European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Page 11 Ann Landers letters Der readers Kem Timber the letter from he Mother from Mullion wit who attended Rock canc Rrt Nellh her Reen uen did was horrified Jit Whit at Law one Der fled fill Lin Guge of Ctm coi tank Riel wet Bro Ken bottles hid live Fincken Lowed no Kethly into i were medial eur Fonde Anont those who Wen drinking smoking dope and doing drugs. Miny a Cupplo went King off their Dothes and some couples were Bir Lnu Kex openly. The Rapanut to Ihms woman s letter he been mid Bojt Ullrike. I e been jutting in 12-hour Din my pm tags at nails a yet to he opened. Tike Ink. From Madison am a music critic for the Wisconsin state journal and 1 Don t believe the Rock concert described by that Mother Ever took place. Don t get me wrong a few kids have gotten tragically out of hand and i be seen some terrible bows in Madison Motley Crile the Beanie Boyi Etc but even these infamous bands never Cre ated the bedlam the woman described. Joh Kovalik from san Antonio Here s a review by Bob Stewart and Dwight Silver Man to staffer on the san Antonio Light. They wrote if every Parent in America attended just one heavy Metal concert like the one we saw Here last week Inch goings on would cease to exist. The crowd went wild Over Iron Maiden a heavy Metal band. Sev eral entertainers pranced on the stage with heir leather pants nil out to expose their backsides. It was revolt from Sacramento i be been to dozens of Rock conceits and have Neverseen anything like the one that Mother described. I be seen kiss Van Halen led Zeppelin and the rolling stones. All peat. You be been Annie. From Buffalo i m 30 and attended two Rock concerts in a football stadium when i was 18, kids were stoned and scream ire i pc maniacs. I left when dozens of people around mi.1 started to hallucinate and throw up. It was disgust ing. From Washington do Here s a quote from . Meyers who wrote in the Washington Post on March 29. 1987 the Brastic boys Don t do concern they do orgies. In Memphis they used a giant inflatable Penis during their song fight for your right to Pany in Columbus ga., they invited the girls in the audience to Bare their breasts and have sex with members of the Crew. They altered he lyrics to refer to Oral is. The Columbus chief of police Jim with Criggion said the Beanie Boyi rap music Trio should have been arrested for indecent exposure and disorderly conduct " from new York concerts cd alluring Motley Crue and Vince Neil were shocking. Our children were told drug abuse is great casual sex is Fine and violence is of. Please note some Rock stare such As Bob Dylan Bruce Springsteen Stevie wonder and dire Straits have a positive message and Are uplifting and wholesome from Santa Ana Calif a 17-year-old girl was raped sept 17, 1985, during a weekend concert at the Irvine Meadows amphitheatre. The victim a resident of Orange county was taken to Western medical Center in Santa Ana. More than to people were lilting nearby and did nothing to help her. Reader s patriotism needs no ceremony i be never seen a letter like this one in the stars and stripes before so i thought some balance was need Don the subject. Which is Retreat and the Way people react to it i Don t Duck the Retreat ceremony but i Don l go looking for it either. Don t say two minutes in t alot to spare your Flag and thai s not the Point it May be a Shock of some people but when Retreat sounds i Don t see fireworks filling the sky. I Don l see Flats snapping in the wind and i Don l see air Force tighten doing Rolls through the atmosphere before anyone suggest that 1 go live under a Hedtky let me explain a few things. One speaking for myself patriotism is a deeply personal thing. 1 Don t need ceremonies and i lanais to fee patriotic 1 can fee that Way every Day without the need of forced stimulation. Two my Pride Pomes from things like watching the olympics the space Buttle and the thunderbird. When i was at Beale fab i helped some other people remove the inside of a for 17 bomber so thai the plane would t buckle under its own weight. I Felt More Pride doing that than i Ever did at any ceremony i be witnessed in the military. Three Rny father in Rcd in world War ii. Along with his three Brothers one of whom was wounded so i Don t need to be reminded of the Sac Rifi that have been made throughout history for the freedoms i now enjoy it was ingrained in my psyche Long before i entered the military. 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