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• Sunday, August 31, 2008 07:52 AM

  Adnoto, seriously

  There is something wrong with you people. I am literally both shaking with rage and sick to my stomach. You disgust me.

  Jebbie's joke hit a nerve. My acknowledgement also hit a nerve and for that, I apologize. I meant no offense to you, nor did I mean to diminish the severity of what happened in the raids.

  But seriously, Adnoto, what have you done? For all your protestation about how lazy the rest of us are, giving lip service to causes via our computers, what have you done? Me? Well, I have aided in airlifts to refugees in war-torn countries, I've worked for an organization to abolish the death penalty, I've tutored homeless children, I've helped newly arrived political refugees to get back on their feet, I've raised money for an organization that offers bilingual education and desegregation assistance to public schools, I've volunteered at a state mental institution, I've protested war, and I've researched injustice in urban areas and written about countless ethics violations of government officials. Do you want me to go on?

  While I and others here might enrage you, perhaps you shouldn't judge us without knowing who we and what we've done. And if a moment of levity helps ease the oppression of the continued abuses of the Bush Administration, allow us to be human and enjoy that moment.

  Take a moment for yourself to step back and calm down. Channel your rage into something positive. Do something with all of the pent-up energy you have, because yelling at posters at UT really doesn't contribute much.

  —ethics_professor Read ethics_professor's other letters
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