Letter to Nick Carlson
The CommuterTuesday, April 14, 2009
I am writing in response to the article written by Nicolas Carlson on April 1, 2009. I am hoping that it was a joke. Even so, I can’t believe that it was published. The obvious grammar problems negate his whole point, unless he is pointing out that dumb people grow up to be dumb adults. Who taught him to write like this? How is this acceptable? Mr. Carlson needs to embrace the facility of higher learning that is all around him. Might an English class be prudent?He is trying to say that we are all doomed to fail unless we embrace new ideas and thoughts, that no one who is ‘old’ can do that. I would like to rebut that by pointing out that Leonardo Da Vinci was constantly coming up with new ideas and information until he died. Albert Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921 when he was 42. He continued to work, becoming one of the great minds of all time, earning him Man of the Century. The 14th Dali Lama is a man of great thought and vision. He is 73 years old yet his ideas are fresh and thoughtful. Many people around the WORLD seek his wisdom and advice. The great John Lennon wrote many great songs. John would be 68 years old today if he had not been MURDERED by Mark David Chapman, a young man at the time. Most people feel John was one of the forward thinkers of his day, and would continue to be one of the great creative minds. Look up the words to the song ‘Imagine’. The words in that song were relevant when they were written, as they are today, and will be a hundred, a thousand, maybe even a million years from now.
Mr. Carlson states that we are all wrong. How does he know this? Has he met EVERYONE? That is approximately 6.5 BILLION folks. As for the changes that we need to make, Mr. Carlson doesn’t really make any real suggestions. “Be the person you hoped to be” is a very vague statement, with no concrete guidelines. Change for the better by giving to charitable organizations with either your time or money. Help a child (or an adult) learn to read, recycle, carpool, grow your own organic veggies, help an elderly neighbor. This is just a small portion of the things that me and my family do to make this a better planet. I have one last suggestion for our young Mr. Carlson. Please steer clear of drugs and alcohol, as you have precious few brain cells to spare.Nanette Dorsey
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