European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 letters to the editor tuesday april 19,1994 thes european edition col Steven s. Hoffman Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski. Editor news and editorial Deborah Absher news editor Bill Walker european editor Bob Wicker sports editor George Manes try editor to write us unit 29480 Apoate 09211 orpostfach11 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 car 419, Box 1318, Apo a 09102 Telephone Dan 370-7010 or civilian 06221-23421 Tel fax 06221-27239. 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The appearance of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorse ment by the department of defense or the Stan and a Fpo of the products or services advertised. Witnesses also guilty Reading of the terrible murder of spec. Gregory Glover and there being no indication in the reporting that any one tried to Stop the killer the first ques Tion comes to mind How could it have happened in front of presumably Able bodied men trained for combat without even attempting to intervene granted the murderer had a double edged knife facing an enemy Soldier. Would this fact Stop a Man in War this Reader finds it impossible to understand and excuse this act of violence. If there really was no attempt made to interfere those who just stood by watching could have used chairs from the dining Hall and perhaps subdued the murderer. There should be go lit among those who could have done something arts did t and helped the victim Only when it was too late on the witness stand. Catania Sicily rap can educate i would like to respond to the letter rap part of problem March 21. As i m sure we have All heard before rap music is a form of expression and i thought that we As americans had free Dom of did the Byriter Ever think some of these violent rap artists Are actually showing the rest of us a Way of life that we Are fortunate enough to not have to live through last i heard i thought that other forms of music Are to blame too not just rap music. I guess it s not violent for a heavy Metal group to release or try to re lease a song written by the one and Only Charles Manson. I Don t like that but i Don t constantly complain about it either. Over the years i have Beeri Reading the letters to the editor Page and i have noticed that it is always rap music getting knocked on maybe we should try to understand the different cultures and forms of music they Are expressing rather than try to blame the music for something. Toward the end of the writer s letter he stated that certain types of rap music Are far too violent Ana should be removed from Public viewing and listen Well i have two solutions to his problem a. If you Don t like it Don t listen and if you Don t want to watch it turn it off. Specs Robert a. Clark Baum older Germany v readers deserve More i am quite disappointed with your coverage or later stories dealing with the Schap Case particularly the april 9, promotion for monday titled love and death in Fulda. This piece was no More than an advertisement turning a sad and despicable crime into a continuing soap opera. Your coverage should have ended with the sentencing of the defendant. I have had a fair amount of respect for the stars and stripes for the nine years be have spent in Europe. Please review your news tactics. Your readers deserve More than a paper which mimics a sensationalistic tabloid. David Hannah shape Belgium Story Bee gets applause i am writing in response to the letter Story total travesty " april 10who thought putting the report about the spelling Bee where kids weren t treated fairly Ori the first Page was an insult toll readers of the stars and stripes. Are we really that cold hearted that we prefer to read about people who Cut somebody s head or other body parts of than about things that concern our kids does a Story always have to involve Sexto be printed on the front Page i read the report about the spelling be with great interest and i Salute Steve Childers for speaking up when he saw that his kid was not treated fairly. I really would like to believe that this Reader Wasan exception because i think the stars and stripes did a Good Job by putting the Story on the front Page. Carola Furlano Hohenfels Germany editor s note we encourage our readers especially those who have never submitted a letter to write Tous. R 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 pure pain by Amy w0vav he s your typical 18-year-old trouble maker who is bad because he s bored. You re Lucky he has t displayed his Art work Oil your car taken your hubcaps or thrown a Rotten egg at your window. Unfortunately he did some of these things i Singapore a City of Law and order where you can be charged As a delinquent Forche wiggum. Michael Fay made a big mistake. He Spray painted some cars and threw eggs a them. His punishment is to receive six whacks on the behind with a Rattan Cane. Now he s Panicky he s desperate he s remorseful and even the president of the United states is trying to get him out of this mess. ABut there is something simple and pow Erful about using whacks on the behind As Corporal punishment a Back to the Basic method that May be the answer to the growing violence in this country. Too Many 18-year-Olds Are running wild waving gun Sand pointing them at people. Too Many Young people Are bad and most dangerously too Many Are fearless. To the average18-year-old, everything is like a to sitcom. Young people always think they can get away with whatever they do. It s awarded philosophy that their age is their leg re out of cont to i teens excuse. Law and order can be attained with afew whacks on the behind. It s discipline at its simplest. It s far cheaper than building jails and housing hoodlums robbers and killers a a v a a if Michael Fay knew that he might be sentenced to a few whacks he would have thought twice before he vandalized cars. I m sure that All of those wild and reckless teen agers who make the front pages of newspapers for robbing stores and snoot ing their friends for fun would think twice if the potential punishment were flogging. Most people Don t mind paying a Fine or spending a few weeks in jail but they fear -.-. In the past few years spanking has diminished. Blame it on the psychological hocus pocus that urges parents to talk with their rebellious teen agers. Their Chat were As productive As talking to a pet Rock. What will Truy instill fear in Mycorn patriots is the image of themselves being tied to a wooden Board and being whacked by a martial arts expert who resembles a malnourished sumo wrestler. Atthe first whack the skin splits open. At the second the behind is As red and Pulpy As crushed Tomato. Michael Fay May not de serve six whacks that May be too severe but he deserves at least one. That would ensure that he would have some thing to remember. It s hot easy to forget pain humiliation and fear real or imag ined. I remember a recent wednesday afternoon when i ventured onto the danger Ous streets of Washington Heights for a news Story about a slain cashier. On the Day i went a Young Man had sped through Boulevard and fired bullets into the air another cashier had been shot and was in critical condition two stores were robbed and one teen Ager bashed another one s face with a these Young people knew that their punishment would be flogging they would straighten up. Flogging is something a 300 Pound bully would fear. Nobody Here s afraid of anything one Young Man told me. Everyone s been to jail once and it Ain t so bad. They even got there has been much talk lately about ways to reduce violence you know something s wrong when the japanese Are scared to come to Rockefeller Center. The toys for guns program proved to be a Suc Cess but it s merely a temporary and limited shot at lessening violence. So Here s to Michael Fay from one 18-year-old to another take it like Aman Sonny. You be done something bad so face up to your consequences. Remember the pain the humiliation and fear. Let s Hope you be Learned your for the rest of us in society it s one Les wild and reckless teen Ager on the streets and possibly when Fay returns an example to us the beginning of the end of Youthful violence. C new Day Asher Sabotto put thanks Mark Pong is hypnotizing you in Orp to recover Long forgotten Okay this be what i can do
