European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 letters to the editor saturday january 15,1994 european edition col Steven s. Hoffman. Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zov1stoski editor news and editorial Deborah Absher new editor by in or european editor Bob Wicker sports editor George mine City editor to write us unit 29480 apoae09211 or Postrach 11 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. News bureaus Here Juerg Gehmann Joseph Owen room 1t7, Roma str. 104, 69126 Heidelberg car 419, Box 1318, Apo a 09f02 Felepe wow Dan 370-7010 or civilian 06221-23421 Tel fax 06221-23421. 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Tha appearance o advertising in this publication include ing inserts or supplements does not constitute endorse ment by tha department of Desenso or the stars and stripes of the products or services advertised. Unfair to Kevorkian the writer of Kevorkian a killer . 27 writes about How or. Kevorkian does exactly what paid assassins do but if he Ever took the time to read about Kevorkian s philosophy he would quickly realize that the doctor is not the or. Death that some have labelled him the first criterion for doctor assisted suicide is that the patient must be terminally ill. The second and most important is that the patient must have exhausted All Means of treatment. Doctor assisted Sui cide is Only to be accomplished when the patient is beyond any Hope of Relief from drugs machines or other medical treat ment. Kevorkian does not seek victims and he does not fulfil every request for assisted suicide. In fact he turns away Mostof the people that seek assistance be cause they do not meet the criteria. As for those who hang on until the end i say i also know people who opted to live until the disease ran its course and i Admire their strength their courage and their will. I also know that one of my Many flaws is that i Lack the essence of their strength. I Pray to never succumb to a debilitating disease but if must i will suffer with the disease Only As Long As i can. At the end i May seek a doctor to give me Comfort and ensure that i do not fail at my attempt to end that suffering. If i make the search i Hope there will be someone willing and Able to help me fulfil my wish for a quiet painless an dignified death. Would you deny that staff sgt. Linda no gel Ramstein a Germany courage or.? i certainly enjoyed Chris Goodrich s review of the strength not to fight an Oral history of conscientious objectors of the Vietnam War. It brought tears to my eyes to read Abou these Loyal but pacifist citizens who were punished for their collective moral consciences. I was so pleased to read of former conscientious objector professor James Tollefson now quite successful in Seattle s univer sity 01 Washington. I wonder if he Ever thinks of those we Odin t have the courage to Burn their draft cards As he sits in academic won Derland sipping Sherry. Additionally i was enlightened by the reviewer s summing up of the vie Manwar As being now generally disc red really now that was something i did t realize. Discredited by whom of course. How silly of me to forget. The same Liberal eggheads who want the uniforms to go to Bosnia and Herzegovina Somalia and Haiti. It s All in a Good cause in t it As Long As they Aren t the ones who must Bear arms. Courage god deliver us from bravery. ,. Lissa m6rri. Ramstein a Germany Dilly Doi lying this is in response to your recent Arti Cle in which a Navy Captain implied that most enlisted personnel and their dependents Are More Able to determine the Quality of a doily than to choose a lawyer. I find it amusing that most of the enlisted people we know Are intelligent enough to handle our nation s secrets but a fear patently unable to choose adequate Legal counsel for themselves. Accordingly since most of our enlisted friends and their spouses Are College educated some with master s degrees we Are too Busy pursuing our careers and furthering our education to care about the Quality of doilies. Well leave those decisions to capt. Arends who undoubtedly has far More use for doilies than we do. " Marie Sullivan Force Rota Spain i. -. A Rush ruse no sooner do you have an article Onrush Limbaugh on an radio am 873 then the Frankfurt an am is out for repairs. I Don t believe in conspiracy but it becomes a Little much. Is this a test to see if we were listen ing yes we were and we missed the broadcast on Jan. 5. But you can Tell an radio to put it on the pm network i can receive it there. Just Don t pretend no one was listening like they did on the jazz show that Sud Denly disappeared Babenhausen Germany. Wrong yardstick in response to Rush Era arrives Jan.5let me say thanks. Let s forget that the reporting on the contents of his show was Light on the facts and Liberal with the one of my biggest complaints about Rush critics is that they spend so much time being disgusted Over How he said something that they never Stop to under stand the Point he is trying to make. I m concerned that Herb Glover of an Frankfurt is gauging listener popu Larity of Rush by How Many letters he gets giving an thanks for doing what they were meant to do. If i understand the concept of american forces network correctly it is Here to serve those who if that is True no one should have had to make a Rush commotion to begin with. Staff sgt. Paula toy Sembach a Germany editor s note we encourage our readers especially those who have never submitted a letter to write Tous. 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 a timely manner. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste. Send to let ters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, apr a 09211. Commentary reporte by Howard Kurtz journalists who attended Renaissance weekend the off the re Cord gab est featuring president Clinton and 1,000 other movers and shakers got a Public scolding from the new York times last week. The fourth estate folks who were invited guests shame themselves and dam age their profession a times editorial thundered. They have succumbed to a particularly virulent Strain of the Washington insider virus and Are trying to preserve a social entree that is by its nature and design some of those who flocked to Hilton head s.c., say that times editorial Page editor Howell Raines is being a bit holier than thou. If the president invites us to a Barbecue in the Back Yard of the White House that s supposed to be off the re Cord too said Wolf Blitzer can s White House correspondent. I Don t know any journalist in Washington who refuses to go. If it strengthens our report ing and our insight i Don t see anything wrong with that. We have limited Access to the president and first lady at events that Are not staged photo Bureau chiefs and columnists have been accepting social invitations at the White House for years said Andrea Mitchell Abc s White House reporter. Those dinners Are off the of us on this beat try very hard to walk a Fine line and make sure we re other Renaissance persons include Miami Herald publisher David Law rence Detroit free press editor Joe Stroud Fortune editor Marshall Loeb National journal publisher John Fox sul Livan can s Peter Arnett time associate editor Jill Smolowe and Nesda cartoonist Doug Marlette. Newsweek paid expenses for three staffers columnist Joe Klein reporter Howard Fine Man and diplomatic editor Michael Elliott. Reporters covering the annual event had to pump guests for information on Clinton s speech to the gathering. Klein said he spent 10 minutes briefing reporters on Clinton s unexceptional re Marks it s a totally phony Issue Klein said. Raines a former Washington Bureau chief declined comment saying our policy is that editorials speak for although he once spent a Day fishing with then president Bush Raines guested the Outing for use in his Book on fishing. That was a journalistic Endeavor he said. C the Washington Post charac1br5. Mots anp/n5/oh7s have Yeeu Ca ing the zip what that s what it says. &6ht
