European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I Page 18 letters to the editor wednesday september 28, 1994 european edition col. Steven s. Hoffman Usan Corn Unander publisher Bernard a. Zovistoski editor news and editorial Deborah a or news editor Bill Walker european editor Bob Wicker sports editor George Manes. City editor to write us unit 29480 apoae09211 Orost Facell 1437 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. 208,400. Education Jimi Jones ext. 226. Business news ext 326. News bureaus Heidelberg Germany Effle in Treen room 117. Rome str. 104, 69128 Heidelberg Telephone Dan 370 7010 of civilian 06221-23421. Kaiserslautern Germany Kevin Dougherty John Bohmer and Doyle Tillman. 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The piece sought to highlight the pervasiveness of gun toting by adolescents in new York City. Some statistics were provided Courtesy of a new York City Council Survey to illustrate the extent of the problem. The article related that of 800 youths surveyed 295 or More than one third had carried a gun at one time or another and 99, or one sixth continue to do so. Unfortunately for the new York City Council in addition to having a problem with kids and guns they also have a problem with Basic math 99 is approximately Ohe eighth of 800, not one sixth. In the larger scheme of things i suppose it s irrelevant which fraction of new York youth one is mugged or shot by. By the Way Sloppy math the new York City Council arid juvenile gunslingers Are not covered by Clinton s crime Bill. Mid night basketball anyone Jim Purkhiser Rhein main a Germany to our readers let us know what you think we encourage our readers especially those who have never submitted a letter to write to us. Letters expressing readers View Points or opinions Are published daily on this Page. All letters must be signed and include address and Telephone number. Send to letters to the editor the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. Or fax country code 49 06155-601-395, Dan 348-8395. We Reserve the right to edit letters for clarity length and taste lighten up maps in response to the letter help make maps finer sept. 13there is inherently something wrong with people who want to make their life s work that of catching people doing something wrong. The problem with most installations is intimidation by traffic kids with a Speed gun. I feel harassed every time i go on Post. You can t turn a Corner without seeing a radar gun and generally the speech limits Are too slow anyway. Lighten up with the radar guns and the attitude that it s your life s work to keep the population straight. Alfong ruse Rio Vil seek Germany leave Nixon alone i be somehow grown accustomed to the cheap shots journalists take at american leadership but i was floored by Pat Oli Phant s ghoulish political cartoon depict ing former president Nixon in hell scheming with the Devil about a political comeback in 96 and How both he and the Devil could take Over if successful. Incredible. Does Oliphant still Harbor such consuming hatred for the former president that he feels compelled to de Monize him even after his death is there no measure of compassion left in his heart for Nixon s family let the Man rest in peace. Chief master sgt Fred scantling Stuttgart Germany commentary naked truth is Filori i Olence acceptable by Caroline Brewer what is there about sex love and Romance that so much More offends or bores the Public than a Bullet Between the eyes a broken neck with sound effects or a knife twisted in someone s belly where s the proof that americans would rather make love than soak up Gore ,. " a the soon to be released Jason s Lyric an Independent film that features a Romance Between a Young Black couple and has its share of Urban warfare is beg Ging these questions anew. Neophyte filmmaker Doug Mchenry feels his Urban love affair was victimized twice by the Anonymous classifications and ratings Board of the motion picture association of America better known As the ratings Board. The first hit taken by Jason s Lyric was Over a scene in which the male Star Allen Payne is making love to his female co Star Jada pin Kett. As the two Are engaged Payne Rolls Over and his Hind Side is revealed. The Board went into High Dud Geon. The exposure of Payne s buttocks had to be erased or the movie would have been slapped with an nc-17 rating a financial kiss of death the second hit came in the poster to advertise the film. The original shows Pinkett and Payne in a poignantly roman tic embrace. She s leaning Back with her Bare arms and legs wrapped around his Bare Chest. Nothing is shown beyond his lower Back and Pinkett s full leg ise dressed next to his Side the ratings Oard put a big Circle with an x across that design. Whether it s because of Money or the Public s appetite the ratings Board and Hollywood s studios seem to have no Lim its on How much blood they will allow to be let and served up As Art. In natural born killers Oliver Stone had the Gall to include a scene in which a prison Warden is decapitated and his head is carted around on a stick by his killers. That was a bit too gratuitous for the ratings Board but the scene is emblematic of the fare moviegoers will feast upon in killers. The Issue is hot that a Man s or Wom an s nudity is essential to convey the act of lovers making. Many sex scenes in movies Are designed for titillation As is the Vio Fence. But the difference in what the rat Ings Board and the Public will tolerate is the key As is the potential for disturbing or harmful effects on the viewing Public be it adults or children. When the Board and the Public unflinchingly support movies such As killers by the ton while simultaneously rejecting honest displays of sexuality youngsters do indeed get the message. Caroline Brewer is an editorial writer for the Dayton Dally news c Cox news service95 could bring a tie that binds Senate by Steve Langdon congressional quarterly for a new definition of gridlock consider what might happen next year if the . Senate is split 50-50 Between democrats and republicans. Republicans would need a net gain of just six seats to tie up the Senate and pundits at this Point believe such a pick up is Well within the realm of possibility in the nov. 8 elections. One person who will be watching the count closely is vice president Al Gore he would have to spend a lot More of his time shuttling to the Capitol to break ties if the Senate is evenly divided. Although the vice president has been prepared to vote on several occasions he has had to do so Only three times since taking office. Gore voted twice last year on budget issues and just once so far in 1994 on an amendment to an appropriations Bill. In the event of a 50-50 split his vote presumably would be needed More often especially on procedural matters which often draw party line votes. The vice president also would enable democrats to maintain control of the Senate in other ways. With 50 senators and the vice president democrats would pick the Senate s majority Leader and committee chairmen. But the gop might not accept minority status when it comes to their representation on committees. Party ratios for committees Are not detailed in Senate rules but Are negotiated Between the two parties. They could ask for an equal number of democrats and republicans on the committees says Thomas e. Mann director of governmental studies at the Brookings institution. Norman a Ornstein a congressional scholar at the american enter prise Institute predicts that a 50-50 partisan split would touch off a furious search for converts. Either party would prevail if one member switches party and any change in the membership during the 104th Congress could potentially change everything. Distributed by Scripps Howard news service pharjtfacizt61lb�kt Wax Haphia Renough. Its not Mir i m tionprug6is7. I you la. _ run Ofa no60. Oil Youav Noth Ungto . Your 2o. Too 5q it. 5upbr. Pharmacy is 5oin6 to act a5 a pram for w 6oq" soft. Pru6 7