In response to Ms. Rudloff’s typical PC reaction, I found myself more than a little fed up. It is time we stop giving the standard response to every topic. Although Mr. Balough seemed to miss the mark in his prior article, as he filled his piece with glib opinion of what is wrong with BDSM; this does not mean we should welcome it with open arms. Whereas I find nothing wrong with what consenting adults do behind closed doors, including the proponents of BDSM, there is an element missing from the conversation: common sense. The real issue to me is whether or not the university should be giving funds to this organization to make flyers for their cause. The funds given to the LGBTAA, to a much greater extent, are legitimized by the need for preventing discrimination against its members. It was not given to promote people coming in to see what the lifestyle was behind closed doors. If we are to promote this organization with funds, it would be the same as deciding to give funds to a hypothetical “men on the curb” group that picks up women several nights a week. I could use the same argument that their activities “rarely result in actual sexual intercourse” to defend them. So rather than using the same old excuse that everyone else in the country is doing it and somehow Iowa should get with the program, let’s try approaching things with common sense. That is something I’m sure Iowa still has. Nathan Richards

Junior

Computer engineering