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rotten_fish
2006-02-23 08:54 pm UTC (link)

To Mr. Lin:

I must say, you've got guts to post here...and I admire that. While my plastic wand is carefully tucked in my cape for the next fight, I'll use my quill here. Seems to be more effective these days.

Like Melissa, I've spent quite a bit of time, even sleepless hours last night, thinking about what you wrote in your article. While I enjoy satire as much as the next person, I don't feel you should have used ANY living person in your 'bound and gagged' scenario. Even if you had used Anne Frank's or JRR Tolkein's, both now deceased authors, I would still be incensed. In fact, why did you have to conjuer up that dispicable image at all? Having it flash on our TV screens over and over isn't enough?

You are insensitive, crass and obviously cold-hearted. To write a 'Guide to Effective Terrorism' and then attempt to make it a satire smacks hard in the face of all of us who care about the human struggle...insults those who lost loved ones in all our recent attacks: 9/11, 7/7, the USS Cole, the embassies around the world, Israel, Spain, Indonesia, Japan and other places. Furthermore, don't you think that 'vaguely Middle Eastern-looking men carrying large firearms' is a case of profiling? I know several Middle-Eastern-looking men who wouldn't harm a fly! Maybe they'll want to meet you in some dark alley next week. Do you not have any compassion for your fellow man? I would think that you have a brighter future with Al Qaeda, writing training manuals for them. I'm sure Osama will welcome your resume.

If you take so much joy in writing gruesome images, I'd say you have a future as a novelist in the fiction genre. Give that a try, why don't you? Stephen King will welcome the challenge there.

Instead of sending you an email, I sent one to John L. Hennessy. Know who he is? You should. He's the President of Stanford University. I hope he gives you a call; tells you that your services at The Stanford Daily...no, your ENROLLMENT at the university...is no longer needed or appreciated. Heads have rolled in the past for lesser offenses. You see, with your so-called satire, you brought down the house in which you reside...the great and honorable Stanford University. That alone should bring shame to you.

If I were Jo Rowling, I would be sending my team of well-versed attorneys to your doorstep because, as we all know, writers must take responsibility for their actions. Just go back three weeks to James Frey and you'll recall what happened to him. I doubt he'll get a single publisher to print his next work, which only means he'll have to self-publish...an expensive venture. And then who'll buy it? He's nothing but a washed-up, would-be.

So, I'll leave it to this. I have other, more important social, political and national security issues to think about; emails to send to CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC, FOX and the White House. No more posturing about what you said or the responses that I wrote here.

I actually feel sorry for you, Mr. Lin. With your last name Lin, I assume you are Chinese (yes, I could be wrong and forgive me if I am). However, all my life I've always admired how the respect for family and honor has been passed on down through the generations of the Chinese families. Too bad, you didn't learn anything from your ancestors. You will have to deal with that shame all by yourself.

You do have writing talent, Mr. Lin. Next time, I hope you channel it in the right direction. Good Luck.

Posted by hearttugger on February 23, 2006 at 1:13 PM

Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God.

THERE ARE NO WORDS.

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	narcissam 2006-02-23 08:58 pm UTC (link)
	Like Melissa, I've spent quite a bit of time, even sleepless hours last night, thinking about what you wrote in your article. Whereas I spent sleepless hours last night re-reading 'Diplomatic Immunity' by Lois McMaster Bujold. I think I got the better deal there. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	mael 2006-02-23 09:03 pm UTC (link)
	I spent sleepless hours last night reading Batman/Robin/Batgirl porn. I think I win. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	westmoon 2006-02-23 09:52 pm UTC (link)
	OMG me too! (Reply to this)(Parent)

	splorch 2006-02-24 12:05 am UTC (link)
	I spent sleepless hours last night discovering Wonder Showzen, a show which I fear might break this wacknut's brain. The episode? "Diversity". (Reply to this)(Parent)