Ambrose Bennett had another letter to the editor published in the Variety today. Let's do a sentence to common sense comparison:
BEING a patriotic American, I couldn’t help but to respond to the letter accusing federalization of being an impediment (sentence 1). Like the author, I am also well-versed in theology but this is not about theology, it’s about common sense and how to best serve and protect the people of the CNMI in a world that is very different from the times of the conception of the commonwealth (sentence 2).Number of sentences: 12
The time has come for the commonwealth to change (sentence 3). Change is the most powerful force in mankind’s evolutionary process on this planet and you can either adapt and deal with these evolutionary social, economic and political changes or become extinct or broke figuratively (sentence 4).
The CNMI hasn’t changed the “mode of operations & governing” since the conception of the CNMI over 30 years ago and now we are far behind — it is really that simple and it’s common sense (sentence 5).
I was glad to see the author promoting the idea of “ONE” but everyone with common sense should know that every citizen, regardless of their ethnicity, in the CNMI will find social and economic prosperity together or we won’t find it at all (sentence 6). The intent of making life better for only the indigenous people is called “social imperialism” and I’m sure everyone with common sense knows this is not a good thing for our modern society (sentence 7).
His message of NO to federalization and uniting the indigenous people to fight against federalization is nothing more than “Jim Crow” ideology all over again that should have died with the rise and success of the Civil Rights movement (sentence 8).
I’m sure the majority of people in the CNMI don’t condone the ideology of segregation in any form (social, economical or political), especially when we are all stuck on the same small islands together and it’s really common sense (sentence 9).
As for the abuses, I wasn’t here during the Trust Territory, but I have read the history and the only documented abuses I know of took place within the garment industry and in the homes of indigenous people (sentence 10).
But why do we keep bringing up a past that is over 30 years old as an excuse when it has nothing to do with the here and now and we can’t do anything about the events and days that have gone by (sentence 11)? Stop living in the past and live for tomorrow because you are beating on a dead horse figuratively and that’s common sense (sentence 12).
References to common sense: 6
Conclusion: 50% of Ambrose Bennett's sentences contain the phrase "common sense."
I'd like to see him get that ratio up to 60% in his next letter.
Come on, Bennett! Do it for your country!
2 commented:
But has he been saying this for years?
I'd love to see him teach Algebra:
"5 plus 8 equals 13. It's common sense."
"It is just common sense that anything multiplied by zero equals zero"
"You'll need to use this stuff when you're working for the government. You'll need more than just common sense!"
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