European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes tuesday september 10, 1985 columns William Buckley Botha s right not to act charitably toward opposition president Botha of South Africa is incomes table right in saying in effect that he was not elected Leader of he government in order to preside Over the liquidation of the South Africa he was elected to gov Ern c rms Are per Elk free to contend that his election does not suit our political criteria but having admitted thai his government docs nol do so it hardly makes sense to critics a him for proceeding on the basis of his Misbe gotten criteria if Sou critics a somebody for being mean to his Mother Don t be surprised if he goes on to be mean to his Mother. I was in South Africa for the first time in 1962. And it happened that our guide was the son in Law of or. V or word the then prime a Sirmier. The Young guide much taken by the doctrine of apartheid was surprisingly very critical of american racial practices by which he meant Jim Crow in the South and the systematic deprivation by americans of votes for what we then called negroes. "1 just Don t understand it he said what excuse do you people have you outnumber the negroes by 10 to one. Our problem is entirely different. They outnumber us by six to  we need to understand that White South africans Sec their society As one that would not survive on Man inc Vole. And or. Botha one concludes if one opens one s eyes to democratic practice in the continent is entirely Correct in opposing what years ago surveying the evolution of african democracy was cynically and realistically described As one Man one vote once. One Man one vote is a fanatical abstraction of self government that not even the United states Toler ates institutionally. In the . Senate the stale of Rhode Island exercises equal Power with the slates of California and new York. Botha says vague things about entering Imp negotiation with leaders of other South african groups giving Hope to the hopeful that there will be Progress made of sorts. But Botha Recognises that when opposition reaches the High pitch of the present Day those who emerge with the most forceful constituencies Aren t the Bishop Muzor was of the situation but the Robert Mug abcs. The Shah of Iran did a lot of foolish things in the course of his reign but nothing More foolish than to Deal charitably with the opposition at a moment when Iran w As lurching toward the Ayatollah. We have a perfect Symbol of the problem in the matter of Nelson Mandela. He is the principal Leader of the outlawed african National Congress and has spent the past 20 years in jail. Prime minister Botha in response to pleas for am Nesty has offered to release him from jail in Exchange for a Promise to reject violence. The kind of thing Botha has in mind was articulated in a broadcast beamed at South Africa by the african National Congress in Ethiopia last May. Ambushes must be prepared for police and soldiers with the aim of capturing weapons from them. Our people must also manufacture Home made bombs and petrol bombs with material that can be locally obtained. In addition our people must also buy weapons where possible. After Arm ing themselves in this manner our people must begin to identify collaborators and enemy agents and Deal with them. Those collaborators who arc serving in the Community councils must be dealt with. Informers policemen special Branch police and army personnel living and work ing among our people must be  thai is the party of Nelson Mandela. Where Mandela belongs in his current Frame of mind is precisely where he is in jail. We should every now and Ihnn draw Back a by and ask ourselves the question what Are we doing trying to Fine tune the evolution of South Africa Domestic poli cies a few Hundred Miles from us in a Little Island a couple of weeks ago we had a on Man on vote democratic exercise and what do you know. Baby Doc got 99 percent of the vote. Could anyone care less they arc All Black. If baby Doc were White. Sen. Kennedy would have led an expeditionary Force of volunteers to liberate his Black subjects. Is history really going to look upon the United states As the master architect of Freedom and Justice for other people the entire continent of Africa is near a state of decomposition and anyone who maintains that such coun tries As Ethiopia and Uganda and the Central african re Public and Algeria and Mozambique Are better off than they were in colonial Days is an ideologue in whose Handl history is unsafe even As history was unsafe when we held the Trump cards and disposed of the future of Cambodia and Laos and South Vietnam and East Germany Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Romania and Hungary. To 1985 Universal press Syndicate James Kilpatrick dial a porn Racket rings up big Bucks across . I says the breathless voice at the other end of the line i m Suzie and i m the sort of girl who la try anything  if it s not Suzic it May be Connie or Sarah or Laurie or Alice. They re the voices of dial a porn one of the most lucrative rackets in the under world of sex for Sale. A Senate subcommittee has held a hearing on a Bill to prohibit this traffic in iced Ness and in Utah a Federal grand jury has indicted two of the reputed Kingpins of the Busi Ness. The Senate Bill is sponsored by Jesse Helms and John East of North Carolina and by Jeremiah Demon of Alabama. It would apply both to dial a porn and to the use of Cable for the transmission of sexually explicit material. In its present form the Bill is patently unconstitutional. It would proscribe not Only obscene mate rial but also any indecent or profane material and when the government gets into indecency and profanity the govern ment is on exceedingly shaky ground. If the measure is to get anywhere it will have to be revised. The july 31 hearings brought out eloquent spokesmen for and against the Bill. The sub committee heard from two lawyers rep resenting Playboy enterprises. They agreed that obscene material May perhaps be banned from Cable to indeed this Al ready is the Law but they insisted that the first amendment docs not permit censorship of the merely  Barry w. Lynn representing the american civil liberties Union said that a ban on indecent or profane material would effectively bar every r rated and Many pc-13 and pc rated films from Cable depriving viewers of one of the principal reasons for purchasing the  on the other Side the subcommittee heard from Bruce a. Taylor representing citizens for decency through Law and James a. Clancy a California attorney who has led a crusade against hard Core stuff on Cable to. Taylor got a Little car ried away. He referred to dial a porn a a Legal and ethical catastrophe now facing this  it is hardly that but the Racket appears to have reached proportions sufficient to justify congressional interest. Dial a porn messages first were offered late in 1982 or Early in 1983. The opera Tive Telephone numbers were advertised in Girlie magazines and quickly were spread by word of Mouth. Little boys get the numbers off the Walls of school Bath rooms. Business boomed. In february 1983, suf Folk county n.y., filed suit to Stop the operation. In september the Federal communications commission began a look see. On the last Day of its legislative session of 1983 Congress directed the acc to make regulations that would prevent or deter juveniles from dealing the dirty numbers. The acc gave it a Stab with a time of Day restriction " 1u"? 19?4 but a court Cha l nge immediately developed and this year the 2nd  court of appeals sent the regulation Back for further consideration. Meanwhile Telephone Bills have been Roll ing up across the country. Rep. Thomas Bli icy r-va., heard from outraged constituents Issac or 01s kids lad Char cd s20� Moo in Telephone Bills to hear from Suzic or Connie or Alice. In Salt Lake City . Attorney Brant d. Ward u relying on an already existing provision of Federal Law to go after Carlis communications inc. And its two Princi pals Carl Ruderman and Lra Kirschen  past april 25 he won a 23 count indictment against them. Other defendants Are Kevin Goodman a recording technician and Samantha Fox a porn Star who allegedly made some of the recorded messages. I am of two minds on this trash. Part of me says that Congress should prohibit the use of Telephone lines for dial a porn Calu and the use of Cable to for explicit depictions of sexual acts. It debates and Civit Liscs the first amendment to cite its Protection for this material. Another part of me cries Hurrah for the supreme Coart i 1969 decision in Stanley v. Georgia. A the first amendment Means anything k is that a state has no business telling i Man sitting alone in his own House what be May read or what films he May  dial a porn is a profitable Racket. Evidence in the acc s test Case indicated that Between february 1983 and february 1984. Carlin s three numbers in new York City alone Drew 180 million Calls. The Carlin outfit allegedly received 2 cents for each Call $3.6 million in Gross revenues. The affected Telephone companies also fared Well. The National mores already sick just got a Little sickle Universal press Svyrk skete