European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 a the stars and stripes monday january 6, 1992 european edition circulation 100,000 col Gene e. Townsend Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor Bill Walker european editor Deborah Absher news editor Bob Wicker sports editor Bryan Nolan City editor George Manes special sections editor to write us unit 29480 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 04 71 -88782. Kaiserslautern Germany Peggy Davidson. 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The writer confuses race with ethnic origin both of which anyone May be justly proud. But americans do feel the Pride we have for our country overrides any and All racial or ethnic histories of ourselves and of our fellow americans. Whatever appears before the Hyphen in american is interesting but american is overriding. The Opportunity that America gives to the writer and All of us As individuals to share our lives with All races and All Peoples should be taken advantage of. Take advantage of this Opportunity do it for America and when you need America will do it for you. Red Tierney Giessen German cat owner has recourse i read with great interest a recent letter. The writer described How her Kitten while playing outside her quarters in Baum older Germany was struck in the Eye by a Rock thrown by a passing teenager. The writer further related that the military police declined to initiate action because the witness a was a third party and the teen Ager denied his  did the writers neighbor who witnessed the incident witness it firsthand was the neighbor willing to Render a sworn statement if this is the Case the neighbor was not a a third party but an eyewitness to a criminal act. Although the teen Ager and his Mother denied the accusation that was not sufficient grounds not to initiate action. People deny criminal and derelict acts on a daily basis. Under German Law to which family members Are also subject the teen Ager was guilty of a cruelty to animals and a damage to private property a if he did commit this act. He could be fined an editor s note the Holiday season and the military Mai room closings associated with it have combined to produce a shortage of letters to the editor so this feature is being abbreviated for the duration. In place of letters Well present comment by our stable of columnists. Meanwhile we encourage our readers to write us and express their views on any matters of Public interest. Letters from readers expressing their viewpoints 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. 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 a 09211.letters to the editor held liable for All vet fees incurred. If the writer wishes to pursue this Avenue with the German police the writer should have three months from the time the incident took place to file formal charges. Assuming the neighbor wished to Render a sworn statement a military police report should have been initiated and the Case immediately referred to the civilian misconduct action authority in Many communities this is also the command sergeant major. This ensures that the actions of family members Are brought to the attention of the military sponsor s unit Chain of command. In order to do these things you must be absolutely sure that this specific teenager did these things and this is where your witness comes into play. The writer needs to be aware of certain regulations that govern the ownership care and supervision of pets. In a sure your Community has a policy letter out pertaining to pets and you May wish to review a 40-905. Compliance with these regulations will ensure that a bully is not provided the Opportunity to wilfully injure another persons pet. I happen to be a military policewoman and am also the owner of two Loving cats i sympathize with this writers situation and if the Story is 100 percent accurate appropriate action and a sincere apology Are in order. Quot a Maria r. Appleby Bremerhaven Germany pen pals i am a German Girt 22 years old and i would like to have american pen pals Between the Ages of 21 and 30. My interests Are travelling Art America music and people. Frauke Weinbach Breslauer sir. 2 w-6967 Buchen Germany i am 40 years Young and my hobbies Are writing to pen pals Florist work cooking and walks. Pauline Holt 19 solve Way three Milestone Truro Cornwall tr3-6bp. England i am 22 years old and i like cooking sewing typing Reading. A Elizabeth Agbon. Pm 4 Bat Ranguel Dumaguet Negros Oriental Philippines i would like to have pen pals from All Over the world. My hobbies Are collecting coins Stamps and Post cards. Waldemar Kubuj 03-977 Warszawa us. Arabska 2 m 21, Poland commentary Ellen Goodman phones now used to avoid talk it is 6 of clock on u thursday evening and he is about to play Telephone tag. This is not he explains patiently the old. Hopelessly Retro Telephone tag of the 1970s and �?T80s. Way Back then the object was to reach out and touch someone. Two people would push Button Back and Forth from one office to another until they made Contact. The answering machines and secretaries of the world stood Between them like hurdles. To the Victor went the conversation. This is the Telephone tag of the �?T90s. You win by reaching out and touching. Technology. Only the losers end up talking to real live people. As a demonstration this player Par excellence takes his Small stack of messages glances at the clock and begins returning Calls. Everyone on his list of course has left for the Day. Four voice voice mails and two answering machines later he has responded to questions left a set of messages and even set the time and place lit a lunch Date. The whole process took less than 15 minutes. There he says with a competitors look of satisfaction. Can you beat that 1 can see the trophy on his Telephone the Winner of the 20-Cajl dash. Of course he admits one of the people May Call in from a Distant phone listen to the message and respond. To his voice mail. So goes the Chase two telephones without a connection a game of unt ouch tag. I done to know the precise etiquette of Telephone tag but this games Man is absolutely right about its Ascendancy. A Hundred years ago the Telephone was invented to allow people to talk to each other. Now its being used to help people avoid talk. After All the years of Anno Yance with answering machines and impatience with disembodied technologies this is the dirty Little secret of modern life a growing number of americans have come to prefer voice mail to voices. Have you Ever prayed for an answering machine when you called up to break a Date have you Ever deliberately phoned people you knew were out so you could just leave a message have you Ever a sped apologized lied by voice mail ? Ever wished you could have Vou Ever a come on confess a turned on the answering machine when you were in and then monitored the Calls tag. You re it. The transition from Telephone l a i to Telephone lag 11, the sequel is in sync with the change from the communication Era to the information Era communication after All implied that words went two ways Back and Forth. It suggested that there was something important in the dialogue. Comm Quot Nica Tion was a people skin. Information on the other hand is a sequence of facts to be delivered and received. Its data to be downloaded. I dump information on you you dump it on me. Its a game you can play by machine or by those other Telephone toys of the information Era the fax and the Modem. How Many people choose to Send by fax a fact or an invitation simply to avoid communicating. Its As if finally we have figured out a Way to use the phone to reinvent the letter. With All its distance and none of its Grace. Of course a confirmed Telephone tag team player will Tell you that the name of the game is efficiency. In the much vaunted time crunch of the �?T90s, it is faster to leave a message on a machine. You done to have to ask the machine whether it had a Nice weekend. Voice mail does t want to know Why you can to have lunch. Telephone technology does no to have opinions or feelings. It can to Correct you argue or engage in what we once thought of As social discourse. So it is that haste has become the new status Symbol. In an Era when even Telephone operators get aimed talking is considered wasteful. The powerful Are those who eliminate that Messy time consuming and unpredictable business liability people. Want to be a Winner in the �?T90s? take a lip from the Zagmeister. Keep out of touch. A the Boston Globe newspaper company