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Monday, November 13,1989 THE GAMECOCK 3
Inspirat
Bush should take
Gorbachev, E.
Irony is a funny thing.
All over Eastern Europe, the j
apart. There have been massive
ion by ethnic groups such as the
Poland, once ruled by an iron
Solidarity labor party, thanks to ;
tion by Nobel Peace Prize-winne
The Soviet Union, which forn
referred to caustically as the "E
to modernize and accept, at lei
hppn a \17r*p>fll1 foilnro
And now there is the wonder
days that have transpired in East
After weeks of letting selectee
the country through awkward rc
newly restructured East German
stroyed the infamous Berlin Wa
directly to the West.
It is a taste of freedom and d
millions of East Berliners took t
with the West Berliners they've
doubtedly, it is the sweetest mor
days when Hitler temporarily bi
strophic economic ruin and broi
peoples.
But ironically, as the once opp
Block revel in new found freed
leaps backward.
The American government, led
spired George Bush, has been be;
communists. While Eastern Eurc
beautiful revolutionary vortex of
tents dwell on silliness.
Bush's biggest claims to fam
statesmanship have been vetoing
rape and incest victims, the capita
fits the rich) and protecting the fla
The flag, a piece of material,
woman's womb and more sacri
which Bush must think is just a pi
While Eastern Europe strives
travels across America spouting j
country whose people have forge
founded on rights and freedoms e
oy a nag.
So, Mr. Bush, look to the peo]
your inspiration. Freedom bums
been lost in this country.
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' notice of what
urope are doing
grim veil of communism is falling
demonstrations in the Soviet UnEstonians
who wish to be free,
fist, is now run by the democratic
years of hard work and determinar
Lech Walesa.
r? u T-?
ioi picsiucm is.unaiu K.eagan once
vil Empire," is trying desperately
ast in part, that communism has
fill, heady events of the past few
Germany.
1 numbers of East Germans leave
iutes through Czechoslavakia, the
government has symbolically deill
letting East Germans emigrate
emocracy and hope so great that -s
0 the streets in celebration along
so long been detached from. Unnent
in Germany since the heady
ought Germany back from catalght
pride back to the Germanic
ressed peoples of the Communist * *om,
America keeps taking giant
1 by the woefully weak and uninat
in the freedom business by the gptf
)pe is being sucked up into the
freedom, Bush and his incompee
in an embarrassing afront to 4
federal funding of abortion for f r|i
1 gains tax (that ultimately bene- vf J
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has become more sacred than a While I \
2d than the U.S. Constitution, dressed this
ece of paper. noticed just
for fundamental change, Bush hair 1 have
goofy Boy Scout rhetoric for a head- To? r
That c hp
itten that the United States was
endowed by the constitution not 0f die'day^
that Friday :
pie of the communist world for pajd m
within them. Apparently it has haircut.
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barbershop <
ven Friday,
you'll see w
people, getti
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Assistant Photography Editor prison of the 1
julie bouchillon ist African Na
Viewpoint Editor nal a change i
jeff shrewsbury cal transition
Datebook Editor apartheid socie
JAN phillips On Oct. 1'
Comics/Graphics Editor Stated its wil
rob lane peace talks wil
Graduate Assistant uons, inciuain
KRISTIN FRANCIS not resort to tl
Gamecock Adviser a negotiating
ERIK COLLINS ment has also
Director of Student Media some of the A
EDBONZA as lifting the
Production Manager emergency and
LAURA s. DAY political prisor
Assistant Production Manager government w;
RAY BURGOS good-faith ne;
Assistant Advertising Manager black majority.
JEFFREY B. THOMPSON On the sam
ernment annou
plans, ANC 1
they wanted
received. Letters should be, at a maximum, 250 to moderate bla
sional title if an employee with USC or Columbia Chief Buthele:
ne number are required with all letters sent. Guest ANC OVCr
;ht to edit letters for style or possible libel. The T~ ,
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among SouLh .
iffure styling c;
vas getting | ?r? ,, , ^
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xl the rules that same hairc
d getting a That duty we
;ek into any V neighborhood c
Dn any gi- A wlHHKP! on weekdays w
There Wayne paper bag in hi:
all-to-wall XI7 . . , like sniffing a s
ng tfieir Washington On Saturday
UP Just lined up on the
My older bro
time I go into a barbershop, I think r??t thPV v
getting my hair cut has changed WClU
rs' . _ , . . Mom, one of
as around five, my family lived in . j.
)hio. My dad, like other dads in the oy A , ,"ne
d, clipped our hair himself most of r3! 6 ?U e,
d if he didn't, his friend Bozo (no Jake was Just ab
1 me why they called him that)
i honors. But Mom pul]
nds were like steel grips. He used the porch, whisp
lead too far around too quickly. some money, an
said only babies cried during hair- When I saw n
mea my snittles. uneven and spot!
orite hairstyle, if you could call it home,
eased in school the following Just as the kid
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ters to the editor
rp pnmina time when the government i
AfVlPil South Africa sooner than ?
/\.1I IC<t the "pundits" thought possibl
But some in the Demo
Party here want to throw ga
mndits who engaged onto the South African fii
or wishful thinking starting up talk about sani
itable bloody revolu- again. H.R. 21, sponsored bj
Africa must reevalu- R0n Dellumus, D-Calif., wou
ies. Recent develop- 0ff an economic relations be
country, from the the U.S. and South Africa, (
reform-minded gov- jng tens of thousands of bla<
5 recent release from unemployment in a misguid<
leaders of the terror- tempt to punish South A1
tional Congress, sig- whites at a time when there ai
n the tone of politi- precedented moves to heal
away from a post- nation's rarial wnnnHc
'ty. The new sanctions legislat
7, the government foolish, counterproductive an
lingness for direct timed. For the sake of all 1
h all black organiza- Africans who are striving for ]
g the ANC, that do ? both black and white
ireats of violence as should be defeated,
ploy. The governshown
movement on Michael 1
NC's demands, such USC Alur
5-year-old state of
I releasing remaining Ofllv
ters. Apparently, the VJMlJ UUU
judge others
e day that the gov- To the Editor:
need its negotiation In response to the recent k
eaders hinted that concerning "Coming Out D
to mend ties with homosexuality and Christiani
cks such as Zulu have a different slant to
te, who broke with picture,
its use of violence. Actually, it's the big pici
lement is nearing The issue here is that there sh
.Africa's blacks at a be no issue at all. What does i
an be a 'hail
: said my head, bald on the sides schooHtid
1 top, looked like a bird's nest. week. Th
)uld wear a hat to school because Pick Up'
tg to mistake my head for their hair was ]
Birds n
the early '70s. Now, they call When 1
ut, the Bozo special, a fade. course, th
mily moved to South Carolina in of my hai
no longer my hair specialist Having
snt to my grandfather's friend, my hair ji
ike was notorious for being the got it cut,
Irunk. He'd stumble around town finger in i
ith tattered clothes and a brown pay $3.50
s hand. Smelling his breath was
itraight shot of ammonia. Getting
and more
afternoons, my brothers and I Sometii
back porch to get our hair cut. jn j^ini
thers took their cuts like men. went
rtside before I could assess the cut a biac]
those mothers who amazed us . ^en n
! with the styles of the day, knew the >
porch with a frown on her face. p r'H
out to put the clipper to my , Besides,
know not I
haircuts.
led him over to the comer of "How w
tered a little to him, slipped him an(j jjq m
d he left.
ly brothers' hair, which was fiancee w<
ty, I knew why Mom sent Jake voice.
I'd say,
Is in Columbus did, the end of tha
s open ally matter? Why do we insist on
?me to separating love and acceptance?
iny of Why do we judge? Why do we
e. label, criticize, alienate and argue
era tic when it doesn't make a difference?
isoline God doesn't consider our judg*e,
by ments of others before making
ctions ones of his own, so why do we do
r Rep. it. We have no business inserting
Id cut our unwanted judgments because
tween they only cause trouble and don't
loom- rightly show the full scope of
;ks to God's love, acceptance and for2d
at- giveness. However, I'm not find"rican
ing fault in anyone for what
re un- they've done. Both Christian and
their homosexuals have done what they
- thought was right. Who's to blame
ion is either?
d iii_ Practicing homosexuality might
South be a sin; it might not be. That
^eace should not be an issue. The Bible
_ it calls us neither to label nor to
judge. It calls us to love and to
love alone. God loves everyone
Reed just the way they are. Do we have
nnus the right to do anything else?
IH Elizabeth Fox
Journalism sophomore
5 No one should
iters burn U.S. flag
ay."
ty, I To the Editor:
the This is in response to the editorial
"Flag Burning" in the Oct. 30
Lure. issue of The Gamecock. You menould
tioned that some Vietnam Veterans
t re- were protesting the new law ban
it? a vmw pB
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ry' ordeal
Is teased my brothers the following
ey took to calling my brothers 'Bird
because they said it looked like their
picked apart by a bird,
riust absolutely fascinate children.
[ turned 16,1 got my first job. Of
at meant I'd have to take over the care
r.
wavy hair was the big thing then, and
ist wouldn't cooperate. Whenever I
it just stood up like I had plugged my
i socket More teasing, and I had to
this hair of mine cut has gotten more
expensive over the past few years,
nes, though, money is no object,
lesota one summer, my buddy and I
ing for someone, anyone, who could
Lr ' o
iv d nail.
iy buddy's hair got buzzed up, I
ralue of a good, albeit an expensive
I've been engaged long enough to
;o complain about the price of
ould you like to pay $35 for a perm
ore to get it washed and set?" my
Duld ask me in her "I'm annoyed"
"I wouldn't." And that would be the
t.
1
ning flag burning. They are darn
angry, you said, that our country is
telling tnem how to be patriots.
Well, just for the record, there are
a few Vietnam Veterans who are
darn angry that anyone ever had
the 'right' to burn our nation's
flag. In fact, my dad served in
Vietnam, and he knows a lot of
soldiers who feel this way.
You admit in your article that
the flag is a symbol for what we
believe in. You say that the new
law puts the symbol above our beliefs.
I disagree. I think the law
treats the symbol exactly like the
principles the flag stands for. If
you burn the American flag, you
ova dimuinrr rltonl Aooura iiM?k fU/*
uiv juv/rvni^ uiopvajuiv/ Willi Ul^
principles the flag represents. I
guess it's all a matter of how much
you respect that "piece of cloth."
As far as the freedom to express
yourself, I'm all for it Hold up a
sign telling us what you don't
agree with. Yell it out so that we
can hear it. If you want attention,
you don't get it by slapping someone
in the face. That's exactly
what you do to millions of Americans
when you burn the symbol of
our country.
Finally, you refer to flag burning
as a "heinous act" and mention
the "ignorant people" involved in
the act. Do we need to allow ignorant
people to commit heinous
acts to keep our country free? I
hope not.
Carl Humphries
Psychology junior