European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday july 31, 1978 Russell Baker new York not is sex Neces sary . White and James Thurber once asked. The five Pound 12-ounce answer delivered by a British obstetrician in London last week is what we now Call sexual relations will doubtless continue for some time to come such is the Power of habit and re Lex but it will become increasingly Point less. The birth of baby Girt Brown carries us into a new Era in which people can and will be born of eggs fertilized in the Labora tory. Nature s most powerful demand preservation of species can henceforth be satisfied without the entangling physical alliances Between Man and woman thatis been required until now to perpetuate the human sex drive is a biological imperative some might say tyranny revised by nature to maintain an adequate Supply of people. Develop another method or maintaining the Supply and nature hat most pragmatic of managers will Cre ate powerful new urges to use it. Nature does t care How people Are Cre ated. It looks Only at the Bottom line. If the Laboratory can get the Job done Fine. A lire will begin to insinuate into human be nos an irresistible desire to go to Labora tories and get their eggs fertilized. No one should worry that this will Hap i immediately of course. Sexual rela ions Between humans will probably continue without much abatement for several More Yean. It lakes Lime for nature to get rid of archaic creations after they have lost their Point. That s Why the appendix is thes european edition col e. Imm oter. . Taylor. Usan. Mert Proctor Elmer henrys. Epstein to ii i ii Ili ii in tatty or . Arnod forum Ovi Ruu. To sum my Home in Conlu Cllon with tin an program us wort int at the Tun Maui ill �rtmu.s.gvnuntlit, of. Eunpu Mil com. The. Omri a Munur cow of Lillutt including a Thuu Tomt tin Surl so Ftp. Afo inn. " a. It Vork now or mom. Harmm Tomuo a 1 it of. . New Cureau in 1 still hanging on and Why a lot of men still Wear neckties. The urge for sexual relations will Proba Bly continue to linger too but Only As a minor nuisance like the appendix or a Ridic Ulous relic or antique conformity like the Necktie. Now that British science has shown the Way we can probably expect the mutation to begin As a fad. Couples who like to ride the front wave of trends will take to it be cause it s new. Militant women will Cotton to it to demonstrate the Unimportance of men and egotistical males will offer their fertilizers to technology to sow the Popula Tion with their magnificent the longer run we can probably expect to see a change in the definition of sexual this will create vast social changes. At present the term sex Ual relations Connoles humans embracing. Once it begins to connote a visit to the Laboratory Many words now in common use will become taboo and will certainly not be printed in family newspapers. The word for doubtless come to be considered dirty As words now associated with the old fashioned methods of preserving species Are considered dirty. The urge to takes one eggs or fertilizers to the Laboratory will be Sung about As fevers in the blood. Poems will rhapsody be about embryonic cultures. One shudders to think what saturday night trill be like once nature loses interest in making people embrace. Endless Proba Bly like sunday afternoon. Will women and men continue the rites of courtship movies and dancing a grapple in the Van it is hard to say. Women and men Nowa Days perform these ancient rituals despite the fact that relations Between them see to have Little to do with preserving species anymore now that contraceptive technology has reduced satisfaction of the reproductive drive to Little More than Light Calis the present Case however is one i which nature has no alternative but to keep the sexes going through the motions. Theotos Nfay be sterile but nature has seen fit to keep men and women re enact tag them probably on the Hunch that if they keep at it Long enough they win eventually become tired of not having any new people to show for so much toil and take Aeng at reproduction. It s hard to say. A it s Poss we once people of both sex shave lost their drive to go Back to the apartment and succumb to Lustful urges Togoto the Laboratory instead that men and women will still want to go there they will do when they get there Only nature knows. The women will Proba by dab formaldehyde behind their ears a file the men Light Bunsen burners. If sounds unlikely to you it would curl your a Soto hear we of the things men an women do nowadays when they close the apartment door after coming Back from the stars and stripes Poge 11 letters to the editor simple solution to like problem 55enuy the s of on so Ripe pud i interesting Teller emitted discipline and , the lady who had written this Teller Houghl she was being very Cleverand amusing. I was nol amused. My Section chief has an excellent sur for tardiness be on time or i la press see How simple. No argument no hassle. A simple solution to a rather simple . Army As an organization has been in business for a very Long Lime. Dur ing that time this organization has had an extremely Good record. For such an organization to continue in a positive Way in Modem Lime it is obvious there has to be certain changes in regards to benefits racial Equality specialized training and oth ers. However there Are some things that will never and responsibility Are two of these. It a platoon is unruly constantly tardy or whatever. Is it always the fault of the men e-4 s and below i think not. Per haps that woman s husband should review his procedure As a sergeant. If he can handle his it s and below perhaps he s doing something , i think that for a sergeant to bring his trouble with his men Home an discuss them with his wife is a poor Solu Tion indeed. Especially if she has never lived in a Barracks never spent time in the Field and has Access to Only hearsay information and what her husband tells her after he has already put in a full Day s work Ina difficult and demanding Job As a ser . 4 Richard d. Donate Baum older Germany i m writing in response loan article that appeared in our paper recently entitled discipline and it was written by a lady who was complaining because her husband has to leave his House at 5 30 . To go to the billets towage the Jie Ople up. She wanted to know Why we can t get up in the morning with Uther husband having to come in and get us up. I m one of the Lazy Little soldiers who live in the billets. I Don t live Here because i want to. Pm not crazy about the army or about Germany either. I m just a person doing my three years. I m especially not crazy when a ser Geant who lives off Post comes in at 5 30 . To Wake me up to make sure i Cleanthe toilets make my bed and other chores. These Are aggravations you do not have to tolerate. Since you have never been in the Mili tary personally you should not run around criticizing something you have never hid the Opportunity to experience. The Only Side of the Story you have is your own. Per haps when the army starts treating us lower enlisted members like adults we shall behave accordingly. Perhaps Job in Terest has something to do with the Lack of motivation in rising. With so Many overweight sergeants inthe military today the thought of me de pending on a Man that can t run a mile Isas repulsive to me As your husband do pending on us is to you. Name withheld Schweinfurt Germany neighbor s complaint protested enslaved la these drive to weird things. They Don t change when the sex drive is replaced by tie Labo Sory drive. Nature is going to keep the world amply supplied with us. In of ourselves. This letter is to Point up a different Sid of a rather controversial subject child abuse. The different Side to which i am re Ferring is Well intentioned but Nosy neigh Bors who report innocent parents to the authorities for alleged child abuse without first ascertaining the recently happened to my wife and me. I received a Telephone Call from a physician at the local dispensary staling that someone had made a report the subject of which he would not discuss on the Tele children were mentioned and a Quick Check with a Friend of mine who Wasin the same predicament once confirmed my suspicions As to the subject of the phone Call the doctor also stated that he wished for my wife and me to bring our children in and speak with him. After using the process of elimination Inthis Case i am 99 percent certain that i know who was responsible for making that report. It was one of my neighbors with whom my wife and i have very Little Socia Contact. I am 100 percent certain of what their allegation was based apartment in which i reside has very thin Walls and it is easy to hear what goes on in my apartment. My two children Are very stubborn and cry and throw tantrums constantly they Are at the difficult this neighbor has never seen me Beatty children for the fact of the matter is set i Sund neither does my wife. How Ever they do need to be spanked every of to White. And Lam appalled Iha my neighbors have misconstrued punishment Vam certs that other parents will sym Pauze with me when i say that i am very embarrassed about this and so is my learn to be More considerate of Sterland not alterations of child abuse Shchib shit. This is a Good Way to make fools not Only out of yourselves but innocent parents Aswell. 1 can Only Hope that others will have some thought and consideration for other that my neighbors lacked. Since they Are childless i Don t feel that they had the right to make such a judg ment in the first place. Spec. 4 Samuel Al Wenjen Germany leave policy hailed i do not often find myself defending the military when a fellow member Purit however after Reading Ann Oil Raa letter concerning leave in recent is sue i feel i must make an . Ominus has missed a very important Point in her argument against the Mil itary leave policy. Namely the Opportunity to take it whenever you would like to i am a member of a Large Squadron which works Long hours weekends and of course on a stand by basis every Holiday. Because of this. I had once thought that leave would be very difficult to obtain. The events of recent months have changed my attitude considerably. In april i asked for and received eight Days leave to travel to France with my wife and visiting relatives. I also asked Forand received four Days at the end of the month to travel to the Netherlands with my wife in May. I asked for and received two weeks leave to travel through Britain Withy wife and More visiting relatives. That is total of m Days vacation a civilian would Call it to less than eight weeks. I Challenge Ann Otinus to find any civil Ian lob where a worker with less than three years employment with a company can receive that much time off. In that Short a period with no questions asked Fie or airman Scott e. Kildahl upper Hyford. Oxfordshire England
