European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 columns the stars and stripes Friday. July 25,1986 today s crossword what s the hidden fact ? by Rissell Baker new York one or the mysteries is Why presi Deni Reagan is soft on South Africa. Here is a govern ment apparently operating under he fatal delusion that nazi Germany did things right. It now has More people imprisoned without due process of Law than the . Immigration service and exercises a press censorship that makes the soviet Union s seem Sissi fied by comparison. Does Reagan know something he cannot reveal Lyndon Johnson used to say thai the president is the Only person who has All the facts so should t be casually criticized for pursuing policies that look nutty to you and me. Still it s unlikely that Reagan himself has facts that if known to the res of us would make his policy look Wise. Unlike Johnson Reagan never claims to have Allie fads. Indeed he has very few facts and the few he has Are often not facts at All. This does not worry Reagan nor should it since there in t much he can do about it. He is not a fact Man. It is painful to watch him in news conferences Strug gling to recall facts stuffed Inlo him beforehand by advisers who mistakenly believe that americans pre Fer presidents in the style of John Kennedy spouting facts like a human almanac. Jimmy Carter was a fact Man and look where it gothic. Reagan whose fact Supply is composed almost entirely of fact that turn out Noi to be Facia remain so popular with his countrymen that an entire school of journalism has sprung up dedicated to answering the question Why it president Reagan so popular despite his personal fact shortage the answer Don not require a cover length Story by time. It to simply that americans Are tired of acts and delighted to hive a president who prove you can be the most important person in the world without having More than seven or eight facts at your com Mand. One reason for the National fatigue with facts prob ably stems from Johnson s insistence on their importance. Suppose Johnson really did have All the facts they did t save him from the delusion that he could mate to Chi mirth say Uncle did they the value of the fact we have Learned is not All it s cracked up to be. Just As next week s newly discovered scientific facts on How to live to 110 will surely Contra dict last week s newly discovered facts about How to live to 110, the facts upon which the governing classes base decisions Are often less factual than they sound. I go on about this because of Donald Regan s recent silly remarks about the president s South Africa policy. Regan the while House chief of staff was trying to create an impression that there were persuasive fact to explain the administration s softness. In doing so he suggested that putting the economic thumbscrews to South Africa was a bad idea because it might result in american women having their Diamond supplies Cut off. With a president unconcerned about facts it is the duty of assistants like Regan to seem concerned about them. While the Public May like having a president indifferent to facts psychic Comfort also requires Assurance that its insouciant president be surrounded by beavers Able to Supply twice As Many facts As he need when he snaps his fingers. The question remains Why the reluctance to go to harsher policy toward South Africa then must be some essential fact known to somebody in washing ton that keeps us behaving tenderly to a government obnoxious in the Eyet of the world. What can it be that South Africa has the a bomb and secretly threatens to use it that american Busi Ness is quietly urging this businessmen s administration not to interfere with business in a presidency of no facts you May speculate As wildly As you please. Ves 1 know South Africa s is an anti communist government but so was nazi Germany s. A Model anti pornographer Byar Buchwald the Best thing about the report of attorney Genera Meese s commission on pornography is its Call for citizen watch groups to Monitor what types of publications Are sold in the stores. If in the View of the group the material is pornographic the citizen groups will organize a Boycott and god knows what else to rid the store of the rot. 1 Don t know How the people for this Type of work Are going to be selected but i would like to Volunteer my services. One of my greatest fantasies has been to censor magazines and Send those who sell them to jail. What you May ask Are my qualifications for being pan of a citizen s watch group for one thing i be read Many of the magazines the pornography com Mission finds objectionable. Secondly i know exactly where in the store such Reading materials Are kept 1have done a lot of dry runs since he report Wai published. 1 know How to distinguish Between literature with no redeeming value As opposed to magazines which Are just trying to give me a cheap thrill. If you elect me i Promise logo through every store in your neighbourhood and dump out anything that feel might offend the Community you can Trust me that no Pace will be left unturned without my stamp of approval. I m not Only talking about nudity depravity and sexually obnoxious material but also other stuff that might not look offensive on the cover but when you read Between the lines could Lead to crime. Many of you nay be asking How will the citizen swatch1 committees perform the guidelines Haven t been Laid Down yet but i would like them to work something Tike this every member of the committee will be issued a cd armband which will give him or her permission to go into any store suspected of Selling pornographic material. If such material is found the cd comm tree person will throw it on the floor pour cigarette lighter fluid on it and Start a fire in the aisle. Inhere happens to be a lot of pornographic material other members of the cd committee will stand out Side and break All the windows in the the owner protests this Type of treatment the cd committee will then organize a Boycott. During the Boycott the cd will take Down the names of custom ers entering the store. These will be sent on to Demeese who will put them into the attorney general s computer so that Washington will have some idea about who is pro pornography. Each citizen s watch committee will be Able to plug into the computer incas they have suspicions about a stranger hanging around a Magazine stand,1 Don t want anybody to get the idea that this is Tome tort of vigilante committee the attorney s Gener Al s commission is recommending. We cannot prevent you from buying anything you want. But u americanist is our right to make you Damn sorry you did. The citizen s watch committees Are your guarantee that you won t be poisoned by filthy pictures again. The question will come up As to what qualifies thew committed to decide the Reading tastes of others. Their main strength is that they care about what is on Sale and they re willing to do something about it. Once appointed As a cd Deputy the comm Teperson will study at night to become an expert in pornography. So 1 need your vote. Without wanting to brag fir not i the Best Man for the Job. I be Hung around new stands All my life. 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