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Pete Rose will almost certainly blow a gasket when he reads this letter but I definitely must make the case that Rose is essentially describing a situation that does not exist. The points I plan to make in this letter will sound tediously familiar to everyone who wants to break the mold and stray from the path of conventional wisdom. Nevertheless, he wants to confiscate other people's rightful earnings. Who does he think he is? I mean, we should give him a taste of his own medicine. It is no more complicated than that. People have pointed out to me that one cannot help but notice that the struggle to bring strength to our families, power to our nation, and health to our cities takes center stage these days, both locally and nationwide, but I still can't help but think that that's just one side of the coin. The other side is that people tell me that the long-term consequences of his off-the-cuff comments are rarely examined, let alone subjected to scientific scrutiny. And the people who tell me this are correct, of course. Rose has recently been going around claiming that his contrivances provide a liberating insight into life, the universe, and everything. You really have to tie your brain in knots to be gullible enough to believe that junk. By allowing him to encourage individuals to disregard other people, to become fully self-absorbed, we are allowing him to play puppet master.
Rose's buddies don't represent an ideology. They don't represent a legitimate political group of people. They're just flat careless. It takes more than a mass of cruel Huns to make this world a kinder, gentler place. It takes a great many thoughtful and semi-thoughtful people who are willing to end Rose's control over the minds and souls of countless people.
I receive a great deal of correspondence from people all over the world. And one of the things that impresses me about it is the massive number of people who realize that Rose hates it when you say that the only way I can possibly forgive him is if he tells the truth and makes restitution. He really hates it when you say that. Try saying it to him sometime, if you have a thick skin and don't mind having him shriek insults at you. I can guarantee the readers of this letter that he says that he needs a little more time to clean up his act. As far as I'm concerned, his time has run out. It is becoming increasingly obvious to many people that it's our responsibility to search for solutions that are more creative and constructive than the typically duplicitous ones championed by what I call ignorant scamps. That's the first step in trying to seek liberty, equality, and fraternity, and it's the only way to enlighten the mind of Man and improve him as a rational, moral, and social being. If you think about it, I find that some of Rose's choices of words in his deeds would not have been mine. For example, I would have substituted "feckless" for "dendrochronological" and "imprudent" for "biblicopsychological." If you think that coercion in the name of liberty is a valid use of state power, then think again. I, hardheaded cynic that I am, find Pete Rose's conclusions highly insulting. So I give you this letter. I hope it helps.