People are the most devaluated resource at The Daily Aztec. That's why, aside from making sure most of our staff members DO NOT GET PAID, we believe in treating every employee with respect and dignity--but only as long as they do not express themselves freely AGAINST us. Shall that be the case they will be censored (if they're lucky) or simply fired (lotsa fish in the water out there, ya know?) On top of that, we expect every employee to represent The Daily Azwipe as if it actually had class and professionalism both inside and outside of the office (actually we aren't very successful at this because our editorial writers, with the FULL knowledge and consent of the editors, are a bunch of morons who speak with half truths, care very little for the use of the most elemental LOGIC in their opinions, and usually write cliche drivel more apt for high schoolers than for people being trained to be professionals. But hey! It looks good when we say we say it's our policy to be professionals, right?)
Our success has always been dependent upon people working WITHOUT PAY, and under penalty of censorship --or worse-- if they even DARE to speak against us. To obtain our goals and continue our development, it's crucial we incommunicate dissenting parties involved openly and consistently in marking our faults and telling the TRUTH about us. We must feel free to honestly disagree with one another, while knowing that once a decision is made, we won't give a CRAP about what they think even if they happen to be right.
Without the trust of our ADVERTISERS, we cannot succeed. That's why it is not essential that each of us maintains the highest standards of integrity as we go about pretending we are actually in the business of informing the public. When mistakes do occur, TOUGH BEANS for our actions are none of your concern (specially if you're in our staff), and correcting those errors in a timely matter is not what we feel like doin'.
We place our highest FEAR on courage. Telling the truth is not always easy; it takes great courage and it involves the risk of ourselves being EXPOSED. We do not take these qualities lightly and, in fact, we don't even WANT them. We must CASTRATE their practice and DISCOURAGE these qualities to secure an environment with a FACADE of professional growth and personal fulfillment.
As an organization, we will strive to abide by these values even if
it means firing people, censoring our staff, or having page after page
of asinine material nobody really gives a crap about. We believe that by
embracing them, our Employees will be properly CONTROLLED, our Readers
will be better SEDATED, and our RéSUMéS will look SO darn
good when we go and apply for a job in a REAL newspaper.
The advertisement must:
Advertising material is not intended for informational purposes, but to boggle the minds of the readers into thinking they are not cool enough and thus need to buy capitalist merchandise in order to be "in," and to see how many chicks would like to do porn or take off their shirts for money only, and such material should not be construed as a written or oral promotion, endorsement or investigation of such purely commercial activities or misadventures by The Daily Azwipe. We're just doin' it for the money, ya know? We care less if some dude wants our female students to do porn for him or if some big ass capitalist wants our students to feel inadequate because they don't dress like they say.
Complaints concerning advertisements should be directed to the editor in chief of The Daily Azwipe, but instead they go straight to our garbage can. Yeah, like we give a crap about what YOU think...
The Daily Azwipe will make an attempt to publish all or part of its
advertising on a regular basis, specially the ones that say that you should
shop at the GAP if you wanna be cool. In addition, the editor in chief
will make an attempt to consult and obtain a non-binding vote of the advertising
policy board on accepting advertisements of a controversial nature before
making the final decision--yeah, because if we put it to vote AMONG THE
READERS then things would be VERY different. The editor in chief is recommended
to consult with on-campus and off-campus organizations --though ultimately
ignoring them-- before accepting and publishing advertisements that potentially
play upon stereotypical attitudes or beliefs that could be construed as
offensive, unless they embrace the stereotype about how people should be
"pretty" just like bulimic supermodels are and how in order to be "in"
you should change all of your clothes as often as possible at designer
shops because otherwise, if you don't want to be like capitalists say you
should be, you're not cool and you deserve to be called a geek.
It is the goal of The Daily Azwipe to publish information of interest and importance to the EDITORS, not the San Diego State University community. At all times the paper will endeavor to be fair, accurate and responsible in providing complete and reliable news coverage we shall find whoever is doing it and then we shall CENSOR HIS ASS.
The Daily Azwipe sees its role as providing information that individuals in the university community either do not need to have access to or do not have the time nor interest to acquire. The Daily Azwipe then strives to present this material and make it clear and understandable that we will not go about in any other manner EVEN IF THEY DEMAND US TO.
As the paper presents these factoids, it strives to do so accurately, since these are the factoids which may play a significant role in BRAINWASHING opinions and attitudes on campus.
Courts have looked upon college campuses as unique places in society where ideas are born, nurtured and brought to maturity, and thus we need to make sure this DOES NOT ACTUALLY HAPPEN. Courts have also established that the student press is entitled to essentially the same rights as the professional press through the First Amendment, that's why it is so important to us that this DOES NOT ACTUALLY HAPPEN. If it did we would run the risk of allowing our staff members to actually exercise their first amendment rights and criticize us.
The Daily Azwipe, without using the privileges granted by the First Amendment, seeks to draw from the diverse pool of thought and philosophies found on a college campus, but only as long as they do not DARE to say a SINGLE WORD against us. Staff members know this well and WE HAVE WAYS for silencing them. Anything other than that we don't really give a crap about--and, in fact, we won't even take responsibility for it. You can write supporting fascist right-wing political Grand Old Parties or the intoxication of your body through the consumption of drugs for all we care. The paper will not confine itself to the publication of popular or conventional viewpoints, unless, of course, they come from big ass capitalists who wish this society to stay in perpetual idiocy through their looks, fashions, products, bars and dance clubs.
The Daily Azwipe is committed to the idea that public issues must be debated equally, even if the issues may be considered controversial to the university administration, government, or strongly opposed by the student body--like we give a rat's ass. Shall the issues be considered controversial by us THEN we shall discourage our staff members from debating them equally. We're not on this business to fight for freedom, ya know?
If The Daily Azwipe were to see as its obligation the presentation of any material (within legal and moral bounds) that will expand the reader's awareness of the truth then our staff members would be allowed to freely express their disagreement with us, but this doesn't happen because the only thing we're require to do is to fill up whatever space is left after the ads are added with anything we can come up with, or with small, tacky, "read the Azwipe" fillers. Otherwise we would be required to actually WORK on making a good paper, and, quite frankly, that's not what we were having in mind when we signed up for this.
It is realized that each right has a corresponding duty. Duty free, latrine duty, and duty frutti. Therefore, the primary aim of The Daily Azwipe will be to give adequate--adequate for our editors, that is--reports of the day's news and boring, light events unworthy of publication in unbiased and accurate manner.
The Daily Azwipe realizes that the First Amendment is not absolute when it comes to libel or obscenity. Heck! For all we care the First Amendment doesn't even EXIST! The constitutional guarantee does not permit publication of statements which are libelous or based on innuendo, unless, of course, you want to write an editorial that calls ALL illegal immigrants a buncha criminals, hastily generalize that MOST people have smoked pot, or that banning affirmative action is "a triumph for democracy." Then you're welcome to use all the libel and innuendo you want. You can always cop-out by saying "it's your opinion."
The Daily Aztec recognizes that the right of free expression does not supersede the right of US CENSORING OUR STAFF in many instances, such as when our staff decides to tell the truth about our lack of principles when dealing with biased, illogical editorials written by morons who think that Starship Troopers is an awesome film. The paper must be careful to avoid invading areas in which our editors might feel like they are finally being exposed for their stupidity and lack of ethics even when it is the public's right and distinguished from public curiosity.
If The Daily Aztec makes mistakes, it is the editor's duty to COVER IT UP, not to print prompt and complete corrections of errors in fact or opinion. Heck! For all the editors care what they print is right even if it sounds offensive to minorities.
The paper disregards the deliberate falsification of the news for any purposes as an indefensible violation of the fundamental purpose of the press, because, as the editors know it, save very few exceptions that confirm the rule, the press is there to SELL NEWS, not to inform.
If the parties are unable to resolve the complaint--which is doubtful, since we eat good journalists for breakfast--, the person bringing the complaint will be advised of his/her right to appeal the matter, in writing, to the Censorship Authority Board for review so THEY can take care of the pathetic boy scout.
In order to inaccurately present the truth with no good motives that justify OUR ends, it is also the responsibility of the paper to weed out PEOPLE WHO CARE ABOUT DOING THE RIGHT THING and give ample space to sensationalists and those whose sole intent is to do damage to the reputation of another who threats OUR status quo.
It is NOT the aim of The Daily Azwipe to express its character and purpose so positively that the paper's usefulness and importance cannot be doubted. If that were the case our whole facade would be brought down and people would realize that our purpose is to GET STUFF TO PUT IN OUR RéSUMéS at the expense of freedom of expression and that our usefulness and importance is no greater than that of cheap, unquilted, single sheeted TOILET PAPER.
Through unfair, inaccurate and completely moronic reporting, The Daily Azwipe seeks to establish itself as a reliable means of BRAINWASHING both readers and potential sources.
The following are areas where questions may arise concerning The Daily Azwipe's censorship policy:
The Daily Azwipe does take lightly its responsibility to the university community. First because we don't really give a crap about what the readers may think of our pathetic attempts at "playing newspaper." Second, because we're in this for one reason and one reason alone: to have something to put in our RéSUMéS. Employees at The Daily Aztec feign a professional approach to their work, but in reality they strive to CENSOR this professionalism from the people whom they deal with every day, namely, THE STAFF.Attribution
Everything that is not common knowledge or the reporter's own observation will be INVENTED. See, that's why our editorial writers can get away with crap such as saying that "most of us" had smoked pot without citing where the hell did they got such an idiotic assumption.Idiotorials
By virtue of an event becoming news, and by virtue of us telling YOU what is and what is not news, it means a division of opinion about the occurrence. Everyone concerned with the event will have an opinion, but we will only print THE MOST STUPIDLY UNINFORMED of all. When the situation warrants it, The Daily Azwipe will express its own opinion without actually asking any of the members of the staff if they agree or not. That's how editors cover their ass; by writing whatever THEY want and the claim THE WHOLE STAFF thinks likewise when in reality it's THEIR ignorant opinion and THEIRS alone. The opinion will take the form of a no-byline editorial and will reflect the COWER of the editors and their irresponsibility for their own actions, as well as the same for the editorial policy board, or if the opinions are divided, the majority opinion WE MAKE UP because we do not actually ask the staff what they think; we just do whatever we want. If we were to take the opinion of the staff seriously this would be a DECENT paper.The editorial censorship board is composed of those Daily Azwipe staffs and members which, by the nature of their positions, are inclined to direct editorial censorship. These are the favorites of the editor in chief, two managing editors, the city editor and the opinions editor. Any staff member may attend board members, but does not have a vote in determining policy--what? You actually THOUGHT we CARE about what the staff members THINK? HAHAHAHAHAHA!!.
Editorials are usually biased, moronic, illogical, stupid and uninformed pieces of crap written by the opinions editor after consulting with the editorial censorship board. The opinions editor may also wish to consult with staff members who have a particular knowledge of the topic but they usually don't, so TOUGH BEANS.
Potential editorial topics can be handled in one of three ways: two or three editors deciding for the rest of the staff what they SHOULD think (even if they disagree); CENSORING THEM; or FIRING anyone who even DARES to dissent from what the editors DICTATE. In order to make sure that no issue EVER advances, an an unnecessary tug-of-war continues ad infinitum, both sides of an argument are printed in pro/con format. If there is no way the issue can be silenced then the issue is dropped.
If the opinions editor strongly disagrees with the majority opinion, he/she may and WILL CENSOR IT by means of rejecting the opinion and/or having another member of the staff write the editorial. The same is true if the opinions editor feels another member of the staff is better qualified to write the editorial that is far less compromising and that covers up the truth more efficiently.
After an initial draft of the editorial is written, it is shown to members of the policy board and agreed upon CENSORING IT, additions or deletions are made prior to publication, assuming it actually survives full censorship.
Imfartiality
In cases of breaking GAS, every reasonable attempt will be made to get both sides of the fecal matter. Farts which cannot be verified will be left out of the potty if there is reason to doubt the source's accuracy.The Daily Azwipe strives to place pooper emphasis on news events. No attempt will be made to sensationalize events or emphasize information that does not warrant such treatment.
In cases of a Daily Azwipe instigation, everyone must have a fair chance to defend themselves from any charges, save for our staff, who is well advised not to even DARE to think about saying anything that even sounds remotely against us or we will CENSOR THEM without mercy. Both sides of the story shall be given provided neither to make sure the readers get confused as hell and to make sure the issue goes nowhere. In the event that the issue at hand is the incompetence of the Azwipe then we will CENSOR anyone in our staff who dares to take sides against us. All farts will be verified before being reported as fart.
If statements by sources are later denied, we will stick to the denial if the accusation is against us based on the reality of our utter incompetence--and specially if it comes from a member of our staff.
Libel
Libel is any visual communication (print, photos, ads, etc.) which exposes a person to hatred, ridicule, contempt, or which lowers a person's reputation, causes the person to be shunned or injures the person's livelihood, never mind that the supreme court declared ridicule and lowering a person's reputation perfectly CONSTITUTIONAL. In other words, by our definition, IT'S A GOOD EXCUSE FOR PLAIN GOOD OL' CENSORSHIP.The most important defense against truth is CENSORSHIP -- and specially that which can be enforced in court. The second most important defense is the privilege to print actions which appear in public places, such as rest rooms, public latrines, pathetic events and perfartmances.
A third defense is fair comment, where newspapers can criticize the actions of public officials and public figures, providing the news is of value. Well, at least as long as the author of the criticism doesn't dare to criticize US even in the slightest. In that case we shall CENSOR it. In cases which may not be considered borderline, and in fact it is the actual TRUTH, the editorial censorship board will meet, disregard professional legal advice, decide what WE feel is the truth, and then CENSOR the criticism against us saying the contribution is "unacceptable." What is fair comment and who is considered a public figure is only UP TO us to decide. We are, by means of appearing in print on a daily basis public figures, but since we won't tolerate our staff criticizing us (we have enough with the READERS telling us our truths) we'll simply disregard our public figure status and CENSOR whatever criticism we get from our staff.
No News Value
News value will be determined according to the timeliness and impact on OURSELVES, inherent drama (hence why our stuff is as crappy as soap operas), and quality of reporting in each story. These factors will determine the stories' placement in the paper and amount of emphasis given to the stories. So if a story it's about something nobody but ourselves give a flying hoot about WE'LL GIVE IT FULL FRONT PAGE PRIORITY, like that time when we wasted an entire front page on gothic night clubs. Who cares? Nobody! It's not like if we were focusing on how the Art department REALLY needs more funds for updating the decrepit studios the students have to work on, but we go with whatever WE think is fashionable coz we wanna be like all the other cool kids.On-campus news will be emphasized, but only if they are NOT relevant. Attention will also be given to off-campus events that have a bearing on or are of interest to the campus community provided it is understood that by "campus community" we mean OURSELVES and nobody but OURSELVES. Coz, ya know? It's not like people pay over 1000 bucks per semester to find out about pathetic gothic nightclubs for avant-poseour losers who should really get a life.
Nocturnal Omissions
The Daily Aztec's silence on any issue should be construed as our CENSORSHIP of people in our staff saying stuff against us even when they are 100% CORRECT. It should it be considered an attempt by the paper to censor a certain activity or event SPECIALLY if that activity is done by our staff members we we think it might hurt our résumés.Half-assed Opinions
The Daily Azwipe will give an opinion and exclude others from presenting a contrasting opinion. That is EXACTLY the reason why we CENSOR our staff every single time they even DARE to say something different from what WE have decided to consider "the truth." Nor will The Daily Azwipe allow its opinion to detract from its biased news reporting, or from anything else we do for in here for that matter. We're right COZ WE SAY SO and if you don't like it TOUGH BEANS.Letters to the idiotor and commentaries of different viewpoints are welcomed by The Daily Azwipe. That we actually LISTEN to them is a whole other matter--and, quite frankly, something we won't be doing any time soon. Letters to the idiotor will be printed in full when written material is essential to the writer's meaning (we'll decide what that means for ourselves, though) and does not cross the boundaries of poor taste, libel or invasion of privacy, since that's OUR OPINION EDITORS' job.
To avoid not knowing who the hell is DETRACTING against us, proper identification must be presented upon submission of a letter to the idiotor and a record of all letters submitted will be kept by the opinions idiotor. WE HAVE WAYS for for finding such information, shall we say... useful.
Piracy
Publicity to the private life of a person is not subject to liability for unreasonable invasion of piracy if the material is 1) about people doing naughty stuff in our public rest rooms; 2) about people doing naughty stuff on the campus' dorms; 3) about people doing naughty stuff in public areas. That pretty much should cover our behinds for whatever crappy piece of degeneracy we feel like printing.News gathered with the subject's knowledge of the reporter's identity is delicate specially when the subject is any of our OPINION EDITORS and the reporter is a MEMBER OF OUR STAFF. Then we have a possible UNMASKING SITUATION and we must do everything in our power to PREVENT THIS FROM TAKING PLACE. Even in matters of public interest, privacy should be use as an excuse to protect our incompetent rear ends because we regard the right to privacy as a VERY USEFUL EXCUSE TO JUSTIFY CENSORSHIP in cases when we might be exposed as the morons we really are and to be free from warranted publicity this generates.
The Daily Azwipe will not use illegal or immoral methods of obtaining news. Those are used when we need to CENSOR our staff. No attempts will be made to deceive sources to obtain information, in fact, no attempts will be made to obtain relevant information. As long as we have some bogus story, or half-assed opinion nobody gives a crap about to fill space with we're happy campers.
In all cases, news value will be weighed against OUR particular interests, and reporters will be made aware that attribution does not excuse EXPOSING OUR INEPTITUDE just the way it is.
The Daily Azwipe realizes that, like with any organization, the mere
statement of policy does not ensure its fulfillment--hell! we're just trying
to LOOK professional! . The human qualities of dedication, honesty, fairness
and good judgment are irreplaceable, but NOT a key in the fulfillment of
The Daily Azwipe's responsibility. If that were the case our editors would
be in DEEP EXCREMENT.
In short, we print them cuz they PAY US TO DO SO, so SHUT THE HELL UP. It is not our purpose to persuade anyone who strongly disagrees with our decision--we really do care less about what you may or may not think, say, or do about it.
We begin by reiterating that The Daily Azwipe does not agree with the existence of these establishments; nor do we disagree with their existence. In other words, WE PLAY DUMB in order to save our butts and avoid TAKING RESPONSIBILITY for what we do in here. What we do is respect their right to advertise just like any other legal establishment. Hell! We will even allow our opinion writers to visit their sets and watch women "pleasuring" two guys at the same time for over three hours and then write a column about it! Just ask Adrian!
While we respect the opinion of people who don't like these places, we don't feel it is The Daily Azwipe's place to begin making decisions on what businesses should be considered legal and which should be considered illegal. Our business is to tell our staff to SHUT THE HELL UP whenever they disagree with us and to make sure their contributions attacking us NEVER GET PRINTED. Pornographers, on the other hand, have just as much right to advertise with us as any other legal business does. To deny them that right is censorship, and that is reserved for our staff.
Now, is there a way to prevent ourselves from engaging in self-censorship, while minimizing the harm of these ads? We most certainly believe so; it's called NOT HIRING PEOPLE WHO MIGHT TRY TO TELL THE TRUTH ABOUT OUR INCOMPETENCE. And we believe we do that. From time to time we might make the gaffe of hiring a staff member who actually has scruples and believes in TELLING THE TRUTH, but we remedy that by telling that person that his contributions are "unacceptable."
It's our belief that the current arrangement makes it very easy for someone offended by these ads to quickly INVOKE RONALD REAGAN and pray that a republican gets elected instead of turning the page and not have to view them. Yet, it also allows for those interested in the ads to view them--specially when the are "alone" in the rest room, if ya know what I mean. And it also prevents us from engaging in self-censorship, which, we believe, is the worst form of censorship and should be reserved exclusively for times when we have to deal with staff members who disagree with us and may pose a threat to our shameless facade of professionals who believe in freedom of speech but who, on the contrary are little less than a buncha morons who want to get points for their RéSUMéS at any cost.
We think the language in this policy is vague enough to ensure that any half-witted excuse will justify it.
Let's give a further excuse for this by asking a series of questions about other products or business that advertise. Should bars and alcohol venders be allowed to advertise or does that promote drinking and driving? It promotes alcoholism of course! But we give a crap? Noooo! In fact, we'll even advertise it in the form of FULL FRONT PAGE STORIES DEALING WITH PLACES WHERE PATHETIC ASSWIPES GO TO GET DRUNK THINKING THAT IS GOING TO MAKE THEM LOOK "COOL." Should Planned Parenthood be allowed to advertise or does that promote the pro-choice side of the abortion debate? (actually this is a really moronic comparison because one thing is PLANNED parenthood and quite another HAVING AN ABORTION, but hey! Anything to get you confused over us PRINTING ADS FOR PORN!) Should tanning salons be allowed to advertise or does that promote skin cancer? It promotes skin cancer, of course! AND it promotes the stupidity of HURTING YOUR BODY in order to follow idiotic fashions! Should grocery stores be allowed to advertise red meat specials or does that promote the slaughter of animals? How about the slaughter of VEGETABLES? You guessed it! Another moronic comparison! (Sheesh! Who the hell comes up with this crap?) Should local church organizations be allowed to advertise or does that support the creationism side of the creation vs. evolution debate? It doesn't! It supports IGNORANCE and PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPLOITATION but, again, we wanted to make a moronic comparison!
These are just a few examples of our capacity for making OFF THE MARK COMPARISONS. You could make a case that virtually any advertisement is offensive to some group of people, and with the proper MORONIC COMPARISON you may well LOOK like you're actually right! But you see, we just don't think it's any media outlet's place to make any decisions on any of those issues at any time. Our place is to CENSOR OUR STAFF IF THEY EVEN HINT DISAGREEMENT WITH US. We think people should be given the freedom to make the decisions about advertisements on their own - especially here at a college campus, where we're in an environment that fosters independent thought and decision making BUT ONLY ABOUT WHAT COMMERCIALS YOU WANT TO WATCH. If your freedom of decision involves attacking us (specially if you are in our staff) then we don't want you doing that and we'll do everything in our power to CENSOR YOU.
AND NOW, A VERY HYPOCRITICAL STATEMENT THAT WE LIKE TO CHANT EVERY TIME SOMEBODY ACCUSES US OF BEING THE MEDIOCRE MORONS WE REALLY ARE:
When analyzing and making a decision on this ethical dilemma, we don't think we can let our personal feelings and emotions get in the way of preserving the very foundation that our country was founded on - personal choice, freedom of expression, an independent press. (that is, of course, unless the dilemma involves somebody else--specially a member of the staff--telling the truth about us. Then we will take it personally, put our feelings in the way, and CENSOR IT.
To censor such advertising matter sets a very dangerous precedent and invites a very slippery slope on what would be next. What would be next? Would it be a local pub? Would it be Planned Parenthood? Would it be a casino? Or worse yet, would it be editorial content? AND THE ANSWER IS... CHOICE NUMBER 4! EDITORIAL CONTENT! Specially when it comes from insubordinate, yet correct staff members who dare to say the truth about our mediocrity.
That's why we've chosen to let these ads run in The Daily Azwipe. To make you believe that there's actual freedom of speech in here when in reality such a thing is a SERIOUS THREAT to our HIDDEN AGENDA.
If you'd like to comment or discuss this issue, or any other issue,
please feel free to e-mail us. We won't give a crap, of course (we never
do) but you're free to e-mail anyway.
In beginning there was void... But then the four gods, Tezcatlipoca, Quetzalcoatl, Tlaloc, and Chalchiuhtlicue, created the world four times. Then Huitzilopochtli reigned the fifth world and the Mexica used this as an excuse to declare themselves the rulers of the valley of Mexico, kicking the crap out of whoever they found--save for the renegade Tlaxcaltecas who never yielded and who were, some say, among the ancestors of the SUBCOMANDANTEMARCOSTECAS and the ZAPATISTECAS, whose other ancestors were the MAYANS.
Then one day a buncha Spaniards kicked their butts and, in their ignorance, called the Mexica "Aztecs," which is really a nonsense because to this day nobody knows if the Mexica really came from Aztlan or if they made it up --and even if they DID come from Aztlan nobody really knows where Aztlan is.
Anyway, then one day these morons from southern California decided to STEAL the name "Aztec" and used it as a MASCOT for this college in San Diego without the slightest regard for the Mexica people who are still alive and well. They even called their buildings "Tolteca" and "Cholula," but without having more than a handful of students who actually know what that means AND without having a single class that teaches the language from which all these names originated.
Worst yet, one day this really crappy college newspaper decided to steal the name without KNOWING CRAP ABOUT WHAT THE NAME MEANS OR WHAT IT IMPLIES. But since the idiots who edited this newspaper were incompetent beyond belief they misspelled the name, hence giving birth to the DAILY AZWIPE. It was curious, however, that given the fact that the quality of this crappy newspaper is that of cheap, unquilted, single sheeted TOILET PAPER, the name ended up applying perfectly.
To this day very few --if any-- of the people who work at this crappy newspaper actually knows any Nahuatl, or any shred of precolombian history, but it's not like they give a crap--specially those who voted to pass Prop.209 and Prop.187.
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