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doesn't make attacks right
Americans should not be so concerned with terrorism
directed against the U.S. while terrorism is
taking place right in our own back yard.
While the U.S. government is pondering over how
to combat terrorist attacks directed against us in
foreign countries like Lebanon and Iran, our native
terrorists are bombing abortion clinics and justifying
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Bombing buildings does not sound like something
God would advocate, and this is the type of senseless
destruction our ministers and politicians speak out
against whenever they can.
Why? Because sooner or later someone is bound to
be killed or hurt.
The aftermath of a Washington, D.C., abortion
clinic bombing left the windows in two nearby apartment
buildings in shards. The people living in these
buildings were innocent individuals, menaced by
Bible-toting groups who claimed they advocate the
preservation of life. That is hard to believe, considerine
that thev are endaneerinp thr livp? nf r?th<?rc
pic who are here on this planet right now.
Other right-to-lifers use less violent, but equally
appalling methods to state their case. Protesters
regularly picket outside of clinics, screaming at patients,
playing tapes of crying babies and waving
posters of aborted fetuses.
These people with a mission seem to forget that not
every woman who walks into a women's clinic is
planning on having an abortion. Many of the underprivileged
go to these places for regular check-ups,
birth control devices or simply for information,
because the services are often free.
The question of whether it is right for a woman to
decide to have an abortion may never be answered in
our society, but it is up to pro-lifers to stop their harrassment
and violence.
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Leslia Dunton, Editor-in-chief
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To the editor:
How can you, John Deiner, sit on
top of your high horse and accuse Bernard
Geotz^he "Subway Vigilante," of
having a "sadistic streak the length of
the subway system." Have you never
experienced the subwav svstem in New
York City?
If you had, I'm sure you would have
changed the tone of the malicious article
you wrote in the editorial section of
The Gamecock last Monday, about
Bernard Geotz and vigilantes in
general.
New York City is probably the most
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Empty spaces remain The co iuter stoi
IPs bid-screening com- in, but liow often
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month from the eye
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mall committee, but nient and can be
because the rent is too Students do have clc
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rink machine. Those And a print shop i
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mall ? across from to replace services
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crime-ridden city in America, and the
subway is worse. Rapes and murders
are so numerous that few ever even
make the local news. Let alone the
countless muggings and violent
attacks.
I have ridden the subway a number
of times during my life and have encountered
several scarey experiences. I
can't blame the people, who use the
subway on a daily basis, when they
start carrying hand guns and other
weapons.
I personally believe in gun control
and the noble idea that no citizen has
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the right to take the law into his own
hands. But not all people are as fortunate
to live in an ara where crime,
rape and murder arc not at the back of
their mind every time you take a step
out the front door. Some even live in
constant fear of it happening in their
own home.
I don't praise Bernard Geotz for
what he has done, nor do I condone it.
I find his actions merely the logical
outcome of a horrible situation, which *
exists for many urban dwellers whenthe "
law becomes ineffective.
Robert Notion
Computer Science sophomore
Vigilante right;
not '<embarrassing'
mbarrasses U.S." writes John Deiner.ls
gush lung blood and intestinal fluids all
shirt and docksiders from multiple
ounds? John Deincr sneers at "one
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law into his own hands."
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subway is more qualified than a managUSC
college newspaper or myself to
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