European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 16letters to the editor thursday july 28, 1994ihesamgffclpb european edition. Col Steven s. Hoffman Usan commander publisher a Bernard a. Zovistoski editor news and editorial Deborah Absher news editor Bill Walker european editor Bob Wicker sports editor a George Manea City editor to write us unit 29400 Apo a 09211. Grost faqs 11 14 37 64273 Dar Rystadt Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to Call us dial 06155-601 plus Extension or Dan 348-8 plus Extension As follows a 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. Business news ext. 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany Joseph Owenj room t 17, Rome str. 104, 69126 Heidelberg car 419. Hex 1310, Apo a 09102 Telephone. Dan 370-7010 or civilian 06221-23421 Lelela 06221-27239. 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European command a the appearance of advertising in this publication including inserts or supplements does not co jute endorsement by the department of defense or the stars  stripes of the products of services  your weapon to the Reader who wrote the Tongue. In Check letter about Banning knives i Bave one question. If you were a policeman responding to Stop a nut Case going crazy and trying to Hurt people would you rather he were armed with a knife or an Uzi machine gun a tech. Sgt. Kevin Rosel ram Stein a Germany harsher punishment the writer of Quot a the knives july 13 stated that the average citizen cannot use Good judgment does this Man think he is above everyone else if we the average citizen cannot make Good judgment Why Are our armed forces All Over the world fighting for our constitutional rights he also says to ban knives bats Scis sirs Etc. What is this Man thinking people kill people. If you take away All destructive objects you still have Hurt Ian Force. A the Root of the problem docs not lie in Banning everything it lies in societal discipline . Harsher punishment. A spec Robert e. Ishmael Iii Firth Germany a. A Quot. Class six revisited Well it has happened. My worst fears have been realized. On july 20 i was shocked to read an open declaration from Tom Moffat a military marketing consultant that Quot by consolidating the Bookstore the army and air Force Exchange service will make it work like they did with the class six  acknowledging that they intend to do to the previously Well run bookstores what they did to the previously Well run class six stores is highly unlikely to instill any sense of Comfort in potential customers. A a a. A As an example of How Well cafes is. Making it work with the old class six stores i offer the following recently i went to the shop Petty at Haine Berg shopping Center in Wiesbaden to Purchase some Bacardi rum. After waiting for two other customers to make their selections the tiny Corner they have for liquor Stockage is Only big enough for two people went in to pick up a bottle of Bacardi a there was none on the shelves. I then asked a shop Pette employee if there was any on Stock. A no that is one of our biggest Sellers and we arc completely out a was the reply. I inquired a since it  of your biggest Sellers do you think it might be a Good idea to increase your order a she replied a you know,.that might be a Good  Why do i somehow feel the cafes Book Marks May be run the same Way a Jodie Pool Wiesbaden German shop the Economy Loo. Cafes cafes cafes. Everyone is complaining about the service and supplies of army and air Force Exchange service. If you Are not satisfied with the service and supplies you receive then do something about it. Commander hot lines and general supervisors numbers Are not unlisted. It worked in our area. Improvements Are happening Stuttgart for example has seen major improvements from cafes in fact i know people who live in Heidelberg who come to Stuttgart to shop because its better stocked and has More variety. However cafes is not the end of the world. Be a smart consumer and shop around. Get off Post and learn the language. You a be surprised at the sales you can find. Even with the shrinking Dollar you can still get Good buys on the Economy if you shop around. A , Rektor Stuttgart Germany lop that Hilling Rowland nethaway a commentary in last mondays paper upset Mei the writer encouraged males to fight each other but not to hit women. The article was titled a bring Back some Basic rules for  maybe the writers father should have taught him not to hit anyone. It docs not matter if the person is male or female. When i was growing up i was instructed not to inflict bodily harm in anyone. I still stick by that Rule. Beth Miller Shefford Bedfordshire England c editor s note we encourage our readers a Espe daily 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 Mist 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 country code 49 06155-601463, Dan 348-8463.commentary . Will realize death penalty is futile when capital punishment finally disappears in the United states As it already has in most of the civilized world it will not be because majorities Fin Congress or in the 50 Legislatures were conscience driven to abolish it. It wont even be the result of a decision by some future supreme court packed to its rafters with liberals ruling that the penalty is cruel and unusual or More Likely impossible of fair application. And it wont be because As the death Row population continues to grow americans will finally begin. To recoil in horror at the inevitable number of cases in which new evidence recanted testimony or prosecutor Al misconduct reveals the questionable guilt or Complete innocence of growing numbers of people w to but for the Barest Chance would have been executed. It will be rather because reasonable people finally have sense enough to realize that the death penalty is an example of one More heavy handed government program that is expensive Cost ineffective inherently cumbersome bureaucratic and ultimately unworkable. Despite the occasional hanging electrocution or gassing the Long backlog of people sitting around waiting to get Fried a 769 in just California and Texas a will continue to multiply suggesting that killing civilians is simply not something a humane and enlightened government does very efficiently. The supreme court hastened this inevitability last month. On the same Day it upheld the California death penalty statute it also ruled in a Texas Case that state death Row inmates have much broader rights to Legal representation and to Appeal to Federal courts than previous rulings Nave suggested. The ruling was a shift away from a trend that Many death penalty advocates gleefully thought would have resulted in shortening the time Between the sentencing of prisoners and their execution. The current system a in which it commonly takes years and millions of tax dollars to execute a prisoner a is clearly flawed. The simplistic solution a streamlining the appeals process a has great attraction Only in the abstract. In individual cases courts governors and ultimately the Public will continue to err on the Side Robert Reno of postponement the Case Law will continue expanding the inequality and insanity of the system will become More apparent. There is another solution abolish the death penalty and let perpetrators of the worst crimes a Rich and poor Black and White a look Forward to a life in maximum Security incarceration. And putting aside arguments that the death penalty As administered discriminates against Blac people what nearly All executed people have in common is that they Are largely friendless and penniless. But for a minute imagine trying to administer the death penalty evenly in the killings of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman should it Ever come to that. The Money Legal Talent and publicity involved in this Case guarantee that such a sentence would be litigated into the next Century create vast new Legal precedents and lend the system to the malign influence of a sort of ongoing mob referendum yanked to death on television driven by opinion polls and celebrated on to shirts. Because it is so much neater and convenient to. Execute some repellent impoverished wretch nobody Ever heard of is the very reason a great nation  do it. C nowadays. Look Jbf amp my me in taixjn6 about it the he amp a hex amp Aco Pioppo can Caupe  0a7hanphippbe-h/np 7hemjorp5 a my opinion