johncoby2
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Tue Dec-21-04 07:00 PM
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Time responds to my letter to editor |
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Edited on Tue Dec-21-04 07:39 PM by johncoby2
Cant tell if this is a form letter or not. Probalby is:
>This year we gave our relatives subscriptions to Time for a small Christmas >gift. This year they don't want it. > >Neither do I. > > >--
Dear Reader:
We regret your disappointment over the selection of President Bush as TIME's Person of the Year. But perhaps we should remind you of the traditional standard by which the editors make their annual choice. The Person of the Year is not an award or a tribute. The question at the center of the selection process is, Who or what, for better or worse, has affected the way we live today? The answer to that question could be a force for good (for example, Winston Churchill, Man of the Year, 1940; Dwight Eisenhower, 1944) or for evil (Adolf Hitler, Man of the Year, 1939; Ayatullah Khomeini, 1979). And to the latter, President George W. Bush must be added for 2004 -- there is no one else whose agenda and actions in the past year had such universal impact. As managing editor Jim Kelly noted in his Letter From the Editor, Bush has had his highs and lows over the past four years, but in the end he prevailed in the 2004 election by "persuading a majority of voters this time around that he deserved to be in the White House for another four years."
Thank you for writing. We appreciated having the opportunity to respond to your concerns.
Best wishes.
TIME Letters
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Blue Diadem
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Tue Dec-21-04 07:04 PM
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1. You might want to edit your personal info. |
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I'm sure you don't want the freepers harassing you.
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NV Whino
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Tue Dec-21-04 07:06 PM
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2. This appears to be an exact duplicate |
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of the one that another DUer got.
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Artemis Bunyon
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Tue Dec-21-04 07:08 PM
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3. Their response is pretty compelling. |
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I haven't read the article accompanying their choice, but the choice itself is no endorsement. Many freaks have been Time's Man of the Year. Stalin, twice!
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Tue Dec-21-04 07:12 PM
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6. Yes, I agree... Going by their criteria, I can't really argue their choice |
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Everybody here knows what a sunuvabitch Bush is, but it's hard to argue that he's been most influential.
Besides, in the grand scheme of things, does this really matter?
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Tue Dec-21-04 07:09 PM
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4. Edit out your name and address before it is too late. |
paula777
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Tue Dec-21-04 07:11 PM
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5. I'm writing it down .... I'm writing down the address |
Bronco69
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Tue Dec-21-04 07:14 PM
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7. Please edit your personal info. |
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Hatemail is no fun unless you're reading it here at DU.
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zoeb
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Tue Dec-21-04 07:15 PM
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8. Bush was their man because |
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Scott Peterson lacked the "universal impact" attribute.
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johncoby2
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Tue Dec-21-04 07:22 PM
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9. you guys are paranoid! eom |
Bluebear
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Tue Dec-21-04 07:27 PM
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10. There's good reason to be in this day and age. |
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I, too, would edit my personal info out.
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livinginphotographs
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Tue Dec-21-04 07:34 PM
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11. Seriously, edit it out. |
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There was an incident a while back where a freeper figured out who a DUer was and got him fired.
I've have reasonably accessable personal info from here, but I'd never post my home address or phone number.
Really, edit it out! (I'm sitting here nervous just reading all that personal info)
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Bronco69
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Tue Dec-21-04 07:34 PM
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12. OK then don't edit it |
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But will you promise to post each of the letters you get and tell us about each phone call?
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johncoby2
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Tue Dec-21-04 07:40 PM
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13. OK OK I did it. Thanks for the heads up |
livinginphotographs
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Tue Dec-21-04 07:57 PM
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I'm breathing a sigh of relief for you. Those freepers can be nasty.
:thumbsup:
/end hijack
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Tue Dec-21-04 08:19 PM
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15. If that's true, please ask them why they didn't choose OBL for Man of the |
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