Human and hellbound
Matt Weaver, Chief Designer
Issue date: 10/22/04 Section: Opinion
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Human and hell-bound
Attention all UA students, faculty and staff. If one or more of the following attributes apply to you, Gary "Moses" Bowman has consigned you to hell: drinker, smoker, glutton, breather, hippie, musician, fornicator, sorority member, fraternity member, gay, lesbian, Catholic, Episcopal, Jew, Buddhist, Taoist, Hindu, Muslim, Confucian, atheist, agnostic, pro-choice, anti-gay marriage amendment, Democratic, Republican, blond, brunette, redhead, hunter, fisher, Harry Potter fan, Lord of the Rings fan, Star Trek fan, Star Wars fan, Wizard of Oz fan, pop music fan, movie fan, Irish, sexually active, couch potato, casual dater, partier, speaker of any language other than English, newspaper or magazine subscriber, tax payer, potty mouth, day sleeper, postal carrier, truck driver, drive-thru window attendant, waitress, mall employee, zoo keeper, basket weaver, songwriter, liquor store clerk, student, unwed mother, single father, foreign car driver, consumer, soldier, judge, lawyer, doctor, professor, lover, hater, indifferent party, dissenter, or human being. Consider yourselves forewarned.
I can be down with that. That's all his opinion, which he is more than welcome to hold and express. What's great about this guy is that he recognizes his right as a living, breathing American citizen to practice free speech, and he makes extensive use of that right. Kudos to Moses for his taking advantage of free expression and the mental fortitude exhibited by his withstanding with a smile the jeers and insults of an audience that at times is quite tough. But what chaps me about him is that he does not recognize that free speech right as held by others.
I was standing mid-pack in his motley audience yesterday, enjoying myself thoroughly, when, not five minutes after praising Wednesday's Traveler editorial supporting his constitutional right to speak his mind freely, Bowman called for the public burning of all books in the J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series and all copies of Charles Darwin's Origin of the Species.
Attention all UA students, faculty and staff. If one or more of the following attributes apply to you, Gary "Moses" Bowman has consigned you to hell: drinker, smoker, glutton, breather, hippie, musician, fornicator, sorority member, fraternity member, gay, lesbian, Catholic, Episcopal, Jew, Buddhist, Taoist, Hindu, Muslim, Confucian, atheist, agnostic, pro-choice, anti-gay marriage amendment, Democratic, Republican, blond, brunette, redhead, hunter, fisher, Harry Potter fan, Lord of the Rings fan, Star Trek fan, Star Wars fan, Wizard of Oz fan, pop music fan, movie fan, Irish, sexually active, couch potato, casual dater, partier, speaker of any language other than English, newspaper or magazine subscriber, tax payer, potty mouth, day sleeper, postal carrier, truck driver, drive-thru window attendant, waitress, mall employee, zoo keeper, basket weaver, songwriter, liquor store clerk, student, unwed mother, single father, foreign car driver, consumer, soldier, judge, lawyer, doctor, professor, lover, hater, indifferent party, dissenter, or human being. Consider yourselves forewarned.
I can be down with that. That's all his opinion, which he is more than welcome to hold and express. What's great about this guy is that he recognizes his right as a living, breathing American citizen to practice free speech, and he makes extensive use of that right. Kudos to Moses for his taking advantage of free expression and the mental fortitude exhibited by his withstanding with a smile the jeers and insults of an audience that at times is quite tough. But what chaps me about him is that he does not recognize that free speech right as held by others.
I was standing mid-pack in his motley audience yesterday, enjoying myself thoroughly, when, not five minutes after praising Wednesday's Traveler editorial supporting his constitutional right to speak his mind freely, Bowman called for the public burning of all books in the J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series and all copies of Charles Darwin's Origin of the Species.
