Death Threats and...Vandalism?

Response to Opinion article titled,
"?Quiere papas fritas tambien? No Thanks!!!"
Published in the October issue of Waubonsee Insight.

Well, I can officially say that my article has made the rounds. Today I got a pair of death threats from two overbearing thugs that marched into the Insight office early in the morning. Of course, I wasn't even on campus yet, but they informed the staffer in the room that they were looking for "This essling guy that wrote this" and that they were "going to kick his ass and kill him. Just shoot and kill him."

Since I was nowhere to be found, apparently they (or someone else who was upset with me) settled for vandalism, if you can call it that. My gas cap was stolen from my truck, and my Bush/Cheney 2004 bumper sticker was written on. Oooh..I'm shaking in my boots!

Do people honestly think stuff like this is going to deter me from writing? A pair of death threats that the guys couldn't even say to my face and a STOLEN GAS CAP??? Oh no, time to hang it up and quit; this is getting too tense for me.

Please...the pen always has been and always will be mightier than the sword.