1986_12 The Daily Collegian December 1986

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Puppetry predicted
Dear Editor,
It is incredible the comparisons that
can be made between U.S. involvement
in Vietnam and the U.S. involvement
in Central America. The American
government has, in both cases, tried to
protect its own interests by fighting to
preserve democracy in these two
regions, while neither has wanted to
live in a society of Americanized
democracy. Nonetheless, the U.S.go¬
vernment has used, and is using, its
power and influence in attempts to
make the rest ofthe world more like the
United States, thus making it easier for
the U.S. to control tht upminjt of
communist regimes.
It scares me to think of the mistakes
we made in Vietnam. We went to the
aid of people who really didn't want
our help, because we were interested in
suppressing other forms of government. *
The U.S. government was intent on
giving the Vietnamese a democracy —
whether they wanted it or not. During
the 10 years that the United States
government was involved in the
Vietnam conflict, trying to protect
democracy. South Vietnamese were
tortured, raped and killed. On one
incident alone, Lt. Robert Calley and
his troops cold-bloodedly killed scores
of Vietmanese men, women and child¬
ren.
Now our government's attention has
turned to Central America and the
backing of the rebelling Contras of
Nicaragua. With the support of the
government that represents every
American citizen, the Contras have
tortured, raped and killed tens of
thousands in an attempt to overthrow
the elected Sandinista government. As
in Vietnam, hundreds of thousands of
Central Americans have become home¬
less during a struggle they neithei
understand nor want.
In February of 1982, Ronald Reagan
said, "In the commitment to freedom
and independence, the peoples of this
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hemisphere are one. In this profound
sense, wc are all Americans. Our
principles are rooted in self-government
and non-intervention.** Yet, through
intervention of the American govern¬
ment, the freedom and independence
of the Central Americans has been
limited in an attempt to make all the
peoples of this hemisphere think as
Americans. If the attempt is successful,
there will be ho self-government in the
countries of Central America because
these countries would be puppets ofthe
government ofthe United States.
Just as there were protests against
the Vietnam war, there are protests
against the war in Central America.
But today's protests aren't enough. As
ex-CIA agent David MacMichael said.
"This war will not be stopped, just as
Vietnam was not stopped, until the
people are in the streets by the hundreds
of thousands.1"
For the United States, democracy is
the best form of government. With this
in mind, the U.S. government is
attempting to force democracy on
Central America as it tried to do in
Vietnam. We cannot allow the govern¬
ment of the United States to force
democracy on the other peoples of the
world. Forced democracy is not a true
democracy — it is a close relative of
dictatorship!
Brian CT^nyder
Porn lambasted
Dear Editor, y
I'm writing in rcsponsc'to the article
that was published on Nov. 14 concern¬
ing pornography and the Meese report.
Pornography is an important topic
that is prevalent in American society
today. Much attention has been focused
on this issue lately causing many people
to become angry and defensive.
Christie Hefner asks in the article,
"How can they make laws against a
standard that is not even defined?"
How can she look at pornography as
an undefined standard? Pornography,
exploits and uses men and women for
the perverted pleasure of society. What
type of enjoyment could possibly come
from looking at hundreds of naked
people in positions'that are unflattering
to their bodies? Pornographic maga¬
zines use models to display their bodies
in a vulgar manner that debases the
person and uses them only for what
they physically possess. No intelligence
or worth is seen in any of these models.
What is their value?
The availability of pornographic
material to anyone who wants it needs
to be abated. When young children see
the human body displayed in vulgar
ways and the "models" showing no self-
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worth, they develop the wrong ideas
about what human sexuality really is.
Sex education should be taught at
home or in the schools where the right
information will be relayed, not from a
cheap, T-Wfy magazine. Too many
people have been raised with wrong
ideas about sex and a new generation
needs to possess the correct knowledge.
People in charge of pornographic
material and the like try to hide behind
the First Amendment. The First
Amendment granted freedom to the
press in orderTo help the people, not
disgust the people. These editors and
presidents in pornography hide behind
le First Amendment in order to make
a buck. This is wrong. They throw any
type of morals they have out the window
in order to earn the almighty dollar. Is
it really Worth it to exploit men. women
and children in order to buy that brand
new Mercedes? I don't think so.
Society needs to change the way it
thinks. I don't mean we need to ban
everything or place restrictions on any
article or magazine that deviates from
the norm, but we need to consider what
is right and wrong for the advancement'
of our society. Something needs to be
done. .   .
Kathleen Hays
Segregate seats
Dear Editor,
Now that the Bulldogs football
season is coming to a close, it is time to
start talking about changes. I'm not
talking about who will replace Kevin
Sweeney or what type of offense should
be run — I'm talking about changes in
stadium seating. The main focus of any
changes made should be directed at the
student section. The term "student
section" is used very lightly at this point
because there is simply no such secrion
devoted solely to students. Sections U
. and V..which.ajc.CaIlcd.tJ3eJ*siudcnt
section." are far from it. It is alarming
to go to the stadium and share a section
with non-students, particularly people
40 years old and up. I'm not trying to
be prejudicial or biased, but the entire
purpose of a student section is defeated
in this situation.
A student section should be a place
where students can congregate, yell,
scream and generally act loony. It is
very hard to get excited for the 'Dogs
wheasurrounded by older people, who
only frowriand yell, "Down in Front!!!"
Every major college in the United States
has a "students only" section so that the
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