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Some people are offended way too easily
December 11, 2007Wasn't planning on blogging today, but after what happened while I was at work, I had to feel like getting something off my chest.
When a team makes it to a state title game, we run stories on them almost every day of the week. Usually, the first one I write is a profile on the opponent that our area team is playing.
So if you read our paper today, you would have noticed a story on Alto, Seymour's opponent this Saturday.
The purpose of this is to inform our readers (specifically Seymour fans) about the team they are playing. I even get quotes from the other coach. Standard procedure -- I did this last year on Chilton when it played Windthorst. No big deal right?
Apparently it was to Seymour, as some people took this as a slap in the face. I got four personal e-mails sent to me asking why I was writing about Alto and complaining about a lack of Seymour coverage.
The regular sports e-mail got a rant as well, and we even had someone from circulation coming over to us saying that people in Seymour were threatening to cancel their subscriptions.
Get a grip, people. It's one story. I have plenty more to write this week about Seymour. I spent an hour or so in your town on Monday talking to coaches and players.
Now I know there was only a small percent of people who are up in arms. And I have met lots of truly great people from that town, so I am not trying to lump everybody together.
But I just thought the outcry was kinda ridiculous, that was all. I mean, do you all think I wouldn't write anything good about Seymour all week?
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