European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes aim Landers Page 11 letter dear Ann Landers Over the years i have had a great Deal of pleasure from you column and As a physician i commend you for the Fine Job you do in the health Field. Here is something that a Friend sent me recently. I Don t know who wrote it but it gave me Thebes laugh i be had in a Long time. I Hope you will share it with you readers. Your Friend Zig Mund l. Washington  Ziggie i agree. It s a Hoot. What a Way to Start the week thanks for sending it my  not to name your dog everybody who has a dog Calls him Rover  i Call mine  he s a great pal but he has caused me a great Deal of  i went to City Hall to renew his dog License i told the clerk i would like a License Cor sex. He said i d like one too then i said but this is a  he said he did t care what she looked like. Then i said you Don t under stand i be had sex since i was 9 years  he winked and said you must have been quite a  i got married and went on my honeymoon i took the dog with me. I told the Motel clerk that wanted a room for my wife and me and a special room for  said you Don t need a special room. As Long As you pay your Bill we Don t care what you  i said look you Don t seem to understand sex keeps me awake at  the clerk said funny i have the same  one Day i entered sex in a contest but before the Competition began the dog ran away. Another Contes Tant asked me Why i was just standing there looking disappointed. I told him i had planned to have sex in the contest. He told me i should have sold my own tickets. But you Don t understand i said i had hoped to have sex on  he said now that Cable Sall Over the place it s no big Deal  when my wife and i separated we went to court tonight for custody of the dog. I said your Honor i had sex before i was  the judged said the court room in t a confessional. Stick to the Case  then i told him that after 4 was married sex left  said me  last night sex ran off again. I spent hours looking around town for him. A cop came Over to me and asked what Are you doing in this Alley at 4 o clock in the morning i told him that i was looking for sex. My Case comes up Friday dear Ann Landers we received an invitation to a faraway out-of-town50th anniversary Celebration with a note that said in lieu of a gift please Send a donation that will go to Ward a memento befitting the  this looks to me like an out and out request for Money. I find such an invitation vulgar. How should i respond Providence . Dear Providence i agree with your assessment. The wording on the invitation is a tasteless pitch for Cash. If i were you i ignore it. Dear Ann Landers i could t believe your answer to the person who said his pet Peeve was radio announcers who say it a Quarter after the hour and then they Don t say which hour. You said it bothered you  crying in the grog Annie some of those announcers Are heard in six time zones off a satellite23,000 Miles in space. Get with it Petunia. Chicag Odear Chic so Many things in life Are obvious after someone Points them out. I m embarrassed. The aids problem discussed by writer a recent letter to Ann Landers from a Reader i Maine has prompted me to Send you this contribution. I recall a program shown on the bbl about 15 year Sago which showed a clip from one of Walt Disney s information animations of the 1940s. In this particular clip a cartoon Bee in military uniform addressed the audience on the horrors of venereal diseases. The be told of the dreadful weapons in the enemy s Arsenal. The most powerful of All was. Ignorance the aids virus has turned what were hitherto closet conversation matters into an urgent Issue to be made aware of for All age groups. As an exercise in the first Freedom i would like to offer my 10 cents Worth. The question of where aids came from has always been and will continue to be Good copy in every news paper going full Circle from the enquirer round tothe  the answers to that question will run All bases from lewd to ludicrous with the Learned opinion occupying second base. So if anyone out there can hear this voice from the stands Here goes. In the late 1960s, a revolution took place that brought sweeping changes in our social habits and although its consequences can not be pinned Down Tony one Factor it was a recipe for an Accident just looking for somewhere to happen. 1. The ease with which the contraceptive Pill could be obtained relieved the male of his often humiliating obligation to Purchase prophylactic Protection. 2. The utopian Ideal of free love was being fed to impressionable Young minds who however schol arly were starved of the experience in life. 3. These same impressionable Young minds were also experimenting with narcotics and thus creating a demand which enterprising individuals Short on scruples had no hesitation in supplying. 4. The More tolerant attitude towards homosexuality led to Laws being passed permitting homosexuals to practice without fear of prosecution. This led to Gay ghettos being established in some cities. Unfortunately there were no Clear guidelines Laid Down on social conduct within these communities As there had been in the heterosexual communities of the past. Thus you have the four main ingredients in the aids recipe. By the time of its discovery in 1980, damage had already been done and it was lying Dor Mant in hundreds if not thousands of people. The absence of a cure Means that conditions have Bee perfect for any bigoted boor with sufficient Force of character to sow weeds of fear upon the Fertile but fragile minds of the Gullible each having been infected by ignorance. What every person must know about aids. Aids is a virus. We can be 100 percent certain that a virus can not hear speak read or write. The fact that the virus has such a serious Handi Cap Means that it is incapable of negotiation. Whenever possible aids attacks using tactics outlawed by the Geneva convention. This would be a Good time to remind yourself of Points two and three it is therefore the duty and responsibility of every individual to use the resources and technology currently available to deny the virus the Opportunity to attack. The surgeon general has an option available which would accurately pinpoint the enemy s every position the world Over. To carry it out would be a logistical Nightmare. The predictable proportion of casualties would be tagged with injuries rarely found on the Battlefield shame humiliation Embarrass ment ostracism. Those tags would destroy a family. And cause ugly rifts within hitherto amiable com aunties. That is Why a compulsory mass blood screening program is unlikely to be put into action. In the meantime aids continues to attack at every Opportunity. Richard Hannay monchengladbach West Germany Reader discusses risks of smoking please allow me the Opportunity to reply to those who wrote in concerning the letter on extra time taken from work by smokers. The original letter was obviously Tongue in Cheek attempt to address what is a very real problem. Perhaps those who thought it More than that could not recognize the sarcasm through the smoke. The fact is that Overall smokers Are at greater risk for health problems from colds to cancer and contrary to the facts in one of the letters smokers Are a increased risk for ulcers As Well. Smokers damage their own health As Well As those around them who must inhale their exhaled pollutants. This does t make smokers bad people or second class citizens they Are addicted in every sense of the word and it is sad. Non smokers cannot be judgmental but also cannot sit by and allow their own health to be jeopardized. Although the Adverse health effects of smoking Farewell known tobacco is the Only substance legally sold and promoted which has absolutely no beneficial qualities. If a product which caused cancer heart disease lung disease and a Host of other illnesses were introduced into the United states by a foreign country the Public outcry would be unprecedented. Congress would enact legislation and the Dea would mobilize to Stop this killer  we accept such a drug now Only because it was acceptable before its terrible effects were known the unfortunate fact is that Congress will never act because too Many people make a living from this government subsidized tragedy and tobacco companies contribute too much to the campaigns of our elected officials. Because of this we must each work to make our own areas of influence smoke free and gently per Suade others to do the same. Or. Maj Julius l. Teague Nurnberg West Germany pen pals please publish my name in your pen pal column. I am willing to respond to everyone who writes me. Rhoda Aseng my store Public Market Polo Molok South cot Abato Philippines 9705 please publish my name in your pen pal column. I am a 26-year-old female. Elisa indy my store Public Market Polo Molk South cot Abato Philippines 9705 please publish my name in your pen pal column. 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