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Death Continued from page 4 know.) Some other facts are: The death penalty is racially biased. The death penalty is a poor man's punishment. (Imagine Donald Trump being executed for committing the same crimes as Woomer.) The death penalty costs an average of $1.3 million, while 35 years in prison costs $850,000. These are but a few of the facts. Now here are some facts about the "other countries in the affluent world." Western Europe doesn't have the death penalty," yet Western Europe doesn't have the rate of violent crime busting through the roof as it is here in the United States. Europe does have gun control. European law has life imprisonment without parole. Europe has curbed violence in T.V., films, and other forms of entertainment. (What does senseless violence like on Hunter do for our society?) Lastly, who is really to blame? The National Rifle Association fights for the 2nd amendment, yet T Hon't ?e.e hanricriinc in their nrtra nization title. Then why do they fight so ardently for criminals' main tool: handguns. Fact: 80 percent of the persons who own handguns and are attacked by a criminal either shoot an innocent bystander, shoot themselves, or the The Sui Help continue th< Work Pos Si Sumi Staff Writers an So don't waste yo Work for The G Apply in Room 3 Yk i Toward the purc> or 1991 model Fo truck or 1989 /We criminal takes the gun and shoot the gun's owner. Fact: Over 61 percent of handguns used in crime are stolen from the everyday citi zen, us. We are supplying the wea pons that render us the victims o violent crime in the United States Plus, we have religious group who say it's wrong to have ai abortion and yet it's okay to exe cute someone. I thought Chris HiaH fr\r Aiir cine Ha fliACA r\AAnli U1VU 1U1 VJU1 <31110. L/V7 U1VOV pwpi not trust their God, so they're go ing to make sure? If they can't for give something that didn't happei to them imagine what they wouli do if they were the victims, evei victims of a lesser crime. But also thought that you are not sup posed to kill, and you are suppose! to turn the other cheek. (I do rec ognize that there is only so far oni can be pushed but that line cai only be drawn when all other alter natives have been exhausted.) Nevertheless these groups tha are so blatantly hypocritical ar< followed blindly by the masses. Fi nally, to execute someone doesn' bring the victims back and the idej of revenge is not worth the cost t< carry out this punishment. For ; country under God, we as a societ; are a sorry state. Wake-up, lool hard, don't use emotions an< "traditional rights" (amendment written for a people in the 1700s) for these arguments are not logical and they lead to rash actions tha are usually regretted and extremel; costly in the end. If a punishmen is not universally applicable, thei the punishment should not be car ried out. Carl Maa Biology freshmai tnmer Gt s tradition of journ for the Summer G; >itions are available jmmer Sports Ed mer Photography d Photographers ai ur summer lollyga lamecock, gain sor have fun! 21 on the third floi EAi w base or lease of ANY new rd or Nlercury car, Ford li rcury Tracer. Bl PLU! througl LIM ELI 5 Students mis - letter's point f To the editor: i. Well! Well! Well! It seems I s everyone seems to know what a Abraham meant by his letter - neither one of these blind pec t stopped to ask. "What do I c e about angering you!" Faraka i- I'm going to stick by what I 5 - because I know there wasn't a ounce of violence in my letter, d You Mr. Ray, who seem n know me so well, prove my p< I all the more. When you first r i- my letter, you probably thou rl "T iet#?n tn thic vir?1pnt n?era " a l-V M"kJ ? AVSAXSAAb AA - because of your people's label e tion that has you thinking like t a Whenever a black person she - positivity, he/she is automatic; labeled a radical. Who gives t the right to call me radical, s don't even know me. As for you Mr. Cooper, if t are a minority, then it was not a I was addressing. And as for 3 African point you had, because a ancestors were African and I'm y American that makes me c African-American. If you dc i like it, keep it to yourself beca s that's my choice (Look that ui i, the Constitution), i, Now on to you Mr. Kenned t liked your letter. I was waiting y a black person to respond, but t make two mistakes. First I ca a no one a name but simply gave point of view. Secondly, you r s spelled my name, j Next I would like to th< imecock i _ * _ ii aiisuc excellence. imecock e for: itor Editor re always needed! gging on the bead ne experience and 3i" of Russell Horn *1/1 IC/V u ' 1990 5 SPECIAL FINi i Ford Credit with pre-af to down payment. IITED TIME OFFER-> G1BILITY-Co//ege grac between April Make Your B Johnny Lowery for the letter. Yi seem to understand and that pro ably is because you are a persor friend. Finally I would like to addre all the African-Americans on t that campus. Most of you claim to Mr. solid blacks, but not one of yi but came in aid of my letter. You 1; >ple ten to P.E. (Public Enemy) ai :are some support Louis Farakah hn, Where do you think I got n said views from. You yell sell out wh nti 1. J! J_)i. *1 an people uiun i come 10 uie aiu P.E., but who really is the sell 01 t0 People ask me why I don't join tl 3int N.A.A.C.P. or AFRO. Well, a 1 of people join it because it's the tiling to do or to lengthen their i ^ s sume. I don't need a club to she lza" I'm proud of being black, you c: ^at- see that by the way I hold n )ws head. ally There were some who lik< y?u what I wrote and some who didn y?u but I have one question: Whe were those so-called black adv y?u cates when my letter was beii y?u ripped to shreds. Who really is t sell out? If there isn't anyoi my brave enough to stand up, then 1 an guess the sales of P.E.'s new ta an will decline. One more thing, wh )n 1 did I ever say that I didn't wa LUSe equality between the races? 3 m Since you, Mr. Ray, seem to so smart, you should have kno\ y* that was the purpose of my lett "Black power 1990 is a collecti y?u means of self defense against t llea worldwide conspiracy to destr my the black race. It's a moveme nis ink >e I * ^ ^ ^ \NCING iproved credit amounts that April 1, 1990 through Decer luates with at least a bache 1,1989, and December 31, est Deal Today ou that only puts fear in those thj ib- have a vested interest in the cor ial spiracy, or that think that it' something other than what it acti ;ss ally is. . (P.E.) Mr. Ray, it's he black thing, and you gotta undei be stand. Mr. Lowery is already then ou You, however, have got a Ion is- way to go. nd Jason B. Abrahai n- Hotel, restaurant and tourisi ny freshma en a -m ot writer snows at. ? blind views in e- To the editor: >w There is nothing "objective an an reasonable" in prejudice. We ay Bales, your letter (April 13) wa one of the most shocking articles id have ever read. 't, tq For far too long, people who d o- not fit the WASP model this coun ag try is based upon have bee: he viewed as morally wrong or men ne tally inferior. There is still the be i I lief that blacks are merely animal pe and women are so weak that the en have to depend upon men. This i tnt nonsense and both groups wil deny that these views are true. Bu be according to you, denials like thes vn are a feature of mental illness, er. ve i ou say tnai anomer cnaractei he istic is a "behavioral componer oy that will be repulsive to establishes Mit societal norms." But which soci n 117 4$ r could ? 21 nber31, 1990. lor degree received Ber Interse At Lexi ...v .--.- :;"".r 'V.p ' " - it ety? Cultures greatly differ and i- what may be acceptable here could s be unacceptable elsewhere. In fact, i- Mr. Bales, you are going against a the "established societal norms." r- America is supposedly based upon i. the principle that everyone should g be able to enjoy liberty without oppression. n n You also label homosexuality ^a n "contagious mental illness." A person's choice of sexuality is determined by their emotions; they do not catch it like a cold. Homosexual teachers should not be subject to your sexual Nuremberg Laws. In fact their experience of. people such as you makes them iHaoI fAOph^re nf whot 1UVU1 tvuvuvio VI ** liui J VU 1UVIV tolerance. s lS While other countries are open* ing themselves up, you want to turn America on itself. This country faces some major problems but 0 instead of introducing radical solutions, you would rather find a n scapegoat to blame. McCarthy l" used the Communists, you want to use the homosexuals. I suggest that s you read 'Mein Kempf, you'll eny joy it. s [1 I pity you but you disgust me,' it and your blind views are even e more frightening if they are a product of three years at this university. Homosexuals may feel insecure but it is because they have to it face the hatred of people like you. d Jeremy Barraud History exhange student SSSS^f r # \ i COL^C, as I ?I '*SE p^?? i Satcher sction Hwy 1 & 378 ington, SC 29072 359-4114 ?