Dear Editor,
In last weeks article, “ASB Rejects Resolution to Ban Dixie” Sean Higgins became the latest administration sock puppet to strain at a gnat and swallow a camel. Sean said, “I think it’s offensive…” speaking for the nameless, faceless, never quoted multitude he believes he represents in denouncing the song Dixie for being the Confederate anthem (even though it was written by a northerner and was a favorite of Abraham Lincoln).
Mr. Higgins and his ilk will invariable overlook the real offense in the bands repertoire: Rock and Roll Part 2. The author Gary Glitter was arrested and convicted of child pornography, was deported from Cambodia for suspected child sexual abuse, had a similar arrest and conviction in Vietnam, is on the sex offenders list for life, and that is a brief and modest description of his exploits. Anyone that claims Dixie is offensive and winks at the band playing Gary Glitter’s song is only looking for a political feather in their cap.
Ricky Martin
Ole Miss Band Parent
