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...shocked that The Crimson would allow a piece, specifically Nanaho Sawano's commentary "A Modern Princess," (Oct. 19) into its newspaper under the guise of an editorial when it is in fact a thinly-veiled piece of Diana-bashing stemming from Sawano's personal grudge against the princess rather than from anything substantive...
First, Sawano slips into the since-I-go-to-Harvard-I-must-be-better-than-you condescension which is always obnoxious. She sneers at the princess for being a "giggly high school dropout" and compares Diana to her personal favorites, Japan's Princess Masako '85, who graduated from fair Harvard, and Jordan's Queen Noor who has a pretty Princeton degree in her cache. One does not need an Ivy League diploma to have compassion, nor does having compassion come with being a student of the Ivy League. But then again, Sawano proved the latter condition with her article...
Second, Sawano dismissingly declares that Princess Diana's "major accomplishment was to have two children--not much of an accomplishment considering that she was female." Oh really? Sawano undermines the responsibilities of motherhood by stating that it involves nothing more than being female and going into labor. Sawano would have us all be a breeder of cows...
Thirdly, Sawano weakly concludes that the fact that Diana "could never seem to keep close friends or loyal servants" is "evidence" against her "humanity." Try having loyal servants and close friends when everyone around to you is writing a book or selling details of your daily life to the highest bidder...
...store chain seeks to profit from the record-breaking Diana tribute (TIME Daily...