European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 a the stars and stripes thursday july 25 1991 the s european edition circulation 100,000 col Gene e. Townsend Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor it. Col. Gayle w. Fix Usa Deputy commander Marie Kominicki production manager Bill Walker european editor William healer circulation manager switchboard 06155-6010. Ets 348-5741 or 5823. Telex 419-332. News Eleax 06155 601416 mailing address Apo 09211-4211 or Post Fach 11 14 37, d-6100 Darmstadt 11, 06155-601 plus Extension or ets 348-0 plus Extension. News ext. 237255, 282, 226, 326. Sports ext. 225, 269, 263, 332, 321, 221. Features ext. 230, 245, 341. Letters to editor ext. 208. Education Jami Jones ext. 226. Business Randy Mcclain ext. 326. Bureaus Bremerhaven Germany Ken Clauson building 103, Carl Schurz Cavern Apo 09069 Telephone ets 342-8659 or civilian 0471-68782. 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The Appeal Aiice of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorsement by the department of of Yunsu or the Slars and slopes of the products or services advertised everything advertised in this publication shall he made available for Purchase use or pal Maruge without Leonid to race color religion sex. origin. No. Mantel status physical Handicap political it Shanon or any usher non Merit Factor of the purchaser user or Patron gender not relevant this letter is in response to a women done to the writer asked the question a if women were allowed in Battle and the draft went into effect during a time of War How would you feel if your 18-year-old daughter were drafted a i would be just As proud and frightened for an 18-year-old daughter As i would for an 18-year-old son serving in the same War. Do you really think anyone would love a daughter More than they would love a son or that because he a male he would be grieved for any differently if you think i would Grieve for a son less than a daughter you re wrong. The writer says a if i were in Battle and my female fighting partner were killed or wounded there a no telling How i would does this mean you would know exactly How to a a react if your male counterpart were killed or wounded that a a naive knee Jerk response at Best. I would also like to thank you so much for allowing that a some women could handle ill do the same for you. There Are some men who can handle Battle As Well and some who cannot like the thousands of Vietnam vets currently under psychiatric care. So lets not make sweeping judgments As to the capabilities of an entire sex. I done to want my daughter to go into War nor my son but if they choose to protect their country and what they believe in they should have an equal right and an equal Opportunity to do so. A Elizabeth Cline Madrid Spain activists should try pen this is in regard to the article a meat trucks it seems to me the activists who despise the murder of animals Are in fact no better off if they take human life to make a Point or even attempt to. Now i know nothing was mentioned about any killings but i can recall hearing about the Alf organization setting bombs at these places they do so detest. If someone works late they Are in jeopardy. The solution is not to take up arms against humanity just because people want to eat. Science must also Nave a say. Nazi Germany conducted human experiments in Wii and if we were to resort to that no telling what kind of a Public outrage that would produce. If you want to make a Point write to your senator or representative. Its amazing what can be accomplished through a simple letter. A airman 1st class Greg Clements Raf Ben Waters englandya1i graduates View As a Marine corps officer and recent graduate of the Virginia military Institute 1 feel compelled to respond to a Only old boy drummers found a beat Ellen Goodman is obviously upset that Vii emerged victorious from its Day in court. Her arguments however do nothing to support her anger. Goodman says that judge Jackson l. Kiser a invocation of Henry David Tho Roaul a spirit was a misuse of the great Many swords. Personally i believe Thoreau was encouraging men and women to think for themselves be original and go against the establishment if they believe it to be wrong. Is this not what the Young woman who originally filed suit was doing is this not also what the Virginia military Institute did in defeating the massive Legal machine of the " department of Justice Goodman is not encouraging people to think rather she is telling us How to think and implying that those who do not think As she does Are wrong. Another of Goodman a problems with Vii is the extensive Good old boy network of graduates within the Virginia state infrastructure. Perhaps this is because we choose to take a stand and get involved. Good old boy networks get things done one Telephone Call often accomplishes the same As countless requisitions or memos sent to numerous offices of government. An old boy network is harmful Only if corrupt and is. Goodman if you have evidence that such a network exists then i urgently request that you expose it. �?2nd it. John c. Golden operation provide comforted Tor s note letters from readers expressing their viewpoints or opinions Are published daily in this space. Alt Etters must be signed. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Preference is Given to Shorter letters so that More can be published in a timely manner. Letters should be addressed to letters to the editor the stars and stripes Apo 09211-4211. A a a letters requesting information or assistance Are answered in a feature called readers action line which appears on Page 16 every Day except thursday and sunday. Such letters should be addressed to readers action line the stars and stripes Apo 09211-4211. Few re movies and children recently while attending a showing of new Jack City i noticed children no older than 8 sitting in the Row in front of me. New Jack City like Many other movies is rated the a a re rating Means that anyone under the age of 17 must be accompanied by an adult. My concern is that Many children accompanied by an adult or not Are not mature enough to understand the Complex issues raised in some a a re rated movies. While the drugs sex and violence displayed in new Jack City were an obvious a anti gang message to an adult some children in the audience found the movie funny and were obviously impressed by the sophisticated lifestyle of the gang members a set to Good dance music. 1 am appealing to parents of Young children to at least discuss the subject matter of the movies with them. While a Parent obviously cannot hide a child from the realities of the world a responsible adult should prevent impressionable youths from exposure to such unnecessary violence. A Liz ferry Fulda Germany a 4"abortion Issue clouded the subject of abortion has been blown far out of proportion and it seems that the Basic Point of the Issue has been clouded by emotional and religious Fervour. The abortion Side states that a fetus is not yet a human and therefore abortion is not really murder. The antiabortion Side quickly reaches for a Bible or a tissue and contradicts the a a pros by stating that All life is sacred. The a a pros come Back with something about forcing personal religious beliefs on everyone else. The a a Antis then reach for their Molotov cocktails and letters to the editor Burn Down a planned parenthood clinic. The part that really bothers me is that there appears to be More men on the Side of the a a Antis than on the Side of the i have noticed that most of the judges lawmakers and High officials Are males. What is really evident is the Strong stand these men take on the Issue either dead Center on the Fence or on the Side of those who cry the loudest. Frankly i consider the Issue to be something for women to decide. Women have abortions not men. Women carry children for the full term not men. For How Many More years Are men going to try to dictate to women what they can and cannot do with their own lives the real Issue is Choice. Freedom to choose Between options and the right to act in accordance with personal conscience when the outcome will affect Only yourself and not infringe upon or take away another persons Freedom. A tech. Sgt. Charles Kurzhal Raf upper Heyford England cos need tolerance Well this tops them All. The usar eur command sergeant major writing a letter in which he tells an american Soldier to renounce his . Citizenship All because that Soldier has a different opinion than the command sergeant major. I have lived in Germany a total of seven years the last five As a Soldier the previous two As an Exchange student. I am an american and proud of it. But this does not mean i walk around pushing it Down everybody a Throat. I speak German Well and do my Best to a fit into the German culture respecting certain axioms of their society. But there Are plenty of americans Over Here who do not show that respect saying a Well i did no task to come here.�?�. Certainly germans get loud too at a fest or even at a Schwilm bad a but a Schwilm bad is a Center of entertainment and loud behaviour is not inappropriate for kids. Finally i have some suggestions. I believe you should seriously consider retirement now. The . Army does not need cos in High positions who Are As intolerant and closed minded toward fellow cos who have a different View. Or perhaps its better not to state ones views if they differ from the status quo. I believe the writer of the a ugly american letter is not ashamed of being american rather the writer does not want to be lumped together with a Bunch of loud intolerant opinionated . Soldiers who believe their presence in Germany represents that of a Post Wii victorious occupational army. A sgt. Kevin Ramseier Frankfurt Germany pen pals we would like to have thoughtful and serious pen friends. A Licena p. 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