This is written in regards to the August 26, 2008 article on “Swat Lingo 101” that was brought to my attention by a member of the Swarthmore community.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
The Phoenix is read by students as well as those in the surrounding areas, and referring to the Swarthmore residents as “Villerats”, or “rampaging Mongol-like spawnlings” cannot be interpreted as anything other than derogatory.
I understand that this is considered to be sarcasm, but deriding the very community that we ourselves are just fleeting and transient guests of cannot be considered to be journalism in any respect.
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