European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 a the stars and stripes monday january 27, 1992 european edition col Gene e. Townsend Usan comma def publisher Bernard a. 20vtst0ski editor Bill Walker european editor Deborah Aba her news editor Bob Wicker sports editor Bryan Nolan City editor George Manea special sections editor to write us unit 294b0 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 news ext. 326. 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It contained numerous defects. The most major was a Leaky Windshield and Leaky fuel tank. I also once purchased a Ford Mustang that came with a Sunroof that broke the first time it was opened. I know Only one other person who has purchased a new car an Eagle. It came with major problems and is still not fixed. I know of no one who has purchased an american car that arrived with Zero defects. Service representatives Are not interested once they have your Money. On the other hand i have had the privilege of owning several new foreign ears a vow a Toyota camry and a Toyota Van. All of these came without any defects at All. With this experience with cars 1 read with interest or. Sakurauchi a comments about american workers being Lazy and uncaring. Lazy or not i  know firsthand but someone knew that my Gas tank leaked the Windshield leaked that the Sunroof Wasny to in order a or they should have. Perhaps if the shoe fits. . Wagner ludwigs Burg Germany a solution to All a Parent s problems. Many parents know nothing else. The danger arises when a Parent with an explosive temper is confronted with a rebellious child. Maybe that Parent has had a bad Day or is sick or under a lot of stress or had too much to drink. The situation can escalate until the child is injured both in body and psyche. How much safer the worlds children would be if All governments and All parents had no spanking rules. A Judy gerling Clark Lajes Field azores editor s note letters from readers expressing their viewpoints Are published daily in this space. Ail 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 unit 29481apo a 09211. A a a letters requesting information or assistance arc answered in a feature called readers action line which appears on Page 16 every Day except thursday and sunday. Such letters should be  Yukimi Witti  at tool Liu us. A Niue by pc 82, Box 002, Apo a 09724. Telephone civilian 0032-22380967 Tel fax 0032 22309068. Mediterranean j King Cruger and Gary Miller Naples Italy Aba Box 56. Fpo 09521 Telephone Auto on 6251110 ext 4000 or civilian 0039-81 a 7624049. New York City room 401, 252 seventh ave., new York 10001, Lel phone 212 620 3333. United kingdom Munith Winder Amy Geiszler Jones building 464 Cess us. Raf Mildenhall. Apo a 09459 Lel phone Dow 238 2226 or civilian 0638-512226. Washington. . Chuck Vinch Ray Rowden Oast a the Pentagon room 2e756, . Box 46095. Washington . 20050 6095, Telephone 703-697-6695 Tel fax 703-6936366. A a a this newspaper is an in a a a r unofficial publication Tor members of the military a vices overseas. Contents of the stars and stripes do not necessarily reflect the official views of or endorsement by the . Government the department of  european command. The appearance of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorsement by the department of defense or the Slars and stripes of the products or services advertised everything advertised in this publication shall Bernado available Tor Purchase use or patronage Wilhour regard to race color religion sex National origin age marital status physical Handicap political affiliation or any Othor non Merit Factor of the purchaser user or Patron. Llillie Iii is no solution once again we read another letter extolling the Virtues of disciplining children with physical punishment. This letter was More appalling than most. In it the writer predicted that children raised without spankings would All grow up to he prostitutes. Just the opposite is True. Large numbers of prostitutes men and women Are teen age runaways fleeing abusive Homes. One grows weary of Reading Over and Over the Gross distortion that All spanked children arc Well behaved while a spanked children Are undisciplined Little monsters. This simply Isnit True. Many parents have raised beautifully disciplined children without laying a hand on them and Many much spanked children have severe sch vioral problems. But this distortion or smoke screen is an important one for the hitters who desperately seek to convince everyone themselves also that they Are Only doing what is Best for their children. The smoke screen seeks to obscure the fact that hitting is an easy Quick fix solution that serves the parents ease More than anything else. Also it seeks to obscure concerns that a child can to possibly learn self control from a Parent who hits especially when that hitting is done out of anger. And a big person who hits a Little person can to possibly teach that Little person that hitting is wrong so the hitting is passed on. There Are alternative and Superior methods of disciplining children. They take mental Effort and parental education. They Arentt easy and they take time to work. But they Are More than Worth the trouble As they done to erode the Parent child relationship the Way hitting does. These methods include timeouts distraction natural and logical consequences and other principles. In hey arc taught in Steps to effective parenting step classes available at american bases worldwide. If you can to Wail for a step class mental health professionals chaplains and libraries can provide the answers. Parents Don t have to rely on tear to control their children when there Are better alternatives. Some May ask what s wrong with a Little tap on the Bottom granted Many excellent parents give an occasional mild spanking. But there is a danger in the widespread promotion of hitting As addressed to readers action line the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211.in defense of arms the other Day a writer to this Section sarcastically asked where were All the British criminals a gunned Down by gun toting brits the answer is yes. Not so Many years ago in Jolly old England even children would go to the Gallows for stealing a few pennies Worth of bread in Germany to the Gas chamber for being a jew in France to the Guillotine for being of the wrong family and in Russia to the gulag for owning properly that of course got rid of All the a a troublemakers a legally. But Why did no to they resist could it be because they were opposed by those who had the police and military hacking them and being unarmed it was t much of a match a sgt. 1st class Thomas l. Harri Herzog Nakrach Germany Kin Day Renews Faith in remembering the birthday of or. Martin Luther King jr., we must renew our Faith in the future we must Hope As did or. King that each of us equally a will one Day live in a nation where they will not he judged by the color of their skin but by the Content of their  a Lon Lagrove i seek Germany no olympics magic Well it it s an olympic year Boycott threats must be in the air. Sure enough the australians recently talked about a possible Boycott of the olympic basketball Competition it magic Johnson plans for the . Team. A 1 done to agree with the idea of a Boycott. I feel that of ail things the olympics should be above such useless political gestures. Ask Jimmy Carter what he now thinks about olympic Boycotts. On second thought never mind. He might very Well still believe that that was a meaningful thing to do 1 do however feel strongly that magic Johnson should not be allowed to play on the . Squad this year. Yes ii is tragic what has happened to his career. Yes. He has made limitless contributions to the game of basketball. Y  to the editor he is or was a truly a a magical a player. Whether or not there is a risk of his passing along the aids virus by his playing As was debated by the australians is really immaterial. The fact is that magic retired from the Aba because he tested ulv Posi Tive. Retired from the Aba. No More Laker uniforms. No More  no More Competition. If he can no longer play for the Aba then he has no business taking up a spot on the olympic squad that could be better filled by a player who will continue to play throughout this season and slay  Chuck Daly and the . Olympic committee should offer to take magic to Barcelona this summer As a Spectator but should absolutely refuse any possibility of his playing. Having magic play in the olympics would be unfair. It would turn the event into an absolute Media circus would cause untold dissension both on the . Squad and on the teams of our competitors and would deny his spot to a More deserving Active player. Sorry magic. Aj1 Good things and careers must come to an end sometime. Keep Busy on president Bush s aids commission fight your disease but drop the olympic business. A Max l. Shadle Heidelberg Germany can to please everybody in response to the people who have written letters about super heroes both John Elway and magic Johnson Are heroes to a lot of youngsters. Super heroes can also be mothers fathers teachers doctors aunts and uncles. I am not praising these people for the bad that they have done but i am not going to condemn them for i myself am not perfect. If everybody lived their lives to satisfy others then nobody would be Happy. No matter How hard you try you can t please everybody. Next time you go to take a drink smoke a cigarette swear or practice any other bad habit that you might have remember you might be somebody a hero. 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