European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday november 21, 19bb the stars and stripes Ann Landers Page 1t letter dear Ann Landers Witt you please rerun dead at17," the letter from the Young kid who imagined he was killed in a automobile Accident Akron dear Ann Landers i had your definition of Matu Rity in my Wallet and somebody picked my pocket on the bus yes verday. Can you print it again Charlotte  Ann Landers the column you wrote describing the difference . .  these Reno est come in every Day. Sometimes 1 get Many to 50 in a single Day. My smart staff hit on wonderful solution a an enormously ume  Why Don t Yon Combine the columns thai Are Moat frequently requested and put them in � Booklet Callol cams " after � Areat de a of Reading and sorting 1 Hare done jus that  is called fact a it i b hoi off the presses id time for Christmas Tor the Man or woman who has everything or nothing. It is the perfect gift for  Friend or a Tell one. Ideal for your grandmother who like to read in Short spurts or or teen Ager who will get a Mercat sampling of the philosophy 1 the been espousing fees last 33 Yean. And Yon just might see a Gem in there that you Tofi you had Clipp five Yean ago. Send for gems in care of Ann Landers  11561, Chicago Iii. 6m11-0562. Enclose $4 and a self addressed stamped 65 cents postage Long bust Neu site no. 10 envelope. This la a lot of Money folks but As Yon will see if lot of Booklet dear Ann Landers we recently caught our 17-year-old daughter in bed with her Boyfriend. They were upstairs in her bed room. It was an absolute Nightmare. We talked with Betty and Rick for two hours afterwards. They said they weren t having sex and had never gone beyond necking. I Don t believe it we we retired and resting is the Way they put it. We have grounded her and said she can t see Rick for two weeks. Could you give us some suggestions about what else we ought to do should she Nave counselling should we the boy is Only 16. Please help us Deal with this problem intelligently. Perplexed Parent sin Kansas dear parents when you catch a 17-Jear-old girl in bed with a 16 year old boy it is a fairly Salt bet that they Are doing More than resting. The Best thing to do now is make certain that they understand it is unwise unsafe and unacceptable to indulge in sexual Intercourse. Make sure your daughter knows All about birth control and inform the boy1 parents about the incident so they can see to it that their son u properly informed also. Trying to keep them apart won t work it will Only make their Clandestine meetings More delicious. Dear Ann Landers we hear so much about rude salespeople that i roared when i saw an anecdote in a recent Issue of Reader s digest. I be lost the Magazine but Here s the Story. If you think it s funny print  Elkhart ind. Dear Elk i do and i shall. Here tis. A woman went to the Post office to buy a stamp. The person who wailed on her was unusually surly. He shored the stamp at her with such Force thai it landed on the floor about two feet away. With great aplomb the woman look the Money out of her purse Laid ii careful Lyon the floor picked up the stamp and walked out. Readers urge writer to cast his ballot this is a rebuttal to the recent writer and Alt other who choose not to vote. This writer otters his cynical View toward America voting process. Specifically he Calls for a voting option where one can stale who he does not want for presi Dent. My Point Here is not to Praise either Bush or Duka Kis. Rather it is to show you and others like Viiu the importance of voting. There Are numerous reasons Why people Vole. Some Vole out of a sense of civic duty while others vote because they feel that it s their Small say in the Large political Arena. Personally i vote because i value the right to vote. Isee the bloodshed in the world caused Over the inability of citizens to vote and i am consoled by the fact that am an american. I have never Beard a Good argument for not voting Only myriad excuses and explanations All rationalizations for nol exercising one of our greatest rights. It s fact that our process makes one work a Little to Vole. For example you must be properly registered before you can vote in november. Thus the first reason for not voting laziness which is conveniently disguised by the Bolh of the candidates Are idiots attitude. Ignorance is another main Factor albeit equally no confessed. The differences Between the Democrat Libe ral philosophy and the Republican conservative philosophy Are enormous Many americans Lack the knowledge and the desire to learn about these differences. I will nol place the writer into either of these two categories. He is one who has rationalized his apathy As a justifiable alternative justifiable to the Point where he has not voted in 16 years. I cannot accept this line of thinking. Logically there is one and Only one valid reason notto vote. If you equate the two candidates perfectly there s no need to vote. That is if you like or dislike Bush and you attach the exact same feelings to Duka Kis you would be equally Content or discontent wit the election results Ihus your vote voices no opinion. However to not Vole because twee dec dumb and Tweedle dumber Are running is not a valid reason simply the name Tweedle dumber denotes that Tweedle dumber is dumber than twee dec  the premise that these two Are the Only two choices an acceptable premise based upon our Politi Cal process. The writer properly Calls this the Leach of two evils concept and quickly Stales his refusal to vote this Way. I argue that it is justifiable and often necessary. If you accept the fact that either Bush or Dukakis will reelected president and you Don t like either of them you Are equally responsible to vote for the one you dislike the least in order to keep the one you dislike the most out of the while House. To those of you who choose not to vote take moment and ask yourself Why. Don t make cd Cusco think of the real reason. If you Are then satisfied Wilhour reason i do not criticize you. However i do ask one thing of you Don t be the first one to complain about our politicians. You elected to pass up your right to vote now you must accept the elected. -.-.-,. Johnson. Hanau West Germany this writer s whole letter boiled Down to i give up Sci  Section because i Don t like the results of the earlier. It is not easy to be a member of a Complex  because he has Given up it does not mean the rest of the people should follow his example and give Upton. If the writer had taken the time to read the  then he would know that it is not against the rules to have More than two candidates run for president some ballots do have More than two names on the ballot. The names reentered by individuals and parties who do care and believe in the process. There is nothing sacred with the democrats or republicans any party or individual can nominate a candidate for president. The communist parly As Wellas the libertarian party Are running candidates in some states for the office of president he can always write in the name of the person he wants the suggestion about "1 do not vote for either candidate is nol being responsible. People throughout the world Are fighting and dying for the Opportunity which the writer is giving up. Ask yourself this one All important question if note then who will be responsible Richard  Bruch Secl. West Gitman your correspondent who boasted in not having voted since the Mcgovern Nikon election has disenfranchised himself for so Long that he has lost Contact with the reality of the electoral process. Does he want five candidates there were five Only Absentee ballot form. There was also a space for a write in candidate which i used to Vole my own convictions i wrote in none of the  there arc other ways of expressing one s dissatisfaction than Sim ply refusing. This letter did Point up one of several deficiencies incur electoral process which is crying out for Reform measures. These reforms might include inclusion of an actual none of the above option on the ballot. That coupled with the requirement to reach a simple majority or a mandatory level of plural Ity of the votes cast might make the major political panics think twice before presenting the american electorate with another pair of twerp like those we had to choose Between this year. Elimination of the electoral College. This anachronistic institution is a Holdover from an Era when the unwashed masses were deemed to be Loo Jan Oral to vote directly for their president. It is a insult to the american voter. Requiring each presidential candidate to reveal his Cabinet choices before the election so voters could Sec who would actually be running the country an could choose accordingly requiring presidential candidates of the major parties to debate each other at least four limes during the last two months of the Campaign. I am talking hereabouts real speech society style debates not journalistic quiz programs. They should pick a topic or have on assigned and actually debate it. Requiring everyone who is a qualified voter Tovote. This need not be the kind of requirement that forces people out of their Homes and Frog Marche them to the polls it could be in the form of Basing eligibility for various Federal and slate payments Suchias student Loans tax refunds salaries of Federal stale workers tax refunds welfare benefits Etc on whether or not the intended recipient had voted in the last election. Of course exceptions would have to be mad for non citizens and people who otherwise were incl Gible or unable to vote.,-. ,-.- finally and with Tongue in Check but Only slightly political campaigns should be limited to the year of the election. Anyone who even hints of being a Politi Cal campaigner before Jan. Rof the election Yea should be taken out and summarily executed. Or at least have his her donor mailing list data base file erased. David m. Bjork Tarraf Fairford England iwo plan Momoh cot if for x. 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