European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 5, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14i letters to the editor sunday december 5,1993 thes european edition col. Stettn s. Hoffman Usan. Comr Dndr pulls he Bernard a. Zov1stoski i a editor news and editorial Deborah a Thor nows editor. Bill waft or european editor Bow Tescar sports editor oaf Gamma City editor to write us unit 29480 Apoate 09211 of Postrach 11 14 37 64278 Darmstadt Germany news Tel fax 06155-601418 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, Rel Verstr. 104,69126 Heidelberg car 419, Box 1316, Apo a 09102 Telephone Dan 370-7010 or civilian 06221-3421 Tel fax 06221-27239. 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The appearance of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorsement by the department of defense or the Star and str ipes of the products or services advertised. Standard procedure i am outraged that the article about the Hanau Neq a a wife being mistreated by the maps during an arrest even appeared in the paper. In Reading this i can to help but think that this is another person trying to jump on the a a Rodney King bandwagon a a Ever since the cop tarnishing incident involving the los Angeles police department motorists seem to have this a Chip. On their shoulder when pulled Over by a police officer. As a Security policeman myself it sounds As though Standard procedures were adhered to. This woman was stopped for driving an alleged stolen vehicle. From the very beginning she was uncooperative by not identifying herself failing to obey instructions of military to lick Man and assaulting them when they tried to do their jobs. I have run into this kind of person on traffic stops and i probably would have handled the situation the same Way. A combative suspect is handled with the minimum Force necessary in any police unit. I think she is Lucky she Only received bruises during the scuffle. 1 realize this is not los Angeles or new York City but As a cop you done to take chances in circumstances like this that show cops get Hurt and killed. I also did no to think it was appropriate to try and make an Issue out of race. There is too much of this going on As it is and this promotes nothing except hard feelings Between the police and the Community. A master  Armacost Simbach a Germany a a a _ a More to choices for the second consecutive Holiday season in a visiting my son daughter in Law and grandson in bad Kissinger Germany. My son and daughter in Law Are based in Schweinfurt with the . Army. What really bothers me is that our military people Here get one television Channel an. I think an does a great Job but to have Only one Choice is unbelievable. On the other hand Back Home in new York state our robbers rapists burst cars muggers etc., in Attica state prison get color television with full Cable channels. Basic Cable offers at least 25 channels. How can misfits of society get better treatment than our military people with All our satellite technology i can to believe More programs  be beamed Down into the military housing. To me it is really shameful. By the Way Back Home i read the Buffalo news a highly rated newspaper. However to me it  hold a Candle to the stars and stripes. News weather sports etc., Are much better in your paper. Keep it up Dick Legert bad Kissinger Germany. 4. 4_______ a food for thought in this Day and age when americans Are running jogging exercising bicycling working out and eating healthy foods to is time for cafes Europe to rethink its food service program. The current program of having so called fast food facilities throughout the snack bar and cafeteria system is a Dinosaur and should become extinct. Comparing these facilities to fast food Chain restaurants is of course an injustice. Regardless of what one orders the average wait is five to 10 minutes. We need merely to browse the menu to Render the accusation that they Are the Purist form of junk food restaurant. Every item they of Ferris High in saturated fats cholesterol and calories. While they do offer salads i am not a Rabbit who likes it a natural because if you put the Only offered salad dressing on it which is formulated of 100 percent nonorganic chemicals then you have Defeated the whole purpose of eating a salad. In fact the Only item they sell that is not hazardous to your health is the Mineral water. As a Side thought How does cafes Europe get away with still using foam packaging i plates cups and plastic throwaway utensils these items have been banned throughout Europe. They obviously have no consideration for the environment or Energy savings and probably hav to pay a High Premium for waste disposal. The time has come for the cafes Europe food program to come out of the dark Ages and Start considering the health and welfare of both their Consumers and the Earth we inhabit. A Mike Lavka Karlsruhe  a a. A whereas the evidence if evolution Means the gradual change of one kind of organism into another kind then the Fossil record ought to clearly demonstrate these gradual changes. Furthermore if the world has been around for billions of years the ground ought to be bursting Forth with All kinds of fossils showing every conceivable kind of transition from one species to another. Is this what palaeontologists and Dees the Fossil evidence line in it with what evolutionists Are saying in Reading some of Darwin a writings origin of species and the descent of Manmay i remind our evolutionary friends that Darwin was emphatic that the number of transitional intermediates must have been immense even As he said  Darwin later conceded that the state of the Fossil evidence was a the most obvious and gravest objection which can be urged against my  today men like Stephen i. Gould Pale oncologist at Harvard have candidly admitted to a the extreme rarity of transitional forms in the Fossil record. The family Trees which adorn our textbooks Are based on inference however reasonable not the evidence of the  a a Niles Eldredge another Pale oncologist has been even More revealing a we palaeontologists have said that the history of life supports the Story of gradual and adaptive change All the while knowing that it does  if evolution is True then the Fossil record must clearly demonstrate transitional forms. The Fossil record must show one species turning into another species a David j. Georgeff Deuringer Germany. A 4 4 4 right to Bear arms it is heartening to know that the writer of a rights and wrongs nov. 25 does no to consider himself a a constitutional scholar a that is one thing that his letter proves. 1 suggest two books thalmay increase his a in Tei Lectura vision on the second amendment and the reason citizens were Given the right to Bear arms. The first is the federalist papers authored by Alexander Hamilton John Jay and James Madison. The second is the anti federalist papers and the constitutional convention debates edited by Ralph Ketcham. These works consist mainly of letters written to the editors of newspapers debating the merits of the then proposed , Constitution. In letter no. 46, James Madison explains a Check and balance granted to citizens of the then-13 states. This is if Federal officials Ever came into Power who schemed to deny citizens of their rights or otherwise failed to uphold the Constitution armed citizens of the individual states would have the ability to form militias select their leaders and retake the Federal government that was seized by tyrants. Obviously an unarmed militia would not remain a Well regulated for Long. Citizenship entails responsibility. Most important is that citizens must educate themselves so that they Are Able to cast a responsible vote. If however those votes elected a despot who decided to eliminate an ethnic minority through genocide or perhaps that a Little Mustard Gas on his or her political opposition was in order then those citizens have the responsibility to Lake up arms and retake Neif government. Freedom Isnit free a John w. Garrett Gic Belstadt Germany. 4 a 4 a a. A Happy with Dodds before the write r of % be rior education a nov. 24 condemns All department of de Ense dependents schools she should make a visit to Pitburg elementary school. 1 have found none of her complaints to be True Here. I am Happy with the education my Kin is receiving and thrilled with the Money the school seems to have for extras such As music physical education Art and Field trips that even have transportation included. My son spent half a year in kindergarten in California where there is no Money at All for such things. Parents had. To provide Field trip transportation teachers at his school were each allotted 500 photocopies for the entire school year and had to rely on the Parent teachers association for Money to provide More than the Bare basics. I suspect her children have not attended stateside schools any time recently. My son looks Forward to going to school every Day because he loves to learn new things and because there is a Good atmosphere there for learning. His teacher school support staff and his parents give him plenty of incentive to learn. Though Pitburg is beginning to be affected by the draw Down i expect it to help improve the Quality of his education As class sizes get smaller. A Katie Lewis Pitburg a Germany a. A a More police needed a recent letter writers quotation of facts regarding the ratio of prisoners to the general population seemed accurate enough and he certainty seemed frustrated that the ratio has quadrupled in 60 years. But i also  help the urge to Point out a few facts that he failed to mention. Since Lyndon Johnson launched his great society initiative in 1965, the total expenditure of Public funds for welfare programs in the United states exceeds $5 trillion. Spending for Public education in the United states is the highest in the world in terms of both total and per Ca pita expenditure. Los Angeles has the lowest ratio of police officers to the general population of any Large City in the United states. By contrast Beverly Hills has a ratio 24 times higher than los Angeles interestingly the crime Rale in Beverly Hills is much lower. What in a getting at is that the problem we have with crime these Days does t Stem from a Lack of Money spent on welfare and education. We have spent mountains of Cash on social programs at the same time that drug abuse and violent crime were rising in those cities that Are willing to pay for adequate police Protection such As Beverly i is crime is under control. Conversely los angeleno have voted Down repeated requests for additional police choosing instead to increase social spending. They continue to pay for those decisions in lives. It s a sad but necessary thing that the Senate should have to pass a $23 billion crime Bill. The writer bemoans the Bill but for the wrong reason. A staff sgt Stephen d. Grantham Augsburg Germany c editor s note to encourage our readers a Especial those who have never submitted a letter a to write to us. Letters expressing readers viewpoints or opinions Are published Dally on this Page. A letters must be signed and include address and Telephone number. Preference is Given to Shorter letters so that More can be published in a time manner. We Reserve the right to edit letter for clarity length and taste. Send to let ters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211