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Viewpoint 4 HT Friday, September 13, 1985 THE GAMECOCK Fumble! For the s; namiuu i Here's a new one for yc Republican Party, usually so a? in matters of media, eleetione riding and such, is fumbling ? football. It's a populist pigskin that hi back and forth between the c Reps. Carroll Campbell and Thi and the issue it represents is v GOP should tap as its gubernat bearer in the 1986 general electi Campbell's backers believe t election between him and Hartr .j:..:~: i wi. *i * i J - iu a uivisivc uaiuc mai wouiu c tual nominee so badly that he \ chance in the general election. Predictably, Hartnett ? the says that's hogwash. We agree. The Campbell idea runs thus head Hartnett off at the pass, might even win!" Exactly. That's democracy. But there's more here than : paranoia. The Campbell org betrays its poor grasp of South( We contend that an open Repi would strengthen a Campbell paign, for one simple reason: Republicans are Republican: something in the moss-ba Democrat" South, where a rm I J I gq U.S. must Racist South Africar threatens democratic Some have said the national de we should or shouldn't do about 5 strengthen or further erode the i upon which our society is built. Our Christian heritage that decli trinsic worth and dignity of all democratic values that rest upon are being tested in our relations Africa. The debate was over for me whe apartheid is and the extent to whicl within the Afrikaners' culture. Apa a large . ersion of the racial system the American South before the '6C Apartheid is in fact an enorn sopnisucaieu, moacrn system economic domination. It employs I ed technology and psychology, mu West, to regulate the lives of n Afrikaners. Because of apartheid's nature, must be sustained through psychological terror. Millions of I dying in the so-called homelands be considered citizens of the republic To live within South Africa an< citizenship is to be deemed som human because the expression < aspirations is "illegal" lor you. The laws and actions of the A rnent reflect the values of the 5 m who dominate the government and If this is true, the myth tha "constructive engagement" enter Afrikaners are "Western-like" ? i dangerous because it leads one to i simply an "error" (the word used theid in the July issue of f'orerur corrected through "friendly persui Apartheid, from the nersnective is not an error. The inhumane sy: tion is accomplishing exactly whal do: exploit the natural resources force non-Afrikaners to particip ploitation, and provide a psychc well-being for their psychopathic < This is clearly reflected in two African laws, the Internal Security rorism Act, which make expressi apartheid illegal. Because of this, it is a grave crr< Afrikaners as Westerners. Althou mpnf i<i mnrlHfH :?fr??r ?h<? Woci British ? it cannot function like ments, because Western ideas ab< and political freedom are nowh within Afrikaner society. Staff columnist Andy Dun with a letter to the editor, an If you have an opinion yoi I with the Carolina community The Gamecock. Letters must be typed, dou I include the writer's name ai number w here the writer may verification. ake of the ele deserves a fai )u: The state cuts to sav he's stutc nowadays pretty facc ? o ering, coattail- sway him. i vital political Or, put anotl won't vote for IV as been punted Campbell. Simi :amps of U.S. won't vote for omas Hartnett, Hartnett. yhom the state The political r\riol cton/lor/1 Q/"\t t Vi viiai oiauuaiu- UUUUIVI 11 L/wiiiuv, on. but an inch hat a primary Republicanism is ictt would lead deep. Simply rec ut up the even- of Southern sup vould stand no 1964 even in the Southern ? jugg : underdog ? We believe, in GOP side would j ty for the elephar : "We'd better alreadv-decided ' Good gosh, he didates running l certainly would b tinually shining c simple political But Democrats anization also Republican polit :rn politics. paranoia and . l_ I ? ... I _? Ionian primary ooogcymen simp general cam- "true believers." ignore common >. That means followers a choic ck, "yellow- And even if yo in has to have believe that's a si condemn ai I QVQtpm Therefore, there I oyolCIII is legal to ban or j 4 \;oil ipc apartheid. There < / VdluCo understand it in tt the South African bate about what strengthen racial >outh Africa will domination. deas and values ?"Law and ordc tive, means no one arcs 10 us inc in- meia. because oi men, and our entrenched within this declaration, position from th< .hip with South digenous black po| way of life. Oppo n I realized what white Africans' cu (i it is entrenched Anthropologist irtheid is not just to South Africa to that prevailed in the dominators, c >s. "morally crippled ri mi cits r*nmnl?v 1 i.v/u.m; vuilipivn, 31U1I3 IIIUI WUUIU I of racial and about human righ :he most advanc- It must be i ch of it from the Afrikaners, is noi nillions of non- norance. It is a vi our national ident the status quo tion and the Bill o violence and embodies and exp )lacks are slowly In all sincerity, cause they aren't them to change? A of South Africa. us if we continued j not be granted criminal system? I fining icss man suaac Americans sf basic human persuade the Afril By providing tl frikaner govern- from the engine illion Afrikaners already compromi run the country. them long-term lil t supporters of economic gain, tain ? that the Constructive en s dangerous. It is entertains the my /iew apartheid as that they share V to describe apar- makes us accompli rner) that can be investment fuels tl asion." I support ecoi of the Afrikaner, Africa because it I stem of exploita- ing of millions of t it was set up to doubtedly psycl of South Africa, Western investme ate in their ex- West has not only >logical sense of economic might, 1 :ulture. important South We should seve Act and the Ter- with them and bef ng opposition to economic develop Afrikaners, who > ar to perceive the of the new South igh their govern- assured that they > t ? namely the for supporting a Western govern- freedom. >ut human rights ere to be found Michael Piltcki Anthropology :an got his start Letters shoulc id so can you. writer is a studer i'd like to share of the communit , send a letter to All letters are editing. A 350-w Letters cannot b ble-spaced, and Send your < nd a telephone Gamecock, Dra\ be reached for umbia, S.C. 292 Let us know w ctorate, r chance a Republican. A Democratic r a primary defeat ? won't her way, a Hartnett backer like Daniel instead of Carroll larly, a Campbell partisan Phil Lader over Tommy scientist's axiom runs thus: ratic support runs a mile wide deep, while Southern only an inch wide but a mile all the perverse stubbornness port for Barry Goldwater in face of an incumbent ? and ernaut. i fact, that a struggle on the garner much more free publiciit party than would a ho-hum, "unity campaign." And canower on the Republican ticket enefit from the spotlight con?n their party for a change, may rest easy: The history of ics is rife with electioneering invicihlf? rnncniratnriQl ly waiting to pounce on the If history holds, the GOP will sense and deny the party's e. u're a Democrat, you have to lame partheid can be no free speech, because it ail those who show opposition to can be no law and order as we le West, because the function of lauic ic fA rnl? iuft j to iv viiiiviivii ttiiiiv i uiv auu 1 exploitation and economic r," from the Afrikaner perspec: is expressing opposition to aparthe extent to which apartheid is the Afrikaner culture, any opz West, the Soviets or the insulation is seen as a threat to their sition to apartheid threatens the Itural identity. Vincent Crapanzano, who went study the effect of domination on lescribes the Afrikaner as being unable to make moral decibe in accord with Western ideas ts. remembered that racism, for i jum a view or a rcsun 01 igtal part of their identity. Just as ity is expressed in our Constituf Rights, the Afrikaners' identity resses the laws of apartheid, can we really cxpect to persuade ,nd how seriously would they take to support, and profit from, their I think it would be easier to perto give up their liberties than to caners to give up apartheid. ie investment fuel and profiting of apartheid, Americans are sing the ideas and values that give berty in exchange for short-term gagement is unfeasible because it th that Afrikaners are Western, /estern ideas and values. It also ices in the crimes because Western he engine of apartheid. nomic sanctions against South takes the profit out of the sufferAfrican people, including the unlopathic Afrikaners. Because nt makes apartheid possible, the ' a moral obligation, but also the :o put an end to apartheid. r rmr wnnnmip ami nnlitipal tint ;in to inv st in the education and >ment of the millions of nonvill eventually become the rulers i Africa. In this way we can be vill not be antagonistic toward us tpartheid in their struggle for ney senior 1 also include whether the it, staff member or member y. printed and are subject to ord maximum is suggested, e returned. opinion to: Editor, The ver A, Russell House, Col25. /hat you think. All the world' Alt ' .'i RW1 A uan you pas I read in a rival newspaper a few days ago about some minimum competency tests administered in Florida before people are allowed to abandon high school. I think something like that would be useful before letting students bail out of USC. I even suggest some questions to test wnemer mc nopciui graduate nas gotten everything he deserves from the university. No. 1: The president of USC is i named: a) James Holderman; b) i Bob Haldeman; c) James ; Holdupman; d) David j Halberstam; e) Alexander i Hamilton; f) none of the above. The answer is f The enrrert answer is James B. Holderman. i You may think this is being very picky, and it is. But the object is to weed you people out, after all. No. 2: T.S. Eliot was: a) a writer discussed at great length in English literature class; b) a writer discussed at great length in American literature class; c) the misspelled alumnus for whom Elliott dorm is named; d) both a and b; e) both b and c; 0 both d an/) a C4IIV4 V# The answer is d, If you got this one right, but think Eliot is the one who wrote "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," you miss it anyway. If you got it right, and can recite "The Hollow Men" and identify with it, you get 15 extra points. No. 3: The first line of the USC alma mater is: a) We hail thee, Carolina; b) We like thee, Carolina; c) We think you're all s a stage... y s the (JSC 1 findy Duncan right, Carolina; d) We don't gag uncontrollably when we think of you, Carolina; e) We are the hollow men/We are the stuffed men, Carolina. The answer is a. If you answered e, and are just trying to make up for missing No. 2, forget it. We're wise to you. No. 4: Which of the following did not visit USC during the past year: a) Jim Lehrer; b) Jihan Sadat; c) Ira Koger; d) Dr. Spock; e) Mr. Spock; f) all of the above; g) none of the above; h) some of the above. The answer is h. Don't try changing your answer now, either. We have your name. . 5: John, exploring his room in Columbia Hall, finds two pounds of life-threatening usucmus in me liosci ana anomcr three pounds in the bathroom. How much asbestos is in John's room altogether: a) four pounds; b) five pounds; c) nine pounds; d) 12 pounds. The answer is d. John hasn't looked in the ceiling and under the bed yet. No. 6: When John tells the adEdltorln chlaf Ann Farmer Managing Editor Tracy Mlxson Copy Dt?k CMot Andy Duncan AMktaat Copy Dttk Chlaf Linda Taylor Kiwi Editor Marlsa Porto Assistant Hows Editors Jtri Howe Juliet Nader Spotlight Editor Roni Bea Kayne Assistant Spotlight EdHor Ed Chambllis ? gS/1 * II . trivia quiz? ? n 'm ministration about the asbestos, they will: a) remove it; b) refund John's money; c) move John somewhere else; d) smite John dead; e) none of the above, at ^ least for a while. The answer is e. In the meantime, they will place signs in each room instructing students to go to John's room in case of fire. No. 7: The news editor of The Gamecock is named Marisa: a) Porto; b) Pancho; c) Honcho; d) Groucho; e) Gepctto; f) Psycho; g) Mongo; h) Congo; i) Bongo; j) Bonzo; k) Tonto; I) Hi-Ho, Cherry-O. The answer is a. If you read past answer c, you flunk. It's freshman orientation and little gummed paper ID tags for you, buddy. If nnvhnst\) hnr /IM" mj Mily l/VM^ fiUJ on this or on any other issue raised in this column since the semester began, please drop me a line at the address found elsewhere on this page. I reserve the right to dip all mailings into a pail of water before opening them, and to hoot and jeer any opinions found therein. Sports Editor Gregg Lasky Auittont Sports Editor Jeff Owens \ Photoffophy Editor Joseph Garnet! 1 Auistint Photography Editor Ray Gronberg \ Advioor Bill Rogers s Diroctor Bill Clements fritetlN Lewis Covington Mark Armstrong