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America's bombing of
Libya should be labeled a
childish flexing of military
muscle.
Leaving emotions out of the
issue, the facts justifying the
attack are slightly murky.
President Reagan has said the
bombing was prompted by
^ evidence that Libya was
responsible for recent terrorist
actions. If this is true, why
hasn't the press been told of
more evidence other than undisclosed
phone calls from
Libya to its embassies abroad?
Apparently, the president is
trying to win support for the
attack by stirring the emotions
of a nation weary of terrorism.
It is an argument that is
~ been used before. In a naP
tionally televised address a few
weeks ago, Reagan displayed a
picture that he said showed
Nicaraguan government officials
loading narcotic drugs
for export to the United
States. Three days later, officials
within the Reagan administration
said there was no
proof to support those
allegations.
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tion's evidence is as 'concrete'
No Geraldo,
we don't have
a vault here
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA)
AAAAGH!" Jeffr ''Shrews"
Shrewsbury screamed-in a loud
voice, exploding the quiet in the
newsroom. "I can't believe I watched
the whole thing!"
I didn't know whether he had
seen SAGA workers prepare one
too many bean burritos or
whether he was talking about the
couple he was watching make out
at the table on the patio of the
Russell House on Monday
P afternoon.
Tom Gatto yelled at Shrews.
"Stuff it Shrews! There's work to
be done!"
That said, Tom was able to
continue making his paper
airplane.
It was a slow news day Tuesday,
especially for Shrews. He
was complaining about the two
hours he had wasted the night
before, watching ex-ABC
newsman, ex-20/20 correspo'n|
dent and now ex-gravedigger
Geraldo Rivera tunnel through
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lot of fascinating dirt looking for
gangster A1 Capone's hidden
vault at his ex-pad, the Lexington
Hotel in Chicago on live television
(by the way, they didn't find
diddlely-squat).
The problem with slow news
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if violence
as that used against the Sandinistas
in Nicaragua, the
United States may not have
justification for bombing
Libya.
Even if Libya is the international
center of terrorism as
Reagan reports, last week's
bombing will only lead to
more terrorist attacks. Moammar
Khadafy now has a reason
to attack innocent Americans
and Britons, whether they
favored the attack or not.
By deciding to attack Libya,
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to be caught in a
dangerous, violent cycle.
America is known to be a
proud country ? one that
does not stoop to its enemy's
lows. This image was blasted
as were last week's targets of
our F-lll attack planes.
It is indeed a terrible example
the United States government
is setting. Reagan has
often borrowed the description
of America as "the shining city
on a hill." Last week's decision
to attack, made hastily by
men who did not think out the
consequences of their actions,
dims that light Reagan is so
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days is that you can never be sure
what is going to happen next.
What happened next was that
Geraldo and a bunch of the
unemployed Chrysler assembly
workers (deported from Chicago
with Rivera) burst in the door
and exclaimed, "We've taken
sonar readings of this newsroom
and we think that behind one of
these walls is Bill Foster's vault!"
Shrews passed out.
Will Shrews ever regain consciousness?
Was he ever conscious
before? Will Geraldo find
anything in the newsroom? Tune
in same Bat-time, same Batchannel,
to find out the answers
to these and other questions that
have plagued mankind for
centuries!
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quickly forgotten once the iron grip of a communist
dictator has been established.
Most Marxist-leaning sympathizing professors,
while sincere in their beliefs, have
fallen victim to the communist propaganda
machine and unwittingly have provided a
pulpit for the bankrupt doctrines of communism
to be preached as truth to the youth
of America.
Nearly all these pseudo-intellectual professors
would quickly dismiss the notion that
they are being used by anyone, but I find it interesting
that many of the "Thirty-five goals
to undermine America" uncovered by the FBI
in 1959 stress the importance of gaining control
of America's schools. I believe the time
has come for the students of USC to rise up
and begin to challenge the lies and false
assumptions every time they are presented as
truth in the classroom.
Wayne E. Mitchell
Columbia resident
USC supresses free
exchange of ideas
To the editor:
The actions by the administration to keep
the members of the Free South Africa
Alliance from practicing their right to free
speech and protest are prompted by the notion
that the appearance and reputation of the
university and adherence to rules for student
organizations are more important than bringing
public awareness to the issue of apartheid.
Well, get a grip, fellas!
If President Holderman wishes to proceed
with the growth of the international
awareness of the university, surely he must
realize that focusing solely on international
corporate prestige and dancing to the tune of
the State Department is seriously inadequate.
If, for the administration, an increase in international
awareness means inviting
diplomats, pentagon officials and corporate
leaders to explain why things are the way they
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toward communism
To the editor:
Today, nearly every nation of the world in
one way or another is being threatened by the
tyrannical force of communism eminating
from the Soviet Union. Controlling the
university campus in particular has been singled
out by the Marxists as absolutely essential
to world conquest.
The success of this plan can be seen even
within our own USC, a traditional bastion of
conservatism. Many professors today openly
espouse Marxism as a preferred form of
government for some nations, completely ignoring
the glaring fact that not one communist
regime today has the support of its
people. Free elections, while always promised
at the outset of a "neoole's revolution " arp
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are, then it is up to the students to stand up
and ask, "Why can't we make things better?"
The university did not respond to the quiet
diplomacy of lobbyists in favor of diverstiture
last semester. The university voted to maintain
its millions of dollars of investments in
South Africa. Fine. Even the Reagan administration
has demonstrated that quiet
diplomacy doesn't work.
Increasing public awareness of apartheid
and awareness of the university's investments
in South Africa, therefore, will be done by
building shanties, marching, sit-ins,
candlelight vigils and other activities. And
these activities are legitimate. Get ready, Mr.
Brewer.
And to the rest of you who smirk at the
idealism and noble efforts of these students,
get out of the way. Some of us have no
tolerance for those who, through their apathy
or pessimism, serve to perpetuate injustice,
oppression, and racism.
Kelly Branham
Law school, 1st year
Patriotic Americans
should not 'wimp out'
To the editor:
1 would like to commend the person who
lives in the house across the street from Bates.
He, like other patriotic Americans, realizes
that Khadafy is a threat to peace and world
order and that he must be stopped at all cost.
we must all unite in support of our president
and our country during this national crisis.
Any liberal who disagrees with me is seriously
misguided about the situation in Libya.
Libya is NOT like Vietnam! Rather Col.
Khadafy is a vicious pariah, very similar to
Adolf Hitler. He has already invaded
neighboring Chad and is a constant threat to
other nations in the region, including Israel
and Egypt. He operates several training bases
for Arab terrorists ? the same terrorists who
blow up airplanes and deliberately kill innocent
civilians. Khadafy is also advocating
genocide against the Jewish community in
Libya, just as the Nazis did in Germany. He is
helping to prop up the communist Sandinista
government. That's right, he is helping the
group who jeered Pope John Paul II during
the last papal visit to Nicaragua. I am a
Catholic and that makes me angry.
Well, I say it is time to stop "wiinpingout."
All nations of the free world must join
forces to stop this mad dog of the Middle
East! Some people say we have reacted too
strongly. Not so! We need to let outlaw nations
know that nobody can mess with the
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away with it. This message was elearly stated
this past week and I am sure that President
Reagan will repeat the message if the United
States is further provoked. God bless President
Reagan! God bless America!
Janice M. Kraft
Nursing, junior
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Nudity letter called
"out of proportion"
To the editor:
In the April 21 issue of The Gamecock, Mr.
Aluri's comments were very much out of contPVt
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exposure of breasts under the noonday
sun. Secondly, the guest editorial of Mr.
Sen was a point of view to be well taken. We
would like to focus on the criticism of the
guest editorial.
It would seem to us that there is no sense or
charm in equalizing the aesthetic, moralistic
principles to that of a "sinner." We feel that
tailing an exposure indecent, decent or
beautiful is not restricted to religious aspects
but to the indigenous, individual, cultural
heritage. It is preposterous to extrapolate
from an incident to a culture.
To call the French culture's accommodation
of nudity as "disgusting" is blinding. We
sympathize with Mr. Aluri's ignorance of Indian
religion, culture and philsophy. Perhaps,
Mr. Aluri is unaware of the existence of
Digambaras of Jainism who relinquish their
clothing for a pristine attitude towards
achieving Nirvana. The sculptural erotica of
Khajuraho professes the harmonious integration
of love, aesthetics and religion in a temnle
of wnrchin
Mr. Aluri has described the title of Mr.
Sen's editorial "Obscenity laws create, instead
of stop, problems" as "baseless and
senseless," which is ridiculous. It has been
substantiated by statistics, experience and
wisdom.
Indeed, sages and philosophers have
espoused that clothes would be deemed unneccesary
in an immodest society. So we feel
that Mr. Aluri whould restrict his attacks to
his own pulpit and should not make personal
attacks on people and cultures far beyond his
grasp.
We would like to apologize to the French
for any embarrassment caused by the
misguided observations of one of our countrymen
and to make light of his superficial
comments. We feel that people are well adjusted
if they can gaze upon a naked body
gracefully without disturbing the contours of
their brow. One doesn't have to consult the
Bible while looking at a flower ... or a
woman.
Sekhar Delvis
GINT, senior
Mohan Mennon
Physics, graduate student
Irfan Wahid
GINT, sophomore
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