European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 a the stars and stripes monday february 24, 1992 letters to the editor european edition col Gene e. Townsend u9af comr Nandur Mushar Bernard a. Zov1stoski editor Bill walk european editor Deborah Absher Bryan Nolan news editor City editor Bob Wicker George Manet sports editor special sections editor to White 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. 206. Education Jami Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Bremerhaven Germany Kan Clauson building 103, Carl Schurz Ceram Apo a 09069 Telephone ets 342 8689 or Del Nan 0471-88782. 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My question is this Why not spend that $5 billion on the homeless in America there Are a few people who try to help but they cannot do it All. I think we should help our own instead of everyone else. As far As i can see the United states has been labelled  is operation provide Hope going to end does Boris Yeltsin have a plan to get his country Back on its feet or Are we the americans going to support the Cis from now on i would hate to think that president Bush is that absent minded about the plight of the american people. A Suzette Harang Berlin coverage criticized i am very disappointed with the coverage of the olympics that an is providing. I consider the games one of the most important sporting events of All time an broadcasts them at 2 of clock in the morning on the weekends which can be a problem for most personnel. I just can to understand How an can provide coverage of the Winter games at 2 of clock in the morning when most of its programming is at least a year old anyway. A Steve German Rhein main a Germany a educators speak up As the nation is Licking its wounds inflicted by the remarks of the japanese perhaps we need to look for some causes. The Public and the Media have been bashing the education system for years. Lee Iacocca the chief Auto guru himself edified us just recently in the stars and stripes about the shortcomings of the american school system. Why then is the Public so terribly upset if the japanese Are merely parroting what they and the rest of the world hear and Infin Tum the japanese were not particularly diplomatic in saying what they said but basically they did not Tell us anything new. They got their information from an authentic source the . Media. I am not defending the japanese but i would like to Point out what happens when the Public and the Media Are allowed to openly Bash an institution without properly understanding it and without having Correct data. What goes around comes around. It is almost humorous that the japanese insult was directed at Iacocca a people. Iacocca has deeply insulted american educators much More so than the japanese have insulted the factory workers. Unfortunately educators traditionally suffer in silence while autoworkers Are More vocal. Perhaps if All educators would have raised their voices in protest and vowed never to buy anything that has a Penta Star on it the nations sympathy and Iacocca a fear of losing Chrysler sales would have focused on the unfairness of his remarks. The Point is that even though we Are not in the habit of Reading japanese chinese or even German newspapers other nations read ours and react accordingly. If we really want excellence in schools now and in the year 2000if we really want our children to have the Best education we All must work together. We cannot afford to Tell the world How stupid we Are not just because it is not True but also because we get it right Back. The Public and especially the Media will have to learn to support education just As it is done in other countries whose educational systems the Media so Admire. Painful As it might be for some we must look and see All the positive things that our schools have achieved. Only then can we move Forward to bigger and better things. A Katalin Judith Balogh Hanau Germany editor s note a i 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 unit 29480, 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 unit 29480, Apo a 09211.fear not same As respect this is in response to the letter a Rod has its  from a teen agers Point of View no matter what the intent a be it disciplinary action or a Barbaric Way to relieve ones tension a it is child abuse. Your child does not see your abuse the Way you do. He sees it As pain in the posterior and he will not gain respect for you he will fear you. This is because respect is commanded and is never on demand. Your Assumption that children lie and get out of hand because it is in their nature is wrong. It is in everybody a nature to lie and get out of hand regardless of age. Maybe you forget that we Are human. You even go As far As to presume that no physical abuse is Why so Many of us teen agers Are so arrogant disrespectful and rebellious. Well i can say in All truth that my parents have not once Laid a Finger on me and i hold them in the highest regard above All others but the creator himself. A Alexander Milas Naples Italy think you got it hard i wish to reply to a recent writer on his perception of being on such a hardship tour. I think the writer should remember an old saying a just when you think you have it bad someone always has it  i am the commanding officer of a 28-Man with 33 dependents . Coast guard Long Range Aid to navigation Loran station located in the province of Catanzaro in the Southern part of Italy. Although this is an accompanied station we have the absolute minimal facilities or . Governmental support. Our nearest medical dental or environmental facilities Are in Naples or Brindisi san Vito a 250-275 Miles one Way. Our Exchange is a converted Broom closet. A fully stocked commissary would be a dream even if we had to pay a number of tolls to get to it. We would be fortunate to know we will get mail three times a week. I must Send a Driver three times per week to the nearest Airport about an hour one Way because we never know if we will get any mail. Although the base personnel Are Loyal stars and stripes readers we normally receive our copies at least one week late. We also have no Chapel. We get chaplain visits three or four times per year recently we had our first visit since april 1991. Our school age children can to even attend school they must take correspondence courses Only. My counterpart at the coast guard Loran station in Esta tit Spain will have to Send his dependents and military members on a 990-mile round trip for medical support upon the closure of Zaragoza a. I am incredulous when i read about service members whining about their a a hardship conditions. My list of the shortcomings of this base and this Region can go on and nausea but All the personnel assigned to this station volunteered to serve overseas and Are at least trying to make the Best of it. A it. . Dowden Scalia Marina Italy Reader wants a news to put it nicely this newspaper is a rag. It reads More like the a scandal sheets Quot my grandmother is fond of buying. Take the feb. 4th paper for example. The headlines read . Lacks work ethic japanese Leader says a who wants to read another article about the japanese knocking the Quality of american work i done to. Does one consider a Marcos traces wealth to Wii japanese Gold a worthwhile news article who cares i want to read about How the Economy is going. I want news a not a a let a blow it up and sensationalize it so More  ple Wanna buy journalism. I like the news. I totally believe in keeping myself abreast of current events but Why is the fact that the japanese think we Lack a work ethic a worthy newspaper article a Stephanie g. Burkhart bad Herreld Germany a protect born and unborn its quite ironic that a recent letter writer states a just one life saved through handgun control would be Worth the legislation a and in the next sentence votes a  Choice for women in their first  these statements Are so incongruous that i believe he made them just to see How Many replies he would get. In be taken the bait. He a feels the need for Peoples lives to be saved from handguns however fetuses who Are people who just happen to live in a womb deserve no Protection at All. We should Stem the tide of handgun killings but pregnant women should be allowed to kill on demand. No wait. They have permission to kill Only in their first trimester. Why not later. The writer suggests that people already born deserve to have their right to life protected but he does not give this right to the unborn. I am saddened that Many agree with him. A Brenda Weber Schweinfurt Germany