European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12letters to the editor monday May 16,1994 european edition col Steven s. Hoffman Usan commander publisher a Bernard a. Zovistoski a. Editor. A news and editorial Doborah Absher. Nows editor Quot Bill Walker european editor Bob Wicker sports editor George Manes a City editor. To write us unit 29480. A Apo a 09211. Or Postrach 11 14 37 64278 Darmstadt Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension. Or dsn.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 Jim Jones ext. 226. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany Joseph Owen room 117,. Rome str 104, 69126 Heidelberg car 419, Box 1310, 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 or services advertised. A tasteless comic it angers me that the stars and stripes would print the tasteless and sick comic that accompanied Andy Rooney a column on Kurt Cobain May 1. I realize that in today a society one of the ways to teach children about drugs and alcohol is through comics and slogans. To put Kurt Cobain a suicide in such a comic is tasteless. I was appalled at the use of the slogan about drugs. Why did no to you print a photo of Kurt Cobain instead of the comic did you think the comic was funnier i certainly did no to. A Dawn Nezat Vilsick Germany a commercial problem a Quot 1 i -. A a aaa. I am writing As a nirvana fan who read the disrespectful and distasteful article about Kurt Cobain by Andy Rooney. Cobain was my generations Rock idol just like Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison were in the late �?T60s and Early �?T70s. Cobain had a terrible childhood and Fame just ripped him apart. Drugs did no to kill him being commercial did unlike what that distasteful cartoon implies. A Justin Curry Karlsruhe Germany a. A a a a a a a shocked by a segregation i am in a state of Shock after Reading the article about the segregation of the two military clubs in Frankfurt Germany. I Felt like i was entering a a time Warp locked into the Early �?T70s before consolidated schools existed throughout the United states of America. What s up with that. .1 have been in and around military communities and environments for the past 17 years and have never experienced a situation where ethnic or racial separation let alone musical preference a was needed to Settle a Public disturbance problem. Why Sfart now other tips could have been taken other changes could have been made. With the club maintaining operating hours until nearly Dawn what does the Frankfurt military Community expect i feel the disturbance that they were experiencing was based on the same theory the club system probably uses a the later the club stays open the More drinks the patrons Why not Stop serving alcoholic drinks earlier in the night lets say 2 .? this will enable club goers to enjoy the atmosphere of their favorite music while discouraging the disturbances caused by the ones who have a tendency of drinking too much. And the club can still bring in Money by Selling sodas juices Etc. There is a big plus in this change mentioned maybe serving nonalcoholic drinks after 2 Would Cut Down on the percentage of americans driving while intoxicated. Or did anyone consider switching Bingo night to saturday night at the Plantation club surely the shouts of glee when someone gets a winning Bingo card upset the neighbourhood. Ill bet that the people who play Bingo listen to country and Western soul and Rock music but it be silly to make the country and Western lovers go to the Topper club to play Bingo. This Way i a and a great Deal of people throughout Germany a see it i done to think the Correct decision was made for the Frankfurt Community i truly Hope they will reconsider. A Maggie Esters Stuttgart Germany too much patience i heard about president Clinton saying that he is starting to lose his patience with Haiti because innocent civilians Are being murdered and that military Force will not be ruled out. My question is when is he going to lose his patience with Bosnia and Herzegovina and Rwanda a Robert Pearson Wurzburg Germany c c editors note we encourage our Reader especially those who have never submitted a letter a to write to us. Letters expressing readers viewpoints or opinions Are published Dally on this Page. All letters must be signed and include 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 letters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. Or fax 06155-601-463, Dan 348-8463. Commentary new stealth medium can be sneaky by Michael Mckeon let me begin with three Basic Points a the mass audience and the mass Media Are rapidly disintegrating. A Peoples Faith and Trust in society a institutions Are falling. A people Are seeking to restore a sense of Community in their lives. These three factors have contributed to a fragmented treacherous and completely foreign communications landscape in which traditional methods of reaching people a network television print and radio advertising a count for far less than they used to. Today with Cable and interactive Telvi Sion Remote control verse mail and faxes a great Many people have almost unlimited Access to a variety of new information sources. More ominously they have the ability to deny Access to anyone trying to reach them with a message. What this Means is that the things most americans will be talking about Are no longer chosen by a handful of network news producers each evening. Today vast numbers of people can choose the issues the medium and the Community with which they share their views. The basis of the information superhighway is not the rapidly advancing technology but the fact that the individual is now in the Drivers seat. A a and because distrust of government business the Media and every other institution of society runs so High Many pie do want to shut out these a a official sources of information. This does no to mean they Are not communicating. On the contrary their appetite for information a manifestation of their need for communality is greater than Ever. But in place of network television and the daily paper people Are turning to what i Call a the stealth medium a the 1990s equivalent of the barroom conversation. They Send faxes by Day and sign on to computers at night to have conversations with strangers in terms they understand a terms that would not pass most political correctness tests but nevertheless reflect the language they understand and use among themselves. These so called a virtual communities Are coalescing among people who share nothing More than certain common interests and a desire to reach put and connect with someone else. They Range from environmental terrorists on the extreme left to Neo nazi hate groups on the extreme right. The a a news that flows Between the members of these communities is uncensored and its claims to accuracy and truth often go unchallenged. Equally important the character of the information tends to be More emotional and As a result More reflective of Peoples True feelings. As for network news programs they Are losing their audience by the Day it. Used to be that if it was on the evening news it was news because that was the Only television news. But today Many people want their news unfiltered a from like minded people and stated in their own terms. The drawback Here is that people Are often choosing information delivered by demagogues appealing to fear anxiety and prejudice through heated rhetoric and distortion. In the mass Media these views Are rarely heard but in the stealth medium they often move unchallenged. Such conversations a uncensored and unedited a Are occurring by the millions every Day on 100-Channel interactive television on talk ramp Dio in books and newsletters and on the endless Stream of talk shows spewing out hyper cooked versions of rap music is another Channel on the stealth medium. Musician ice to Calls rap a the Black can a because it keeps people aware of the Street conditions. Political candidates Are going to have to learn to package messages aimed at extremely selective a virtual communities that must be reached through their chosen form of communication. Ironically political candidates have never had so Many different ways to deliver messages but the Odds against their reaching significant numbers of people with that message have never been greater. A c Washington Post. You Ralma mater wishes you much Success As you take your next step into the future. Whether that be Grap school., soc Jae service travel abroad or. Of course your employer of Choice Kurt Cobain wore khakis
