2008 Woodie Awards
Letter: Quote in veteran article came across as ignorant
Issue date: 10/30/06 Section: Opinion
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Editor,
I was featured in an article about veteran students in Friday's Daily Lobo. I was quoted as bad-mouthing philosophy majors. To clarify, Joshua Curtis did not misquote me, and I was pleased with his article. It was an accurate quote, but it came across as pompous and ignorant, which is unfortunate.
As a political science major, I fully appreciate the science of philosophy and have taken philosophy classes. Political science cannot exist without philosophy, and our government is founded on the principles of philosophers like John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. As one of my old teachers was very quick to point out, I presented a false dichotomy.
It is essential that political players in our country and our society in general think before they act. Actions without prior thought can be - and have been - devastating. What was behind my quote was a frustration with those who do nothing but think. To all philosophers out there, take this as a peace offering, and keep doing what you do.
Ben Mills
UNM student
I was featured in an article about veteran students in Friday's Daily Lobo. I was quoted as bad-mouthing philosophy majors. To clarify, Joshua Curtis did not misquote me, and I was pleased with his article. It was an accurate quote, but it came across as pompous and ignorant, which is unfortunate.
As a political science major, I fully appreciate the science of philosophy and have taken philosophy classes. Political science cannot exist without philosophy, and our government is founded on the principles of philosophers like John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. As one of my old teachers was very quick to point out, I presented a false dichotomy.
It is essential that political players in our country and our society in general think before they act. Actions without prior thought can be - and have been - devastating. What was behind my quote was a frustration with those who do nothing but think. To all philosophers out there, take this as a peace offering, and keep doing what you do.
Ben Mills
UNM student
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Brian Fejer
posted 10/30/06 @ 8:30 AM MST
Hey Mills, That Critical Thinking class has come in handy. I got a lot out of that last summer. I never attack the man much anymore. We should have some beer & talk politic. (Continued…)
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