European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 05, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 letters to the editor saturday february 5, 1994 european edition col. Steven $. Hoffman Olaf commander pubs her Bernard a. Zovistoski editor news and editorial Deborah a or news editor Bill we a european editor Bobwich sports editor a org min a City editor to write us unit 29480 Apoate 0921t or Postrach if 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, Rome str. 104, 69126 Heidelberg chm 41?. Box 1318, Apo a 09102 Telephone on 370-7010 or civilian 06221-23421 Tel fax 0622t-23421. 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Ment by the department of defense or the stars and stripes of Tho products or services advertised. Fiddling with truth regarding a recent article does a eur Gen. George a Joulwan really believe it is an exciting time in Europe for All the family members who Are often finding themselves separated from their spouses on More and More frequent deployments without adequate family sup port services Here where s the Candor the honesty the forthrightness Why can t leaders Tell us the truth instead opt Ying to gloss Over the hardships and problems i la bet it s not exciting for the soldiers and family members living in Fulda or other area shit hard by the draw Down and deploy ments. Ask them about their Quality of f t just talk to fellow general offi cers senior leaders and noncommissioned officers who seem to Parrot the party line. A reality Check is desperately needed Lucas Bobingen Germany. Perils of quibbling in response to Faulkner is. The Cita Del Jan. 30j, i was astonished. The writer obviously does not understand the issues at hand. We must ask ourselves if a single sex education is beneficial or desired in Bur society. If it is not then one must consider the ramifications. Do we want every one to be nonsexual no ethnic and non religious do we want everyone to Wear the same clothes be the same height weight and have the same color eyes and or we must discuss private school funding versus Public funding. The writer wants us to assume that All private schools carefully self supporting. This is a farce. All private schools receive Money from Testate or Federal government in the form of tax Breaks subsidies Grants or Loans. The writer believes that Shannon Faulkner should be Able to attend the Citadel soley because she or her parents have paid taxes to the state of South car Olina. If we agree with this theory then anyone who pays Federal taxes should Beable to shop in the Post exchanges live in military housing and receive military health care and benefits. The writer thinks that Shannon Faulkner did not falsify her application to the Citadel even though she omitted All references to her gender. The write must have never heard of the term quibbling or to at the Citadel to quibble is to lie. Cadets Are expelled for lying quibbling cheating and stealing. Maybe the Citadel should expel Shan non Faulkner for quibbling and put All of these melodramatic behind us. Iselt. Jose Purwin Bamburg Germany Mantle of Charity in response to where Charity begins the United states can get help from Dif Ferent nations or organizations whenever National disaster impacts us. Fortunately we have always been Able to take car of such disasters by ourselves. We Are not the Only ones who go to so Malia or Bosnia to Render help. It is up to the United nations organization whether such Aid plans can or cannot be car ried out moreover they also decide what countries have to go and How they have to rotate. Of course the United states Isth main country that contributes to All these charities around the world for behave a leadership role within the United nations. Finally the United nations provides Only the basics to the people of these third world countries such As food water or medicines. We should think about this and appreciate a Little bit More what we have. In Bosnia for instance parents debate whether to buy a Blanket or a pair of boots for their kids in order to protect them against the cold weather. On theother hand american parents debate on whether to buy a Nintendo or a Sega for their kids entertainment. Spec. Sanchez Alvaro Kitzinger Germany Wacky Aba voting i would like to discuss the absurd fan voting for the annual National basketball association All Star game. What Are these people dreaming of Aren t we supposed to recognize those outstanding players from the beginning of the year not from their College Days i cannot understand How David Robin son can be sixth in votes for Western conference centers. I agree Hakeem Olajuwon is a very Good Center but Roty Inson is having an map Type year. He has been among the leaders in Many categories and has led the league in scoring most of the year. One last note if Clyde Drexler make the West squad and Mitch Richmond does to then we need to eliminate the fans from voting because they obviously Haven t got a clue. Russell k. Thompson Raf Little Tissington England. -. Eagle says thanks i would like to thank those who donated clothing linens and shoes for my Eagle scout project on Jan. 22. These items will be extremely helpful to the people of Romania. I also appreciate the positive response to my flier and the fac that so Many people were willing to help. Amer Khan Frankfurt 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, Apoate 09211. Commentary by Frank Star wait wait yes Bobby Ray Inman s press Confer ence in Austin Texas was bizarre. Yes he did seem excessively suspicious of his critics motives even paranoid. Yes Kasbob Dole suggested former Admiral Inman should not be Secretary of defens Eif he has such fantasies. And certainly if he cannot take thereat of press scrutiny he should stay out of the Kitchen of Public service. Moreover the president has found new if again reluctant Man for the Job in William j. Perry and Inman can re turn to relative anonymity secure in the knowledge As he said that no future president will ask me to take a but wait. Before Inman fades from our scope let us not allow the mystifying nature of his performance in Austin to obscure the Validity of his Point. He said that the aggressive Pursuit of damaging background information about Public figures had gone beyond serving a valuable Public purpose when seen fro the Middle of the country. He said that it made Public service an unattractive opt onto Many qualified people. And he said that Media people Are unwilling to acceptor even hear this criticism of their work. From the Vantage Point of Austin he found people just did t care about sometimes convoluted events that report ers Tell us Are improprieties. More importantly they do not feel that this press aggressiveness represents their interest. Inman s characterization of his treatment by columnist William Safire As a new mccarthyism May have Bee excessive. But the herding instinct of Many Washington reporters routinely includes a barely concealed desire to affect the news to be part of it not simply to record it reliably with necessary context or in the Case of a columnist to comment on it. There remain reporters and editors with a Strong sense of fairness whose coverage even Inman was Quick to say was beyond reproach if not always flattering. But Inman made a constructive proposal that deserves attention. He pointed out that the coverage of him by working reporters had been fair and that his quarrel was with opinion writers. In that context he asked newspaper publishers to consider allowing a Public figure who is being criticized an Opportunity to prepare a response that would be printed on the same Page As the Crit ical Story or column. This he suggested would be fairer than waiting for a correction that appears on Page three several Days later or a letter to the editor that May never appear. C the Baltimore Sun. "1 i folks Vek 5hcui8ounp Hom out Ineram trym Salm Taka too Kat we Coultry but Hook Union
