European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes thursday april 9, 1992 thes letters to the editor europen Edt ton col Gene e. Townsend Usan commander Puma her Bernard a. Zov1stoski editor news and editorial Bill Walker european editor Deborah Baber news editor Bob Wicker sports editor Bryan Nolan City editor George Manee special sections editor to write us unit 29480 Apoate 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. 230,246,341. Letters to editor ext. 208. Education a cml Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Bremerhaven Germany Ken Clauton building 103, cart Schurz Mem Apo a 09089 Telephone ets 3428859 or civilian 0471-66782. 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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 shall be made available Tor Purchase use or patronage without regard to race color religion tax National origin age. Mental status physical Handicap political affiliation or any other non Mam Factor of the purchaser user or Patron. Choose not to conceive i am writing in response to the letter a right to free choices that states a yes the  Choice argument is to preserve the Freedom of  this is the worst possible argument to defend the right to kill the unborn. I am All for making my own choices. But where is the limit and there must be a limit. Destroying a life should not be the object of Choice whether it is inside the womb or after birth. Do people want a a choices next in getting rid of the children that became a a unwanted after birth Why done to people exercise their precious right to choose when it comes to preventing pregnancy Here is the Choice done to get pregnant if a child is not wanted. Practice some self control and responsibility and use contraceptives. If women cannot handle that Choice Why should they have the right to choose life or death for their unborn the main concern and goal in this matter should be the prevention of unwanted pregnancies and not the option of having the life that started by no fault of its own torn from its mothers womb. A Christine Cooper Grafe Wohr Germany How far will society go How much tolerance must we Muster How far will Freedom of religion As interpreted by the . Supreme court be allowed to infringe on human and animal rights the right to hold a certain religious opinion should certainly be protected but not the right to act upon it with total abandon and with blatant disregard of secular Laws. With drug abuse and cruelty to animals sanctioned under the guises of sacrament and religion How afar is this society really removed from sacrificing virgins drowning osteoporotic women and their cats burning heretics at the stake and Reading entrails a Magdalena Frasure Kafer Tal Germany be thankful children if you Are a child of a service member consider yourself Lucky because you get to go to practically every country you want or wish to visit a or in the future go places you have never even dreamed of visiting. You will also go to places you done to like. I feel fortunate to have parents in the . Military services. Because of them i have visited puerto Rico and London places i never even thought of visiting. A Michael Hardy High Wycombe England Harjo Windy Rose and Simon Ortiz. Rooney complains that indians hang on to religion and superstition that was useful to a Savages 500 years ago but is meaningless in 1992. Five Hundred years ago a a Savages in North America were blood Lessly counting coups while the civilized europeans were busily torturing people in the inquisition and expelling jews and moors from Spain. Native american respect for All life forms including us White Folk is not Only meaningful but critical in an Era that has wrought mass destruction of Peoples and environments in the perverted Pursuit of profit. Rooney cannot understand Indian reluctance to leave the reservation to assimilate. His ignorant condescending opinions Are reason enough. A Patricia Fulton Frankfurt Germany riled by Rooney editor s note 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 unit 29480, Apo a 09211. A 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. 1 was appalled by Andy Rooney a article on american indians March 29. Rooney whitewashes prejudice against indians stating that a indians were always considered to be Brave Strong stoic resourceful and True to their  really by whom by those who broke treaty after treaty with them by those who deliberately gave them smallpox infected blankets he goes on to say that a there Are no great Indian novels no  apparently Rooney is unaware of n. Scott Momaday a novel House made of Dawn which won the pulitzer prize or of the flurry of writers who have emerged since then a Leslie Marmon Silko Louise Erdrich James Welch Joy we re in it together race. What other idea takes up More of our time and Energy race classifies one As Black White hispanic Indian Etc. This helps Divide people As a whole along racial lines. Following the classification a a race comes other classifications. In music for example rap is a a a Blacks form of musical entertainment while country and Western is a a White Quot form. But i know Whites who enjoy rap and Blacks who enjoy country and Western. These classifications have in turn become stereotypes. Stereotypes encourage ignorance which leads to racism. Why do we bother calling someone White or Black or hispanic sure there Are obvious differences Between any two people but we Are All the same. When will we realize that there is Only one race the one we Are All in the human face a Sanderson Woods or. London Central High school High Wycombe England Black clubs not exclusive i am really tired of hearing people accuse Blacks of a reverse discrimination because we have publications organizations and events that focus on african americans. I say a a focus because they do not exclude other ethnic groups. Black clubs and organizations at least in Texas cannot deny membership to anyone based on ethnicity sex religion Creed Etc., because it is against the Law. I just graduated from the University of Texas and there were a non Blacks members in the Black student association Black greek letter organizations and other Black clubs. As for the staff sergeant who stated he a must compete with the Blacks and Anglo saxons at the same time in the letter titled a Pride comes from within a he must not have looked at a government form lately. If the government considered hispanic As a White a then Why Are there two hispanic categories one is a hispanic non Black origin ? also affirmative action programs Are for a minorities a which include african americans hispanics asian Ameri cans and other minorities even women. It is not based on skin color. And even though the staff sergeant May not a need a hispanic month to be proud of his a a race there is Only one race human there is a hispanic Celebration in the fall As Well As hispanic focused magazines newspapers television and radio stations. A Doreen m. Black Kaiserslautern Germany reverse Bias a problem i totally agree with the letter a reverse  it is a big problem in the United states and the Only explanations offered Are Flimsy and try to impose some kind of guilt trip. I would like to pose a question. When will Blacks think that equal rights have been attained when we have a Black president when every member of Congress is Black when every major company is run by Blacks it seems that some Blacks can get anything they want just by saying a a racism or  when does it Stop a Sabrina Long Raf Lakenheath England think american instead this is in response to the Many letters on reverse discrimination that i have read lately. These letter writers Are very guilty of this discrimination. They see Only White history so they vehemently promote Black history. They discriminate by promoting Black anything because their eyes see Only White. I recall what was taught in my school was neither Black nor White history but american history. A senior airman Janet Cassidy Ramstein Germany pen pals i am 17 years old. And my hobbles Are singing dancing and Reading. A Jesusa p. Jumawan Tandog siquijor Philippines. I am 25 years old and my hobbles Are dancing and singing. A Zenalda b. Jumawan Tandog. Siquijor Philippines i am 24 years old and my hobbles Are music videos swimming travelling and cooking. A Paula Boult 6 Garland close exp sch Exeter Devon ex4 2ns England i am 41 years old and my hobbles Are watching to. Reading and writing to pen pals. A Barbara Crossland 57 Brickyard Lane Melton North Ferriby North Humberside hu14 3hb England i am 22 years old and i like to go out to clubs and lot Nice strolls in the Park. A spec. Dari an Montgomery hic 4/21 inf. Med pit it. Ord Ca 93941 i would like to have american pen pals. A Trish Hughes 10 Chester Road East pentre Queensferry Dee Side Clwyd ch5 2aa England i am 31 years old and my hobbies Are going to clubs and pubs going to the Cinema eating out watching t and videos listening to music going to the bean an meeting new people. I would like to correspond a it someone in the american army or air Force in England anywhere. A Mary Mills 12 Colson Road Winchester Hampshire s023 8ex England