European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14letters to the editor sunday May amp. 1994 european edition col. Steven s. Hoffman Usan commander publisher. Bernard a. Zovistoski. A editor news and editorial Deborah aether. Nows editor. A bit Walker european editor Bob Wicker sports editor George Martea City editor to write us unit 29480 Apoate 09211 or Postrach 11 14 37. 64278 Darmstadt Germany n news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155 601 plus Extension or Dan 340-8 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 a cml Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany Joseph Owen. Room 117. Rome str. 104, 69126 Heidelberg Cha 419, Box 1318, Apo a 09102 Telephone Dan 370-7010 or civilian 06221-23421 Tel fax 06221-27239, Kaiserslautern Germany Kevin Dougherty. 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The appearance of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorsement by the department of defense or the stars and stripes of the products of services advertised. Do a Gwok onto to Felto mow mave\0u Fco a Quot  uhat50fit0f ?l5w Turtte to an editor. I j05t thcx/6ht he appreciate uayih6 Asar we e we of i health ecxt0r5 Are sort of human too mud Khou 1 editors note wed like to hear from you even if its to Tell us you done to give a dam about the state or the editors health letters expressing readers views Are published daily. They must be signed and include address and phone number. Preference is Given to Shorter letters. 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. Or fas 06155-601-463, Dan 348-8463. . The editors Fine. A tribute to mom in yesteryear there were cards Flowers visits and phone Calls. This mothers Day the like of communication is silent. Memories of being a a shown the lessons of life Are vivid. From my Mother and hers i Learned love honesty gentleness frugality forgiveness and perseverance. Mix that with intelligence and a great sense of humor and the results Are unique. In her final Days she taught me one last lesson a dignity. These Are the Les. Sons of life an educator cannot teach from a textbook. For those who have had a Mother be Ever thankful with each breath a we teach. A Patricia Robinson Schwinn Grubor Darmstadt Germany a a a a a a a a ban wont Stop violence the pending ban on a assault weapons and the impassioned pleas from our leaders in government Are not addressing the real Issue. There will not be a significant decrease in violent crime in America if assault Type weapons Are banned. This is a hoax contrived by those on the left Side of the political spectrum and promoted by the Media. In 1990, the Fri noted that 12 of 810 deaths of Law enforcement officers during the past decade were committed with assault Type weapons. The american medical association Ama has fabricated the illusion that there is a a Public health  interestingly there is Little Public data about the estimated 150,000 americans who die every year from doctors negligence. Now that is a Public health emergency. Banning assault weapons Wil not Stop violent crime. A Bolt action Rifle was used by Lee Harvey Oswald a Smail Cali Ber handgun by John Hinckley or. Assault weapons were chosen by the military and lunatics. To truly Stop violent crime with firearms the policy would need to have sweeping Powers of arrest and have total impunity for their actions. This would include those firearms used for sporting and self defense purposes. Only after America is completely disarmed and control of our Borders strictly enforced would America have the utopian society that the gun control advocates dream of. Only it would not be the United states of America anymore. Ask your Eastern european neighbors How they enjoyed Utopia. A Mark e. Colton Ramstein All Germany. A. A a a problem was adultery As an infantry noncommissioned officer in the 82nd airborne div who has been on numerous deployments currently serving a six month tour in the Sinai the sgt Stephen j. Schap murder Story has skirted around what i see to be the True problem. Too often a Soldier is demoralized to find out his or her spouse has been unfaithful during the deployment and yes i have seen it work the other Way the service member is unfaithful while deployed. M any t Imes in a career one will hear senior cos say the most despicable person in the army is a a Barracks  if you can to Trust the people you live with How can you Trust them in combat even worse is a Soldier who is a wife or Hus band  Ploc and feel Safe that your spouse will be there when you get Back then obviously there a a problem. The uniform code of military Justice covers a lot of things that we As soldiers cannot do. Believe it or not adultery is one of them. What would spec. Gregory w. Glov. Eros commander have done if Schap had brought his accusations to him or tier instead of taking matters into his own hands what would any commander have done or even the judge advocate general a office i am not condoning the murder of Glover but likewise i am not condoning Glover a act prior to his murder nor am i pointing fingers at the Chain of com Rand. I doubt if anyone could have foreseen what happened. What i am trying to say is that just As murder is murder adultery is adultery even if it does not necessarily bring discredit upon the army. A a Michael Fitzgerald Sinai Egypt cartoon tasteless artist Bensons satirical cartoon of Kurt Cobain a brain on drugs of the Wall May 1 seems to imply that substance a Iise causes self loathing manic depression and suicidal tendencies not the possibility that such emotional problems May be the reason people turn to drugs and alcohol and such Seif destruct live lifestyles. A a a. I find the illustration tasteless and think ii shows a Lack of conscience on the part of the artist and editors of publications in which it ran. In a sure editors would think twice about running a piece like that about former president Nixon a criminal brain after a stroke in the Wake of his death. Any questions a Jeff Stuart Stuttgart Germany Atoo Many deaths in it. I am writing in reference to the Soldier who died after a physical training run. I have been stationed in Germany for two years. In that time i have either read or experienced far too Many Young docile dying from it related runs. What is this obsession with certain company commanders that their units train for the olympics 1 have been in a number r of units in my 11 years and Many of the commanders had this a olympic a philosophy. V while 1 was stationed in Korea we ran five to six Miles a Day on it Days and an 8.4-mile Nightmare known As the a a Horny on saturdays. Yes we did a six Days a  i was stationed in Fulda Ger Many j b and t he d Uty of s e to ing u p the Fulda Marathon Start finish line a female lieutenant died after completing her run. It was found later that she suffered from a condition that made running risky there Are far too Many Young people dying though from excessive it programs. /. A a a a a a As k yourself the i s q question i d this organised it fun n have a dire it o r in d i red effect on this Soldier dying before his time i am saddened because he left a wife and two children and he was a Good Soldier and Leader. The it program in Many units needs to be revised so that occurrences such As these do hot Happe not have Abil Ity g to  for it runs based on the soldiers time in the two mile run. Do not have conditioning runs Over three Miles. You can have Esprit de corps runs greater than three Miles but slow Down t he p Ace so everyone finishes. If the soldiers want to run More mile they can do it on their of  i do. No company commander wants to write a letter Home to the family of a loved one who has died while under their command especially for something such As a it run. A a a a a Quot a staff sgt. Johnny l. Reandeau Mannheim Germany grades can Kurt kids As an educator and Parent i was appalled by or. James Dobson a column april 16 discussing report cards and grades with the following sentence a but then slow Joe and his friends need not be in those difficult  i find the term a slow Joe to be extremely insensitive and degrading. In american schools we Are in such a hurry to categorize and judge include and exclude. Children do not learn at the same rate. I believe that the majority of our Chi i Dren can learn most of our schools curriculum but not on the same Day or in the same Way. If has been my experience that grades have done More to undermine the self Confidence of children than to build it up. In 18 years of teachings Ive never met a student who was motivated by an a of. We have for convenience Sake put a number on a child a Worth. Does a Grade Point average spa realty Tell the whole Story unfortunately this a a sorting also impacts on the students on the other end of the scale. Students with High Gas Are often under tremendous pressure to maintain that Standard a to do All things to All people. At any Cost. Some of these a a Stellar students turn to dishonest to and even drugs uppers to give them Energy to run with the head of the pack. Dobson would have better used his column to encourage parents to focus on their child a strengths helping do his her personal Best and to Lead a m of integrity. They should look at in child As a whole person not As a Numo on a computer printout. A Linda Berg Heidelberg Germany