Editor's Note (1/26/10)

Story by John Rincon 

| Published Jan 26, 2010

Hey everyone. My name is John Rincon, and I’ll be your editor for the next few years.

Some of you know me from school. Some of you know me from random parties, and I’m sorry I forgot your name. I’m bad with names.

Some of you know me from my various, profanity-laced articles. The profanity isn’t meant to be funny, I really do swear that much in real life.

But I digest. This column is my purpose statement. As the new editor-in-chief of this wonderful publication, I vow to bring you the funniest satire that UNL has to offer. We will publish stimulating interviews with local music artists and other pop culture icons.

It will be our mission to bring new life to Lincoln’s music scene as we dig our greedy little fingers even deeper into The Bourbon’s showcases. We will distribute free candy every Tuesday to every student on campus without exception.

That last one was a lie.

As far as content, some readers will think our articles are in bad taste. These readers either have no sense of humor, or are missing the purpose of the article entirely.

Our Haiti article is a great example. Many will be offended by this story, but keep in mind who the target of the story is, ignorant Americans.

The DailyER has the humanity to not make light of the catastrophic situation in Haiti. The point is that Americans have the tendency to care about disastrous situations, only when they occur within our borders.

Too worried about immigrants taking jobs Americans don’t want anyways, or screaming pundits on TV telling us how we’re all socialists now, the public rarely takes the time to realize that billions of fellow human beings are living in the most hopeless of environments.

I imagine this would be rather difficult to see since our heads are so far up our asses.

Perhaps we are desensitized by the constant war, death count updates, violent movies and video games, or just the comfort of living in a wealthy country that we take for granted. Maybe we just don’t want to depress ourselves, thinking of such horrific events.

Whatever it is, we need to take a moment and keep in mind those whose lives have just been destroyed and reach out if at all possible.

It will keep us grounded and remove the pedestal that America loves to sit on. It should remind you that we’re all people and we’re all in this big steaming pile of existence called life, together.

The next time someone says “America is the greatest country in the world.” Ask them, “Hey, asshole. What other countries have you been to?” If they do not provide an extensive list of other nations that they have visited and analyzed, then a swift kick in the nuts should be in order.

So take a step back everyone, and take a minute to think about someone else other than yourself. Or I’m going to kick you in the nuts. That is all.

Salud,

John Rincon

Editor-in-Chief

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