European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 7, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse A a 10 the stars and stripes Friday november 7,1886 doonesbury they love it or hate it in response to the letter writer suggestion to con duct a Survey 1 thought i d conduct a Survey of my own of the strips i find humorous or following Are my findings taken from the Stan and stripes Hubert not funny advocates the avoidance of work. Spider Man Don t read it Snuffy Smith nol funny advocates dress ing up animals must somehow advocate Transve Lites. Bloom county not funny make fun of deformed animals. I and Lois not funny character exhibits schizophrenic behaviour. Beetle Bailey not funny emphasizes overeating. Shoe not funny glorifies drinking and bar life. Sesame Street no comment. Carfield not funny an. Cat that emphasizes laziness overeating and brutal animal pranks Vikk Dennis the menace not funny makes Light of children passing Back to parents. Blond1e nol funny advocates watching to instead of participating in healthy recreational activities. 1 think you catch my Drift. 1 personally commend the stars and stripes for carrying the doonesbury strip when other paper in our country choose notto for reasons that to me Cut too close to censorship. So to the letter writer and most of the people know you can exercise your god Given faculties and choose not to read the strip if you dont like it. I like doonesbury. Now to you at the stars and stripes lets talk seriously about that stupid strip Nancy. To me and All the people i know. Dob Flat l. a Germany. I love it and just about everyone i know who appreciates a satirical look at what s happening in our world does too. I Only really began to appreciate doonesbury when i started Reading other sections of the newspaper in addition to the comic. In fad i Learned More about the watergate years breading doonesbury than i did from my history teach ers. Gary Trudeau the to called sick creator of the Pulauer prize winning strip i one of today s most respected political satirists. He does t just draw funny pictures of characters spouting four frames of ballooned one liners. Instead he makes Light of what s funny in life. He a r issues n Sanc la a nwv.,"ofand the marital p Rob tems of Loday a yuppies. To True sometime the strip is not always funny. An longtime Reader of the comic knows that. Sometimes it s sad or serious sometimes it s a Little irreverent an once in a while it s controversial enough that some newspapers won t run it and sometimes it is downright hysterical. But if it does t make you laugh in always makes you think. Set refer drop it 1 agree it in the letter writer. My. German. He May not know in but his question has Bee asked and fought Over in the press Many Many times since the strip inception. Questions of its suitability for children Trudeau inferences and whether it belongs with other strips or the editorial Section. Quite often newspapers will re fuse to print Day s or week s Worth of the cartoon. Doonesbury is of course political. Thai also tends to include reflections of Modem events and is a matter of opinion and perhaps depends on one personal Outlook on politics and the world in general. Name will held Hannab Germany. 1 personally like Gary Trudeau s sarcastic and satirical sense of humor. I Don t like tank Mcnamara however because i m not a sports fan. But that does t mean 1 insult the artist and Call for the ban Ning of Hii wort i m Jure you Learned Aboul Freedom of the press a some time. Thai s the Greal thing about the Western world. Freedom to read and write what we want. How could you expect them to print your letter and ask them to ban something else senior airman Patrick Lucas Torrejon Spain. I vote that you drop doonesbury. William a travel Bonn. The daily chuckle it gives me is probably my primary reason for plunking Down my Quarter. If i can whip past eight pages of daily sport information in the stars and stripes surely you can. Bypass doonesbury. Sally l. Sharp Fnu Tuart. Although i find . Trudeau s humor a bit bizarre at limes doonesbury is still faithfully read and discussed by co workers and myself daily. I respect the letter writer s right to air his opinion on the matter but if he is so upset by the comic strip All he has to do is simply not read the step. Set. Gerard p. Rynderman garbled Germany who likes doonesbury i do. Maybe Gary tru Dean is sick. The strip is certainly unconventional and sometimes even offensive. The humor is often Subtle. The satire has a Nasty Way of digging Ai both right and left. The characters talk about violence racism drugs and teens sex. But i find doonesbury More funny Wilty and intelligent than anything else in the comic Section. Sometimes in the whole paper. So if you want to drop the strip because some of your readers can t follow in or can t stomach what in has to say go ahead. But when you do i la drop the stars and stripes because for me a newspaper in t Complete without the sick Brilliant mind of Gary Trudeau. Set Leonard Macij Stock Izmir Turkey i do like doonesbury Bui feel free to drop Hubert. Susan Russeff Heidelberg. The writer does not understand that humor is very subjective. It s quite possible that his favorite strips might strike me As trite or even stupid but i would t think to write in and complain that i Don t find them As witty and Clever As doonesbury orb loom county. Let s hear it for continued diversity on the stars and stripes comics Page. Stereo Zuidem Frankfurt there Are 12 people in my office who have started doonesbury Ian club Over the letter. If the writer thinks doonesbury is sick humor there Are a Tot of sick people around Here. Shirley l. Sorry a Mossau Germany. We can no More do without satire a differing View the healthy comment that keeps society healthy than we can allow others to dictate our Reading matter and guard our morals for us. After the roman satirist Juvenal wrote almost two who will then guard the thousand years ago guards. John m. Mcmahon Karlsruhe Germany. Not As innocent As Zippy not As Subtle a Pogo not As Guffaw As shoe not As Wonky at the editorial Page but still the Best printed satire going Michael a. Bacon Kae Fertal Germany the following people wrote in support Palau Gal o. Vetal Nutan Berumi Virtu. Lynda k. Sable Pimp As Germany a envy Almb Frankfurt Cape. Efan Zuncker Spang Dalileo a. Ger Many Danielle Collins Baste in a spec. 4 Jame f. Cafe foray Lynda fun Banau Rig san menu and Dorf Germany i . Wood ant a Chicksands England final score for 24, against 2 cafes put her Mustang Back on the Road _. _ ,.111 a it. Rin tit the Ash of Kkt Holh in he we labor Day. My husband our Best friends their two children and myself went to Duc Broth near bad Gnu Lucio for a wine probe. It was a Nice Day until the drive Back. We had decided to let the Guys drive Back together and the girls we drove Back in my Mustang. I did the usual thing most Young privates do when they join the service. I bought a new at least then n Waii new 1976 Ford Mustang d. It had 17 mile on was my first new car. I was to proud to Dave ibis Bright fire engine red automobile. Since february i960, this car am i have been in Heidelberg. As we Ell know american can jut area t built to compete with the european Auto at lean my four Cylinder in t As i found out on labor Day. We were just outside of Ludwig Baden when we pulled into a Park lab. 1 turned my engine off an went inside. When we got Back into the car i turned the key to Start the engine nothing happened i checked the Oil the temperature was Fine the Batter charged the distributor Cable Normal. No. 1 was not out of Gas. The second part of this Story is the purpose of this letter 1 took my car to the cafes garage at the shopping Center in Heidelberg. My worst fears were confirmed by their mechanics the engine was fro zen. They gave me two options order a rebuilt engine j1.600-2,000 or find a used engine from a junkyard. I thought to myself right find an engine for an american Ford Mustang ii Here in i guess the Guyt in the office either Felt sorry for Moor got tired of my belly aching. They were now in on the search for an engine. They found one at sem Baobab. Lucky Loo because it was the Only one that tit exactly. For $.61 on the very next Day. They pulled is engine out Fin the pouring rain i might add and we earned Witback to cafes garage in a Van. These wonderful mechanics at cafes garage spent the next two Days pulling out my old engine putting in the new used engine and sealing it All without being 100 percent sure that the new Engin would even wort and of course u did t. There was a Low of com pression Between the first and second cylinders which meant that the head Gasket had to be replaced. There i was again Back to the original two options. Buy a new re built engine or another used me. I not knowing much about cars asked the Queen thinking to myself even baseball has three Mai and a Home plate in t there something else that can Besoner third Bale was urn they re opened the engine lock and found thai Only the rings needed to be replaced and i am Home again driving my my Lang. Too Many people have complained about Thea Afes garage. Well i am Here with my new car to Ull All of you out there out these Guy Are compe tent professional men and they do their be please their Cus Townen. R i have Learned a lot Aboul can throughout tire ordeal but just As important 1 got Tojo Era caring people who work at the Safe they answered ill of Ray question wok tin Plain everything and were very patient staff sit. Pey Heuten
