European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12letters to the editor monday june 20,1994 european edition col Steven s. Hoffman. Usan commander publisher. Bernard a. Zov1stoski editor news and editorial Deborah Kabahar nows editor Bill Walker european editor Bob Wicker sports editor George mane City editor to write us unit 29480 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 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. A business news ext. 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany Joseph Owen room 117. 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The appearance of advert sing in this publication including inserts or supplements does not constitute endorsement by the department of defense or the stars and stapes of the products or services  subject the writer of a Lawag Queen bees missed the Point. I attended the Awag conference in May and As most of the attendees May have an opinion about the subject i done to Ever recall adult periodicals in stars and stripes bookstores being a topic of discussion at the conference. However issues such As children a education Cham pus and child care were discussed. Please get your facts straight before you Start pointing fingers and calling names. A  Geise bad  views allowed in reference to the letter about Cal Thomas editorial columns the last i checked the Constitution does no to say that Only people who express nonreligious viewpoints have a right to express their opinion in the editorial Section. Why is it that a religious viewpoint is put Down As if it is less than a valuable opinion my husband and i and in a sure Many others appreciate Cal Thomas column and happen to agree with his opinions i tend to give All the editorialists a Reading and then make up my own mind whether or not i agree. Isnit that what it is All about when it is suggested that we need to put Cal Thomas column in the religious Section at the very least i tend to be reminded of the recent legislation to ban demonstrations in. Front of abortion clinics. What do you say yes people who protested a research lab because they Felt aids was not being cured fast enough did no to get banned from doing so. But that is a worthwhile cause you say. Gays and lesbians Haven to been banned from their demonstrations and  they have their rights you say Why is it that there Haven to been bans placed on any of these groups and their demonstrations a because Only their causes Are Worth fighting for though i May not agree with the tactics of some of the anti abortion groups i do not agree that Laws should be passed specifically restricting them. And please done to group All of us a religious people into the same category As those who take such extreme measures in this cause. There Are already Laws on the books to cover any wrong actions these anti abortion demonstrators Rny take. Take another look at the first amendment of the Constitution. They ought to be allowed to a peaceably  this amendment has been so abused and distorted that Peoples religious beliefs instead of being protected As was meant Are being More and More infringed upon and restricted. We re being put to the a Aback Page More All the time and i believe to the detriment of our society. A Kristin Frederickson Mainz German weapons of Choice a recent letter in which a writer Calls himself a a Rifle pistol and Shotgun owner plus an avid Hunter prompts me to write. I too am a gun enthusiast but my Choice happens to be military style weapons that the writer did not mind Congress Banning. I have always be interested in anything military. Growing up i read any Book i could get my hands on regarding military hardware. A Friend got me interested in guns a few years ago and naturally i was drawn toward the weapons that i. Had read so much about. It was them a that my father carried in world was ii the m-14 used by my older brother in Vietnam or the m-16 Rifle that i have been associated with in my military career. Some May see them As a assault rifles but i see them As history. Now with this semiautomatic weapon ban i have Little to no Hope of Ever adding civilian versions of these rifles to my collection i am not a Hunter. My conscience would not allow me to kill an animal that has done nothing to me or anybody else. However i am a supporter of Hunters because they do serve a purpose of keeping in Check the populations of various wildlife animals also that Hunters Are fellow gun owners and hopefully Era members. My guns Are used for the sole purpose of shooting at targets tin cans Etc. I will not argue the fact that As weapons of War these rifles were indeed designed to kill people. However this cannot be used As a reason to ban this class of weapon because regardless of what a gun was designed for it is How it is used m the hands of its owner that really counts. A traditional style Hunting Rifle will kill someone just As dead As my ak-47 if it were in the wrong hands. A staff sgt. Patrick w. Stantiford Ramstein All German cartoon offensive the family circus cartoon on june 9 was realty offensive As a practising Christian i fee the stars and stripes showed poor taste in publishing that particular instalment of the family circus. A Willie r. Peterson Lan Stuhl Germany editors note 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 Dally on this Page. All tetters 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 294b0, Apo a 09211. Or fax 06155-601 -463, Dan 348-8463. Commentary 1 True sports hero can t be a wife beater by John Owen maybe it should not have come As a Shock to learn o. A Simpson had a faithful fan right to the end. But its one thing to hear somebody voice support for the former football hero Quot despite Quot what he did. It is something else again to learn there Are those who Back him a a because of what he did. One such a a fan phoned the Dana Middleton show on Seattle s King radio shortly before police sought to arrest the former Heisman trophy w inner. He said Simpson s sex wife got a just what  he did no to say How he knew or where he gained this intimate inform a flon on a Complete stranger. What the caller really wanted to say was that when All else fails a Man is entitled to a a pop his wife. That a the verb he used to describe the wife beatings he readily admitted to. But he extended it to cover Simpsons alleged fatal assault on Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. Middleton was appalled. She should have been. Her revulsion is obviously shared by los Angeles District attorney Gil Garcetti who used his National press conference Friday to suggest that a lot of men Are capable of the same level of violence and that society docs not do enough to protect their victims. We All had a warning. But several years ago when Simpson pleaded a no contest to a charge of wife beating few people took notice it did not leave a lasting impression with me. Why because of the frequency of such complaints against professional athletes. Even when charges of wife beating were made Public the typical sports fan shrugged it off with the silent Hope that it would t Hurt the athletes performance at a critical time in the season. Believe me. That docs not overstate the tolerance sports fans have extended to men caught assaulting their wives. It seems preposterous that a professional athlete a of All people a should feel it necessary to prove his physical superiority Over his wife. If a football player belted some kid on the sidelines because he was a Little late delivering the Gato Rade head be disgraced shouted off the Field. But if its a wife in the a a Sanctity of the Home its somehow of. And if its of for a Star of the nil the Aba or major league baseball to a a pop his wife then it can to be too great a crime can it if Simpson is guilty of the crimes As charged then a monster lurked in the heart of a Man most of America admired. They knew . Simpson the football superstar the likable Guy who appeared in movies did sportscast and who served As the voice Ana face of commercials. Early in his career As a to personality he starred in one often shown commercial running through an Airport hurtling Luggage. The message was implicit. This was the greatest runner in sports. Nobody was going to catch or Stop . Simpson. The truth seems to be nobody understood him until it was Loo late. Seattle Post intelligencer