European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 14letters to the editor sunday May 22,1994 european edition col Steven s. Hoffman Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski a a a editor. News and editorial Bill Walker a european editor Deborah Absher sob Wicker news editor a sports editor. George Manee a a atty editor to write us unit 29480 Apo a 09211 or Postrach 11 14 37 64278 Darmstadt Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416to 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 Jami Jones ext. 226, business news ext. 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany Joseph Owen room 117, Rome str 104,6912s Heidelberg car 410, Box 1318,. Apo a 09102 Telephone Dan 370-7010 or civilian 06221-23421 Tel fax 06221-27239. 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Including inserts or supplements door not constitute endorsement by the deportment of defense or the stars and a Stripe of the products or services  prudery a i Promise you that you will not be embarrassed to bring your 9-year-old in an cafes Book  give me strength. That comment from Michael Cunningham a fest senior vice president in response to the Awag american women a activities Germany Delegate who said she is offended by displays of adult magazines at her Community stars and stripes Bookstore frightens me. Maybe the store she mentioned in her Community is different and i done to doubt for a moment that the Delegate was offended but what Are the consequences to voyeurs everywhere if she a Only like the lady who called police to complain about the indecent exposure by the Man next door when the police arrived she pointed to her window and said a just look out that window at the Man next door running around with no clothes  when the policeman responded that he could see nothing she stated indignantly a you certainly can. Just stand up on top of that dresser.�?�. A v in fairness to Cunningham perhaps if i were in his position As the male speaker at a gathering of a some of the most influential women in military communities a As soon As one of them complained and my Knees stopped shaking i would probably be offering to bum my Bra Playboy my Foxfire books and my lunch to make whatever sacrifice was appropriate to the goddess of feminine influence As they demanded on the spot. But As i have been to a Bunch of stars and stripes bookstores and have yet to see one whose adult Section was not configured As Cunningham described Quot up High in the nosebleed Section with Only the titles showing i gotta ask a a where a the beef a unless her 9-year-old is 7 feet tall and has a Ray vision she should feel comfortable taking him to the Bookstore. Hang on to your old swimsuit editions Guys they re Likely to be Worth a Fortune As soon As the delegates get through telling Cunningham How to Stock our bookshelves. A Dave Adams Heidelberg Germany a a. A a v. A an cafes Book burning army and air Force Exchange service champions of the pure May 17 Headliner a a cafes official vows to limit adult magazines. My sympathy goes out to the poor woman who has to expose her 9-year-old son to the adult Magazine Racks in the stars and stripes bookstores. I have a suggestion for cafes one that will avoid such tragedy in the future and at the same time improve their merchandising tactics. When they take Over the stars and stripes Bool stores they  Stop with limiting the adult magazines. They will be left with a Large collection of other materials that will continue to be a terrible Burden on their overworked staff and a potential embarrassment for the customers. I recommend a Complete a a cleansing of Alt the materials that might offend 9-year-old boys the american women a activities Germany Awag members and All the Good americans living and working overseas. A. On the first Day of the takeover they could close All of the bookstores for inventory. The cafes staff possibly aided by a few Awag members could Mark All the sordid trash for destruction anything that might defile ones virtue. In a sure the Awag members would be glad to help and also would be shocked to find the debauchery lurking Between the covers of Many other books not found in the adult Section. As any member of the a moral majority Quot can Tell you a lot of smut can be disguised with innocent looking binders. Sure it would be a sizable Effort initially but think of it As an investment in the welfare of the cafes workers As an Overall reduction in workload and responsibility made necessary by the draw Down. Customers can to buy a Book that does no to exist and if it does no to exist it does no to have to be repurchased restocked or re inventoried. Besides cafes always could compensate by raising the prices on the remaining books. The Best part is All those degenerates will have to take their Sleazy business elsewhere. If the Job is done right All of the discarded books could be used to build one Heck of a Bonfire maybe in time to celebrate Independence a Day. A a a a v a a. A. A Don Weber Stuttgart Germany a editors note n we encourage our readers especially those who have never submitted a letter a to write to us. Letters expressing readers View Points 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 06155601-463, Dan 348-8463.too loud is too loud i read your article about the Frankfurt Plantation club and the recurring saturday night problems and i have to ask whose Brilliant idea was it to build a club next to a housing area in the first place second if its so loud that you can hear it in housing then its too loud period. As an enlisted person living in the dorms the Rule was if a stereo could be heard in the Hall it was too loud and the stereo was removed. / so where does this club get off with bothering people 100 Yards away Espe daily after 10 p.m.? it seems to me that whether those poor families have loud dance music or loud country music there is still a problem. Here a a Radical and unpopular idea instead of segregation How about turning the volume Down or closing the club earlier and enforce the a quiet hours Law the cop out of not providing extra police because a increasing the number of military policemen around people who Are drinking alcohol would tend to Aggra Vale the situation is unbelievable. This sure does no to say much for your Provost marshal. Whom is this Guy protecting anyway a Michael j. Smith. A a Vai Hingen Germany. / a a More sweat less blood this is in response to the letter about too Many deaths during physical training. Any death especially one due to training is lamentable but the writer makes ludicrous suggestions about a ability groups and a slowing Down the Pace a while complaining about having to run five to six Miles per Day when stationed in South Korea. While the writer is Correct when he says no company commander wants to write a a deeply regrets letter  Pany commander wants to go to War with a unit less than prepared. The a a olympic philosophy that the writer condemns is a commitment to excellence. A this noncommissioned officer seems to forget that he is a member of a War fighting machine not a health spa. That staff sergeant owes it to his soldiers to push them As hard As they can go in All types of training. Ability runs Are Nice to build soldiers up to an acceptable level of fitness while in Basic training but they enforce mediocrity. I am not a very Good runner myself but that just Means i try to run with Guys who Are faster than me to improve my training. The problem of soldiers dying lies obviously not with the activity itself but with whether the Soldier is medically qualified to participate in the rigorous demands of realistic military training. While Many will look at physical training and claim that it does not relate to War fighting capability they should realize the benefits of excellent cardiovascular conditioning in All facets of our physically demanding jobs. If i remember correctly the unit at Fulda was the first line of defense against the red machine rolling Westward. Korea also mentioned in the letter is not what i would Call an area with no threats in its future either. An old Soldier once said a More sweat on the training Field Means less blood on the  lets try to keep that in mind before we subscribe to the theory of a a Kinder gentler army. A a staff sgt. Richard Lesperance Stuttgart Germany a a a a sex respect needed on May 1 the times of London presented a front Page article on the criticism received by a number of British educators for their approach to sex education in the Public school system. The concern was that they presented too much information to Young people that rather than helping to eliminate the High incidence of unwanted teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease conversely helped aggravate the problem. Apparently their sex education curriculum backfired by exaggerating natural sexual curiosity promoting an unjustifiable Confidence in Safe sex techniques and giving tacit approval to premarital sex by assuming that the Young people were All already sexually Active. Included in the article was Praise for an american sex education curriculum known As sex respect. Ironically despite its successes in the United states sex respect and programs like it Are almost universally ridiculed by the american Media for their emphasis on abstinence As a basis for truly effective health education. As a family physician of 19 years experience who has delivered More than 1,000 babies i feel it is High time such a curriculum be implemented in our school systems. Over the years i have spoken to Many High school health classes and have always argued against so called a Safe sex techniques. Certainly if one thinks statistically any practice which decreases the rate of pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease 90 percent or better sounds like a Good idea. Young people unfortunately get the message that they Are protected until of course they discover they Are in the other 10 percent. For when it happens to you unwanted pregnancy sexually transmitted disease aids Etlow risk or not it is 100 percent for you. I have been there with some very unhappy and disillusioned Young men and women the message of sex respect is that waiting until marriage is a real achievable and highly desirable goal. The message i always give to the High school health classes is that True love is not selfish or manipulative it puts the needs of the loved one above All else. A Richard g. Griffith . Raf Lakenheath England a a Fay deserved whacking in resp nge to letters about Michael p. Fay a caning i think he deserved every whack. If the owners of the cars Haa caught Fay he probably would have got More than a caning. A Good spanking or better discipline when younger May have prevented the crime. Remember even if you re a . Citizen military or not you re in someone else a country and local Laws apply. A staff sgt. Kenny w. No. Bit Burg a Germany