European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 thes european edition the stars and stripes tuesday october 29, 1991 circulation 100,000 col Gene e. Townsend Usan command publisher Bernard a. Zov1stoski editor Bill wat car european editor Deborah Kabahar news editor Bob Wicker sports editor Bryan Nolan City editor Tsor Gamane special sections editor to write us Apo a 09211 or Postrach 11 14 37 6100 Darmstadt 11, Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or ets 348-8 plus Extension As follows news ext. 237,255, 282, 226,326. Sports ext. 225, 269, 263,332, 321,221. Features ext. 230,245, 341. Letters to editor ext. 208. Education Jimi Jones ext. 226. Business ext. 326. News bureaus Bremerhaven Germany Ken Clauson. Building 103, Carl Schurz Cavern Apo 09069 Telephone ets 342-8659 of civilian 0471-68782. Kaiserslautern. 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A few unscrupulous Spanish landowners have understood this and instead of toiling the Earth with the sweat of their brow they Are getting fat easy Revenue by raising Deer and boars and charging $10,000 for a weekend Post to wealthy yuppies trying a to get away from the rat  if Hunting continues american children of the 21st Century will be Able to see Only videotapes of wildlife since every living being will have been killed by this most lethal of All species the Hunter. Incidentally in Man animal activist and no  i speak eight languages lecture in International forums and View everybody who tortures animals As warts on the face of the planet. A Miguel a. Rodriguez Torrejon a Spain its a people thing this letter is in response to the Many of us White and Black confused individuals a Black person May say a a it a a Black thing and a White person   that a where individual maturity comes in i.e., if a White person is interested then by All Means make him her aware of the  then you can say a a it a a joint thing a if the views expressed Are shared. Now for a White person you  get upset because a Black person says a a it a a Black  ask him her to explain if you re interested but you need to have an open mind to a a their opinion. Done to jump on them because a their Quot views Are different from yours just say a thanks for your opinion we re All entitled to our own opinion. As some of us Are unaware or wont admit there is a some sort of prejudice in All of us be it toward race religion sex Etc. It Only causes problems when we display it toward someone else with a different View opinion. Whether it is negative or positive someone is going have problems with it you can to please everybody. Let us be More courteous and respectful toward and aware of one another a feelings opinions and background. We All have to live Here. Pc. Washington Wurzburg Germany making the Best of it to All the folks in Germany who could not get desert storm commemorative Hummel figurines from cafes the Izmir military Community would gladly give up our share of hummels for 6 quarts of real fresh milk or six bags of sugar you done to have to break up with a Sledge Hammer. Or a playground for our school or a real school for that matter one that was not set up in a converted tobacco warehouse. How about 6 cubic Yards of air free of Coal dust Fulfur Carbon monoxide and 66 other pollutants that remain thankfully Anonymous. Six Days without worrying about Del sol pkg or some other terrorist organization would be Nice. Six movies at an cafes theater would be a treat we lose ours on thursday to budget cuts. Six hours a Day of an television or radio would certainly make us feel less isolated if we could get it. Our Only news is the stars and stripes normally one Day late. As for our Exchange it is Small under stocked and understaffed. We often disagree with management a policy decisions since we do not have the luxury of shopping for most european and american Type goods on the local Economy. We almost never have the advertised merchandise in Stock. But our local cafes employees do everything they can to help us get what we need including faxing orders special orders and searching the system to find merchandise All Over Europe. Funny thing though you Don t hear much complaining from the folks who live Here. What you do hear and see every Day is a group of incredibly dedicated airmen soldiers sailors marines and civilians who very quietly and professionally do everything they can to make Izmir a better place to live and work. Thanks to another group of dedicated professionals the turkish National police the terrorist situation has improved a bit also. There Are surely others who will read this and wish they had things As Good As we do Here in Izmir. We sympathize with you. My purpose is not to complain but to lend some perspective to complaints that continue to show up in stars and stripes letters. A it. Col. Gregg Turner Izmir Turkey a editor s note a i letters from readers expressing their viewpoints or opinions Are published daily in this space. All letters 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. 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.letters to the editor animals were Here first according to the Boston Globe when . Heinz announced last year that Star kist tuna would be harvested in a Way that protects dolphins ceo Magazine denounced Heinz president Anthony of Reilly for a capitulating to  this inform Aton comes from Money matters put out by working assets a socially responsible Money fund. Out West in the United states mining companies Are actually leveling huge mountains to get a Little molybdenum. Asian countries having driven All of their own bears to near extinction Are now starting on ours often cutting off the paws for ashtrays and cutting out the gallbladder leaving the rest to rot. Japan a forests Are sacred to its people yet the japanese buy our Clear Cut Timber As Well As other rain Forest Wood for these Are not sacred to America at least not to those with the Power to Stop it. All of these represent creatures or habitat that were once plentiful. Now they Are not. A recent letter from a True Hunter spoke of people for the ethical treatment of animals As a Nincompoop organization. No explanation. Why did the tank Mcnamara strip make him mad at Peta do meteor showers also make him mad at Peta the same edition of the stars and stripes carried a Story of Hunters trapping 100 Deer in a Field and gunning Down 20 of them. This is something that happens. In a sport one usually has to play offence As Well As defense. Are War and murder sports As Well should t both sides have the same equipment to make for Good sport the writer Speaks of nature As being Given to us by god. Did god not give nature to animals As Well As humans Haven to they been Here far longer than we have predators kept the balance for centuries. We killed them. Now we think we must a a manager their populations taking the biggest and Best ruining the Gene Pool. A Thomas k. Smith Aschaffenbur Germany Bible s the authority a writer of a recent letter is quite right when he states that it is not our place to condemn or judge another. As Jesus slated a let him without sin among you cast the first  however the question was not whether we should judge but rather what does god the judge have to say about it homosexuality. For christians and jews the Bible is our authority on such matters not whatever Many a current Mode of thinking on the subject happens to be on a Given Day of the week. Whether we judge or condemn or approve does not change the fact that homosexuality or for that matter adultery fornication lying stealing is a sin in gods Book. To mis paraphrase Jesus in John 8 1-8, a a it Sok woman nobody a perfect anyway go and do your Best. A rather what Jesus said was a i do not condemn you for what you have done. I forgive you but go and do not continue  in essence the Law old testament taught us what sin is and Grace new testament teaches us How to overcome it. Were it impossible for us to not continue sinning Jesus would not have said what he said. And that is where Grace comes in for without it we re All just twisting in the wind. A David s. Farley Heidelberg Germany echoes of nazi past xenophobia is too Nice a word to describe the current wave of lethal hate and violence directed against foreigners in Germany. Its obvious that Joseph Owens recent article in the stars and stripes was meant to allay what fear . Troops might have about this terrible situation. But in a afraid that the author put a positive spin on and sanitized something from which All of us As human beings should recoil in horror. The Lack of outrage on the part of the German government the German people and the world Community including the american government is nothing less than disgusting. The fact that prejudice exists in other countries  mitigate the disgust. Germany has a unique past regarding genocide. Children Are being burned As they sleep and innocent people Are being beaten and tortured in the streets. The article reported shocking events in such a Bland business As usual tone that 1 Felt As if i were Reading a government report not a journalistic piece. People of Good will should take to the streets to shout Down this madness. The silence mocks the victims of the nazi terror. A Joseph Bonfoglio Frankfurt Germany