European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 14, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 13 european edition col Gene e. Townsend Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor news and editorial Bill Walker european editor Deborah Aba her Bryan Nolan news editor City editor Bob Wicker George Manee sports editor 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 news ext. 326. News bureaus Bremerhaven Germany Ken Clauson building 103, Carl Schurz Cavern Apo a 09069 Telephone ets 3428689 or Onihan 0471-88782. 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The appearance of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements does net 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 for Purchase use or patronage without regard to Raca color religion sex. National origin age marital status physical Handicap political affiliation or any other non Merit Factor of tie purchaser user or paiton. Letters to the editor appalled by verdict being a caucasian american citizen i find the a not guilty verdict in the Rodney g. King trial totally appalling. The mostly White jury armed with the most damaging piece of evidence that anyone has Ever seen in a court Case involving the use of excessive Force and police brutality decided that four White defendants were innocent on All counts of beating him. Come on we All weren to born yesterday. I think everyone was pretty much convinced that the White officers in a a a White judicial system weren to going to be convicted on All counts but to be convicted on none of the charges seems to me to be an outright injustice to Rodney King and to the american people. I serve in the . Armed forces to guard the rights and freedoms of the people of our country against All enemies foreign and Domestic. I done to think it is too difficult to figure out which enemy is Foremost in Rodney Kings mind right now. If he sees police lights flashing in his rear Mirror do you think hell Stop or do you think hell make a run for it the jury told him he made the wrong decision the first time in stopping. I serve alongside soldiers who Are afro american and i think that this decision has done nothing but put a Strain on Black White relationships. I would hate to think that years of work in this area will be lost because of the injustice that or. King was served. A Gerry a. Peppmuller Heidelberg Germany we did it ourselves this is in response to a indians had it worse april 22. You re right native americans May have had it just As bad As Black americans however no one gave any of those things you mentioned to us. We Black americans had to fight for a Black history month and As for the Beauty pageants magazines and clubs enterprising Black americans started them themselves and other Black americans supported them. If you want to see changes native americans Are going to have to bring them about. A airman Lacchia m. Miller Aviano a Italy free speech threatened just who gave any military commander the right to ban the free expression of political beliefs by a civilian a a taxpayer who pays the Bills including that same commanders salary i find the Story of Jesse Ethredge april 28 very disturbing indeed. It smacks of mccarthyism at its darkest stage. The last time i looked at my Constitution i seem to recall seeing something about free speech. As i also recall there was something about control of our military finally resting with the people. Remember the a people a that a you and me. Correct me if in a wrong. When new recruits including future commanders enlist in my military done to they have to take some kind of oath does no to this oath say something about a preserving and defending my Constitution and All of my rights contained therein then where does this commander come off telling Ethredge or any other civilian for that matter that he cannot express himself in a peaceful albeit very visual fashion i find the Banning of bumper stickers expressing a particular political viewpoint from being displayed on an american military base particularly distressing. No commander should Ever think that he has that  he swore to an oath to defend All of my rights not just the ones that he thinks arc politically Correct for the moment. I would think that our military bases should set the Standard for the free and unfettered expression of All political Points of View. After All so Many members of the military a past present and in a afraid future a have and will give their blood and lives for my and eth redgers rights. A John e. Muhlhan Raf upper Scyford England editor s note a i 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. Too 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.garbage called news since when Are stories of family rapes and senseless killings considered news and what about this Juicy one of the woman who Cut out her own breast implant with a razor either a and up Are not finding enough real news for you or you re restructuring yourself after such supermarket rags As the National enquirer. Sure there is always going to be some serial killer making nationwide headlines but these other local morbid events can hardly be considered newsworthy. Lately More and More such thrill stories Are taking up print space in our newspaper which is supposed to be informative. Personally i done to like it. Especially when my 10-year-old Points them out. Should a amps be rated pg-13? in a no prude but there must be something More printable about America or Europe than that kind of trash. I want to pay Good Money for real news not garbage. A Stephen h. Siegler Wiesbaden a Germany a abortion foes criticized recently i was watching a news broadcast and saw once again the conflict Between  Choice and  life protesters. There is an ongoing disagreement Between the two. I believe that both views have their own Merit but lets concentrate on the issues that  life relays. To begin  lifers believe that when a woman chooses to have an abortion she is committing the murder of the unborn fetus. To state this we must first determine when in fact the fetus is considered a life form. Scientists base been pondering this concept throughout time and if one of these protesters can give us scientific proof of the beginning of life i wish that person would share it with the rest of the Public sector. Second to state that abortion is murder we should also attack other forms of negligence that May cause a miscarriage. If a woman Falls abuses her body through Vitamin deficiency or drug use she is also guilty of a homicide. Finally Many  life protesters stand outside women a clinics and often try to prevent women from entering in the Hopes that she will reconsider. Obviously if the woman is at the clinic in the first place she feels that there Are enough factors in her life that having the baby would not be a plausible decision at this time. 1 wonder How Many of these same protesters would offer to give these children a Home if the woman did change her mind a airman 1st class . Cofer Ramstein a Germany a a for shame activists As i watched the news recently i was sickened by what i saw in reference to the abortion Issue. As a Christian i am obviously opposed to abortion because i believe that it is murder. However this Issue is no longer being looked at As a moral or right of life Issue. It is being treated As a political Issue. I do not agree with the tactics of the  life activists. They Are just that activists and arc creating More negative publicity for  life than the  abortion activists. I find it a disgrace to christianity and an embarrassment to even be considered a part of what these activists Call the  life movement. To see ministers and their clergy purposefully breaking the Law makes them no better than the movement they oppose. Wake up folks abortion is murder but breaking the Law no matter How insignificant it May seem is wrong too. There Are other Means that Are More effective against abortion than breaking the Law. A staff sgt. Rodney Kraft Brun sum Netherlands a on being human i think therefore i am. I done to know exactly when i came to this realization but id have to guess i was 2 or 3 years old. I could successfully argue that up to this Point in my life i was just living tissue and Only after self realization did i become a human being. My Point is that As an individual its up to me to decide when life starts and i have no More rights than you to Force my beliefs on anyone else. This includes beliefs that Are morally religiously or theoretically based. My sense of morals my religion and my thoughts Are different from yours. My childhood was not miserable but there were times when i was younger that i wondered Why i had the misfortune to be brought into this world. Knowing now that there were far worse situations than mine i could not and would not expect a Mother to bring a child into a world where its not wanted. And a non viable fetus will not miss what it has never experienced a  if you a like to see a world with fewer abortions you can Start by making the world a better place. Make it a world free from hunger and child abuse a world where one group does no to Force its morals religion or beliefs on another. A George Perkins Ramstein a Germany