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 Re: Re: Re: "Speed Thrills" Regarding Mr. Rigopolous' response, First of all, I would like to wholeheartedly give a "hell yeah" to freedom of the press. I couldn't agree more with Mr. Rigopolous that everyone has the right to speak what's on their mind, regardless of what it is. Having said that, on to my second point. You seem to have missed the purpose of my original response. I was not writing to insinuate that "fast cars equal rich kids", as you seem to have perceived. In fact, the words "fast" and "rich" do not even appear in my article. I did, I will admit, say that your article seemed "...to be nothing more than a flaunting of imagined superiority." That's what it "seems" to be. That's my opinion and, as I have found after my response was published, the opinion of many. So I feel it necessary to represent the many as well as myself. Call me the People's Champion, if you will. You did say that you supported freedom of the press, right? As you also have mentioned, are those that own the first issue of Marvel or D.C. comics "...flaunting imagined superiority"? No, of course not. Merely possessing it does not mean flaunting it. But if I, hypothetically, owned these first issues I would not feel the need to publish a full-length article describing every page and caption in my school's internet newspaper. Why, you ask? Because no one would want to read it. Sure, maybe you could find one or two students who are actually interested in my "prized" comic book, but where does that leave us? If every "Joe Lunchbucket" could take up space in a newspaper blabbing about something that interests them, we would not only have publishings (sic) filled with numerous articles that don't matter to the people, but we would have a newspaper filled with waste. Why? Because that's not what a newspaper is for. And that is CERTAINLY not what a school newspaper is for. Not Jesuit. Not the school that I am proud to attend. So, Mr. Rigopolous, if you wish to submit your article for publishing in a magazine that is specific to automobiles, I say "hell yeah!". If you and your supporters want to read that magazine, I say "hell yeah!". But I ask you, the fine staff of JHS.Net, and the students and faculty of Jesuit High School to remove this publishing from this server. It has no place amongst articles that address Jesuit students. Would that space not be better filled with an opinion of school policy, a biography of a teacher, or some insight on one of our numerous clubs? To this, I say "hell yes". Finally, as far as you writing about my cherished Plymouth Voyager, I will respond with a no. The simple fact that you wish to fill even more of JHS.net's space with a similar article only further proves that you have completely missed my point. So I can only say "Know your role" to anyone who dares to disgrace my school's newspaper with what I like to think of as a waste of space. And if you don't like that, I make no apologies, because I am just expressing my freedom of speech. Thank you, and good night
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