European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 14letters to the editor sunday january ,17, 1093 european edition col Gene e. Townsend Usan cd Crit or gtd Ltd True Ltd Sief Bernard k Zovistoski 1 editor a news and editorial Chi Welker e0.10f Deboreh aether co for Bob Wicker ipod editor Pul Cotty Oty editor George Melee Specif to Sec too de Tor 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 Dan 348-8 plus Extension As follows news pm. 237, 255, 262, 226, 326. Sports pm. 225, 269, 263, 332, 321,22t. Features pm. 230, 245, 341. Letters to editor pm. 208. Education Jim Jones pm. 226. Business news pm 326. News bureaus Kaiserslautern Germany Kevin John Orvner Sta scholar buttling 2899, Pui Stu Barrack Apo a 09237-3717 Telephone Dan 489-6585 or Oil Tan 0631-52104 to Max 0631-50696. Nur Nabeho Germany Ron jew two. 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Second when information appears in print that Isnit flattering to their Way of doing business they try to suppress the information rather than making improvements. It s fortunate for oms that they operate oct seas rather than in the United states. They cannot Only do less for their customers than most state Laws require but they can also get restraining orders against someone who publishes critical information. Companies operating in the United states done to have such privileges and those that do operate like oms tend to go out of business oms and cafes should get the message through their thick skulls a if there arc this Many complaints of poor business practices the solution is not to shut everyone up and say there is no problem. The solution is to address the problems causing these complaints and Ruthem if oms continues to resort to calling lawyers to suppress information instead of taking positive action the result will and should be Zero sales instead of just a decrease. A capt. Mark 1conner Starkenburg Germany. # a a restrictions warranted regarding the letter Quot injunction a stupid a Jan. 10in a continually bewildered at the persistent denigration of overseas military sales group by the stars and stripes. It should be pointed out to the letter writer that courts do not Issue injunctions without due cause. Furthermore the German court has Only restricted the stars and stripes from printing articles that Are not based on the truth. I suggest the stars and stripes knows exactly Why the injunction was served. If they feel they Are being victimized they should publish the Complete findings of newspaper ombudsman Philip Foisie who investigated the series of articles examining the military car sales program. I think if that were done the writer would reach a different conclusion on Quot restricting the a Richard Thornton Liederbach Germany a a a Ramstein garage praised at each of our duty stations in Germany we have heard horror stories about the Quality of work done in cafes garages. Occasionally we have also had negative experiences which would seem to support the opinion that poor service at gaffs garages is the Rule. The gaffs garage on Ramstein a has been a fortunate exception to the Rule. Aside from the difficulties of obtaining parts in Germany for our american car the service we be received from the gaffs garage has been excellent. A Patricia and shafts it. William struck Ramstein All Germany hypocrisy reigns along with the rest of the United Stales our military establishment is very quickly going to hell in a handbag Ket for several reasons. A we supposedly sit at the top of the evolutionary Chain. Regarding homosexuality unfortunately the military will probably get sucked into the same garbage pit As its civilian Brothers As our politicians submit to the desires of the deviant minority. Many of our retirees have paid or arc paving More Titan $6,000 a year to Send one child to a department of defense dependents schools in Germany while fat a i editors note sunday Magazine cartoonist Charles Kaufman responds to a critics letter Jan. 13. Our politicians in their forgive several countries millions of dollars in defaulted Loans paid with our tax dollars. As a result of the combination of american civil liberties Union lawyers our courts and various Liberal do goobers our first amendment has become a farce. Pornography becomes Legal and standards of morality arc discarded All under the Guise of Quot Freedom of our politicians cannot resolve the problems of our hungry homeless or jobless they can to help those who cannot afford medical care or to Send i hair children to a decent school. But they done to have any problem falling Over one another in their haste to approve billions of dollars of our tax Money to Quot provide Comfort Quot to Somalia Russia what a left of Yugoslavia and lets not forget the kurd to Turkey and Iraq. Is this All being done in the name of humanity no its nothing More than political expediency another word for hypocrisy. The National debt that we will bequeath to our great grandchildren is an abomination to our society. A Richard j. Whitehead win Weiler Germany accuracy is sketchy at Best and they tend As a group to be very careless about spelling grammar and punctuation. Worse yet chimpanzees arc oblivious to such journalistic shibboleths As the Public a right to know or Freedom of the press. Many could be induced to Buty embarrassing stories or reveal their sources for Mere peanuts instead of posing As protectors of the people while negotiating the docudrama rights. Finally chimpanzees show insufficient Talent for editing another chimpanzees work. Given a Blue Pencil and another chimps copy a Simian editor is most Likely to scribble randomly then rip the paper to shreds Chew it up or rub it against parts of the body Best left gunmen Ial Ltd Tatur Tio cd. While these actions strikingly re scan blk the editorial process the possibility they might leave some original copy unscathed disqualifies them from serious consideration for an editorial position with any self resp acting newspaper in snort the use of chimpanzees As stars and stripes editors although marginally Cost would be unworkable. They arc better left to their current duties As copywriters for the armed forces radio and television services Public service announcements. A a. Re Ducly Frankfurt Germany / outraged by Light in a writing in response to Quot copters for official use Jan. 4 concerning government time Money and resources i think the writer missed the Point of the letter from a spouse who said she wanted to Rappel from a helicopter. While there arc Many of us who would like to experience the thrill of rappelling from or even flying in a helicopter we have always been Tola and accepted that it was against military regulations. Our outrage stems from the fact that a celebrity Tennis player Steffi Graf who has no connection with the . Military was Given a ride in an air Force fighter Jet and pictured smiling on the front Page of the stars and stripes while we were out volunteering in the Community so our government could spend its time Money and resources training soldiers. A Mary Goodman Heidelberg Germany pen pals a a hmm Stop the hate in be read the articles or letters to the editor on and off for dose to two years. It amazes me to see the hate ignorance and maliciousness of so Many people. All this Labelling and stereotyping. All this anger and misunderstandings about Black White male female straight Gay Etc., Etc. It goes on and on. Please lets begin with a Little love and quit All the hate Mon Gering and shouting. A Nicole g. Thompson Darmstadt Germany chimps need not apply in response to the indignant writer who questioned if the stars and Snipes would print a suggestion that chimpanzees replace its editors let me Rise in defense of the fourth estate. It has Long been known that Given enough time chimpanzees with typewriters would produce the collected works of Shakespeare. We May therefore safely presume that these same chimpanzees could also produce any Given edition of the Slars and stripes without drawing undue conclusions about the respective literary Quality of the two. Regrettably the critical problem is Lime. Chimpanzees like most writers Are notoriously prone to procrastination and cry undependable about deadlines. Abo their grasp of newsworthiness and i would Ilka to correspond we tvs pen pals by swoon tie ago of 17-20 from All around Tho world. A Connie Kolsch 1654 e. Oak Idoa re. N. Park City Utah 64060 i am 32 Yoars old. I spunk English Gorman French flu Manian and polish i would Lika Pun pals. Arthur b. Kolo do Zoth Trska 12 a-3 10-550 Olsztyn 2 Poland i would Liko Pun pals. My Hobbit Aro swimming hiking and listening to music. A Jennifor n. Ming Luz 6 Mina Yuon Western St. Ming Vuon Centre 1vf. Plat 0, North Point Hong Kong i would like Pun pais. My hobbies Aro music the outdoors and Campino collect bites and pots. Kurt h. 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