European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 a the stars and stripes Friday december 13, 1991 ipes european edition circulation 100.000 col Gene e. Townsend aft of Cox Smander Pusher Bernard a Zovistoski editor Dill Walker european editor Deborah Absher Bryan Nolan news editor City editor Bob Wicker George Menee sports editor a 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 Chesem Apo a 09060 Telephone ets 3426650 or Chan 0471 -66762. Kaiserslautern Germany Peggy Davidson. 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My husband is an e-7 promotable and has been assigned to the 2nd corps support come Vii corps for the past seven years. He recently received his end of tour award a an a com downgraded from an Mem. During his seven year tour my husband was a truly outstanding Soldier far exceeding in performance those of his own rank and above. As an e-7 he served two first sergeant positions and two Coic s2/3 positions in both his battalion and the 2nd corps support come Headquarters. He became a sgt. Morales club member and always gave above and beyond in every Mission Given and implied. Normally an officers assignment my husband wrote his battalions general defense plan Gap. He truly cared for soldiers a which he highly demonstrated during desert shield storm. The Only Mem awarded to an enlisted Soldier during its draw Down was to the command sergeant major. He served less than one year in the battalion. 1 suspect army awards Are Given the same Way the air Force gets it general officers. For meritorious service my husband received a slap in the face for being All he can be by the 2nd corps support come. You will be glad to know there Are Many soldiers still serving proudly in the . Army despite receiving far less than they deserve. A Cynthia c. Goodman ludwigs Burg Germany gloating or being self righteous when we say that the answer to aids or any other sexually transmitted disease is not Safe sex but abstinence. By All Means if you have multiple sexual partners use a condom. If you use intravenous drugs do not share your Needle. Take All the precautions you can take but do not assume you Are Safe even when you do. Your behaviour is self destructive and will exact other penalties. There is no need to add aids to the list or Chance becoming the vector that infects those closest to you. Magic your message is incomplete. Make it instead Safe sex if you must but better still wait. A capt. Eric a. Boysen Stuttgart Germany editor s note a 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. Go g 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 a 09211.hunting to survive incomplete message magic Johnson basketball Star has tested his positive and he has told us All about How he got it. In doing so his purpose was to warn others of the danger of unprotected Multi partner heterosexual sex and to engender a greater sympathy for the victims of aids. Does this make him a hero or in other words will his message do any Good and More important has he lost or risked anything in admitting his condition the answer is no. Admittedly some people May take greater precautions As a result of hearing about his woes. However the major consequence of his going Public is that he has gained a National forum in which to boast of his sexual conquests. He has also avoided having people think that he might be Gay As if the perversion is worse than his own. No he is a Manly Man who got caught by the curse of a microscopic Chain letter. No need to think badly of him no sir. He is just a a victim a and so Are All his Post infection partners. By reinforcing the stereotype of the sports Star stud the principal effect of his announcement will not be to discourage unprotected sex but to continue to encourage teen agers to have sex before they fully understand what it Means to do so. These youth especially the Young Blacks of the inner City where infection rates Are the highest Are highly influenced by his Macho Appeal and they copy his behaviour. So they have sex and maybe use condoms a until one Day in the excitement of the moment they forget. Those of us who chose to have Only one sexual partner a spouse Are not this letter is in much needed response to the woman who wrote a then what Hunters a As for my family among Many others i know we depended on Deer season for food because we did no to have a lot of Money. So Deer season was always a Chance to Stock our Freezer with meat for the year. For Many Hunters just the fact of being in the wild getting away for a while is Worth it All. I can honestly say my Best Hunt was two weeks and neither myself nor anyone in my family harvested a Deer. So a Hunter does not have to kill to enjoy himself herself. If you will refer to the december 1991 Issue of outdoor life Page 10, you will read that last year Hunters donated More than a million pounds of game to be fed to the poor and homeless. So you see there Are Many More reasons to keep the great american tradition of Hunting alive than just a culling the  5 a James p. Heintzman Kitzinger Germany a a prudent precaution a i just can to believe that some gun nut actually tried to use the Killeen Texas massacre to promote the proliferation of  Why can to you i mean immediately after the event the anti gun crowd was using it to push for stricter controls. If one is fair then so is the other. Guns Are just a tool of convenience. Even if you took away All the guns people would still be killing each other. The problem Isnit in guns or knives or any other weapon but in the people themselves a people who see violence As a letters to the editor reasonable Way of dealing with problems. Cure that and it wont matter How easy or difficult it is to own a gun. Until then a reasonable Man should have a right to self defense. It makes for a fair question to wonder what if just one person had been trained to use a gun and been legally carrying one that Day since there is a Good Chance of encountering an armed Felon or a crazy anywhere including the a safety of ones Home a it seems a prudent precaution to learn How to properly use a gun and1 then get a permit to carry it. I Hope never to face such a person but if i do i want to be ready. After All i done to expect to be in a car Accident either yet i carry insurance and always fasten the seat Belt. A sgt. 1st class Mark j. Currier Erlanger Germany a a a Ace up our sleeves a few constitutional a a scholars have written to you recently about the second amendment and gun control and ridiculed an earlier writer who touched on the incongruity of innocent Law abiding citizens cowering helplessly beneath tables while a madman roamed among them shooting and killing. 1 that writer had suggested that the loss of life would have been less if the Law abiding had been armed. That a possible. I done to think he meant that All citizens should walk around armed but he presents a poignant metaphor of life today in the United states. Madmen Are beyond the control of any Law. Criminals believe no one will Stop them and they Are right. The police can to the courts wont and the prisons Are merely Brief stopping Points. Gun control advocates fail to understand that we really Are living in a world where personal self defense is a necessity. The second amendment was written shortly after our ancestors fought a War of Independence against a tyrannical government. Our founding fathers who wrote the Constitution Well understood that we might some Day face another tyrant intent upon stealing our constitutional freedoms. The second amendment is not an anachronism it is an Ace up our sleeves that the constitutional authors thoughtfully provided us. A Jack else Ramstein Germany pen pals i am 22 years old a roman Catholic and my hobbies Are cooking playing guitar Reading and meeting Nice people. A Rosario g. Oruh Uale immaculate Conception College father Selga Street Davao City. Philippines i am 23 Yea sold. Single and a nigerian. I would like to have pan Pale from a Over the world. My hobbies Are music going to the Cinema Reading and writing letters. A James Dele Asberger str. 60 7000 Stuttgart 40 Germany i am 12 years old diva in Rota Spain and i am looking Tor a pen pal a few will be a Good correspondent. Jessica r. 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