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16 is typical of stars and stripes Bias against Christian conservatives stripes ran the post5s Call for the general to reach a bit higher while the opposing View of columnist Chuck col son did just that he reached out from the highest authority and correctly stated the Case against the Media backlash this is another sign that we live in an age that no longer believes in objective truth or a moral order moral relativism is the Rule and personal preference Trumps All and government is there to ensure that no one place any restraint on the Pursuit of our own desires crime of conviction general Pace and morality break Point commentary March while we Are on the Issue of immorality the reason dont ask dont Tell dont work is that it promotes the misconception that what you do in private remains private the simple truth is you can not sin in isolation since retiring from the Marine corps in 1994 and serving As a local pastor on Okinawa since 971 can attest to the enor Mous increase in sexual promiscuity in our armed forces i attribute most of this to the philosophical mindset of a dont ask military encouraging our leaders and troops to live a lie is leadership run amok maj Gen John a Lejeune definition of leadership remains the Benchmark of what our country needs today military leadership is the sum of those qualities of intellect human understanding and moral character that enable a person to inspire and to control a group of people Success fully morals matter it col to Russell retired Okinawa City Okinawa rantings need a disclaimer Ive seen several letters about Why Ann Coulters column should remain in this newspaper i read her March 19 opinion piece Reed victim of a civil Dis about All the failures at Walter Reed army medical Center which she blames on the democratic party and the civil service system according to a March 11 article in the Washington Post the scandal Over treatment of outpatients at Walter Reed army medical Center has focused Atten Tion on the army decision to privatize the facilities support workforce at the Hospital a move commanders say left the building maintenance staff under manned some democratic lawmakers have questioned the decision to hire Zap worldwide services a contractor with you think stars and stripes welcomes you comment up editorials and that Are published the newspaper and values tetters on topics of Imp Tance in the lives of our readers All letters rest lie signed roust include  or base please jims ail otters we Reserve tote right to edit a Fetters lengths taste and of arty Send your letters to us mall International Maik readers forum stars and stripes stars and stripes m347 rope Ngi tjm45gq2 in Atoki Apo a 963375002 Tokyo 106g032 Dan 2293271 fax from outside Jan country code f 81 3 i connections to the Bush administration and to Abr a Halliburton subsidiary this administration has been in office for More than six years and it amazes me How some people still blame Bill Clinton or the democratic party for All the coun try problems if Coulters column is going to continue in stripes maybe the editor should put a disclaimer on her rantings to state that this is entirely her very biased opinion and not necessarily based on facts either that or move her articles to the comic Section Bob Carper Mannheim Germany Coulter shows her bigotry several readers have written against removing Ann Coulters column from stars and stripes arguing that doing so would violate the first amendment and her right to free speech these readers display a misunderstanding of the Constitution they have sworn to defend if our government jailed Coulter for her remarks fined her harassed her fam ily or compelled Amazon com to Stop sell ing her books free speech advocates would have reason to complain All of these Are examples of censorship which we must vigorously resist we should never allow our government to prevent a citizen from saying something no matter How outlandish however none of these things has happened what has happened is that certain privately owned newspapers have decided that Coulters column is no longer for them this is their right in fact it would be a bizarre and Gross violation of free Dom of the press if it were forced to continue to run her column stripes readers should be exposed to the broadest variety of opinion to doonesbury present the same old views each week would be a disservice by All Means give us Liberal columnists who criticize Condo Legezza rices failed Middle East diplomacy and give us conservative columnists who criticize Joe Lieberman vote against Banning same sex marriage but the moment a columnist applies a racial slur to Rice or an Antisemitic insult to Lieberman that writer stops arguing rationally and enters the territory of bigotry it is also the same moment that writer would be looking for a new Job Coulter has loudly staked a claim in this territory and is mature enough to Deal with the consequences drop her column doing so is not censorship it is the Day today administration of a newspaper that purports to be taken seriously it cmdr George Dolan Camp Speicher Iraq a limit to liberals tolerance in writing in response to wont sit Down for standup letter March where yet another proud Liberal urges stars and stripes to censor Ann Coulters column by having it removed the letter writer claimed there Are cer Tain constants in life death taxes and when Coulter int getting enough publicity she denigrates and ridicules those on the left Well i have one to add to the list myself liberals intolerance of anyone who Doest think just like them i thought being a Liberal meant being Toler ant of other people and thought i guess liberals tolerance Only extends to those who think exactly like they do the writer asked that stripes replace Coulter with another Good responsible conservative columnist would that columnist be Good and responsible like Arianna Huffington that truly laugh Able Huffington is one of the most outrageous and absurd columnists on the left who has made equally offensive com ments about president Bush and anyone on the right where Are the writers Calls for Huffington column to be removed i guess were Back to the intolerance Issue its real simple if you dont like a per sons column dont read it you dont try to censor another persons first Amend ment right because you dont agree with their viewpoint Petty officer 3rd class Mike Jones Camp Patriot Kuwait lumping everyone together to the writer of Coulter out of step with gis getter March you do not speak for me please do not indiscriminately Lump everybody together with your beliefs rather than use the words we soldiers sailors airmen marines use the words me myself and i chief warrant officer 3 Kenton Groombridge Campari fjan Kuwait by Garry Trudeau you cant really Jhun Pap swoops inamppack5 her off id land of latfc5 who