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to critii
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Defense Ministe
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Shantilla, they
Christian phala
with the Palestir
Israel's pohti<
have acted to stc
report condemn!
and stop the mas
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examine and c
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has shown
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involved in the
criticize themsel
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camps is an exa;
to exercise its re
could have easily
failure to act has
the press.
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xiciiicui u uups ue
left before the sit
yet no one has <
leaders who ordei
Israel's inquirii
and Shantilla sh
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criticism of certa
who appear to ca
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stitutions and as
demanded as mi
the Israelis.
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issues.
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in negative cai
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presidential el<
however, such li
formed PACs.
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negative campa
the way politics
North Carolina,
negative ads a
leader of the Ne^
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redirects voter:
qualifications of
stand on a singl<
such as those the
So it came as
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uiuciuss i or Ij
nomination said
tributions from ]
Colorado, and f
Mondale disavow
separate stateme
Hart expresse
when he said, "I
to citizens than P
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political process
maybe the best
elected without 1
powerful special
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on
ias couraae
cize its army
nission of Inquiry has placed
ibility for the massacres at the
ilia refugee camDS uoon several
i Israeli government, including
r Ariel Sharon.
>ion concluded that, although
did not kill anyone at Sabra and
were in a position to stop the
ngists from settling old scores
lians.
sal and military leaders should
>p the killings. The commission's
s them for failing both to foresee
jsacres.
Israel for her willingness to
criticize her institutions, parlitary.
Given the Drestiee most.
W A
;o the military, the commission
courage and integrity.
yish that other parties indirectly
massacres were as willing to
ves for their actions.
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utiitjr o iciuoai tu ^clllUl tilt?
mple of another party's refusal
?sponsibilities. Lebanese troops
r prevented the massacre. Their
received very little attention by
al of American, French and
ars examination. They clearly
uation in Beirut had stabilized,
questioned the wisdom of the
red this untimely withdrawal.
QQ into tVlD moooont?nf< ?f C"I
ww uiw uiv iiictooav^iCO ctl OdUI ~<A
lould prompt more than just
si's political institutions or
tin individuals, such as Sharon,
rry most of the blame. Instead,
ike us examine our own in;k
ourselves why we have not
ich of ourselves as we have of
/ mindedness
iCs' efforts
candidate on the basis of a
;enseless.
)n Committees are potentially
lse they often focus on one issue
promote candidates who agree
rdless of their stance on other
is, PACs often become involved
moaienint? ? ninnincr nHc of
r -o o . v....u..b ?w uv
ate while not supporting anyone,
pported conservatives in the 1980
ection. Soon after the race,
berals as George McGovern also
ce of single-issue politics and
igning is threatening to change
il campaigns are conducted. In
a PAC is starting a series of
gainst Sen. Jesse Helms, the
v Right.
ampaigning obscures issues and
s' attention from the overall
a candidate to that candidate's
B issue or a narrow set of issues
i Moral Majority supports.
welcome news when two canhe
Democratic presidential
I they would not accept conPACs.
Both Sen. Gary Hart, Dormer
Vice President Walter
wcu me use oi iunas m
>nts.
d the wisdom of his decision
t's time we paid more attention
ACs."
lians adopted this attitude, the
would be vastly improved and
qualified candidate could get
bending his beliefs to that of a
interest group.
-letters
Inner conflii
Editor:
I write now to publicly lament in
resounding voice, and to make all
members of this university community
aware, that its greatest
tradition is expiring as they read this
and due to an internal cancer is near
death. On Tuesday, I witnessed the
resignation of perhaps the final
reasonable, dedicated and sincere
memDer ot tne uiariosophic Literary
Society. This event is of no small
import and is to be noted by all.
On that evening, the last in a series
of six or seven loyal members quit the
once great literary society and left it
in the hands of those who were and are
the agents of its destruction. From the
appearance of its condition, given the
attitude of its membership ? consisting
of six officers and two others ?
the society which formerly reigned in
the minds of Carolina students and
alumni as the heart, nay, the very soul
: :i- ?- ? ? ~
vi uus university, is iimsnea. senselessly
and irresponsibly
degenerated. Reduced to a mere
sham.
The reasons the Clariosophic
Literary Society collapsed are
numerous, but they nearly all lie in
the deliberate and immature failure
of its members to even attempt to
fulfill its tradition, its constitutional
requirements: the free exchange of
ideas, worthy and stimulating public
debate and promoting a literary,
Abortion iss
about exacl
Editor:
Just wanted to write in response to S
of Feb. 7 to say thanks for informing n
I was apparently "a type of par;
(mother) decided I was "benign" an
herself of what could have been a "ma
to let me live.
I have difficulty in understanding hi
can speak in such a "technical" way.
the scientific community agrees th
ception. If it does not, then at what poi
it pass from non-life to life? The argui
able to live on its own is not valid
developed newborn infant will die if le
most helpless life-forms known.
In tVio U/~ll P? ? *- " '
aia Uic rrun oireei journal article 01
4'Ten Years After The Abortion Decis
points out that "whatever one may tl
abortion, the court's decision 1
mistaken...time has only served to ei
and to indicate its gravity."
A ' 4
uaouaitu gUCS UI1 lO SHy 11131 & right
be found or reasonably interpreted fro
indicates that the decision goes h
society's respect for individual life ar
ethic. He concludes that "in Roe vs.
wrong ? seriously wrong."
A decision like this hints at fui
relativistic value system concerning
fanticide and euthanasia. When will s
will speak for those who cannot speak
wmmmmmmmmBBurnrnm \ m?
^bMK VQM
:t plagues Cla
political, even philosophical arena
and temoer of mind nmnna th??
student body.
ITS MEETINGS in that hall
(Legare), which once rang with the
impassioned pleas of Hugh Swinton
Legare, Wade Hampton and Jonathan
Maxcy, are now reaucea 10 games 01
petty infighting, to flares of conflict
between the society's leading personalities,
to exercises in
parliamentary nihilism by way of
ubiquitous objections and points-oforder
when any newcomer speaks
against the views held by the membership,
and to utter and groundless
shibboleths that pass under the guise
of literary debate.
Hence, the society draws no new
members; thus it stagnates and will
die in its cancerous condition. As its
recently resigning members have all
cried, the society they quit is no
longer the society they joined, nor is it
any facsimile of the illustrious and
vital association it once was.
Would that such a regrettable event
had never occurred! Would that such
a day had never dawned upon the
lawns of this dear campus! But dawn
1 that day has, and whatever chance
remains of reviving and restoring the
venerable character of the
Clariosophic Literary Society is
slight.
?ue raises moi
t time human I
will defend the defe
1. Garnett Hand's letter ^es> *s an *ss
le that before my birth,
asite"and my "host"
d therefore did not rid
lignancy," but decided *
I
ow a journalism senior |
A significant portion of
at life begins at connt
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ment that not until it is News K<mor
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link of the morality of Opinion Page Editor .
LO years ago was
mphasize the mistake I Newsroom
Business Office
to an abortion cannot The Gamecock welco
m the Constitution. He editorials must be type\
eadlong against this letters should be no
id the Judeo-Christian limited 10 on<> newswo.
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RULYGBFttW?
iriosophs
Once, I contemplated joining the
society to make it better, to reform its
ways; but, sadly, one is not enough.
Perhaps ten, perhaps fifteen serious,
concerned, articulate students could
a. a ? a- 11 * ?
ciiier anu re-create me oia society.
PERHAPS THE avid effort to
communicate with one's fellow man,
to formulate sound ideas and then to
proclaim them will arise to save the
literary society. I only hope that I am
here to witness this.
I had always believed the society,
could bear better fruits than it has in
recent years. I now grieve the loss of
such belief. I grieve more, however,
- that 177 years of inspired literary
tradition should come to its end
because of the irresponsibility and
blind inanity of its present membership.
I fear most of all, though, that the
decease of this formerly grand and
significant literary society is but a
-belated symbol for the death of the
true spirit of active, liberal education
at Carolina ? a spirit that makes
itseit manifest vocally and
passionately in halls like the one
whose doors shall soon be closed. Yet,
I pray that my fears are false.
David Wiles
Baccalaureus Artium at Sciantiae junior
South Carolina College
al questions
life begins
nseless?
ue on which we will not back down.
Cliff Hull
Chemistry graduate student
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