Letter to the Editor: Students need to get informed

Dear Editor,
Do any students even care about what’s going on in this country at all? Every time I try to start talking with someone, they either don’t care, don’t know or just don’t want to talk about it. Didn’t college used to be a place of debate and conversation? Maybe I’m just not talking to the right people. If someone can point me in the right direction to a forum of discussion on this campus it would be greatly appreciated. It’s easy to sit aside and let the politicians handle everything, but it takes a little effort to get out and start debate. People who sit around and complain about laws and don’t do anything have no right to complain. Many of these people wish to have everything spoon-fed to them. Most people have no idea about what’s happening to the economy or in politics. But you know what? In the words of Bill Hicks: “Stay stupid America. Go back to bed. Keep drinking beer, you morons. Your government’s got it all figured out.” So I say to the people on campus, stay ignorant. Go to Capital City. Do shots. Stay stupid. Don’t ever read a book or pick up a newspaper. The sad thing is that the ones who really need to read this won’t even pick up The Colonnade or they’ll just skip to the police reports.

-Patrick Sancomb, junior philosophy major

Posted by gcsunade on Sep 29 2011. Filed under Letters to the Editor, Opinion. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.