I find Mr. Dunnick’s letter on Aug. 30 to be rather interesting.

For someone who appears to understand the purpose of humor in advertising so well, I am amazed at your sophomoric use of the lowest forms thereof.

You see, Mr. Dunnick, it is not ironic that Ms. Spangler is “compelled to expose to the public” her own sex life. It is, rather, the ground on which she is allowed to make her claim, and therefore pertinent.

It is much harder for her to claim she is offended by statements of a sexual manner if she herself has no sexual inhibitions whatsoever. It is also HER sex life and therefore HER call as to when and to whom she may make such information public.

There is a difference between self-congratulatory flaunting and the disclosure of information necessary, as background, for the construction of an argument.

Secondly, Mr. Dunnick, I find the crass generalizations that you make about Ms. Spangler to be appalling.

Ms. Spangler chooses not to have sex and therefore, has no sense of humor and is sexually repressed is an interesting little hypothesis, if I’m reading it right. In fact, sir, it reeks of bigotry.

If, sir, you chose to make an analogous statement about a different racial or ethnic group, you would be a racist.

If, instead, you chose to make such a statement about a homosexual, you would be a bigot. But congratulations, sir, you have chosen to make a stereotyped statement on rather safe ground; she’s just a moral prude.

This is blatant, blinkered, self-righteous, closed-mindedness, sir. I find it odd that the road to being closed minded only travels in one direction.

You, sir, are one step above bigotry in the intellectual argument hierarchy in your last three paragraphs, and I really think you can do better than sinking to some of the lowest means available to you.

When all else fails, make fun of the weird kid right?

It doesn’t matter if her views are well founded or not; it doesn’t matter if she has a valid point or not. I’m better than her.

That’s what matters.

And since I’m better than her, I can say what I want about her, poke fun at her and be out-and-out condescending toward her.

It’s infantile, and it reeks of persecutory behavior. Though few people will tell you this because of who you have chosen to belittle.

The next time you choose to tear someone down publicly, please, have a valid reason for doing so, and do so in an intelligent, well-founded manner, not mired in your own egocentricity.

Erik Edwards

Senior

Chemical engineering