European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 08, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 letters to the editor saturday january 8,1994 european edition col Steven 8. Hoffman Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor news and editorial Deborah Abner news editor Bill a Chr european editor Bob Wicker sports editor Torg mint City editor to write us unit 29480 Apo a 09211. Orost Facell 1437 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. New bureaus Heidelberg Germany Joseph Owen room 117, rotors of. 104, 69126 Heidelberg car 419. Box 1318, Apo a 09102 Telephone Dan 370-7010 or civilian 06221-23421 Tel fax 06221-23421. 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The appearance of advertising to this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorse ment by the department of defense or the Slars and us ipe of the products or services advertised. Arrogant statement in response to the front Page article doily duty is of but choosing a Law yer . 21i would like to remind capt. Arends that it is the average Mili tary member who is trusted every Day to steer 700,000-ton ships Fly aircraft valued at hundreds of millions of dollars defuse explosive ordnance protect americans worldwide from terrorist attacks and ensure effective communications Are maintained for entire Battle groups. Arends arrogant and unenlightened quote makes it sound As if the biggest decision a serv ice member is capable of making during any Given Day is whether to Wear khakis or dress blues to work. In addition i resent the fact that my status As a dependent automatically stereotypes me As a fat Lazy undereducated whining baby factory. I am not exclusively dependent upon my husband and he is likewise not exclusively dependent upon me. We Are a family dependent upon each other. In fact during the nearly eight years we be been together i have fought with misinformed Bill collectors accomplished entire household moves single hand edly driven myself to the Hospital with a broken foot and assumed that i would always be the one to pick up the sick kid from the Day care Center. I even hired a lawyer once. I have a responsibility to keep the Loose ends at Bay so that my husband can dedicate 110 percent of his time and Energy to the service of his country. Tell me who s dependent on whom would the Captain have made such a statement about the average Blond female or the average african american male not Likely i believe he would prefer to keep his command. A prejudice is a prejudice no matter How it s pack aged. ,. ,. Jonnelle mihalovits Naples Italy.  situation not funny it is not funny that High ranking offi cers feel that lower enlisted soldiers Don t have the capability to choose a lawyer doily duty. . 21 or make a decision. Then on the front Page recently we had an officer wanting us to feel sorry for him because he purchased a $28,000 car without looking at it before signing the contract. Yeah i need officers making my Deci Sions. Debbie Aid Rich Baum older Germany editor s note we encourage our readers especially those who have never submitted a letter to write to us. Letters expressing readers viewpoints 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. Pollyanna in Italy my husband and i Are residents of the new Parco Lap Ana in greater Naples Italy. To our pleasure our government quarters Are spacious warm and Lovely. However la Piana has 30 housing units built in the Middle of Buffalo Fields and abandoned Villas. So you could say we live in the country. For City folks like us it s a culture Shock. But we be come up with a few survival techniques to make our stay Here since it s going to be a Long one More enjoyable. While driving on country roads we just splash pedestrians to take our minds off our Teeth being rattled out of our Heads. A phone attitude adjustment Nec Essary. Who needs it anyway we merely think of All the Pesky people who can t Call to Bug us. For the nights when our one and Only television station is showing something uninteresting we simply read play cards or find other amusement to pass the time. When a blackout occurs we no longer blast a sigh of Relief or blow out the candles when Power is restored. We now know it will Flicker on and off at least a dozen More times no problem. Lastly if we can turn on the faucet and no water pours out Well be relaxed. We be discovered it will be turned Back on eventually. We Pride ourselves for looking on the lighter Side of things our Gas has not been out once. Knock on Wood. Melissa j. Tanner Naples Italy help America s poor All year round and especially during the holidays the american people Are asked to donate various items from food to toys to clothing for those in other countries that Are less fortunate than ours.-. Less fortunate than ours does this mean that there Are no american a Hundren in need of food or clothing does this mean that there Are no american people living on the streets in need of housing it Breaks my heart every time i see starving and malnourished children on television. It hurts me to see children helpless in the Middle of War in their own country. But it hurts me worse to see the american people wasting away on the streets without jobs food or housing. By no Means do i condemn the people who spent time and Money on causes such As operation provide Santa but i feel that we should provide More of our time and Money helping our own people during the holidays and year round. Americans spend too much Energy on helping other countries Only to get stabbed in the Back e.g., Somalia. How Many other countries Send food and Money to the starving and homeless  ple of America not one. We need to provide for the less fortunate of our own country before we even think of the less fortunate of other countries. Karla Harris Schweinfurt Germany commentary sexism underlies Post menopause birth Issue Bomar Decocco by the sounds of it Western Europe is about to become unhinged by a handful of married stable Post Meno Pausal women. They be launched what s being taken a subversive threat to society to Bear children despite their advanced years through artificial insemination. The French health minister has declared the government will seek to ban such medically assisted procreation techniques except for women of biological child bearing age. This comes after reports from London that a 59-year-old woman gave birth to twins and accounts from Italy that a Rome clinic has helped perhaps three dozen women to become mothers after menopause. In one Case a 61-year-old italian woman is now preg Nant with her husband s child the came from a donor. All of this has set medical authorities Harrum Phing about ethics. The Contro Versy is this is it appropriate for a woman in her sos or 60s to have a baby to take on the emotional and physical de mands of motherhood there is one question invariably left off the table never written up in medical journals or debated in the Halls of parliament. Should a Man become a father in his sos or 60s? asking that question exposes the Root of the tempest. Did the Empire crumble when Gary Grant fathered his first and Only child at 63 with a woman who was his fourth but not his last wife has anyone done More than chuckle at septuagenarian geezers who manage to implant their off Spring in their fecund Young wives or mis tresses late fatherhood has never evoked societal scorn or government at tempts to outlaw geriatric fathers. And now we have a controversy Over older women in stable marriages with willing husbands and financial Security who want to become mothers. Dan Quayle would be thrilled. But still there Are those who object. Some argue on medical grounds saying pregnancy carries greater risks for older women and that scarce donor  should be reserved for the Young. But the real reason was stated by Virginia Bottomley the British Secretary of health women do not have the right to have a child. The child has the right to a suitable  a suitable Home. Presumably one with an Active healthy Mother who has the stamina to shoulder most of the Bur Den of parenting. A Home that few would deem unsuitable if it were filled by a Young child a Young Mother and a much older father. A Home where every thing including the woman is in its proper place. Cd newday  pi6-u6l.y asset seem. ,Pip you Pip continue. Song a mainly 5&msso, Josh. Corkj0crat1oh about  the of Elf Campaign. Trust of not ohly his Juif  ff&77y Oft