European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 2, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14letters to the editor monday August 2,1993. European edition col Steven , us of commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor news and editorial Bill Walker european editor Deborah Absher news editor Bob Wicker sports editor put Cozby City editor George Manee special sections editor to write us unit 29480 Apo a 09211 or Postrach 11 14 37 64278 Darmstadt Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or Dan 348-8 plus Extension As follows news ext. 237,255,282,226,326, 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 Heidelberg Germany Joseph Owen room 117, Rome str. 104,69126 Heidelberg car 419, Box 1316, Apo a 09102 Telephone Dan 370-7010 or civilian 06221-23421. 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The appearance of advertising in this publication including insets or supplements does not constitute endorsement by the department of defense or the stars and stapes of the products or services adroit ipod. Warning kids not to have sex use drugs Isnit enough to Stop the spread of aids the writer of Quot misplaced values july 25 brings up a few arguable Points in his letter. He says that children should not be taught about using con Doms to control the spread of aids but asks Why not Quot. Simply Tell them to abstain and to stay away from homosexuals a his implication that casual con tact with homosexuals is a High risk activity sounds a lot like  he also states that a i. You liberals try to put the blame. On everyone  is he stating Here that Liberal thinkers Are to Dame for aids it is this kind of Finger pointing that has politicized this disease and led to such Gross misunderstandings and Plain bad thinking. / True if you Are absolutely certain that your children wont Ever engage in sexual relations or use hypodermic Needles then they need not waste their time learning anything about aids beyond abstention. But statistics will Tell you that your children will eventually have sex. Do you want them to enter this unfamiliar territory ignorant of thi1 precautions they might take to save their lives it Isnit enough to say Quot done to do it a million times to your kids. Sometimes that is a sure fire Way to ensure that they will do it. Its just common sense that the More our children know the better Chance they have. Why should education about aids be any different from education in say geography i could decide that my children will never need to leave the state in which they were born and based on that i might object to the Public school teaching my children that the Earth is round. Why done to i do this because even if i have decided the course of their entire lives they still need to learn geography for two main reasons it is out there and they might not do what i Tell them. How can More knowledge possibly be a bad thing when we Are talking about life and death a David b. Poirier Rhein main a Germany a a a identifying those who Are his positive ensures Only a false sense of Security to. Utt. A Tnp u l. To. The writer of a identify his car Rierso july 27 seems to believe that if we put a tag on the infected people the disease will cease to exist As the carriers cease to exist what would we do once we knew who they were put them on an Island like lepers could we actually rely on the carriers own sense of responsibility to keep the disease from spreading he suggests testing be linked to issuing and renewing Drivers licenses. How Many his positive homeless and or drug addicted people do you know that drive cars and this also Means that a person  be tested until he or she is 16. Sorry this holds no water. The writer feels that no Money should be spent on research to find a cure for aids but it should be spent on identifying people who Are his positive. How would you explain this to Young Haemophiliacs who contracted the disease through no fault of their own identifying those who Are his positive just gives a false sense of Security. There s no Way that every person on the face of this Earth could be tested. When i worked As a phlebotomy is in the states i was not told who was his positive. I was told that i should treat every patient As a potential Carrier. Why worry about who a got it and who does no to worry that we All could get it and always do everything Possi be not to get it. Its that simple. A Carrie Jen Lens Mannheim Germany mail by the numbers i am Here in Germany Niernberg military Community for my summer vacation from College visiting my parents. Only one Issue really bothers me to the Point that i feel i have to bring it up. Its not whether Rush Umbaugh should be on or the current Gays in the military Issue. Its the mail a especially the military postal system. I can barely understand receiving a letter from the East coast in 14 Days. I sent As one was sent to me a letter to Camp Darby in the Livorno Italy area. This was More than 14 Days ago 1 still Haven to received the letter and mine has yet to be received. How can this be when its Only an eight to nine hour drive a Rob Engel Firth Germany the gun Laws Are Fine everywhere you look today you see someone proposing new gun Laws in an attempt to Stop crime in America. If anyone needs a a reality Check it is the people who propose these Laws As Well As those who support them. The people we Sec on the news gunning Down cops on the streets Are outlaws to begin with so they Arentt affected by any Sun Laws. They buy their guns where they by their drugs. The last time i checked drugs were illegal in America yet you can buy them on any Street in the county. Gun Laws Only affect the lawful gun owning citizens who obey them. The shootings you see on the news Are committed by career criminals drug users or people who  be on the streets to begin with. What you done to see on the news Are the millions of Law abiding res it Onsbie gun owners who will never be a problem to anyone when it comes to their gun ownership. A responsible gun owner would never allow a family to protect itself with a gun they done tall understand. Most gun owners teach their family from Day one How to use and How not to use any gun they own. Quot hiding guns from kids is Uke hiding drugs from them. Someday they will find them and if not taught right from wrong will do wrong and someone will suffer. So done to blame the action of the criminal or insane on the Legal responsible gun owners of America people eagerly write editorials or Call in to talk shows expressing their desire to see All guns banned in America. The first amendment gives them that right and i respect their use of that right. But what they forget is that the second amendment ensures that right is never denied. Remove the second amendment and see what happens to the rest of them. The second amendment Isnit about Hunting and it Isnit about the National guard either. America  exist today if our forefathers guns had been locked up with someone else holding the key. A David Keety san Vito air station Italy a. 0 0 a. Above average spin the letter a not Cream of crop a the writer stated that Quot. Both maps and spa generally come from recruits who score in the lower percentiles of the skills qualification tests set a i am a dog handler with the air Force Security police and i do not fit that stereotype. In Point of fact i was a member of the National Honor society in High school attended College with better than average Grade Point average scores and scored in the upper 10 percent of the armed services vocation aptitude Battery Svab. As a result i was offered an air Force Security clearance in the intelligence Field. However i volunteered for the up career held because the experience and training combined with my College education would better my chances of employment As a civilian policeman which is my Long term goal. As for other spa Many volunteered for the career Field even before taking the Svab having a desire to learn about Law enforcement and How to become policemen and women so their Svab scores had Little bearing upon the matter. Further Many of these spa Are currently enrolled in College and scoring Well. For any military member combining education Ana career is a commendable achievement. A airman 1st class to Vyr s. Woodard Rhein main a Germany a a a simple solution consider this suggestion the next time the former soviet Union asks the United states for a loan we give it to them. But before the Money changes hands we minus the Bill by $4 million and give the $4 million to Washington. Is it too simple a a Emory w. 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