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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
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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
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who say it's wrong to have ai
abortion and yet it's okay to exe
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not trust their God, so they're go
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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
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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 "
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- 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,
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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
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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
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>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.
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he istic is a "behavioral componer
oy that will be repulsive to establishes
Mit societal norms." But which soci
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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
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tolerance.
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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
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