Word: righteous
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Antony J. Blinken and Errol T. Louis criticize Harvard students in the most self-righteous manner (3/14/83), yet fail to examine why there was such a great reaction to the cancellation and reinstatement of Bloom County. When I want to write about the Core Curriculum I will write to President Bok. When I want to write about the arms control debate I will write to President Reagan. Harvard students are not apathetic and the indictment made by Blinken and Louis that they are was done in a less than responsible manner. Martia Reichel...
...moral value was not for The Crimson to judge. The hypocrisy of such a stand for press self-censorship is terrifying indeed. The fact that Harvard students responded as they did suggest a rather healthy grasp of important issues. The Crimson has every right to be self-righteous, even trendy; but it should stay out of the business of censorship. Padraic J. Kennedy...
Taking a stand on issues opens The Crimson to charges of being self-righteous and self-important. Taking a stand on a cartoon strip prompted outright abuse. But the fact of the matter is that most of us are simply trying to learn some skills, publish six papers and a magazine every week, and enjoy ourselves at the same time. In that, we are no different than the campus' athletes, musicians, actors, politicians and community service volunteers. Obviously, we want everyone to read The Crimson and we value constructive criticism. But we don't force anyone to buy the paper...
...suggest that you publish Monday's strip, if only to inform Crimson readers of the banality of your prudery. Your misguidedly self-righteous concern over a nebulous offense is no more than a priggish display of editorial hubris. Ralph Vetters '85 Harry Browne...
...TENDS TO BE suspicious of children's poetry books simply because they seem a little self-righteous. Their very existence implies ignorance of boorishness on the part of the reader, as if to say, "You don't realize the child's talent, but here is overwhelming evidence to throw in your face. " The impulse is to brace oneself for the challenge prepare to read the most astonishing and brilliant verse ever written by a child...