I noticed this letter in the Nov. 6 edition of West Side Journal in Port Allen. I think he's written letters in other papers, but this one is the worst. I hope he's being sarcastic, but I have a feeling he's not.

UPPER CLASS MORE WORTHY OF ATTENTION

I’ve marveled at how the national media continues to depict Louisianians as ill-behaved, inebriated and classless. Of course, one needs only view a national telecast of an LSU football game to properly understand such reasoning.
As an esteemed member of the corporate community, I find it most embarrassing. I watch in utter dismay from the luxury suites as networks exploit such crass behavior.
Cameramen seem gravitated to shots of obnoxious, half-naked and fully drunken fans where the regular people sit. They’re yelling loudly, making goofy-looking faces and screaming bastardizations of the English language. If they’re not doing that, they’re shown cooking such unhealthy concoctions as fried alligator, jambalaya or deep-fried boudin.
It would seem far more befitting for the cameras to focus attention on fans such as myself who enjoy the game from the luxury suites. Scenes such as those would project a far more dignified view of Louisiana and greatly improve the current substandard image.
In addition, it would make Louisiana appear far more attractive to outside investors. Hence, it would allow members of the corporate community such as myself to attract new, more lucrative clients and help us increase our personal profits.
If it were my choice, tickets to LSU football game would be priced out of affordability to those clods that appear on national television most weekends. But until then, I feel it is imperative to focus cameras on the corporate sector at Tiger Stadium for the sake of a better image of Louisiana as a whole.

Roger Barnsworth
Prairieville