The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, August 02, 1979, Page Page 7, Image 7
To the Editor:
Your editorial regarding
oil company profits (July
26, 1979) filled me with a
curious mixture of
fascination and dread.
I was fascinated by the
sheer stupidity of the ari
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that such a piece of nonsense
would appear in a
university newspaper.
TRADITIONALLY, centers
of higher education
have fostered intellectual
development. Your
editorial casts strong
doubts on the continuation
of that tradition.
Your editorial reflects
both the lack of basic
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and increasing frustration
regarding the energy
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3 You obviously fail to
5 realize that without exl
ploration incentives for new
t domestic sources of oil, we
f will have no new oil to
replace and maintain our
declining reserves. If it is a
t "terrible waste of money"
c to search for more domestic
c oil in a time of increasing
I dependence on foreign
t sources, I would be curious
e to see your method of wisely
i .<?
a using tnis money.
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What is most frightening
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Freshmen wan
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Visitors, freshmen and transfer
serious problem locating classroon
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definite need for publicly displ
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The confusion suffered by visitc
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about your article is the ]
lack of understanding ?
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in our economy. Profits are
not evil, and they are not a
sign of dishonest business
activities. They are the
reward and incentive for
risk-taking.
WITHOUT the possibility
of profit to inspire economic
risk-taking, we would be
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iorcea to reiy on compulsion
or altruism to
produce goods and services.
it public displai
With just a litt
around a new cam
students have a has probably bee
is, administration time or another,
lings. There is a
layed maps and It is terrible to n
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)le task.
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d be easily and Freshman, undeci
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that you utilize newspaper
space in a more productive
manner rather than filling
it with such worthless
editorials. - In this case,
blank space would have
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stimulating.
I would also urge that you
contact the engineering
school regarding a potential
energy source for heating
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hot air which your editorial
staff seems to generate so
well.
Edward D. McCarthy, Jr.
Graduate Student in International
Business
Studies
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