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Only Ignorant Clowns Would Dare to Offer Criticism of the Way Things Are Done
RECEIVED Tue., Nov. 22, 2005
Dear Editor,
Re: The Klan rally and the APD: It would be interesting to know (although we never will) what the Chronicle's spin would have been had the city mounted a minimum effort around that rally and a riot had occurred [“Point Austin,” News, Nov. 18]. Would Michael King have then berated the city for not being prepared to deal with what was an entirely predictable outcome? There used to be an adage that went, "Those who can do, while those who can't, teach." Perhaps we should change that to, "Those who can do, while those who can't become reporters and kibitz about those trying to do." This sort of situation always brings out every unqualified observer on the planet, who then become self-anointed experts on exactly what the people who actually have the job should have done. Do you suppose it's anything like having some ignorant clown telling you how to do your job? Or are reporters immune from the fear of chicken snakes?
Re: The Klan rally and the APD: It would be interesting to know (although we never will) what the Chronicle's spin would have been had the city mounted a minimum effort around that rally and a riot had occurred [“Point Austin,” News, Nov. 18]. Would Michael King have then berated the city for not being prepared to deal with what was an entirely predictable outcome? There used to be an adage that went, "Those who can do, while those who can't, teach." Perhaps we should change that to, "Those who can do, while those who can't become reporters and kibitz about those trying to do." This sort of situation always brings out every unqualified observer on the planet, who then become self-anointed experts on exactly what the people who actually have the job should have done. Do you suppose it's anything like having some ignorant clown telling you how to do your job? Or are reporters immune from the fear of chicken snakes?
Scott Sexton
