European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 02, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 22 letters to the editor sunday october 2,1994 european edition col. Stevens. Hoffman Usan commander publisher a .-.,- Bernard a. Zov1stoski editor. News and editorial Bill Walker european aether Bob Wicker George Manet news editor sports editor City editor to write us unit 29480 Apoate 09211 Orost facett 1437 6427s, Darmstadt Germany news Tel fax 06155-601416 to callus 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 326l news bureaus Hii Deukro Kormany Effit Bathen room 11t, Rel Strw. 104,69129 hem Etbert Telephone on 370 70ioorelvhir�08221-23421. Germany Kevin Dougherty John Boomer anti Doyte nil run. 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Doe nol constitute endorse ment by the department of defense or the Slars and stripes of the products or services advertised censorship regarding the Banning of mtg i Public places in the Kaiserslautern Mili tary Community thank heavens there i someone but there who is Able to make choices for idiots like need to be protected from things that Are bad. I am not Able to experience things i Dori t agree with or understand i m glad i think that they re kicking to out of the gyms. There should t be a television in there anyway. There Are other things to do. Why not just have a stereo but Don play that heavy Metal because it s evil. And Don t play rap because that s no country music because it s filled with references to drinking alcohol. No reggae either because i can t dance to you could read something. But no adult magazines because they re de meaning to women. Or comic books be cause they Are a bad influence on Chil Dren. And Rio satire because it s wrong to make fun of people. Why not just have a conversation but Don t talk about certain religions because they Are not Christian. And no politics because it s not polite to make fun of the handicapped. Arid no talking about be a because it s icky.? Don t do say or think anything that might offend someone else. Is that shard. \ \ people have certain views about what s Good or decent. Don t worry if you Don tic now what those things Are somebody out there will make that decision for is the height of arrogance for one to profess to speak for the Good of All. Whats trash or trivia to one person might be of value or use to another. Justice wik Ham o. Douglas stated there can be no Freedom of expression in the full sense unless All facets of life can be portrayed no matter How repulsive the disclosures May be to some people the sole function of censorship is to repress. It is therefore lethal to the concept of Freedom of expression. The first amendment does not deactivate the moment a person or group decides some thing is offensive. It Speaks in absolute terms As a Protection against capriciously applied standards of what is acceptable. What has occurred in the Kaiserslautern military Community is that if i May be Able to think for myself is far More repulsive than any thing i would see on mtg. ". Pena Heidelberg Germany designated conscience in the military we have a designated everything from designated Drivers to designated smoking areas. Now it seems we Are to have a designated moral con science. Today i read general goes unplugged bans places " the reason for this ban is because the general thinks that some videos aired on mtg Are sexually suggestive in nature and in his opinion inappropriate for family use my opinion we As americans need to Stop depending on the thought police to handle our moral decision Mak ing process parents need to be More responsible in regulating what their families have Access to. As for Public places that s just what they ate Public. There Are things that occur in society that you cannot hide or ban from View. If it is inappropriate godparents should be Able to communicate with their children and explain certain things from their moral viewpoint. Now maybe the general feels that he Good family and Community values. But in a Way he is taking away a Opportunity for a Parent to be challenged for a female to voice her opinion if she feels something is inappropriate. Freedom of speech Freedom of express Ion it All hinges on the controversy and diversity of our society. When one Personis Able to regulate what we watch read and hear then our society will no Longe be diverse it will be the views of our designated moral conscience that willbe watched read and heard. Family values and political correctness both have their place and that place should not be determined by one individual but by All individuals in their hearts and free willed minds sgt Albert Mccluster hib Russum Netherlands time to help America. ,. I m deeply concerned about our inva Sion or occupation of Haiti. I understand that the haitian peppl6 were repressed and had not received who or what they had elected. I m concerned because i America we too have repressed people and people who have no received who or what they thought they had elected. Where is the .-led invasion or occupation in our Homeland people in America Are repressed by unemployment Lack of health care and Ever grow ing crime. Crime in America has grown to such Large proportions that the crime lords and gangs now could hold such titles As dictators or military tyrants Mak ing people afraid to leave their Homeland taking away America s own Freedom. We elect a few to represent the Many by what they say and what they Promise. One such politician promised healthcare jobs and Tough crime Laws. We voted and elected this person and his promises. We have not received these promises yet just As Haiti had not. Spec. David r. Lanc Vilseck Germany l to our readers let us know what you think a encourage our readers especially those who have never submitted a letter to write to us. Letters expressing readers View Points or opinions Are published Dally 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. Commentary serializing working rothers Lymarie Cochoit sprang from my 4-year-old s Mouth the other Day just after his errant behaviour had been punished with a week Long ban on eating m going to take away privileges Mommy he shot Back. You re going Tolose your going Back to work privilege that is How Matthew views my return to work after six months of maternity leave a privilege he d like to wrest from me As punishment. In his defiant anger he shot a guilt tipped Dart to my heart one i will try to uproot by going the extra is striking that this preschooler con siders his Mother s working life 4 for that is in essence what a Cou ple of grown up judges have Rule recently. This summer Jennifer Ireland a 19-year-old student at the University of Michigan lost custody of her 3-year-Olddaughter after she placed the toddler in Day care while she attended classes. A comb county circuit judge Raymond r. Cashon awarded custody to the child s father who intends to have his own Mother care for the Little girl while he the father would also be away from the child All Day seemed not to enter the judge s thinking. Only the Mother was penalized for this act or abandonment. Now comes the Case of Prost , a two career couple who failed to reconcile the demands of jobs an child rearing. In that Case Sharon Prost lost custody of her children to her former husband Kenneth Greene because a judge found her decision to pursue a career As a to Capitol Hill staffer Complete with Long irregular hours a Fate in this bending of traditional gender roles even women who thin they re winning end up losing in the end. I j Ful Choice that left family chores to Greene. That. Greene had used a child care enter and a Nanny even during two years in which he was voluntarily unemployed he d quit his Job because it was too stressful was overlooked. Details complicate these stories. But their essence is the same. It is about women who made choices few men have been asked to make and then were darn Ned for having Dorie so it is about the contradictory message sent to working women by a nation that relies on them to produce a healthy share of the Gross National product while pretending that this can be achieved wit few changes to that most Basic economic unit the family. Ireland is a Model of what the pub Lic says it wants though a teen aged Mother who bore a child out of Wedlock she kept the child no abortion live with her parents no Public Dole or subsidized apartment stayed in school not dropout and achieved honors and a scholarship. Indeed Ireland followed path that politicians of every ideological Stripe Are demanding of welfare mothers stay in school or get a Job. Put your children in Day care. Get of the Dole the realpolitik of family court does t enter the debate. Prompts downfall appears to have come when she and her former Hus band arranged their lives so she had the higher paying More demanding position and he had More regular hours and Farless pay. In this bending of traditional gender roles even women who thin they re winning end up losing in the end. Into this cacophony of mixed messages has come another chord More chilling than even the stories of Ireland and Prost. From the Wall Street journal comes the Story of Tina Miller Silverman a us air flight attendant. Upon learning that her child was ill with Chicken pox her Sitter unable to stay late and her Hus band unavailable Miller Silverma planned to Rush Home at the end of her last scheduled flight. Instead she was or dered to make another overtime flight which she did. But she argued first and for that she was fired. That Case is in arbitration. Heave help her if it Ever ends up in family court. for new Day. Based in washing a c new Day
