European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 12 letters to the editor Quot a tuesday december 14,1993 thes european edition col Steven a. Hoffman Usan comm to Kef pub ii to. Bernard a. Zovistoski Ediff news and editorial am or european editor Dobosh abhor Trefcer nows editor sport editor a org met City editor to write us uni 29460 Apo a 09211 or Postrach 1114 37 64278 Darmstadt Germany news Tel fax 06155-601418 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or Dan 346-8 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 a cml Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany jct in Owen. Room 117, run Attr. 104,69126 Howe Borg car 419. Box 131, a Apo a 09102 Telephone Dan 370-7010 or Chr than 06221-23421 Tel fax 0622127239. Kaiserslautern Germany Kevin Dougherty John Bohmer Sieve scholar building 2899. 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Doe not constitute endorsement by the department of defense or the Star and stripes of the products or service differences i am writing to second the sentiments of the letter a a Sprecher Sie Quot nov 23. I have Only been in Germany for three months but having studied the language before i came Here has caused Etc to wonder about some of the German pronunciation i hear on the armed forces radio and television service. Some of it is just not Correct. Why this is so i Don t know but present afrt5 policy merely encourages the incorrect ounciation of German words by americans. Is this what we want to do surely the problem is not that they done to know what is Correct. There Are plenty of germans around to ask. Arts could perform a real Public service by pronouncing All German words correctly. we All expect a German living in the United states to pronounce English words properly so we could under a stand them i Hope arts will consider changing its policy. A John c. Bryncir Kapaun air station Germany. Instant eos perfection i love my mom but when it comes to baseball Ana a quite frankly a whenever i mention the latest superstars batting average momus Only response is to question Why he in t batting a thousand. She does t understand that .370 is still outstanding in relative terms and that absolute perfection is an unreasonable Standard. Creationists Are a lot like my mom. They demand perfect fossilized evidence of every single step in the evolutionary history of a ele a a solution of a huge variety of higher species including Man. Evolution successfully integrated the entirety of the known Fossil record plus it corresponds closely with inde pendent data from the latest developments in astronomy physics and genetics. Evolution accomplished these remarkable feats in less than 150 years. _ before criticizing evolutions failure to achieve instantaneous perfection creationists should sex Shiine the even More dismal millennia Tong record of failure of their own theory. A Ken vane Berlin editors note every single one of the two million species alive today and then act As if the failure to achieve this silly Standard meant the theory is completely worthless. Like my momus failure to grasp the relative nature of athletic Merit creationists done to grasp the relative nature of athletic Merit. They done to understand that despite its failures evolution is still a scientific superstar compared to its competitors. Evolution has successfully provided virtually perfect Fossil records of the evolution of a number of lesser species As Well As less perfect but still convincing records of the eve the Holiday season has produced a shortage of letters so this feature has been abbreviated. We encourage our readers a especially those who have never submitted a letter a to write to is expressing viewpoints or opinions that Are published daily on this Page. All letters must be signed and include address and Telephone number. Preference is Given to Shorter letters so that More can be published in a timely manner. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Send to letters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211.children deserve better where is the compassion the struggle the inspiration the word of encouragement and the determination of never giving up on a child have teachers lost the desire to teach our children what do they say to a child who has been labelled As being slow immature and not like the others to whom do those s cittern when was the last time they shared children turn to when teachers give up on bar. A children can learn a lot from teachers by their concerns with those who could help but if they feel scared unsure confused or even stubborn they will give up. Those of you who feel that teaching children is Best done through discipline have Learned nothing about life. Someone took the time to encourage motivate and assist you through your struggles of learning. We Are not All the same. We do not learn in the same Way. Our lives differ through our culture and through our Shaed expend. Fences in life. Teaching need not be a rigid ordeal. Those who love to teach merely love children and take the time to find a was to reach a child. All children deserve a teachers Best efforts. Some of them require More than others. I ask each teacher to look around somewhere out there is the face of a child whose Hopes of learning rest on teachers. Children do not want to fail a they want to win. Coach them be their Best Friend and be there when they need teachers the most. Learn our children from the heart sacrifice the time it wont be wasted. Be thoughtful kind and considerate. Children Are looking to teachers for guidance. My prayers go out to the children who have no one to turn to and have Given up. A sgt 1st class Robert d. Cornett Bamberg Germany a Quot a. A. A a a a y a battling racism i have just finished watching an episode of Donahue about racism. Many times before i have viewed similar talk shows on this subject. Each time i am greatly disturbed by the Way we discuss racism without discussing a cure. Racism is a disease. It can be As destructive and deadly As acquired immune deficiency syndrome. It can be transmitted simply by the spoken word yet no cure has been researched. Having watched this horrible disease take its toll i would like to offer a cure parents aunts uncles and grandparents should teach the children its wrong to hate anyone for their color race or religion. Teach them not to repeat the spoken word of hatred thus not giving this disease a Breeding ground. Teach Alt of our children to understand and love other cultures not hate or be afraid of the unknown racism ends with our children a help the cure. Done to transmit hatred. A Pamela a. Baker Karlsruhe Germany commentary . Burns Bright As we make merry by Mary . Tabor every City and town seems to have one. At least one. It is the House Down the Street that Long before any geese Start a laying begins a metamorphosis changing from Ordinary Home to Winter wonderland. Lights Start twinkling. Plastic santas or giant menorahs appear on the Lawn. Fake Snow lines the windowpanes. And to the Delight of some neighbors and the horror of others that May be Only the beginning. Year after year there Are huge traffic jams near the Home of Jennings and Mitzi Osborne of Little Rock ark., As passers by Stop to gawk at their Christmas displays. Last year they consisted of almost 2 million red lights 6-foot lighted letters Reading a merry Christmas Happy new year Quot a Calliope blasting Christmas tunes and four Crimson Christmas Trees. This year having bought a House on either Side of their estate so they can expand their display the Osborne had an 80-foot-High pole with cascading lights a rotating Carousel a Mickey mouse driving a steam engine and Santa Claus. Neighbors sued asking that the display be declared a nuisance the Osborne say the Light show is their constitutionally protected Way of sharing the seasons cheer a a it a just our Way of celebrating the birth of Christ a Osborne a Large Man with Large White sideburns told a judge last week on wednesday the judge allowed the display but limited the hours that it could be lighted and ordered Security guards to patrol the area. In All its Odd permutations the same fervent drive to decorate and a Light in up Quot Tor the holidays seems to have made its Way into every Comer of american life. hand out Lap to not unperajrlt1no any More substance abuse / that s not me sir Bur Inper stand. I m to try a of Esau no guilty t1rep of Beano hit on Strep of a Cwm my Nei amp hic hoop Bern trash by violent not cases App erects v hear you sir Feeo your Fain. From new York City s fifth Avenue to Miami a suburbs from the working class neighbourhoods of California to Boston s Beacon Hill Homes and shops Are decorated with wreaths and candles Christmas Trees and plastic Reindeer Bells balls and whatever else people can get their hands on. Aside from the american tendency toward conspicuous consumption a a there a a certain sense that people want to be impractical and do something around Christmas that normally they would consider self indulgent Quot said Todd Gitlin a sociology professor at the University of California at Berkeley who studies popular culture. The drive to decorate the pie experts say involves a mix of playfulness and Pride a Chance to be creative in an often constricting world a desire to have a sense of tradition and to show it off. Tha new York times two Bucks ctr a bus my nut
