European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14letters to the editor i thursday january 28,1993 thes european edition col Gene t town seng Usan comes net publish a a Bernard a Zovistoski editor news and editorial. Bill walk 4r european editor Oatrah Kabahar Raul Cosby. No editor City editor sow tear own a manat sport editor special sections editor to write us unit 29480 Apoate 09211 or Postrach 11 14 376100 Darmstadt 11, Germany news Tel fax 06155 601416 to Call us dial 0615s-601 plus Extension or Dan 348-6 plus Extension As follows news ext. 237,2ss 282,226,326. Sports ext. 225, 269,263,332, 321,221. Features ext. 230,245,341. Letters to editor ext. 206. Education Jimi Jonas ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Kaiserslautern Germany Kavin Dougherty John so timer Steve scholar building 2699, Pulaski Barracks Apo a 09227-377 Telephone Dan 469-6585 of civil Tan 063152104 1110631-50696. 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Everything advertised in this publication shall be made available far Purchase use a patronage without regard to race color religion sex National origin age. Mental status physical Handicap political affiliation or any other non Mcmo Lector of the purchaser usar or Patron enemy can be Young in reply to the letter Quot outraged at picture Quot Jan. 12when i saw that same picture l too Felt an emotion the emotion of empathy toward the child because As a teacher i dislike seeing any child Hurt mentally or physically. However before the writer makes any judgments about a person on a combat patrol i suggest he walk a few himself or get shot at once or twice by a sniper. Then and Only then should he make a Call about Uri professionalism. If i were in that Many a situation i would hot have allowed a child within 30 feet of me and even then i would be watching him or her. As a former Marine infantry squad Leader and platoon sergeant two Tours in Vietnam think fac seen most of what can and will happen in combat. For example a 10-year-old girl passed our patrol casualty dropped a grenade and just kept walking. Ill leave it up to your imagination what form of punishment she received. Were we unprofessional our fire base Hilltop position was involved in a  attack by a Superior Force. When the Sun came up we found with an ak-47 in his hand the 12-year-old who sold us cokes during the Day and someone we came to Trust. That Marine was not being in professional a just cautious. A Jim Donovan a Fortal Germany. A  not the Issue this is in response to Quot bad Way o kick off �?T93�?� Jan. 18. Evidently the writer has a narrow mind. Lets not blame the stars and stripes. The caption under the photograph explained there a been some problems with the children stealing and throwing rocks at the marines. The Marine grabbed the boy and kicked him in the seat of his pants. It had nothing to do with skin color. Racism starts in the Home. In a 14 years old and my parents have taught me to respect everyone regardless of their color and that All men and women arc created equal i feel bad about what happened to the Blacks years ago but no one can change that. We can Only Hope to make the world a better place to live. 1 know Many Whites done to like Blacks but there arc also Many Blacks who done to like Whites. Racism is a two sided Coin. You can to Label a race by a few bad apples. I thank god that he does no to look at color but that he looks inside and secs us All As being equal. -s.s,  Frankfurt Germany a a fire victims offer thanks yes Virginia there is a Santa Claus and he does reside in the hearts of people of Good will. On oct. 19, 1992, we lost virtually All of our household goods in a warehouse fire near Stuttgart Germany. Losing the material accumulations of 24 years of marriage was a difficult blow but the response of our friends some of whom have known us for Only a Short time has been unbelievable. Shortly after the fire our new neighbors at Patch Barracks gave a Shower to help us begin the process of reconstructing our Home. Their love and concern was most Welcome coming As it did at a particularly Low time in our lives. Then on Christmas eve night a Large Box appeared on our Doorstep it contained several very Nice gifts but no evidence of who had sent it. A because of. The nature of the guts it was obviously from our friends at our previous assignment at in Ciurlik a Turkey. We were overwhelmed. To All our neighbors at both Stuttgart and in Ciurlik thank you for your gifts and your concern. More importantly thank you for helping restore our belief in the love of Good friends. Sincerely a. A Mary Lou and Bui Rutledge Stuttgart Germany positive news needed you continue to put All this Gay and lesbian stuff in the stars and stripes and in a getting so tired of Reading about the subject. These immoral characters will be with us As Long As the world turns so let them be., now is the time to shift into a positive Mode and give us some edifying material to read to build on to instruct and to improve morally or spiritually upon. Lets look to our schools for this positive edification and pull the positive Al a mints out and print them. These students Are doing a great Job in their academic and school activities. I teach my first graders to have a positive attitude and this helps in their Aca Dumic achievements. The Bottom line is to turn off this negative attitude turn on the positive and Sec the change in All of us. A Merle Horn. Simbach Germany israeli atrocities ignored in the letter Quot in support of Israel Quot Jan. 10the writer referred to Israel As the Quot one country in the Region that has led the Way in democracy religious tolerance and the search for a lasting peace Quot since 1948. The truth which Seldom sees the Light of Day is contained in United nations american British and israeli archives. During the so called Quot War of Independence in 1948, the israeli army and jewish civilians routinely committed atrocities that seem to be a virtual blueprint for current serbian acts in Bosnia. The israeli agriculture minister Aharon cirling said Quot jews too have behaved like nazis and my entire being has been  today israeli policy toward palestinians is much the same As the policy of apartheid in South Africa with internal travel documents indefinite imprisonment without charge or trial and denial of Many Basic human rights intended to strip them of dignity and self respect a sad fact of life for Many palestinians yes Israel is a democracy if you Are jew ish just As South Africa is a democracy As Long As you arc White. Do the israelis have a right to a pc acc fun secure Homeland. Absolutely. Do they have the fight to seize All of Palestine and build that Homeland on the backs of the palestinians through intimidation murder torture and oppression absolutely not. A sgt. David e. Hultsch Raf Lakenheath England a More hungry folks i would like to thank the writer of a a let stalk Turkey Quot dec. 22 about the  1, Loo thought the Turkey could have been served up a better Way. Thanks for reminding us All of our moral and yes custodial obligation for the proper regard of life. As far As the fundraiser of course pm for that. As the writer noted the starving in Somalia and elsewhere need not even be mentioned. Unfortunately i also had forgotten about the animals suffering thinking primarily about the needless famine situation. _ t being a religious person my Faith instructs me that the animal should in fact be prayed Over and what s More the Blade of the knife used should be Sharp end to prevent undue suffering. Hopefully the suffering inflicted upon this animal will be overshadowed by the strength that i gain from eating the flesh of the animal and in turn help prevent More or greater suffering. For my next project pm going to work with All that Good Turkey protein Power full be Able to Neist More of those Jack of lanterns that go to waste each year. You know that sarcastic a Tongue in Cheeky a sinister look we carve into those pumpkins. Well guess what the demonic joke is on us. There Are Many hungry folks out there. A in the words of one Hross Perot. Quot you  a staff sgt. Jeffrey at Harrogate City England a a wants More on sofa 1 see you buried the Story on the signing of the revised status of. Forces agreement on the Bottom of Page 10 of the Jan. 15 Issue. This revised sofa could and probably will adversely effect the Quality of life for americans stationed in Germany yet we have seen very Little reported Loput the negotiations in this  this Story concerns the majority of your readership so lets see coverage on the details of the agreement and just exactly Why it needed to be revised a Michael j. Greene Vilseck Germany l editor s note letters from readers expressing their viewpoints or opinions Are published daily on this Page. Ail tetters must be signed. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. 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