European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 17, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday. October 17. 1985 the stars and stripes Page 11 letters dear Ann Landers i la bet you received a Ion of mail about the letter signed realistic in she blamed Rock music Tor promoting teen age violence sexual promiscuity dope and suicide i am neither an old fogey nor am i a member of the establishment. I am 2 1 and believe Rock music causes brain damage As Well As permanent hearing loss. Just look at the Dopey express ions on the faces of the musicians Olio play that junk and you know they have the 1q of a ragweed Plant. I asked several teen agers what they thought about the filthy lyrics. They said they did t pay any attention to them. All they care about is the beat. So Why can t they be decent and uplifting instead of trash i d like to share some lines from a syndicated columnist who writes for the gannet news service. His name is lid Gar Barman. A thai 16-hour live Aid concert for starving africans proved anything it was that we have descended to a new Low on the darwinian ladder. Tor 160,000 rockers on two continents to pay $35 a ticket indicates that the taste and mentality of our adolescents arc below the neanderthal level. To compound this manifestation of retardation almost half the population of the Globe tuned into this cacophony of weird sounds and gestures which proves we be come a Short Way baby from the origin of species. Now the chief perpetrator of this world wide insult to ear and Eye is being proposed for a Nobel peace along with Mother Theresa and Bishop Tutu. With Roek addiction reaching epidemic proportions if survival of the fittest really worked Only a cretinous society could evolve. This is probably the Only state of affairs that could justify extinction of the species by nuclear War. We would then Start anew with the cockroach As our sole i la bet an awful lot of people agree with this writer. What kind of response did you receive from your readers on this subject -d.k.l. From wis. Dear vis the idler from realistic in Minnesota denouncing Rock music As depraved and one of the major reasons for our troubled youth generated More than 20,000 responses and the letters arc still coming in. The Terdick was 90 to 1 against the overwhelming majority praised Rock music thought it was a a rally outlet and took Strong exception o the charges that it promoted drugs violence and illicit sex. One 17-year-old wrote every Hus been critical of he music of their children and the Way Lihty the writer makes � valid Point but i still find Many of the lyrics Olte site. I support the Washington when who want some Labelling on the outside of the albums so purchasers will know in Advance that the lyrics arc far out.1 dear Ann Landers i love my native North Carolina and am ashamed that this state is Best known for peddling Poison. I refer to its major crop tobacco. B. In Durham dear Friend hold up your head. North Carolina a Duke University the most Beautiful Cam pus in America and surely one of the most distinguished institution of higher learn ing in the world. Be proud wondering if Dod contracts Case of use it or lose it Dod awards $1.1 billion in contracts on last Day of fiscal year was an inter Esting article in a recent stars and so rips i m sure that if pc were to question the people responsible fur each of those 132 contracts on sept. 30, they would assure us that each and every one of them was sorely needed and 1 Don t doubt that there in t a bit of truth to it. I can t help wondering that if these con tracts arc really needed Why Aren t they completed earlier instead of waiting until the last Day ? i think the majority of us believe that what we re dealing with Here is a use it or Bic it mentality. Then we function under the threat our Ful Urc funds will be de creased because we re padding or some like reasoning. I m military and i understand the idea very Well. However i m also a taxpayer. I want a Strong military but if those con tracts could wait All year 1 really can l be Lieve they were needed that badly. Now Ai the end of the fiscal year every one criticizes the last Day spree let s face it you can Crivici a All Day Long and never change a thing. I remember memos going around telling us to refrain from just that Type of spending. I think it s time to Stop talking and Start kicking i seem to remember some military manage ment types being severely reprimanded Lor authorising some outrageous purchases just this year. Not a bad idea it might just cure the use it or lose it mentality that appears to reach epidemic proportions once a year. So what if no one likes what they be done they Don t care it s no Money out of their pocket. Or is it As a matter of fact red Cross is there when needed our family arrived in Germany in sep tember 1983. I knew my Mother a terminal cancer patient would not live much longer. In december 1983, my Mother s Condi Tion worsened. I was called by my sister who then contacted the red Cross in top a Kan. My Mother s physician was contacted and a message was received at my husband s unit within ten hours. Consid ering the time difference Between Kansas and Frankfurt i of jul this is exceptional service. This month my husband and son were vacationing in Bercht so Adan when my father in Law went into a coma. I contacted the red Cross Case worker Friday evening. She advised me a message would be sent however if i spoke with family in the . To have them Contact the red Cross there As Well. Saturday morning the Case worker called to assure me the message had been sent. When the message was received Back in Frankfurt late saturday afternoon it was a death message. The Case worker contacted my husband s unit then she called me to Sec if 1 had been Able to Contact my Hus band and to express her regret. The service the red Cross offers is one Money cannot buy it helps free your time for personal preparations and grief while i la bal they even yet a few Alia boys out of it from upper management. The $1.1 billion won t wipe out the Defi Cit but it s a Start. Remember the Money for those contracts comes out of our pockets. Not somebody called government. Name will to old customs charge i bought a stereo from the oafs Cata log and had it shipped directly to pm Home in the states. Upon picking up my stereo a cd slum charge of $3u had lube paid at the Post office. Why Carl i Uncle Mannheim Germany editor s not master sri. Bruce e. Zielsdorf. Customer relations specialist. Public affair office my a a fes Europe replies Page nine of he yellow informal inn pages in the Kex change Catalon explains merchandise entering the i m Ted states and its territories mailed from i a rope or Pacific Catalon warehouses is subject to customs inspection and where applicable a customs duty charge As it also shows Sample duty Rales which Are intended As a general ride bul Are in no Way binding upon i a. Customs officials. The stereo you ordered came from our Pacific warehouse in Japan thus being subject to a customs duly charge. Someone else handles the details. It s heart wrenching by difficult to receive that Type of news when you arc a world away but when it is handled by people with True com passion and in a timely manner i repeat it s a service Money can t buy. I was Able to be Home to say Good Bye to my Mother before she died. I credit her courage and the red Cross s timely effectiveness for that Blessing. Barbara Milter Frankfurt i have enhanced the lives of two people Cornea transplants encouraged i looked with great appreciation at the re Tell front Page article in the stars and stripes Reading with admiration the Story of the donation of the kidneys of the 13-year-old Chim who died Kathy Wolf for donations for kidney transplant. I wonder if it was considered that the Corneas of this child might have similarly contributed to useful vision and rehabilitation of eyes which would have needed corneal trans plants that her Corneas could have provided. The parents indicated she would have wanted someone else to have the Chance to experience life the Way she did. Her Corneas could needing corneal transplants immeasurably. This letter therefore is to encourage you the stars and stripes to bring to the attention of our readership the possibility for the tragic death of a Young person to be the beginning of a rehabilitative sight for a person whose sight has been lost. Cornea transplantation is no longer experimental bul is a recognized Organ transplant activity just like kidney transplants and i would have personally been very Happy to have assisted in securing the Corneas of this Young child for for those who would have needed them. In the future 1 Hope that when the tragic death of a Young person takes place and Organ donating is considered i Hope we All will consider the sense of sight and How Corneas can contribute to the enhancement of life of some unfortunate person who through Accident or disease has lost vision and is in need of a corneal transplant. Or. My Willis m. Madden chief ophthalmology sort ice Nuernberg Germany .1.ii. . We Shunn to writ. To not . Column i Landol no cot of tin Sliff and Lyle. A Force _ reminder r All letters to the editor must contain the full printed name and address of the writer and must be signed. We do not read unsigned letters but we will withhold your name on request and protect your privacy. 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