European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 18letters to the editor thursday Juno 2, 1994 thes pm of clues european edition col Stevens Hoffman Usan a commander put Frishof Bernard a. Zovistoski a a editor news and eur Portal Deborah Aba her news editor Dill Walker european editor Bob Wicker sports editor George Manes City editor to Folte us unit 29480 Apoate 09211 or Postrach 11 14 37 64278 Darmstadt Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to callus Tai 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 Jim Jones ext. 226. Business news ext 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany Joseph Owen room 117, Rome str 104, 69120 Heidelberg chm 41�, Box 1313, Apo a 09102 Telephone Dan 37q-7q1q or civilian 06221 -23421 Iok lax 06221 r2 7239. 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Let adults choose regarding a recent army and air Force Exchange service executives Promise to narrow the assortment of adult magazines and Promise that a you will not he embarrassed to bring your 9-year-old in an cafes Book Mart a has this executive forgotten who it is he is there to support and Why i am a frequent Patron of the stars and stripes bookstores and have never been embarrassed to bring my two Young daughters. The adult Magazine Section is always in a discreet location with the material on shelves High enough that a �?o9-year-old�?�  be Able to View any of them while i do not Purchase any of these materials myself it is our right As americans to do so especially As american service members living overseas. We All have a a earned the right to View and Purchase any material we choose cafes along with the a executive a is Here to serve us while we Are Here serving our country and defending its allies. We Are the ones to decide what we want available in our support facilities. It is not the right of the moral majority to decide for us but the majority itself just As our Constitution plainly states. Just As no one in those publications is being forced to pose no one is being forced to View or Purchase the publications its an individual  you done to like something you done to have to look at it. Its that simple. A staff sgt. Don a Evams Ramstein and Germany if s censorship comments by Michael Cunningham senior vice president of the army and air Force Exchange service in Europe on a editors note j we encourage our readers a especially those who have never submitted a letter a to write to us. Letters expressing readers viewpoints or opinions Are published daily 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. The aim of cafes to limit adult Magazine sales when cafes takes Over prompts this letter i hate to come Down on the Side of the adult magazines but what Cunningham proposes is censorship and that is a dangerous precedent to set. What comes next Are you going to pull Gore Vidal a books because he is a Liberal How about Rush Lim Baughs Book after All it is offensive in the extreme Tomy Way of thinking. How about time or Newsweek they have been known to run pictures of horrible dead bodies on their covers. Or maybe bibles korans or Bhagavat Gitas they talk a lot about naked people and procreation in All those. Maybe you  let your 9-year-old near them either. As to whether one would be embarrassed to bring ones 9-year-od into the Bookstore a in be been in a lot of stars and stripes bookstores and do not remember any of them that openly displayed the adult magazines. They Are always covered and set apart from the general books and magazines. If your 9-year-old is looking through them it is because you Arentt paying enough . I think this cafes takeover of stars and stripes bookstores is a Rotten idea at Best but it looks inevitable so Well just have to grit our Teeth and stand it. But censorship in any form is More abhorrent than any naked body Magazine Ever sold in a stars and stripes Bookstore a Gary l. Helm Avia no Italy degree of frustration after Reading the article regarding the University of Maryland graduation i became angry and somewhat Hurt. I am sure that there Are a number of other people in Europe who arc feeling the same w a. I have just completed the requirements for my master of education in counselling with Boston University. Since Boston University was forced to pull put of Europe last summer Many of us have had to Complete our requirements with the University of Maryland. The problem is this a now it is time for us to graduate and no one wants to do anything for us. There Are no Boston University representatives left Here to help us put on a graduation ceremony and the University of Maryland would not include us in its ceremony. So now we just sit and wait for Boston University to mail us our degrees. How wonderful for us. It is frustrating and i feel deprived i cannot believe that Maryland  include us in their ceremony or that someone could t arrange a Small ceremony just for those of us who will be graduating from Boston University we have worked very hard and deserve to graduate with dignity in an appropriate ceremony. A Linda l. Fresh Han att Germany a commentary thanks Ohio for souvenirs of a Day , France in the window of Tom amp Jerry a army Navy store a around the Corner from the Catholic Church in this Village a a display of War souvenirs from the Normandy invasion has been arranged in a Small pile of Sand to tempt browsers. Proprietor Bernard Pescheta apologized that the crusty German helmet and other items that make up his window display Are not for Sale. He purchased them he said from Normandy locals but they Are too rare to let go. How is it then his visitor asked that he has been Able to accumulate such a vast inventory of . World War ii equipment it seems a fair question for his Dis nitty cases Are filled with everything from bayonets to Battle dressings Field jackets to helmets. He offers defused grenades Mike Harden .5u-Calibcr shells Gas masks radios gov or Anent Issue razor Blades shaving Cream matches and athlete s foot powder a fall of this has come from the states a he admitted a i buy nothing in France because the Price is much better there a this Bayonet. Seventy dollars. I he Price is too nigh in France a so where does he travel to fetch the military goods he brings Back to  to sell to naive . Tourists who think no doubt that he has laboriously Gath cred it All by combing the beaches and hedgerows or haggling with Normandy locals a Columbus Ohio has a very big gun show two times a year a he says with a Grin. A it is a Nice City. I slept at a red roof. Yes. Very clean. You have a Nice Spaghetti  further questions revealed that he hits the United states twice a year a once in Spring again in autumn a with a wad of Cash an itinerary of gun shows and a shopping list of hot Selling items. A i go to Columbus new York City Las vegas and California a he said Lac shove dealers in the United states from whom he buys know him simply As a Barney a he lives on the outskirts of Paris but commutes to  to help his assistant run the shop during its heaviest months of business. A june of course because of the anniversary a he explained. A but also july and  items that he picks up for pocket change in the United states arc greedily a bled up pc a. R his exp numerous Rea roof inns and Quot Nice spa _ i xxx _. H a gobbled up by tourists at prices designed to cover his crowns is Ana then some at Ghitti restaurants All around America. A Plain  shaving Brush goes for $12. A Small Box of safety matches fetches $6, a Battle dressing Sells for $10. Dummy my cartridges by far his big Gest Selling item bring $2 apiece. When he first opened his shop several years ago there were a few Small headaches involving customs officials. They tend to get skittish when Airport a Ray machines reveal the outlines of hand grenades in the Samsonite. He now carries special authorization papers from French and american customs agencies. With the a Day anniversary a few Days off the tour buses Are already Dis gorging Dutches of wide eyed tourists in , Many of whom end up at Tom amp Jerry a. Mike a Hardan is a columnist at the Columbus Ohio dispatch c Scripps Howard news service caucus 7h13 arraignment is Ai Capy in wino 20 Mcnutt a Mun / so neut a. 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