European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 2, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday october 2,1987 the stars and stripes letters readers rally behind poor old Clem re the letter in which my highly Learned colleague i too was once a pfc and proud of it attempts to berate belittle poor old your writer May Well have graduated from the Fin est University in California while studying however i would suggest that he read a Little ring Lordier Sinclair Lewis Damon Runyon and other pop writers of the 40s and 50s before he either blames and or credits Good Ole Clem with having originated what i and Many others after graduating from Fine universities in California consider to be very humorous and an entertaining style of writing As evidenced by Good old Clem Robert endersby Chow line is the Only reason i buy the stars and stripes on thursday. 1 really Don t think that makes me a brainless humanoid bom in a and to Call Clem launder the worst journalist since the creation of newspapers is rather unkind. Personally Clem i find your column interesting Tunny and very delightful. As far As your writing. Please Don t change. Your wit and humor remind me a lot of the great Opinio and i hold a High regard for the of gonzo. You might even consider compiling All your columns into a Small Book. Clem Don t change your style and please keep Chow lint in the stars and stripes. Nun ind location withheld dim Lounder s column is an interesting Well writ ten amusing and original piece of americana. As such it to one of the Lew columns i look Forward to Reading in an otherwise mediocre paper. I wonder How the writer who penned such a disparaging letter about Clem s Corner feel about Mark Twain Aan Marie him it Munkh if the writer had been paying attention during Bis College Days he would have Learned to appreciate Clem i column for what it dares to be a ramble through the grammar Patch by a writer who is pot afraid of straying from be Well worn path. There it a Fine tradition of such freewheeling behaviour among writers and 1 am certain that they have left in their Wake droves of hoary old fuss pot pedants. 1 have spent some time among the University High brows myself and while 1 realize that Clem is no Mark Twain i at least credit him with providing a very entertaining piece of writing. Through his contest it would seem Clem is inviting his readers to do the same. That can t be a bad thing. Ski. Robert p. Shipman Raf Fairford. England Clem god love his Chow eating Little heart has his own unique writing style that my wife and i have come to appreciate since its first appearance in Stan and stripes 1 will agree Clem s grammatical usage u dal the Best but or launder Only Breaks those grammatical rules thai hamper his style or do not lend to the continuity of Hii column. Which by the Way is perfectly acceptable in the world of journalism today even we brain dead Fani know a few things. Hemingway we not the greatest either Bat i Haven t seen the Snow of Kilimanjaro taken off any required High echoed or College English Reading kits lately. Lcoo Uris is another author who has been so cited with poor grammatical usage. In tact you will find in the August edition of writer s digest mag Azine an article in which lie describes Bis reaction to the grammatical criticism of a certain Welt known pub Lisher Over his first Book Battle the publisher lambasted Uris work claiming it would take the rest of his life to clean up All the spelling syntax and grammar and that it was probably the worst Book Ever written in the English Uris exact reply As to what he was going to do with the 100,000th published copy of the Book and his most outspoken critic will be left to renders imagination and in the pages of writer s Clem Don t get any ideas now you Don t want to further tarnish your image of a brain dead brainless humanoid born in a dumpster with the writ ing skills of a Garden Snail however the real Issue Here is style and individual taste. I do know from my observations As someone who has been stationed Here for a while and has adapted to this sometimes weird yet fulfilling american military european subculture that Clem has done a remarkable Job in capturing the flavor and gusto of Germany and its life style and some of the americans serving Here jumbo counts for three. Gem has repeatedly shown a remarkable amount of creativity in describing settings situations toe characterizations of his friends or the simple pleasures of a Good meal. 1 especially liked i column eating of the the Story transitions were first rate lop drawer brain Chow. In conclusion i think the Good master sgt. Ret has taken and devoured one monstrously Large chunk from the pie of life. Writing from a Low radio economic level dumpster we arc Rwjr and Diana Parka Frankfort wait until 1991, he says concerning your recent front Page article on the Constitution Iris Art weak in their constitutional knowledge Stan and stripes writers Mutt be positively anaemic. Why quiz us on the Bill of rights and constitutional amendments on the Constitution s 200th birthday quiz us on the Bill of rights when it celebrates Iti 200th birthday in december 1991. We could Surprise you with what we know. Jot Burke Raf upper hey Portt England pen pals 1 i in wart old and Ltd timed in a Nuny. 1 would Liki to will Martta world i la dancing failing and Iii Ping in Muoc. Nun jaamatepb53w Nam Prim my Nama Yam pan pit column i to 2j yarn a Marttia out no 331juw Dot Jam Boko Din. Manaigo Bug sur in up i i am 17 and Inrid Uhn to a pan pats. 1 hot music Toman Lang Uaima Kwong ind writing limit. 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