European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Landers dear Ann Landers i am 14 years old and in the ninth Grade. Maybe because 1 Myoung a lot of people will think 1 am not Worth listening to but please print my letter anyway. I m tired of hearing people complain about the shape America is in. I hate it when they bad Mouth our president and our vice president and Knock our for eign relations and our Trade agreements. They complain about the drug problem crime and pollution but what Are they doing to help in history class we studied the american revolution and Learned what our forefathers went through to free our country from English Rule. They started Abrand new nation full of Hope and Promise. Our ances tors fought hard to secure the freedoms that so Many people take for granted. But now we the descendants of those courageous pioneers complain about Ever Little thing that goes wrong in our country. I agree that the United states could use some improvement but instead of criticizing i plan to do something to make things better when i get older. Ask your readers to think about How Lucky they Are to be Able to go where they want and say what they want whenever they please. That s what Freedom is All about and that s Why i am proud to be an american. B.r., danvill1-, . You be made some Good Points especially about Mak ing things better instead of complaining about How bad they Are. And i really like your comments on Freedom. It s Nice to be Able to go wherever we want and say whatever we please. And that includes criticizing the president the vice president foreign relations and Trade agreements. This too is what Freedom is All about an Don t Ever forget it. Dear Ann Landers this is for people who live in apartments where there is a resident manager. Ninety five percent of you Are great. You pay your rent on time and respect office hours. It s the other five percent that tick me off. Just because i happen to live in the building do snot mean iat i am on Call 24 hours a Day. I have a family and. Life same As you. If your fat Al is dripping Why did t you let me know about it fore 9 p.m.? what do you think i am going to do about it at 11 o clock at night if you lock yourself out of your apartment or lose your keys please understand Why i am not in a terrific mood when you Wake me up at 3 . To let you in. If you Are going to be late with your rent let me know instead of ducking around Corners. I would be glad to give you a few weeks of Grace if you Tell me you have a problem but your intentions Are honorable. When i take you to court you Tell the judge you did t pay the rent because i did t fix something that i never knew was broken. Is that fair i have had it with you folks and wish you d move somewhere else preferably to a single dwelling so you Don t drive another manager nuts. Burned out Landlady dear Landlady your letter is sure to be clipped by resident managers in Many cities around the world. The problems you de scribe Are Universal. I also expect to hear from tenants eager to Tell their Side of the Story. I la print the bes responses. Page 11 letters army chaplain critical of nurse s stance i would like to comment on the recent letter nurse discusses plus Side of condom the practice of providing sexually Active Soldier with government purchased condoms so these soldiers can practice what this nurse Calls responsible sex is absurd. Common sense says she should be helping them to understand that sex outside of marriage i deadly morally psychologically spiritually and health Wise. If they choose to act immorally let them buy their own condoms. I can envision a lawsuit suing the army i used the condom the nurse gave me. It failed. I got aids. Now i am going to sue Uncle condom distribution and value Neutral sex Educa Tion programs have dismally failed and the number of soldiers with sexually transmitted diseases St including aids has skyrocketed. Why any program that teaches and encourages absolute sexual Freedom without the responsibility of marriage and childbearing is doomed to failure. This responsible sex As this writer called it i clearly just irresponsible. Unknowingly she May be contributing to the spread of std i agree with or. It. Col Redfield the army s chief aids researcher that commanders need to Send Clear message to soldiers that aids is a serious Dis passing out condoms is not that Clear message. Commanders have an obvious moral responsibility to encourage soldiers to abstain before marriage and to remain faithful during marriage for the order welfare discipline and health of the army Community. No Freedom is absolute including sexual free Dom. With our Freedom also comes responsibility the two work together to bring a balance in our society let s teach our soldiers values to include self discipline in the area of sex. Let s Reward moral Excel Lence and character development in our troops. Let s build Strong families and a healthy army Community. The clock is ticking and most of the army is sleep ing. We Are facing the most fatal std epidemic in the history of the world. It is voluntarily contracted and spread by sexual promiscuity. The condom is not the answer. Maybe god and the Bible Are right with abstinence and then Fidelity in marriage a permanent solution would be achieved that would quickly and Cost effectively end the std plague. Are the i so soldiers who Are expected to contract aids this year listening let s work together As a Community to re Duce this number not to 255, but to Zero. Chaplain capt de Drew Vicenza Italy film does the wrong thing writer says Spike Lee is telling Young Black americans to Dothe right to choose Between Malcolm x and Martin Luther King or. To choose Between violence and peace. He shows his audience what he has chosen violence. Why docs Lee feel compelled to ask such Irres Ponsi abilities of others Why can t he ask them to go to school Lead healthy lives respect and believe in them selves Why can t he ask them to at being More than just one thing Black while growing up in los Angeles i lived next door to a Man named Henry Duvall. He was a probation officer with the los Angeles police department. His was to help Young people who lived in the ghettos. He knew that if left a helped they were on their Way to drugs crime alcoholism and ultimately self destruction. He never cared what race they were. Everyone was a unique individual the least of what they were was the color of their skin. Being born into a poor family in the 1920s did nonstop Henry from earning his College degree. 1 never heard resentment in his voice 1 never heard words of violence. He never Felt sorry for himself. He was to Busy living working and learning but most of All helping others. Even after his death Young people would flock to his Home and show his widow their diplomas medical and Law degrees police badges photos of wives and children Ana newly purchased Homes. All were thank Ful for meeting him at the juvenile detention Center. Henry Duvall did not take advantage of Blacks by making them feel sorry for themselves. Nor did he preach a specific color Agenda. He was proud to Neblack. But he was also proud to be a probation officer father husband and Friend. He taught us the neighbor Hood children about Gandhi and Martin Luther King or. He fought in world War ii and never let us forge the holocaust victims. He fought for civil rights for All americans. Maybe he should have met Spike Lee. 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