue, though not the only one, that provoked 9/11, but this does not mean there can be no response through legal means. The attack was an act of war by non-state actors and action could be authorized through proper channels, which happened with Rep. Ron Paul's Marque and Reprisal Act of 2001, authorizing action against al-Qaeda.
This fits the guidelines of just war, and Tomlinson's ultra-pacifist stance reveals his na'veté on the Bible and the issue at hand.
Iraq, however, constituted no threat to our national sovereignty but we bullied the nation under the guise of enforcing U.N. resolutions. The principal Biblical objection to the current war is that this was an act of aggression, not a response to an attack on national sovereignty, without constitutional authorization nonetheless.
Nevertheless, given his long-standing opposition to the Christian faith, who is Tomlinson to tell Christians how to live or think? The people currently running this country are evil, and their works reveal that. I hope and pray my brothers and sisters realize that and come out and proclaim the truth.
For Tomlinson and other self-righteous people, however, Jesus says, "Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye."
Mark McCollum
Sophomore
Civil engineering
Sudoku in space
I must say that I find Mr. Lambertsen's assertions about sudoku atrocious. "Slambo" clearly lacks the sophistication to appreciate the intricate nature of my beloved puzzles.
NASA uses sudoku to test the mental capacity of its astronauts. I wonder if Slambo ever tried a sudoku in zero G? I think not. I'll tell you, though, it is challenging, especially if you have to refold the newspaper while it is trying to float away.
So go and do your trivial crossword, the same boring puzzle your grandfather did. While you're working on that, I'll be doing sudoku on Mars.
Grant Mason
Senior
Biomedical engineering
I find it odd that Max Hoover criticizes the humor style of Nick Bahash's writing as dull wit; he rambles aimlessly about how their comedy styles don't mesh; then, in the last sentence, he admits that he finds it humorous.
If you are going to talk down to someone, be consistent. Don't bash him and then confess yourself a fan. The double standard is ridiculous.
Hoover then goes on to talk of prostitutes and trick turning and the regret that ensues for both parties. What? Both parties? I don't think the prostitute feels regret; it's her job to do that and she just scored an easy $30 for performing an unmentionable act.
Why do those dim-witted creative writers think people give a crap about their writings? In my experience, if you were James Byron Huggins himself, a creative writer would lift his nose in snubbery critiquing your originality, while the whole time, they are really just criticizing your success and ability to look outside the little box in which they themselves have been placed by the legalistic, smallbrained intellectuals in the faculty of the creative writing department.
Bahash is an intellectual, a genius and my future roommate. So, don't hate him because his fame exceeds your own. Instead, hate your department and creative writing comrades for crowding the already minute box in which you dwell. Keep looking for that non-existent door to success and get a real job and a real major.
Michael Dennis
Graduate student
Journalism
Tomlinson attacks Christians
Abel Tomlinson has taken time to use foreign policy issues to attack those who are Christians; this is hardly the first exhibition of this behavior from him.
The Bible clearly illustrates what constitutes a morally just war, in which a nation's sovereignty is threatened and is attacked by an enemy; the nation attacked (Israel in the Bible) can respond appropriately through legal means. This clearly condemns pre-emptive war, which has always been exercised by evil men throughout history, including pagan emperors, Adolf Hitler, etc. but recently has unwittingly received endorsement from many Christians.
Interventionism and policing the world certainly was one issue, though not the only one, that provoked 9/11, but this does not mean there can be no response through legal means. The attack was an act of war by non-state actors and action could be authorized through proper channels, which happened with Rep. Ron Paul's Marque and Reprisal Act of 2001, authorizing action against al-Qaeda.
This fits the guidelines of just war, and Tomlinson's ultra-pacifist stance reveals his na'veté on the Bible and the issue at hand.
Iraq, however, constituted no threat to our national sovereignty but we bullied the nation under the guise of enforcing U.N. resolutions. The principal Biblical objection to the current war is that this was an act of aggression, not a response to an attack on national sovereignty, without constitutional authorization nonetheless.
Nevertheless, given his long-standing opposition to the Christian faith, who is Tomlinson to tell Christians how to live or think? The people currently running this country are evil, and their works reveal that. I hope and pray my brothers and sisters realize that and come out and proclaim the truth.
For Tomlinson and other self-righteous people, however, Jesus says, "Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye."
Mark McCollum
Sophomore
Civil engineering
Sudoku in space
I must say that I find Mr. Lambertsen's assertions about sudoku atrocious. "Slambo" clearly lacks the sophistication to appreciate the intricate nature of my beloved puzzles.
NASA uses sudoku to test the mental capacity of its astronauts. I wonder if Slambo ever tried a sudoku in zero G? I think not. I'll tell you, though, it is challenging, especially if you have to refold the newspaper while it is trying to float away.
So go and do your trivial crossword, the same boring puzzle your grandfather did. While you're working on that, I'll be doing sudoku on Mars.
Grant Mason
Senior
Biomedical engineering
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Trevor Bates
posted 3/02/08 @ 8:34 PM CST
Wow Michael - you're kdding right? There is no way you can be serious, right? Listen. Next time your sadly misinformed eyes scan across one a 'dem intellectual whatsits - a critique - forget everything and stay away from your readin' box. (Continued…)
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