Date: Fri, 4 May 2012 02:22:55 -0400

Subject: Re: At any price?

To: outlook@aub.edu.lb

Sorry, not sure if it copied right the first time! Mine's pretty short, so
hopefully you guys'll have room.

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On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 2:11 AM, --------------------------------- wrote:

> My bad, here it is!
>
> On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 2:03 AM, AUB Outlook <outlook@aub.edu.lb> wrote:
>
>> Thank you for understanding -----------. We'll be dedicating a spread in our
>> next issue to Letters-to-the-editor, and hopefully will have room for all
>> of them. Also, I think you've forgotten to attach your list.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 4:39 AM, ----------------------------- wrote:
>>
>>> Hey Lojine,
>>>
>>> I cut the list down to ten items, like you asked, and added an
>>> introductory blurb as well.  Let me know what you think. Also, if possible,
>>> I'd like to have this published anonymously.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> -----------------------
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 3, 2012 at 6:15 PM, AUB Outlook <outlook@aub.edu.lb> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear --------------,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> We would love to publish your pdf, however I would also like to leave
>>>> room for the numerous other replies we will be publishing. We will be
>>>> reserving a spread in our next issue dedicated to letters to editors, and
>>>> if you can please shorten your list to the most important details (perhaps
>>>> a list of 10), I would be much obliged.
>>>>
>>>> -Lojine Kamel
>>>>
>>>> Editor-in-Chief
>>>> Outlook 2011-2012
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 12:50 AM, ------------------------------ wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Dear Outlook Editors,
>>>>>
>>>>> As I'm sure you know, there is a big difference between a "viewpoint"
>>>>> article and incendiary hate-speech. I'm sure you've been made well-aware of
>>>>> this right now, but Mohamad Sibai's "piece" crossed that line.  His article
>>>>> was intolerant, offensive, and inflammatory in almost every possible way,
>>>>> referring to people as diseased "culprits... to be stoned to death," as per
>>>>> the dictates of the three main religions and, most importantly, himself.
>>>>>
>>>>> This article, with its cringe-worthy grammar and ill-conceived logic,
>>>>> would be more ridiculous than anything else were it not for its content.  I
>>>>> don't think I need to explain how targeted and unsafe a person would feel
>>>>> if they were to casually pick up their school's publication and come across
>>>>> an article that blatantly targeted and vilified people just like them.
>>>>>
>>>>> Feeling unsafe in one's community, having to continually feel
>>>>> on-guard, monitored, and negatively-judged in one's community at any and
>>>>> all times is not something those of us with "heterosexual privilege" even
>>>>> have to think about.  Please look at the PDF I attached, and consider
>>>>> publishing it in your next edition along with a distinct apology for
>>>>> letting Sibai's hate spread around campus.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> ----------------
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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