European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 16. Letters to the editor wednesday november 23.1994 european edition col Stevens. Hoffman Usan commander publisher Bernard a. Zov1stoski editor news and editorial Deborah Abaner news editor Bill Walker european editor Bob wether sports editor Crry editor to write us unit 29480 Apo a 09211 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 Bathen. Room 117, Rome str. 104, 89115 Heidelberg Teton Ron on 370 7010 or civilian 06221-23421 Tel fax 06221-10554. 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Filthy language i think i be heard enough. Last night at the fitness Center on base i heard a spouse scream in front of her child for someone on her husband s soccer team to kick an opposing player in the last week a Young male family member at a youth soccer practice shouted vulgarities directly at me while i was coaching. During both situations i said something to the individuals then i started thinking. During my few Short weeks at this assignment i be heard this same Type of language from Many senior noncommissioned officers and offi cers. And this was t in the Case of Pri vate conversations or meetings behind closed doors. This was at base introductory briefings senior enlisted adviser meetings and other base functions. From what i be heard it s no wonder these family Mem Bers mentioned use the filth that they do. I believe people can express them selves without profanity much More effectively than with it. People whose Lan Guage is so repro Chable really just prove that they can t express themselves very 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 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. Being a Leader in today s air Force is a privilege for myself that carries Many responsibilities. It s a serious thought that we represent the air Force and our country every single Day. I strive to con duct myself in a dignified manner in my official capacities and in interacting with youth especially with my Choice of words. It seems to me to be an important enough subject to be concerned with an not just a question of style. I suppose that some people think that being concerned about this Type of Lan Guage is old fashioned and maybe i should t expect anything better. But i these Days of Quality air Force is there any room for Quality speech it s some thing to think about master sgt. Christopher l. Thomas Raf Croughton England be a Little considerate once there was a Man who was stand ing in line at the commissary. The tally of his groceries would have taken 30 seconds if the cashier Dawdle. However in front of him a shopper had $50 in Cou Pons. So the Man behind the shopper had to wait is minutes before his groceries could be processed. The same Man went to the four sea sons to buy a Roll of film. But one cashier was writing out the laborious paperwork apparently necessary to buy a new cashier was Busy explaining the details of a to. Thus the Man waited 10 minutes to buy a Roll of film. Then the Man went to the movies on base. He realized As the movie progressed that children were running Upland Down the aisles. A baby began to bawl. So the Man knew that he was get Ting More for his Money. Not Only did Heget to watch the movie but he also got to witness the ongoing drama in the theater. In All fairness to the above mentioned agencies this kind of thing happens a lot and anywhere on Caserma Eberle. The moral of the True Story is this consideration is contagious and it can be assumed the opposite is the Case. It May not be fair to expect Cashiers and manag ers to be the police of the inconsiderate. How hard would it be to see someone with 30 seconds Worth of groceries and a Roll of film and put that person ahead of someone with a 15-minute need if the shopper with $50 in coupons and the Par ent with the unsupervised children can t show regard for others who s Hurt by it the shopper with 30 seconds Worth of groceries. The customer who Only wants to buy a Roll of film. The moviegoer who has to put up with other parents unsupervised children that s who. Sgt. 1st class Brady Shoemaker Vicenza Italy special delivery although i believe the Apo is far from perfect i could not resist responding to a recent letter. My husband and i Are from Central Iowa and we subscribe to our weekly Hometown newspaper the car Lisle citizen. I received the nov. 3 edition on nov. 9. This 16-Page paper is folded in the Middle. It is not stapled or taped and yet it arrives unscathed Complete wit grocery store inserts arid Cable to fliers. Not bad for $15 a year. Germany Pilot doing his Job my name is Maria. I am 11 and go to school in Erlanger. I was Reading a letter about the Downing of the Black Hawk helicopters which asks is there any Dif Ference Between what it. did and a Drunken Driver unintentionally hurting his victim of course there is a big difference. I feel that the Azacs were More at fault and it. Col. May was Only doing his duty. And anyway what would the army have done if those helicopters were iraqi and it. Col. May did t shoot them Down Maria Noeth Erlanger Germany commentary by the Washington Post behind the personal drama of a american woman s search for her miss ing guerrilla husband in Guatemala lies apolitical drama that has unfortunately been obscured. Not that they Are unrelated. Jennife Harbury s so far unavailing quest for of rain Bamaca Velasquez illustrates for an International Public a Lack of official accountability All too familiar to the families of the Large numbers of guatemalans killed or disappeared at official hands. But the larger event of Guatemala s incipient Effort to put aside its violent past also is part of the picture. The armed forces Are corrupt and make the old Al Salvador s armed forces the killers of the jesuits look Well behaved. Import Ned by Harbury a lawyer from Washington the army has dodged and lied and failed to provide verifiable facts about the missing Man. Some parts of the human rights Community in Guate Damhave supported Harbury s Campaign which entailed a monthlong hunger strike outside the National Palace. Others have noted that Bamaca is not a typically innocent guatemalan civilian victim of army terrorism but a member fan organization identified with violence. No matter. It is Worth it to have the military on the defensive at this moment when a renewal of Guatemala staking fragile Root. The government of Ramiro de Leon Carpio a former human right ombudsman has been negotiating with the guerrillas on human rights the role of the armed forces the place of the majority indigenous Peoples refugees and Salvador like truth commission other issues Are to come. It s Tough going de Leon is a minority president and the armed forces unlike Al Salvador a Are not vulnerable to american pressure having been Cut off years ago. ,. A a but it s going. The cold War began in this Hemi sphere in Guatemala in 1954, when the United states helped topple an elected leftist government that was beginning to take up the very questions returning to the National Agenda Only now. Except this time the United states is supporting not subverting the guatemalan popular will As a formal Friend of the talks welcomed by both sides. The renewal process is about ending the War that caught up Bamaca and Many others. his single Case does not Len itself to being made a test of .-Guate Malan relations. A fair result is likelier if the military can make the necessary concessions not to the United states in which event nationalistic hackles Rise but to . Human rights monitors an option no opening. bunk we a Ginny make up Kall to. Bunks w j757 Guy Yousa Yany 7hin6/nyouk
