European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday August 22, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 11 Well How do 1 begin my letter i m angry that s a Start. Why you might ask. Because at 9 30 this morning there was a Knock at my door and a Puppy i had sold was brought Back to me and the sole reason was because of your stateside news that told us about an attack by a pit Bull terrier. Why is it that we hear Only about an attack if a pit Bull did it Why not the countless attacks by chows shepherds and mutts How is it that you the stars and stripes can state you do not discriminate in regards to race color  yet you seem to report this single incident with reference to the thousands of attacks each year caused by other Breeds of dogs Why is it that three vets have warned me about chows Over pit bulls yes 1 am supportive of the american pit Bull terrier Apt. 1 cannot be objective because 1 have a female Bitch and have bred her carefully. Maybe my Apt is different because she was raised in a controlled environment and is different from a Back Allcy Breeding of a pit Bull. Our dog Kori has been in the family for three and a half years before the births of my two daughters. I had to wonder myself How she would react to the bringing Home of a new child but Isnit that every mothers wonder should you get rid of the cat the dog the Bird but after a few months a pet can give a child Delight that no human can give a commas do not fetch dogs do. And let s not forget that one of americans most famous group of kids the a your gang Mascot for Clevi a Sion a Little rascals was an american pit Bull terrier Pete. Patton had an Apt to from the three stooges had an Apt As docs Ben from a growing pains Quot. Stephan a Kramer on Quot Hunter Quot owns an Apt and in the Intro to a Hunter Quot you can Sec her playing fris Bce with one. On the Intro to a late night with David Letterian Quot there is an american pit Bull terrier As Well being swung by a woman in a wedding dress and a Grunt Quot in the movie Quot Flash dance Quot was an Apt. Yes Many people cherish and love heir american pit Bull terriers. Too bad that their bum rap is mining it for future generations. Let me inform those who do prefer this Breed that when they do demolish the Apt heritage you can always get a Staffordshire terrier. 1 Welcome you to watch inc Pedigree dog shows and take a Good look. Staffordshire terriers arc they As socially acceptable As pit bulls Are not and Arentt the Stalfors hires just Apt under a different title and registration. I wonder. 1 also wonder Why it is that the Public loves spuds Mckenzie and can disapprove of the Apt when the Apt is half Hull terrier spuds and half English Bull dog. Let me end my letter by Mill really praising my Apt because of her i was Able to help a woman that had been attacked. At 4 00 one morning Kori was out Loose in a Field behind our Home. A woman came out from the Field to grab a Sheet she was partially nude from my Fence. Kori stood upright and about 8 feet away and barked and barked. Never did she go at the woman maybe because she knew the woman was Hurt. Well because and Only because a of my Apt was this woman Able to get help because it was Kori hat brought me to the woman s Aid. And this is Why i love my american pit Bull terrier. A Kristine Bacon Vicenza Italy a Reader blasts critics of pit Bull terriers a . Needs to value precious freedoms dear readers i came across this piece in the Wichita Eagle and Beacon written by George Scavoli editor of the editorial Page. He took the words right out of my Mouth a and did better with them than i Ever could. May i share them with you a i always can Tell when a letter from a Young person is written for our Public forum. It is illiterate a the writer usually does no to have the vaguest idea of the difference Between their and there or even a to and too can to construct a sentence properly knows practically nothing about capitalization or punctuation rambles incoherently and writes in a childish scrawl. It Breaks my heart every Lime i see it. A besides not being Able to write Young people today often can t read or speak adequately or reason or add or subtract very Well. A these Arentt just poor Black kids from the ghetto. They Are the sons and daughters of White Anglo Saxon protestant americans bom with Silver spoons in their Mouths. A if what i am saying sounds like 1 am anti Young believe me 1 am not. I care deeply about our Young people. A we have a National emergency on our hands. We literally Are raising a generation of incompetents. They will not be Able to run the country unless they manage to somehow get an after school education. This Means studying on their  the education crisis is vastly More important than the Energy shortfall runaway inflation or unemployment. I would be the first to admit i done to have any answers but i do know the system Isnit working. A if the newer methods of teaching Are merely perpetuating ignorance then its Lime to abandon them and try something else a or go Back to the Way it was done before. Readin writing and a Ril hectic foreign As they May be to Many of today a students still arc the Cornerstones of a Well rounded education. A a we must upgrade the image of the teaching professional. A Good teacher is More valuable than Silver or Gold and he or she must be treated accordingly. Good teachers arc More important to the future of the country than Bankers lawyers police officers fire fighters or newspaper editors. And there Are some darned poor teachers around. A amp t a when i spoke of letters from students earlier in this column i could have cited letters from teachers that weren to much better. �?o1 want to close by addressing the Young people who May read this a a a dear kid get an education that Means something. Not one that indicates you stood around like a dope for 12 years a or 16. If your teachers wont give you an education get one on your own. A a to will mean the difference Between a life of Drudgery and one of Worth and dignity. A a a if you re Black or another minority work hard. The Man will use the excuse of a substandard education to keep you at the Bottom of the Heap Quot a never slip learning. Once you learn to read and write Well learn to do it better. The Only real educational cripples arc the ones who think they re a a educated because they went to school. A a a be Pari of our National Pride instead of our National  19 creators Syndicate i m worried. A dark Cloud has formed on the horizon. A Cloud made up of intolerance and outright hatred. In a land whose very Bedrock is Freedom people everywhere seem Deenri inc to inflict their personal views on their neighbors. This Cloud Rains censorship and restrictive legislation where it passes. A disturbed soul attacks an unfortunate crowd with a semiautomatic Rifle. How do we react ban those Sam autos never mind that millions of semiautomatic firearms arc used safely by gun enthusiasts every year in Pursuit of their own personal happiness. A microscopic percentage of the american population decides each year that burning a Flag will help demonstrate the importance of their particular cause. How do we react Amend the Constitution never mind that no person or group has Ever improved their popular support by burning the Flag. I Challenge anyone to compile a list of countries who have restrictive or repressive Protection Laws for their official symbols to admit that they would really like to see the United states added to that list. Your neighbor reads Playboy Magazine. Penthouse maybe even god forbid Hustler How do we react threaten Boycotts harass the seller try to legislate Anli tomography statutes. How about trying this if you done to like it Don t buy it. If in the end there Are enough people who want or need this material the business will survive if riot it will fail. End of Story. Abortion Gay rights smokers rights non smokers rights racism you name it. There a no shortage of crusaders. All grimly determined to Reform the world in order to match their own skewed image of perfection. If you be got a cause that you re upset about consider this you May be right but you have no right to expect or demand that anyone else agree with you. And even if you can find a million other people that feel the Way you do that does not diminish in anyway my right to icel differently. Its ironic and profoundly sad that at the very time the communist world has begun to crumble the Standard bearer of democracy has begun to degenerate into a repressive and intolerant society. Try this live and Jet live. 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