Reader smolders over Corsair article "up in smoke"
Tieg Slattery, I'm confused as to your reasoning regarding the legalization of marijuana. At one point in your article "SMC student liberties 'up in smoke' to keep feds happy" you state: "It's really quite simple: take a vote, if the majority of the country supports legalizing marijuana-do it.
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Immigration not a class issue
Tieg Slattery, Your opinion piece was flatly inaccurate and disturbing. To assume that the Arizona bill is somehow a result of an American classist attack on poor people is like saying any wealthy person who puts a home security system on his house is discriminating against poor people looking to steal his TV.
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As a former police officer who arrested more people for marijuana than I care to remember, I’d like to commend Tieg Slattery for a thoughtful and well-argued piece in favor of marijuana legalization.
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Please Tell Me That Was Supposed to Be Sarcastic
Dear Editor, The irony would be funny if it weren't also painful. I opened the Corsair, the issue from Wednesday, March 24th, 2010, and read the headline: America Is Slipping In Their Educational Standards. This is not a proper sentence, even allowing for the often compromised structure of newspaper headlines.
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Veganism
I want to thank Bryn Woznicki for sharing her story of considering a vegan diet ("30 Days of Veganism: The Halfway Update," 11 March). More and more students are considering leaving meat, eggs, and dairy products off their plates to protect their health and the environment as well as to oppose cruelty to animals.
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Thoughts About Arnold
Your staff editorial on Schwarzenegger's speech was so asinine it's difficult to know where to begin. For starters, it isn't "un-American" or "foolish" to protest the Governor's commencement speech. With just a bit of reading about American history, you'd know that this country was founded by protestors and that King George III thought they were foolish, too.
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Re: They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky
Many thanks to the CORSAIR, particularly reporter Jack Stulic and photographer Samuel Darring, for the fundamentally excellent coverage of last Tuesday's program featuring THEY POURED FIRE ON US... co-authors Alephonsion Deng and Judy Bernstein.
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SMC Health Assistant Defends Prop 8
You say that the staff of the Corsair finds the passage of Proposition 8 "mortifying, truly a regression of our society's moral standards and integrity."
What?
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Associated Students / Rights of the Govenor to Attend Ceremony
What do the SMC students and staff talk about this week.
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The Safety of International Students
Re "Tuition Increase Bring Students To the Board of Trustees," April 6: I am really disappointed in what Randal Lawson, executive vice president of SMC, said about international student, Chung Ho Lee's death.
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Bush and His Band
As a Republican, I resent your characterization of George "Bush and his band" as "bigots, homophobes, religious fanatics, racists and conservative zealots" (Staff Editorial, 2/23/05). I am a member of his "band," and none of these descriptors fit me or any other Republican I know.
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Don't Park at Burger King
To the students of Santa Monica College, I'm writing this as a warning to any of my fellow students who would dare park at Burger King on Pico, buy something from them, and leave the premises to go to campus, even for a few minutes.
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