Well, Mr. Mosby, your bravado and self-righteousness are certainly impressive. I can’t tell you how absolutely hilarious and clever that Annie/”Hard knock life” theme was.

You misread everything I said, Wendell.

Rather than get the facts straight, you chose to launch an unfounded, immature, personal attack.

I never claimed to have a miserable oppressed existence. I KNOW how good I have it.

All I asked for was to clear up a few misconceptions. Your anger at certain inequalities is very understandable, just misdirected.

The rationale you use in your letter doesn’t make any sense.

If someone was to use your logic, that would mean that no one can ask for understanding if there is someone else in the world who has it worse.

Well, then someone from a poverty-stricken Third World country or a recently bombed Middle-Eastern country should write in and ask you how YOU like THEM apples.

Don’t you dare tell me I’m selfish and closed-minded, Mr. Mosby.

You would have no idea about what affects me and what doesn’t. I don’t care if you like me, either, Wendell, but I will answer one of your accusations.

As a matter of fact, Carrie Chapman Catt was an alumna of my sorority. I am torn by this issue. I am grateful for everything she did for women every time I go to vote.

At the same time, I have a hard time accepting the means by which she won women the right to vote. Does having more than one point of view make me a bigot, Wendell? NO.

You wouldn’t know any of this because you opted to lash out against someone that did nothing to you.

In my last letter, I made no mention of the “boot-cut jeans and pea coat comment” because I thought it was funny and sometimes true.

On the other hand, Wendell, you seemed to be really bitter about the whole situation, especially about NOT being able to dress alike. You’re not making sense. Are you just angry because the T-shirt company you tried to start up last year isn’t carried in North Grand?

I have something to say about the comment that I should think about the “real unrepresented people” before I speak again.

Weren’t you a Cyclone Aide this past summer? You sound like your representing yourself pretty well on this campus, Wendell.

Reread my letter, Mr. Mosby. Any time something you read pisses you off and you feel the need to start screaming about it like you did last week, reread it VERY carefully. Make sure you’re ranting at the right person for the right reason.

I accepted your scary tough-guy “challenge” only because you attacked me as a person.

Point your anger somewhere else, Wendell Mosby. You’re aiming at the wrong person. I did nothing to wrong you.

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Annie Johnson

Junior

English