Here is a letter from one of my many fans, in response to today’s Impromptus:

You’ve outdone yourself today, I must say. An absolute crapfest. So, let me ask: if an Islamist said that “9-11 was a noble cause”, I’m sure you’d vehemently disagree. Likewise, when the US attacks countries that have done NOTHING to it (I dunno — maybe …. VIETNAM AND IRAQ!!!), people may NOT think of those causes as noble. Correct?
According to you, the only wrongs that can be right are American ones! Iraq invades Kuwait = bad. USA invades Iraq = good. I’m sure you agree with torture — as long as Americans are doing it. I await your justification for the My Lai Massacre and Abu Ghraib. The soldiers were “noble”, right?
Sheesh — you’re a nasty piece of work, aren’t you? It’s going to be a long, long sour, bitter 8, 12 or 16 years for you.

This is pure Ann Arbor — the mindset I grew up with. I don’t know where the man is from. From his e-mail address — and the commas outside the quotation marks — he appears to be Canadian. Still, this is pure Ann Arbor, metaphorically speaking. Hasn’t changed an iota since I first encountered it, long, long ago.

I kind of like the term “crapfest,” however. And the “absolute” makes it even better — I’ll give him that!