European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 16 letters to the editor thursday february 10, 1994 european edition col Stevens Hoffman Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zov1stoski. Editor news and editorial Deborah Absher news editor bin Walker european editor Bob Wicker sports editor George mane City editor to write us unit 29480 Apo a 09211 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 Heidelberg Germany Joseph own room 117, a Norstr. 104, 69126 Heidelberg chm 419, Box 1318, Apo a 03102 Telephone Dan 370-7010 or civilian 06221-23421 Tel fax 06221-23421. 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Neglect also abuse this is in response to the Mother who wrote what to do regarding keep kids this Mother claims she will do nothing to try to discipline her children so As to avoid child abuse charges. She states child abuse can be considered anything therefore i won t do does she not realize that by doing nothing she is abusing her children through neglect teaching our children right from wrong is our responsibility As to this Mother and Many like Herour children cannot get a Good Edu cation because teachers have to spend most of their Day dealing with behaviour problems instead of teaching. I would like this Mother to look and see if she thinks Ameri Ca will have enough prison space to House All of these children whose parents share her Lazy selfish and do nothing attitude toward teaching their children. Those who do not teach their children what is acceptable behaviour do them a great disservice by leaving them socially inept. There Are Many ways to teach or discipline our children without coming close to being considered abusive. This Mother is concerned that her children could be taken away from her it does t sound to me like she cares much about them at All. Diane Smith Idar Obj Stcin Germany Wake up Citadel what exactly arc we teaching the Ca dets at the Citadel by denying Access to females Equality is a big Issue in the military yet we deny it in our schools and Start these officers to be on the wrong Assumption that discrimination is of under certain circumstances. I have advise for cadets in these schools that discriminate leave that attitude at the school Don t bring it with you into my army. Lastly please note the front Page Arti Cle in the same edition harassment claims Rise in does anyone else Sec a connection master sgt. Jim Evans Heidelberg Germany. The real skipper in reference to Many officers arro Gant it is a shame the writer was no provided with All of the facts. Under Normal circumstances we All have a tendency it s human nature to believe what we read or bean Basea on that premise alone i would have to share the writer s concern regarding his response to the article published . 21 doily duty. However based on facts it is important to understand that our Captain is not this Way at All. Capt. Aronds is honest dependable and full of integrity. It is a shame that there Aren t More command ing officers like him. Capt. Arends can be spotted around Nas Simonella almost every weekend doing work for the shanties on Board the station and picking up litter As he comes across it. During the week he is very Active in visiting the local work spaces to find out what the needs of our enlisted and officer personnel Are. Most cos Don t have the time of Day to take care of their people. Dependents Are As important to the skipper As Active duty personnel. If you had a Chance to witness what the people at Simonella see every Day it would be Clear what exemplary leadership capt. Arends provides. Thanks to our skipper the Quality of life on this base is seeing improvement for the first time in years. It is really a shame that there is still a handful of personnel and dependents who continue their struggle to maintain negativity. Liv ing overseas is hard enough but definitely no fault of our skipper. Nas Simonella Italy getting True meaning in response to a Day of Cele bration like the writer i feel it is my duty to speak my As a Parent i also plan to Tell my children about the works of or. Martin Luther King or. Aswell As my own personal experiences with the very things that or. King fought against. However in order for me to vide my children with an accurate account of or. King s work i must also vide them with a history of the various issues that necessitated his work. The writer criticized the memorial service program aired on american forces network because the speakers adorned in african cloth addressed the ills of our society today. The write should be just As critical about a society that continues to perpetrate its injustice son its african american citizens. Let us not in our observances of or. Martin Luther King Day ignore the fact that those same socioeconomic Al Politi Cal and racist issues addressed on the program Are the very same issues that provided the platform for or. King an others to become the leaders of the civil rights movement. Albeit that the segregationist and Jim Crow Laws have since been demolished Many of the same ills that plagued Bur country during the civil rights Era remain in chilling existence today. Or. Martin Luther King Day should be harnessed As an Observance a remembrance and a time of reflection not of just or. King the Man but the history that cultivated the Man and a reflection of yesteryear As Well As a reflection of today. It is not intended to merely serve As a Day of shallow by the same Token neither is memorial Day or veterans Day intended solely As an Opportunity to celebrate without an affirmation examination and reexamination of their True significance. Sgt. Debra y. Jamirson bad or Cugnach Germany crucial questions needed the writer of Brady Law is right step is wrong. He labels those questioning the meanings of terms used by anti gunners As he smears those questioning firearms registration s actual effects As Why does t he. Want an open debate on gun control what meaning does handgun control inc. Founder and chairman emeritus give to the term total control of handguns Pete Shields said our ultimate goal total control of handguns in the United states is going to take time. The first problem is to slow Down the increasing number of handguns being produced and sold in this country. The second problem is to get handguns the final problem is to make the Possession of All handguns and All hand gun ammunition totally illegal " the new yorker jul. 2.6, 1976. To Sci control Means prohibit not regulate. Will registration affect felons no. The fifth amendment to the Constitution prohibits involuntary felons Are prohibited from possessing any firearm 1968 gun control act and if they Register firearms they incriminate themselves. The supreme court ruled that felons cannot be prosecuted for failing to Register a fire Arm Haynes v. U.s., 309 . 85 1968. Are recovered stolen guns traced arid returned to the lawful owners usually not. For example Hennepin county Minnesota s no questions asked Cash for firearms program was in late 1991 or Early 1992, and 6,000 firearms collected were destroyed. If registration does t affect criminals or return private property to rightful owners what Good is it it creates a Liston handguns owners and addresses. The last thing the hard Core gun haters want is an open debate on gun control. What they do need is More naive Igno rant unquestioning and trusting gun owners. Raising questions about mean Ings used in any Public debate is Essen tial. Raising questions about a Law s Actu Al effects is crucial. Master sgt. David l. Gerber Span Dahlum a Germany another Blunder Over the past year we be spent Mil Lions risked and lost american lives in Somalia conducting operations like the Marine raid on Trie Bakara arms Market to confiscate weapons from the somalis and we Are going to Send millions of Dol Lars Worth of . Military hardware m 16s, m-9s, and 3 million rounds of ammo to Arm the somalis. Sure the weapons May be supplied tothe newly formed police Force but i won Der where the bulk of these weapons will end up after the United states pulls out of the country. Hmm probably into the hands of Mohammed Farrah aided and his followers. Already possessing weapons that work great on everything from humans to helicopters i think they Are armed Well enough without the sup port of the american taxpayers this looks like another expensive .foreign policy Blunder in the making sgt. Kenneth d. Stair Spang Dahlum a Germany editor s note we encourage our readers especially those who have never submitted a letter to write to us. 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, Apo a 09211. Honey hav you assault p/5tol? notate in. Body guard ar&you6o ing Tob / Honey you wow Tanto asm that. To give you details tantamount to compromising a it s strictly need to Enqu. Olle North m going 10 -4 i
