The Wayne Review replies

From: waynereview@yahoo.com
To: Jeffrey
Date: April 19, 2004
Subject: Re: Affirmative Action article

Jeffrey,
We never have liked him (the straw man.) He ruined the Wizard of Oz for us, and we have been pissed ever since. Look for our next article in which we lynch Jar Jar Binks to continue our crusade.

On a serious note. Our paper is an opinion paper, its not a totally objective news times, journal, gazette, or any other daily news source. IT follows in a long line of NEWS REVIEW, hence the name. As for a Straw Man, I would contend that it is not. I think that it might be a tad thin as far as examples, but it is meant to convey and opinion not necessarily a list of facts. The article is not the "Editors" either, it is, like the disclaimer states, merely the opinion of its author, we at the Review do agree with the general idea and theme, but it is not specifically the view of the entire Wayne Review Staff.

I read your Blog, and I want to comment on it. Your right, our paper does have a lot of grammatical errors. I will not make excuses for that, and it does disappoint me that we were so lacking in our copy editing. But our objective is to spur debate on several issues. We do not aim to convert people to think like us, or to even appeal to every person. But when people read us, they either agree, disagree, or think about the issues. We will continue to get better both in our writing, and our technical aspects of publication.

By Blogging about us, we know that we are at least encouraging you to think about what we write about. Even if you disagree, we are accomplishing one of our primary goals.

I as the editor do not believe this country is in need of some type of class warfare, but more of a conflict between the principles that many currently hold and the idea that we must return to the principles that founded and created this country. The ideology and morality that set the country on its way to becoming the greatest country in the world.

I dont expect you to ever like us, agree with us, or even praise us. Heck you may never read us again. But you did read the first two issues, and now as a student at Wayne have thought about and formulated new ideas, and solidified old ones. We accomplished one of our goals and that makes us happy.

Thank you for reading, thank you for commenting, and thank you for being committed to your ideals and principles enough to email us.

Joe Koss
Editor-in-Chief, The Wayne Review