European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 15, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 11 letters a american letter prompts 2 response Sahn Landers dear readers United technologies corp. Has from time to time run a series of messages. I hesitate to Call them ads because they Are far too Classy. These essays by Harry j. Gray of Hartford conn., contain More common sense per Square Inch than anything i have Ever read. The Man is a Genius. Here a one of my favourites do you remember who gave you your first break someone saw something in you once. That a partly Why you Are where you Are today. It could have been a thoughtful Parent a perceptive teacher a demanding Drill sergeant an appreciative employer or just a fiend who dug Down in his pocket and came up with a few Bucks. Whoever it was had the kindness and the foresight to bet on your future. Those Are two Beautiful qualities that separate the human being from the orangutan. In the next 24 hours take 10 minutes to write a grateful note to the person who helped you. You la keep a wonderful Friendship alive. Matter of fact take another 10 minutes to give somebody else a break. Who knows someday you might get a Nice letter. It could be one of the most Gratifying messages you Ever read. Dear Ann Landers i was surprised that someone would take you to task for using the term a Clergyman a but even More surprised that you accepted the criticism. Appeasing the feminists is threatening to ruin the English language. It began with the acceptance of the term �?oms.,�?� which is not an abbreviation and Means nothing not to mention those goofy hyphenated last names. It has become so ridiculous that in Sacramento the local government recently had a contest to rename a manhole  it is tiresome to read a the she or a the and she when a simple a the a As it once was conveyed the meaning perfectly. I wish you had told the Rev. Aleona to lighten up. She was out of line to demand that you come around to her Way of thinking. The Good reverend May have some support among other female members of the clergy but i can assure you that the american Public is on your Side. This goes for a a chairperson and All the rest of that women a lib Claptrap. We depend on you to be the voice of reason. Please done to disappoint us by caving in to All this militant nonsense. A . Vacaville Calif. Dear . I was amazed at How Many readers rushed to my defense. I believe there is a place for  in the language but we should leave phrases like a manhole covers alone. Dear Ann Landers several months ago i wrote for advice. I had started to go with a terrific Guy and was terribly interested in making the relationship work. We Are both in our 30s and tired of running around. I asked you if i should Tell him about my past and you said a be honest but it is not necessary to give him the names and numbers of All the  i took your advice. Everything was Fine for a few weeks but after that he began to throw my a sexual history Back in my face. Last night he called me a tramp. The Romance is definitely Over. Did you give me the wrong advice a . Dear . My advice was Good. Its the Guy who Wasny to so terrific. A person has the right to know whether there was a divorce a child or if the partner has a communicable disease. But beyond that its nobody a business. I have to agree with the writer of a recent letter titled a a it a time for America to help  All the Energy time and Money wasted by anti abortion and gun groups could be better spent taking care of americans Young poor elderly and homeless. Regardless of what these groups think they cannot Force their morals on others. Why do you think the Early settlers of America came Here religious and personal freedoms Freedom of Choice. There Are enough Laws in the books of the Federal state and local governments too Many actually. If a person violates someone a rights society already has the ability to react under the Constitution. If a woman really wants an abortion then that a her god Given right of free Choice to make that decision. I done to believe anyone wants an abortion for the Heck of it. There Are always reasons. Lets not endanger two lives by causing a woman to go outside of the medical Community to get one. Also i would truly like to see statistics on How Many crimes Are committed with legally obtained guns. Done to talk about accidents because if you want to save lives from accidents than take cars Oft the Road. More people die and Are severely Hurt in automobile accidents than War. People not inanimate objects cause problems. Leave my constitutional rights and freedoms alone. Leave Law abiding citizens alone. Make the Price for committing crime High so High its not Worth the risk. Keep America the free country the founding fathers meant it to be. A sgt. 1st class Raymond j. Thibault Kaiserslautern West Germany. On the Issue of handguns the writer says that a guns done to kill people people kill  strange Why do the military and police spend so much Money on weapons not for decoration i assure you. A variation of the writers remark is people with guns kill people. Does no to it seem logical that it would be easier and cleaner to get rid of guns than people but the writer instead advocates simply killing criminals. He claims people will think twice before committing a murder rape Etc. So far it Hasni to come to be. Since 1976, when the supreme court reversed its 1972 decision Many such criminals have been executed. But contrary to what the writer claims would happen crime has risen. So much for the death penal in a sick and tired of All this Flag burning and not standing for our National Anthem. In a a Soldier defending people who do this. I could be sent to saudi Arabia to defend that grand old Flag while some Freak Burns it or refuses to hear the National Anthem. As a . Soldier i denounce anyone who a bums the Flag. Get out of my country a refuses to hear the National Anthem. Get out of my country the United states has an open Border a use it go Back where you came from. I also request that an Stop playing Sinead of Connors music. In a sure in a not alone in this decision. When i hear it i turn it off. A sgt. Steven j. Rutland Friedberg West Germany gee is. Of Connor that Felt Good could you slap Tyr a effectiveness in deterring crime. What i find revolting is the Way he wishes to Deal with these criminals. A just take him out and kill  has the writer Ever heard of due process of Law its assured by the fifth amendment to the Constitution. One of the foundations of our Legal ideology a no person shall be. Deprived of life. Without due process of  the reason someone joins the armed forces is to protect that Constitution. To find someone that wishes to violate that Constitution while at the same time protecting it does not speak highly of the military. Some claim that it is necessary to forgo certain constitutional rights in order to keep criminals off the streets. But faced with the Choice versus the knowledge that my and my future childrens rights Are assured. Ill take my rights. The writer goes on to bemoan the fact that the government a politely gives away Money to other countries without asking the citizens permission. Come on does it take a 17-year-old like me to give a military member a lesson in civics if you re willing to die for this count7, you might As Well know How it runs. We elect officials to run the country and to carry out foreign policies. It s called a representative democracy. We be Given them permission to spend Money by electing them. If you done to like it then exercise your right to vote for someone else. The writer also wants the United states to turn Back a fall those  he uses the homeless As an example of Why this policy would be Good. Granted the government both National and local should try to solve the homeless problem but we can to ignore these immigrants. Perhaps the writer is worried that american jobs will be lost to these  hate to Tell you this but the world is too Small to go isolationist. America is still an Industrial giant but it seems that certain people done to want to be challenged for the no. 1 spot. Sorry but its going to take a lot of work not turning away immigrants to stay no. 1. Read the inscription on the Tablet that the statue of Liberty carries. That a what America is. But then our a red blooded american Quot asks us not a to get him  red blooded from his letter the adjective i would use is redneck. He says he believes in America and is willing to fight for it. But How can he when he denies the Basic foundations of America namely the Constitution and compassion. A James g. Of Keefe Stuttgart West Germany me in the face again i done to know Why you done to like my country a National Anthem. Do the words turn you off or is the tune just not Catchy enough is it asking too much for you to stand by for five minutes while we pay tribute to our country i wish i could catch one of your shows but in a a Little Busy doing wills for fellow soldiers who Are heading for saudi Arabia to defend that National Anthem and those of a few other countries As Well. Maybe one of my fellow americans could go for me and do what id like to do a stand up and sing the National Anthem for you and then walk out As you threatened to do. Maybe you a learn a Little respect and remember who pays your Bills. A Terri l. Rutland Friedberg West Germany a writers urge respect for National Anthem european edition col. Gene e. Townsend u8af commander editor in chief it. Col. Suzanne l. Phillips Usan Deputy commander editor in chief Marie Kominicki Mert Proctor Deane b. Mcdermott production manager managing editor circulation manager this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication for members of the Mih tary services overseas. Contents of the stars and stripes Are not necessarily the official views of or endorsed by the . Government the department of defense or the . European command. The appearance of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorsement by the department of defense or the stars and stripes of the products or services advertised. 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