European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 16 a letters to the editor thursday. Thes coi. Stow. Loptman Usa Krnato a. 1ovijt09ki editor news and edit offal Riff fun Ca Oneal a at Arando a Mam by a u-8 nov Amman � a of of Sihau s european command. I Atria at act Rit inn m Iii i tit rom. Tie Ata Artt m Arapaj Maria. Doaa Noi Canama Andorra Mant by a a i Paklak of Oia Anaa artha bum Ana to Waal it product a Mcaa adv Armad rights and wrongs it seems to me that every time i participate in a lunch counter conversation concerning gun control someone bring sup their constitutional now Don t get me wrong i am not opposed i principle to the private ownership of guns. What put me off however is the continual reference to the second amendment by people who t suspect never read it a Well regulated militia being Nec Essary to the Security of a free state the right of the people to keep and Bea arms shall not be i certainly Don t claim to be a constitutional scholar but it is obvious to me that what we have Here is a single sentence Orone Complete thought. Therefore i Don t understand How one could just ignore the first qualifying part of the amendment while enshrining the rest unless one i afflicted with intellectual blindness that is to say militia or citizen army is a term that does not have much meaning today in America unless one is speaking historically about the minutemen or their descendants the National guard. In any Case i see no Way to interpret the definition of a Well regulated militia to in clude individual private citizens. Unless the National Rifle association one Day chooses to declare itself a National militia that is a scary thought. It is too bad that gun control could the argued on More relevant Points of Merit apart from its Dias Pitburg a Germany. Probe far from foolish in response to ludicrous investigation a dose of reality is in order. Taking blood for doxy ribonucleic acid Dan typing to find Elora Mckemy s killer is neither an invasion of privacy Nora violation of civil or constitutional rights. This is clearly a matter of the Public Good outweighing any individual s claim to Pri Vacy. The idea that individuals must give up some rights for common Good has been around for writer asks some valid questions but must realize that any undertaking re quires one to begin with some assumptions. These then Are adjusted in the course of the investigation. The criminal investigation come i tremendously dedicated and works very Long hours. They Are working with Theessen state criminal lab on this Case. What does the writer mean when he say they should get Down to some Basic run of the Mill investigating they Are spending Long hours doing just that plus pursuing the nigh tech Call the Cid investigation ludicrous is itself foolish for it ignores the serious Ness of the crime and its Impact on us. Maj. Kathleen Pederson Kaiserslautern Germany a truth sometimes hurts in response to depth of degradation oct. 31which blasted the stars and stripes for its Story on the Elora Mckemy murder i can appreciate the writer s View and sympathy for the family but to accuse stripes of sinking to such a level As the National enquirer for simply doing its Job of reporting the news As accurately As possible was utterly uncalled for. When compared to the United states Europe is a Safe environment. Living overseas we tend to forget that violence and other crimes can happen within our own communities. Stories such As this one help to raise Public awareness an hopefully someone who knows some thing Wilt come Forward. To have no written an accurate detail of the events would have been unethical. Reality i harsh and reporting it May sometimes be hard to Cope with but it has to be wbb Pitburg a Germany e parental blindness i am writing with a concern for the children who live in our base housing area. As a child advocate it shocks me that so Many parents have still not Awak ened to the fact that we no longer live Ina leave it of Beaver society. To be so naive As to leave your child welfare up to Chance is not Only stupid it s criminal. I am speaking about thereat number of children who roam around some More than a Block away not Only unescorted but in Many cases too Young to be out alone. Haven t relearned a lesson Here in Germany that children can be abducted especially wit the horrible Fate of one 2-year-old girl recently to do our Best to prevent another similar tragedy do we need to personally meet our children s friends you had better be Lieve it. Being in the military does not automatically guarantee that every person has a healthy positive environment i which our children can play. air station Germany positive families in response to parental failure nov.13i agree that parents should take More responsibility with their children at a Sitter every time you go out is not always the answer. Re member that some of us have Only been in Germany a few months and do not have a reliable Sitter yet. If you Don t Nave children you May not realize the Cost of child care in the 90s, especially for those who have More than one was it Ever not acceptable to take children out to eat or shopping either in military or civilian facilities i think it s great to see families out together. The smell of cigarette smoke is much More offensive in restaurants or shopping facilities than hearing a child cry. Not All children misbehave or runaround unsupervised so please Don t judge All children or parents the tends to dwell on the negative things children do when the positive generally outnumber the negative. Remember this the next time you see a Well be have child. Take the time to compliment them and Don t forget their parents. A. Anderso Rhein main a Germany a Blind beliefs the writer of evolving controversy nov. 9 implied that the Institute for creation research ice and the creation research society cars were purely secular groups and they supported Aca Demic Freedom in teaching evolution and create miss hah. The ice is division of the fundamentalist Christian heritage College sponsored by the Scott memorial Baptist Church. The Ankles of incorporation of the cars describe its goal of publishing evidence of a personal god dearly these organizations have primary religious Agenda and Are not at All the unbiased scientific organizations that the writer mistakenly claimed. Both the ice and cars required their members to take an oath to accept the literal truth of the biblical Story of creation regardless of any scientific Evi Dence to the contrary. The ice require the pledge on an annual basis so much for academic Freedom. Rosemark Cross Berlin survivor syndrome let s put it like this Ukraine has been under one kind of authoritarian Rule or another for hundreds of years. It has been denied the history that this Beautiful land was once Rich in. Josef Stalin tried to starve the entire country in the Early 30s, and Only now does the soviet Union agree that this actually happened. The history that is now being written is Only a few Folk stories and accounts from a handful of survivors from the Stalin Era. There Are so Man countries that want Ukraine to get rid of its nuclear weapons. Why does it have them you ask. After 500 years of oppression and denial of the human need to know i think i would have a gun under my Pillow too. bad Kren Znaco Germany. What about those dogs in response to smokers Are Litterer nov. 3why do nonsmokers think they have the right to criticize smokers when for a fact there Are Many other prob lems for sex Anaple big factories that pollute the air individuals who let cars run for 15 minutes or longer and people who let dogs defecate everywhere. Cd. Green. Finn Sens Germany editor s note we encourage our readers esp Adaly those who have never submitted a letter to write to us. Letters expressing readers viewpoints or opinions Are published daily on this Page. All letters must be signed and in clude address and Telephone number. Preference is Given to Shorter letters so that More can be published in timely manner. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Send to let tars to the editor. The stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. Fwd of skin Tchah of How 11-39 act Aux i wouutv9 t1n6 such Cool St up
