European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14 sunday november 22, 1992letters to the  be ifs european edition col Gene e. Townsend Usan comm Aridor rub Tisher Bernard a. Z0v1st09ki editor news and editorial Bill walk or european editor Deborah a baht news editor Bob Wicker sports editor part Corby acting City editor Hon special sections editor to write us unit 29400 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 348-6 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. 20b. Education Jami Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Kaiserslautern Germany Kevin Dougherty. John Bohmer. 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Everything advertised m tvs Public aeon shall be made available Lex Purchase use or patronage without regard to race color religion sex. National origin age. Marital stat us. Physical Handicap political affiliation or any other no Merit Factor of the purchaser user or Patronel helped in tire Straits normally these letters complain about something or someone in Europe but i would like to share a Heartfelt thanks to a selfless and kind Soldier. On oct. 26 a monday while travelling on autobahn 3 in Germany with my two Small children my car had a Flat tire. As soon As i opened the trunk 1 saw a Small Black car Pul Over and a Soldier got out asking a do you have a spare he went straight to work and within 15 minutes he had changed my tire and i was on my Way. I offered to pay him for the trouble he had taken but he adamantly refused any compensation. I did manage to get his name however. This kind wonderful caring Soldier who helped a distressed mom was Terry Franzwa of hot 3rd so 4th Cav in Schweinfurt Germany. Thanks from the Bottom of my heart a Karye a. Donnelly Illus him Germany ungrateful maps on my Way to meet my Tennis team at 5 a.m., i helped apprehend a Felon who was getting away from the maps at Ger Szewski Barracks in Karlsruhe. I followed the Felon in my car Down a Street and pointed my water pistol which i had in the car at him he must have thought it was real because he gave up to me. I backed the car up and the German perpetrator followed. When we arrived where the two maps had the other Felon on the ground at gunpoint the other my pointed his gun at me when i got out of the car. I quickly identified myself As a teacher at Karlsruhe High school. After handing Over the Felon 1 heard the my Tell someone Over his Walkie talkie that someone in an Audi assisted. I told them i had to meet my team for our trip to bad sibling and left. Later that night upon returning from the trip i called the my station and asked if they needed any More information. They said they had wanted me to stand to that morning and they knew where to get in touch with me. Its been Over two weeks and i have yet to receive even a simple a thank  i guess what i did was a expected behaviour Quot for a Dodds civilian. Is this the Way the  treats All Good Samaritans i Hope that common Courtesy might become a Standard operating procedure for All organizations. A Walter Fritz Karlsruhe Germany protestors not traitors the 1992 election Campaign unleashed another round of vigorous debates Over the role of protesters during the Vietnam War. As in the past numerous accusations and generalizations were bandied about in Many cases without careful regard for the facts. A recent letter accused Bill Clinton and other Vietnam Era protesters of burning and destroying government buildings and property spitting on and insulting Vietnam veterans burning the american Flag and supporting the North vietnamese government. While its True that some protesters did some or All of these things its a distortion of history to paint everyone who demonstrated against the War with the same Brush. History May have proven anti War protesters to have been naive and biased but 1 believe the majority were not the kind of anti american immoral mob the writer envisions. I was too Young to be politically Active or take part in demonstrations during the time Clinton was an Oxford student but i personally knew several people who were involved in the anti War movement. To the Best of my knowledge not a single one Ever insulted a Vietnam Veteran burned the Flag destroyed property or expressed support for to Chi Minh. What they did was assemble peacefully and legally to voice their opposition to a War that was troubling a great Many americans. Most were close to the political Center and not Flag burning Radt Chis one can plausibly argue that Clinton a actions during the Vietnam War were wrong but one should at least have a factual basis for judging him and not rely on Campaign innuendos and hearsay. In this Era of heated rhetoric i think its important for All of us to leave that to the people who make a profession of engaging in polemics. A Michael cast Frankfurt Germany editor s note a 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 signed and include address and Telephone number. Address letters 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 normally appears every Day except thursday and sunday. Letters should be signed and include address and Telephone number. Address such letters to readers action line the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211.unsound reasoning the oct. 26 editorial Page contained Many letters by people who had obviously Given thought to the issues they wrote about. Their letters contained intelligent Points to be considered by people on both sides of the issues raised. The glaring exception was written by the gentleman who said aids is a punishment from god and ironically called those who disagree with him ignorant. I would Tike to see him explain his View to the parents of Ryan White and other victims of paediatric aids. I would like to Sec him explain to the family of Kimberly bar gals who contracted aids from her dentist and to the families of those who got aids from blood transfusions Why god chose to punish their loved ones. I would like to hear him explain Why god has seen fit to devise a direct earthly punishment for those who have non marital sex while he has not seen fit to do so for murderers rapists and child abusers. And i would like this person to think through his opinions before he inflicts them on the rest of us. A Tracy sweat Ramstein a Germany soon it could be other magazines books movies and music. One could even stretch the Point to say that a commander who does no to drink or smoke could ban alcohol and tobacco from the base stores under his command. Several adult magazines will still be available though. Who decides which ones what Standard do they use to determine which will be acceptable the Gray area is far too great. This is not a question of Equality in the military. Its the question of Choice and the right to choose. Just because something is unpopular or unappealing to certain people does t mean we should Cut it off or deny Access to it. Where would this country be if we took that attitude with All ideas or expressions that we did not agree with a Todd d. Butler Gaeta Italy a aids not punishment in response to a punishment from god a we May be ignorant but according to our understanding of the Bible the Christian god is forgiving. A god who sentences an individual to a slow humiliating death from aids because they had sex out of Wedlock sounds vindictive to us. Evidently the Bible has been revised and we Are now judged while we live or in the Case of a child born to an his positive Mother before we Are born. Those of us stressing education Arentt telling the Young a a Here a a condom go have sex we Arentt saying condoms Are 100 percent effective in preventing pregnancy or the transmission of his nor Are we ignoring the Virtues of abstinence. An effective education program needs to present All the facts the advantages of abstinence and the pros and cons of condom use. We Are merely facing fact. According to a recent article in the stars and stripes most teens asked said they would have sex protected or not. They share the common belief a it can to happen to  nothing preached by parents or the Church for the past three decades has stemmed the increase in teen sexual activity it crosses All social and religious lines. Its time to Stop preaching and to Start presenting Frank and open discussion of the facts at the earliest possible age. Those of us too ignorant to believe aids is a punishment from god must seek enlightenment. Possibly we will join the writer in his Complete understanding of gods ways. However it is More Likely we will find ourselves appalled by the Lack of commitment our country has shown in confronting this Issue. Who knows we May even become smart enough to share our new found knowledge with the people who can really make a difference our political leadership  that be something a master sgt. Gordon be Sengpr and Stephanie Nesenger Kapaun air station Germany question of Choice the stars and stripes article oct. 21 regarding the Navy a ruling to uphold a commanders decision to take adult magazines off the shelves of the local exchanges puts a scare into me. Not because i wont be Able to Purchase these magazines anymore. Hardly. Its the implications. By the Navy stating that its within the commanders prerogative in order to maintain Good order and discipline opens the door to censorship. First its magazines that some find offensive. What about periodicals that done to necessarily support the nay a new Core values l pen pals i would Ilka pan pal worldwide. 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