Dear Editor,
As one of my fellow students previously stated, Americans originally came to our great land in the 1600s to start afresh, away from the tyranny of the English crown, who tried to control everything: including the nuances of their subjects’ lives, such as what religion they studied, to whom was allowed at court or to advance in society.
When England still tried to control them from across the sea, the colonists started the Revolutionary War, showing England they would not tolerate tyranny in any form, from anyone.
?Editor, you addressed the students who would pay for their parking to think of someone else for a change, particularly the people who work here such as janitors and cooks.
I will admit, I fall into a category of lifestyle that most students would describe as “upper class,”?and that when I wrote my challenge to the school administration challenging the ethics of the parking plan, I wasn’t thinking of these people in particular.
Just because I have the money, does not mean I want to pay it.
Which is, in some degree, what the colonists were thinking about the British taxes, as well. The richer colonists were not necessarily angry about paying the taxes on their tea and sugar, but on the principle of the matter.
Am I saying that my fellow students are going to write their own Declaration of Independence and create a militia to fight the administration on the elitist parking system? Certainly not.
I do, however, think that the administration should expect a rebellion of their own making.
I suspect the student population will start challenging this tyranny in their own ways: particularly, more student transfers and a drop in on campus drivers, to start off.
– A. Niko Ramsey

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