European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 b the stars and stripes saturday november 23, 1991 letters to the editor col Gene e. Townsend Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor Bill Walher european editor Deborah Aba her Bryan Nolan news editor City editor Bob Weckar George Manee sports editor 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 a 09069 Telephone ets 3428659 or civilian 0471 -88782. Kaiserslautern Germany Peggy Davidson. Lynda Davidson building 2899, Pulaski Barracks Apo a 092273717 Telephone civilian 0631-52104 Tel tax 0631-50696. Munich Germany Call news extensions at Darmstadt. Nurnberg Germany Elfie Bathen. Building 21, William o. Darby Cavern Apo a 09696 Telephone ets 460-7256 or civilian 0911-712563. Stuttgart Germany Joseph Owen building 4303, room 201, Wallace Barracks. Mailing address do Vii corps Fin. Group of a to Wallace Barracks Apo a 09154 Telephone ets 420-7179 or civilian 0711 -542571. Wurzburg Germany John Millar room 110, River building Apo a 09036 Telephone ets 350-4704 or civilian 0931-71569. Brussels Belgium Rosemary Sawyer co . Embassy pc 82. Box 002, Apo a 09724 Telephone civilian 0032-22380967 Tel fax 0032-22309088. Mediterranean j. King Cruger and Gary Miller Naples Italy Asa Box 56. Fpo 09521 Telephone Auto on 6251110 ext. 4880 or civilian 0039-81 -7624049. New York City room 401, 252 seventh ave., new York 10001 Telephone 212-620-3333. United kingdom Meridith Winder Amy Geiszler Jones building 464 Cess us Raf Mildenhall Apo a 09127 Telephone Dow 238-2226 or civilian 0638-512226. Washington . Chuck Vinch Janet Howells Niemey Oast a. The Pentagon room 2e756 . Box 46095, Washington. D c. 20050-6095 Telephone 703-687-6695 Tel fax 703-693-6366. Eee this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication Lor members of the military services overseas. Contents of the stars and stripes do not necessarily reflect the official views of or endorsement by the . Government the department of detente 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. Everything advertised in this publication Shah be made available Tor Purchase use or patronage without regard to race color religion sex National origin age marital status physical Handicap political affiliation or any other non Merit Factor of the purchaser user or  stars and stripes departmental directory col Gene e. Townsend Usan commander publisher Christopher a. Eddy tag it. Col. Thomas e. Conrad Usa general manager Deputy commander Marie Kominicki William healer production manager circulation director Dale Estes carte Ryan advertising manager comptroller business offices circulation for Home delivery service and inquiries Call the office nearest you listed below Germany Berlin civilian 8331846, ets 332-3548. Bremerhaven civilian 0471-85168. Ets 342-8119. Rhein main a civilian 069-682050 or 682565, ets 3306025 or 7103, telex 412712, Cen Reg Tel tax 069694067 Kaiserslautern civilian 0631-57070 or 57079, ets 4897100. Tel fax 0631-50696. Munich ets 440-6209. Nurnberg civilian 0911-712558, ets 460-7001. Stuttgart civilian 0711-546743, ets 420-7175. Italy Naples civilian 003981 -5685306, ets 625-5306. Vicenza civilian 0444-515358, ets 634-7545. Tel fax 0444-300-641. Spain Madrid ets 665-5807. Civilian and Tel fax 003416561465. Turkey Istanbul civilian and Tel fax 0090-1-1724843. United kingdom Newbury civilian 0635-44768, Dan 266-3209 circulation Tel fax 06155 601417. Advert Laing display Germany 06155 601247 or 601309 classified Germany 06155-601349 advertising Tel fax 06155-601412.no a Quick draws the letter a victims needed guns deserves a reply. The writer says that if the victims of the Killeen Texas massacre a had exercised their second amendment right to Bear arms one of them could have stopped George Hennard before he killed 24 people. 1 support the second amendment and i believe Law abiding citizens should be allowed to own firearms. I also believe the Sale of firearms should be controlled so Only Law abiding citizens can buy firearms. I support waiting periods and background checks before a firearm is sold As i think responsible proponents of the second amendment do. Letters such As this writers give the anti gun lobby fuel for their argument. We need Cool Heads to defend the second amendment a not Quick draws. A James a. Coulter Raf Alconbury England 41 options on abortion i just read a comment concerning whether military hospitals should be Able to perform abortions. The writers comment was that taking the life of an unborn child  be done because a a it a not her body. Its a separate body All  it May be a separate body All together but it cannot survive without that woman. If the woman does not want a baby Why bring another unwanted life into this world who is to say whether your tax dollars Are going for an abortion a Center for unwanted abused children or a child on welfare born to drug addicts having babies just to get More Money tax dollars to support their habit. I done to believe in abortions unless there Are extenuating circumstances and i have never had one. But i can understand Why some women choose an abortion. As far As whether military hospitals should be Able to perform abortions things Are hard enough for americans anyway. We should have the same options As women the United states a doctor you can understand and the same treatment you get in the states. A Cynthia Sheppard Wurzburg Germany a getting a riled once again the stars and stripes is getting the military Community riled first racism and discrimination running rampant in the military second sexual harassment out of control third Clarence Thomas almost pays for indiscretions of a decade ago the countless letters for and against these issues. Is this the army i joined in 1979? i have worked for and with both minorities and women they have worked for me and there seemed to be no real problems. Your paper seems to concentrate on the bad Side of everything. I have written several letters to the editor. Unfortunately none of them made it into your paper. You would rather print the crybaby letters of the nurse who probably was not a a dynamite complaining about the a sexist Quot taxi Gie How scr . Television show advertisement that an radio aired or the paranoid father whose son is being forced to read that a racially bigoted teenage mutant ninja turtles comic Book. Your a a feedback Page oct. 20 is just one More thing for people to a take sides on in the military. Your question was a should military hospitals be allowed to perform abortions a however the answers Given by Many of the interviewees made it appear that the question was a should women Here in Germany have the right to have an abortion a Only one person gave what i thought was a valid answer to the question that was printed. In my opinion an abortion is a medical procedure used to rid an expectant Mother of a fetus whose existence is detrimental to the mothers life. That is the Only Way i could Ever see military hospitals performing an abortion the Mother would experience health problems or death resulting from the fetus or if that Mother were raped. So please do not Tell me what you want me to know just publish the facts. A Robert Montgomery Frankfurt German Yin 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 a 09211. Too 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 at 09211.let�?Ts act like guests it seems to me that there Are still a few of our own american military personnel who have forgotten that they Are indeed on assignment to a foreign country and not on a government expense paid trip across the world. I refer to the americans i have come across in the United kingdom. They done to like the country they think the British have strange customs and of All the nerve they drive on the left Side of the Road. Give me a break. We Are guests in this country lets behave accordingly. The British have allowed us to visit their country on a military assignment. Lets behave As though we have been invited to someone a Home. We need to be the ones to adhere to their Laws and their customs not them to ours. They done to have to Cater to us because we Are americans. It would help if More was available to us but then again we re not in America Are we and what right do we have to insult their country because we done to like it it is we who need to adapt and adjust. If we have a positive attitude toward the assignment it can be an enjoyable three to four year assignment. A negative attitude affects everything including morale at the work site. And of course if the spouse who is minding the children or otherwise maintaining the Home is also affected the Active duty member cannot perform effectively. In the meantime let those of us who like being Over Here enjoy our assignments and done to criticize the ones who Are not having problems adapting and adjusting. There is nothing wrong with trying to pick up their Lingo so that we wont be misunderstood or to blend in with the Community. You might learn something from this different culture and May even Benefit from learning the different customs. A Melinda a. Montanez Raf Mildenhall England 4i try to be a True human a a True Hunter a a Man who by his own admission has never killed anything created quite a stir by drawing the line Between  and anti Hunters. Underlying All the  Hunting arguments Are the beliefs that Mankind is somehow separate from nature and that Man is Superior to or has been Given dominance Over other creatures. Closely related is the belief that humanity has a greater a a rights to life than other creatures. To me both positions Are dead wrong. The value of animals is not measured by their usefulness to Man. Animals exist separately from Man. They do not need us. They Are born live and die by a rhythm we have Long since forgotten or perhaps never knew. They Are caught however just As is Man in the great web that is life on Earth. Rather than siding with the a True Hunter a or the a True environmentalist a i suggest we should All strive to be the a True  this process involves understanding that Man is part and Only a part of the grand scale of things respect for All life an understanding of How All creatures have value As creatures and a desire to re establish the balance and Harmony the planet once enjoyed. The american Northwest Indian Leader chief Seath said it Best a the Earth does not belong to us we belong to the  a Ron Gahagan Heidelberg Germany a 4i no sex until marriage Ever since magic Johnson came into the Aba i have been a lakers fan. I can remember getting All excited for those sunday afternoon basketball games that came on to. Magic has made an Impact on the world that will last for a Long time. You can to walk into the gym without seeing someone trying to be magic on the basketball court. My heart went out to him the other night when i heard the announcement that he had his. I must admit i got choked up. Who did to i have a Challenge for magic Johnson and everyone else out there who is preaching a message of Safe sex. How about no sex until you get married by telling our kids to practice Safe sex you Are encouraging them to have sex. Think about that a 12-year-old child who hears this now thinks it is of to have sex As Long As he has a condom. Is that the real message that we Are trying to portray if we As parents teach one generation of kids Good Strong and sound morals the whole Issue of aids would go away. It is not the scientists who will Stop this virus but us. We started it now we must Stop it. To do this Means we must go against what society tells us is of to do. So i Challenge everyone to take this seriously and do what is right not what others want to hear. Jeff Koch Raf Ben Waters England