European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 14 the stars and stripes letters to the editor monday March 8,1993 thes european edition col Gene t Townsend usar Corot and a up win or Bernard a. To Vistosky editor. News and editorial a Wamar. Euro Pun editor a borr Abs her Tad Cosby. A we editor City editor Bob Wick of 1 i sport Edfar so Chat soc too editor to write us unit 39480 Apo a 09211 or Postrach t114 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 ext 237,255,262,226,326. Sports ext 225,269,263,332.321,221. Features ext. 230,245,341. Letters to editor ext 208. Education Jim Jones ext. 228. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany oomph Owan. Room 117. Rom a to. 104, w-69o0 a a Tobarg cmr41b, Boa 131b, Apo a 09102 tata Phona Dan 370-7010 or in flan 06221-23421. 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Everything adverted in thit publication shall be made available Tor Purchase Usa or patronage without regard to Rece. Color religion tax nut Nal origin age Ianul Star us physical Handicap political Altitia Uon or any other not Mera Factor Olma purchaser user or Patron. Proud of Mission in an associated press article feb. 18t the statement about multinational Force peacekeeping troops having few duties is an unfair statement. Mimi Mann from associated press is being unfair to the service members Here in Egypt at North and South Camp by making a statement like that and not knowing our Mission our full Mission. I wish she could come Here for one week and do the things we do in one Day then her views of the multinational Force would be different. In a a professional Soldier and know the press can be insensitive toward the military a but i would die for my country so people like Mimi Mann can walk Down the Street and not be afraid of being shot by some strange people from another country. The service members Here Are. Doing the United states a great service. Every Soldier in be met is professional and believes in what we arc doing Here. I just needed to let someone know that Mimi Mann a statement is not True and if anything comes out of this Fine. If not 1 will still be a professional at All times fight for my country at anytime no matter How unfair the press gets a George Hampton Al Gorah Egypt a a a a a a id status not the Issue this is in response to your a be our guest column purporting that the reason Gays and lesbians should not be allowed into the service is aids. We support the constitutional right to free speech free press and applaud the fact that the stars and stripes allows space for voices to be heard. But it is not living up to your reputation As being a responsible journal to publish such inflammatory misrepresentations and stereotypical generalizations As voiced in that column. Educate people All people Gay or straight Man or woman Young or old military of civilian White or Black or Brown on an everyday basis without mixing it up with a totally different Issue that of allowing homosexuals into the military. Each one of us is responsible for what we do. We know that we can protect our about he selves or being armed with the facts v and aids. Lets not confuse that fact with an Issue that will be studied and debated in the coming months by our governments legislative and executive branches a that of allowing Gays into the military. A Barbara Yow Heidelberg Germany May Joe Power Asper Germany a Quot a a. A a. Too Many letters on Gays i have read too Many letters about Gays in the military. Wake up and smell the Coffee. The fact is there Are Gays and lesbians in our military and have been for Many years. Co workers know who they Are and some supervisors know. What happens to them nothing. Because they Are productive members of our military. They done to try to impose their lifestyles on straight members and Are not shrugging their responsibilities at work. If you were to walk in downtown Atlanta could you pick out the homosexual you know him. He a the Well dressed College graduate. He worked his Way through College waiting tables at the local pub. He sat next to you in Church every sunday. He Snow the services manager of your favorite restaurant. You speak to him every time you come in and think of him As a Friend. As for my opinion on whether Gays should be allowed in the military f do not think that the military is an environment suited for Gays. There is a time and place for everything and everyone. The military is not the place and no time in the immediate future is the time. If the ban is indeed lifted i do not think that Congress or the president will have to worry about How far to draw Down troops. I think they will have to come up with some very inventive ways to keep Many competent and productive heterosexual members in the military. A Nancy Wilson Simbach a Germany a a a baffled by Andy Rooney regarding the column by Andy Rooney on sunday just what was he trying to say i m baffled just As anyone else who read his article would be. He states that Black americans should be called a a Blacks and since he a Irish he prefers to be called american not Irish Ameri can. Wow what a blow. So i guess we Arentt americans now just Blacks. Does no the know that we Are african americans and the term a a Blacks is out would he prefer to be called a White Quot or Irish Ameri can or. Rooney also states we should consider Arthur Ashe As opposed to or. Martin Luther King for a Holiday since or. Ashe was not Only a great Tennis player but a person everyone can Deal with. Or. King was not Only an outspoken inspirational person but an outstanding Leader for the a a Blacks people. I Gays Ana Les mans into me military tirely separate from his infection aids and the behaviour that leads to becoming infected with his the virus that causes aids. High ranking military commanders legislators human rights scholars and social scientists will be studying the Many implications of allowing Gays into the military. As if there Arentt Gays and lesbians now in the service who have been serving honorable for Many years the incidence of his infection and aids will not be an Issue upon which they base a decision As it is not who someone is but what they do that places them at risk of becoming infected with his. The writer maintains the position that if someone is Gay he is a a member of the most promiscuous sexual group and therefore primarily responsible for the spread of such a stereotype is not worthy of printing. It also flies in the face of some startling information concerning aids and women that came out of last years vol Ltd International conference on aids held in Amsterdam. By the year 2000 the world health organization reports that most new aids cases will involve women. Education about the behaviour that places individuals at risk for becoming infected with his the virus that causes aids is vital if we Are to Stem the tide of this pandemic. U is difficult enough to certainly would not Call or. Ashe a Leader for the african american now would a Holiday on his behalf be appropriate for the african americans 1 certainly am appalled at or. Rooney s beliefs and his so called assumptions. A Floritta Hardmon Wurzburg Germany a a e. A a. A envy for Edzell duty i have visited Edzell and also Thurso me with Hill Chicksands and Crough ton and i can Only envy the people who Are stationed there. How does one get a quiet assignment without loud air planes and the droves of flight line people that go with them before comic _ i spent 9 months at Estaca de Vares a Remote communications site of 15 people on the northernmost tip of Spain 425 Miles Northwest of Madrid. We had no before coming to the United kingdom the at a a a Burger King no Hospital facilities we had a site medic but dentists etc., had to come from Torrejon we had a base Exchange so Small that a a a mini fit inside it we had no morale recreation and welfare sponsored Tours virtually no one off base spoke a word of English yet i had the time of my life. If the site Hadnot closed i would still be there. Being a California native i done to like the rain wind and cold either but that Hasni to stopped me from travelling. I guess i m one of the guilty ones who a loves to waste Money and support another country a Economy other than my own by seeing More than 110 castles alone with numerous abbeys Stone circles pubs and buying souvenirs during my two years Here. 1 done to know. Maybe in a ignorant for thinking people can enjoy a country for what it Lias to offer not for what it does no to. A senior airman Pat Magnall Raf upper Heyford England. A a a. The essence of . In response to the letter entitled a unfunny unneeded feb 19 the writer is clearly disturbed and deeply offended by Charles Kaufman a . Cartoon. One cannot help but wonder Why this Man puts himself through such anguish by Reading the cartoon. I for one do appreciate Kaufman a sense of humor and that stripes is bold enough to print such a piece. 1 suggest the writer take a Good Long look at the culture in which he survives and perhaps then it will be Clear just How accurately Kaufman a cartoon depicts the very is sense of . A sol . 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