This is a slightly belated response to a response. Last week, Tricia Swanson accused Josh Eskow of being out of line in his complaints in his letter the previous day (“Leave BU instead of whining,” April 16, pg. 10; “BU prevents playoff watching,” April 15, pg. 10). Swanson says the solution is if you don’t like Boston University, shut up and leave.

What a horrible solution! Think what kind of world we would be living in if everyone just left places they thought needed improvement. Maybe Boston’s Puritan legacy has confused Swanson, but I think looking for greener grass is not necessarily the right thing to do.

Then again, I do have a bias. I have problems with BU – particularly the guest policy – so I got involved in a little group called BU Free. It would have been easy enough for me to move off campus and let others suffer. However, I decided to do something about it.

We at BU Free took step one, just like Eskow. We complained. But then, we took step two: action. The changes in January are the direct effect of our efforts, and although meager, they are better than nothing.

We would be kidding ourselves to think BU is a democracy. However, if no one ever spoke his or her mind, BU would stagnate. So please, complain! BU isn’t perfect, but if everyone left because of things that bothered them here, we wouldn’t have much of a school at all.

So Swanson, I don’t know where you get off telling Eskow to bite his tongue. Never deny people the right to speak their minds. Encourage them, instead, to take step two and do something about it. BU may not be the best school in the world, but why not make the best of it? Besides, where else can you find a college with such lovely green grass on its beach? Still, if anyone has a problem with my statements herein, I guess you and Swanson can just keep it to yourselves.