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CAT Tracks for December 10, 2010
BROWN TAKES OFFENSE |
They say...the best defense is a good offense.
Well, in a "Letter to the Editor" of The Cairo Citizen, Cairo Board of Education Member Danny Brown takes to the offensive concerning recent media coverage/criticism of the Cairo Pilots opening week basketball schedule.
Actually, I found it refreshing for a Member of the Cairo School Board to come to the defense of school personnel. It is, sadly, a rare occurrence.
However, calls to suppress criticism and "rally 'round the flag" (or, in this case, "our duty to stand together with the school system and provide a united front to the rest of the area") smacks of the "America...Love It or Leave It" mentality which denies one of the most valued principles upon which (the United States of) "America" was founded...Freedom of Speech.
Blind allegiance...a virtue? I don't think so! Seen too many little tin gods, near and far.
Oh, well, that's my humble opinion. As they say...everybody's got one.
And...
Without further ado, here's Mr. Brown's...
From the December 9th Edition of The Cairo Citizen...
