European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 07, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday january 7, 1994 commentary the stars and stripes Page 13 uncommon ideas needed to shoot Down crime by legislation court decisions and National consensus All americans have the right to attend Public schools restaurants and Heaters to use Public Parks and beaches to shop at any store Bank at any Bank work worship and vote All without being stopped at any door or Gate because of race color religion sex age or eco nomic All we need is the . Rosenthal lation court Deci Sions and Consen sus that will allow us to use the pub Lic streets roads and transit to get where we want to go to enjoy All those Guaran teed rights and then get Home again without being shot knifed mugged and robbed or harassed and hustled to the Point where we wish we had never left the House in the first place. Put All together legislation court Deci Sions and National consensus about our rights and the Protection needed to exer Cise them add up to Public safety otherwise known As Law and any one of the three ingredients and Law and order collapse and the rights become a mockery or Ameri can dreams and of the democratic Ideal ism underlying them All. Law and order somehow Many americans who know that democracy is the Only society under which they wish Tolive have decided that the phrase carries connotations of authoritarianism. They stopped using it. That was a dreadful intellectual and political mistake. Law and order Are far More important to democracy than to tyranny. Dictatorships Rule neither by legis lation judicial decision nor consensus but by Fiat and fist. They withdraw Public safety the Protection by police and society from All of their citizens who Dis sent from them or whom they select to be victims and targets of the a democracy the ingredients of Law and order have to be carefully put together and that takes time and debate. Lawand order Are not contrary to democracy but Are its Protection the Barrier against the social collapse that leads to despotism. America was never a Paradise of Taw and order for All its people. Racial discrimination against Blacks was decreed guess Whick common american product has been successfully child proofed by legislation and sanctified by courts. And for most of american history the National consensus against discrimination did not exist. But now that racial discrimination is outlawed the crime and violence of America still prevent Blacks from Bene fiting from Law and vulture of crime does not discriminate it roosts on Black and White and shades Between. The politicians the clergy the press the president All of them moan but not one comes up with a coherent intellectual or political plan to Deal with crime and Likely there never will be one. But americans individually or in their organizations or through their elected representatives can do something that May be More useful. They can decide that they will give up some of their cherished political positions and accept one or two they do not like at All. People like me who believe strictly in separation of Church and state can de cide to be a Little less strict. Black churches do some of the Best work against Crim but do not have enough Money for the Job. They should get it from Public funds. Gun control advocates can Stop thinking of All people who like guns a enemies. Around the country Are pro gun people who Are moving away from absolutism. Wal Mart s ending of its in store sales of handguns can Lead to another Chain s dropping sales can accept the reality that Al. Though sentences May be Long time served in jail can be startlingly Short. How about no parole at All for anybody convicted of crimes of violence How about making carrying a gun during a crime equivalent to intent to murder and sentencing accordingly conservatives can decide that paying tax dollars to treat drug addicts or find jobs for released prisoners is the Only Way to break the crime prison crime Cycle. To writers and producers can de cide that refusing to take part in deliberately peddling violence is not against the first amendment. If they Ever want to show a killing or shooting for god s Sake show the wounded person bleeding vomiting screaming and losing control of his bowels. We can All do what each of us legally can to restore democratic Law and order or we can All stand Pat and know we May die on our own streets. I do not know of any other Choice. C Tho now York times play your hunches in 20th annual office Pool Welcome to the 20th annual office Pool. Be cause this participatory prognostication has answered the unfelt need of millions this tradition has been imitated in All have always tried to score lower than my readers and last year went especially deep into the tank All Butone wrong. That one however forewarned that presi Dent Clinton would Jack up the highest effective tax bracket Over 40 percent. Richie could have saved Mil Lions acting on this tip As experienced Pool players know the Point is in the Range of intriguing options offered. My advice never play percentage Pool always play your Hunch. 1. The highest pitch of tension within the Clinton administration will be Between a guru James Carville and the Florida gubernatorial hopeful Janet Reno b Hillary Rodham Clinton and Al Gore laying the basis for democratic primaries in 2000 c Strobe Talbott and Bobby Ray Inman Over Russia policy d Clinton adviser Bruce Lindsey and the criminal division s chief Joann harris.2. Centrepiece of the health care Bill that passes will be a mandated employer coverage b Universal care c state monopolies As outlined in Hillary Clin ton s plan d not any one of the foregoing.3. Sen. Bob Packwood will a lose in court and oblige the Byrd Kassebaum juggernaut by resigning b be the first senator since the civil War to be expelled c win in court on fourth and fifth Amend ment grounds accept Senate censure and publish Best Selling diaries.4. Political upset of the year will be a the seven seat capture of the Senate by the republicans b Low rated gov. Pete Wilson of California Routs Kathlee Brown c sure thing new York gov. Mario Cuomo edged by unknown Roy Goodman d Chuck Robb survives Doug Wilder primary Challenge and beats Oliver North in virginia.5. Talk of the Magazine world will be a the Success of Youthful cyberspace salesmen in Selling wired the stigmatization of Young sin Gle Hood in Rupert Murdoch s married woman c editor an Gela Harrington s successful launch of time s youth oriented Mouth 2 Mouth,6. Of nonfiction Best Sellers the one stirring the greatest outrage will be a the betrayed profession by sol Linowitz and Martin Mayer b the deep Divide by sherrye Henry c the Man in the water by Roger Rosenblatt d life Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness by Peggy Noonan e taking charge by Irene Pollin f leaving Home by Art Buchwald. 7. Boris Yeltsin s Nemesis will be a club in the Jos it Vladimir a Mirinovsky b rejected confidant Gennadi Burbulis c yes but reformer Grigory Zavlinsky d slow to act Pavel grachev.8. In the Middle East a the autocrat in Yasser Arafat will split the Plo b disillusion with Yitzhak Rabin s concessions will topple Israel s labor party c William Safire Syria s Hafez Assad will make a Golan Deal under . Pressure and Lead to a palestinian state. 9. Big Issue in 1994 congressional elections will be a conservatives repressive Law v. Order renamed by liberals personal Security b unexpected second half economic slump revives Calls for tax Cut c who lost health Reform d intervention is. Isolation. 10. Clinton s biggest mistake in 94 will be a abdication of defense leadership to democratic sen. Sam Nunn of Georgia b embrace of Yeltsin to the exclusion of rivals c appeasement of North Korea. 11. First special prosecutor under the new inde pendent counsel act will be assigned to a White a Ternate the charge of conflict of interest Between investor Clinton and the regulatory Clinton b Ira Gate the Bush abuse of the commodity credit corporation to Arm Saddam Hussein and subsequent obstruction of Justice within Justice c Commerce Secretary Ron Brown. 12. Stunning changes will include a Mickey Kantor to Secretary of state Warren Christopher to chief of staff Thomas Mack Mclarty to budget b Cuomo to replace William Rehnquist As chief Justice c Cia chief James Woolsey to Rescue Pentagon from big spender Don to Call me Bobby Inman d Zhou Rongji slips past favorite Jiang Zemin to run China after Deng s death c lbs s Larry Tisch stripped of of Ball tackles Disney. My own daring dozen 1-c, 2-d, 3-c, 4-d, 5-c, 6-a, 7-c, 8-a, 9-a, 10-c, 11 a 12-d. A gotta play to Crow. C Tho new York Timon
