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TO THE DAILY:

First of all, I think that the protest against the Daily was perfectly justified because there have been many cases of racial slanting, bias, etc., in this newspaper. God knows if people hadn't protested, the editors may have never gotten the message that people actually read the paper and care about what racist trash they slip in.

However, as American citizens, as well as minority students, we must acknowledge the right for the Daily to publish its views and ideas.

It's called freedom of speech. First Amendment. Ring a bell?

It seems that some people are saying that "canceling" the Daily wasn't a form of "censorship." Excuse me? By "canceling" the Daily and taking the papers "for the common good," you basically are implying that the "common" people don't have minds of their own and can't be able be trusted to read something, think about it and come up with their own conclusions.

I think that is as belittling and degrading as anything as I've read in the Daily. If you decide to censor the Daily, what next? Ban "Huck Finn" because it contains racial slurs?

Just because a view is unpopular, racist or both does not mean people shouldn't get a chance to listen to it.

If that is the case, the works of Martin Luther King Jr. wouldn't have been heard because it wasn't popular in the 1960s. But when people heard it, sat down and thought about it, it started to make sense.

Don't deny people that same opportunity.

TIM YOON

LSA JUNIOR