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Wednesday, September 18, 1991
Electior
Democrats have
ask tough
Come 1992, the Democratic 1
White House for 12 years. Th
back the presidency in 1992 an
a chance if they hit the incumbe
Now that the Republican
for the Persian Gulf War has c
some serious questions of Presi
allow Saddam Hussein to stay
only minutes from Baghdad? V
Iraq and then allow the Shi'ites
they did rebel? Why is Iraq stil
Bush has no answers to these qi
The collapse of Communi
goal. So why doesn't Bush give
USSR as he does to Red China,
left on Earth? Why are massiv
Japan and South Korea when
U.S. assistance?
Despite glaring flaws in 1
been a subject of interest for t
said for domestic problems. Bui
Education President, has done i
, even as school budgets are beinj
Poor education breeds poveri
is it that American streets are le
our nations' cities becoming \
violence?
Bush is not the sole blame fo
elected official in the most pow
blame all the nation's ills on his
media and foreign economic co
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1992 have a golden opportunit
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A few days ago a friend of min
her car across campus from her r
It was about midnight, and there
for her to call for an escort. She
about making the walk home alon<
careful to stick to the lighted paths
I ran into her with a friend of n
pened to be walking me back to
at the same time. After I verbally
for walking alone, she told me si
two USC police officers who had
notice of her what so ever.
These officers were not chasing
in any kind of hurry at the time,
things, they were escorting anothei
It is amazing to me that these n
much as ask her why she was wal
more importantly, if one of them
her, especially since there were
together. They could easily have sj
one of them could have walked hei
I would think with all the cri
P.D. sees going on around campu
be on the ball enough to know
Abortion still
woman's right
To the editor:
I am writing in response l
Brian McCarter's editorial on th
abortion issue. I will try not to be
come either angry or irrational a
most female humanities student
do. However, I am a bit puzzle*
by what exactly is the point o
your article.
You asked us to ponder the dif
ference between the termination o
a six-week old fetus and the anni
hilation nf wplfarp rppinipntc r\r or
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phans and the elderly. The mail
difference is the word you so care
lessly dismiss: choice.
A woman who has made the dif
ficult moral choice that she is in
capable of caring for a child ha:
the right to carry the child to term
and to apply for welfare to helj
her through her pregnancy ant
child-rearing. Whether or not slit
will receive this funding in eithei
case is a matter for the lawmakers
to argue about, and the Departmcn
of Welfare and Social Services tc
decide.
Mr. McCarter, you seem very
anviouc to Hicmicc llio wmrf
"choice" and to replace it witli
abortion, murder and manslaughter.
Are you that much afraid ol
reason that you must resort to fireeating?
In the title of the article, it is
stated that the abortion issue cannot
be based on logic. In that respect,
I agree with you completely.
However, you proceeded to bring
up biological questions to form a
logical argument about when life
begins (does it have brainwaves,
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not taken any Well, perhaps they'r
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a criminal, or yial details.
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membered her if th
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king alone, or m8 3,1 emergency c;
could escort Granted, we fern
two of them waj^ aione on cam
plit up so that us j,ave jQ|)S an(j 0|,
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me the USC vents us from beinj
is they would The police can't be
prevention is not omnipotent. Ho^
LETTERS f(
etc.).
The fact is that the abortk
issue is a metaphysical argume
f as was pointed out. The truth
that there is no way anyone c;
decide once and for all when li
begins and how life is define
0 One person (or group of people
e be they scientist, theologian <
" philosopher, cannot prove this fac
s While no one can know (and it
s entirely possible we may nev<
^ know when life begins), isn't tl
* only conclusion (logical, mora
metaphysical or what have you) I
~ allow personal choice?
A woman confronted with a
unwanted pregnancy must as
these questions herself, and the
1 make her own decision. In th
cases where she chooses the altei
native of abortion, she should als
have the right to apply for welfai
" aid to terminate the pregnancy, ju:
5 as if she chooses to cany the chil
' to term, she has the right to appl
j for prenatal care.
Women are not breeders, Mi
McCarter, and the state must rec
[ ognize this and not discriminat
' health and medical care just be
1 cause of a self-righteous minorit
' who believe they can decide wh<
is a "justifiable medical expense
for a pregnant woman and what i
' not.
i Darcy M. Harri
English senio
Israel has had
enough monej
To the editor:
The United States should nc
give Israel $10 billion more an
should reduce the current $3 bil
lion we already supply. The U
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be more re*
to make s
self, I thii
they seize
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passed no
men alonj
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t potentially violent crimes. when he ,
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es to take note of such triNo
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se officers would have re- noring th<
ley had to answer her push- 1116 Pa*n c
all box five minutes later. t0,?ne *n :
odds mea
ales know it is not safe to alone on a
pus. Unfortunately, a lot of
(ligations that don't leave us 11 an ol
>e out late and parking pre- was walki
I able to call for an escort dnue on 1
there all the time. They're should be
(vever, when the opportunity happen. E
3 THE EDITOR
cannot afford to give away such
)n large amounts of money because
nt we must confront our own probis
lcms. Also, Israel should apologize
m for their selfish and threatening
fe behavior.
d. Money is in short supply and
0. everyone around the globe from
or Russia to South America wants
;t some. Besides these countries,
's which have real humanitarian and
er economic needs, people inside our
ie country are desperate for aid.
il, Next year the people of Puerto
to Rico vote for independence or
statehood. If they vote yes, the US
n will have to spend billions to bring
k them up to our economic and liv:n
ing standards. If the vote is no,
le countless thousands will join the
r- growing Cuban migration to the
o US. These are problems we have
e to face and support. We don't have
st to support Israel's plan to bring
d Russian Jews over to Israel so that
y they can out-number the Palestinians
and live in relative luxury,
r. Even if this was a humanitarian
:- need, which it is not, we still cane
not help.
i- I believe Israel was out of line
y in their reaction to Bush's demand
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wait. Desert Storm was partially
5 carried out to protect Israel from
their greatest enemy. After the
s war, we actually gave them over
r $600 million for supposed comI
pensation. Also, we already give
[ them more aid than any other
country.
J Eric McKenzie
MBA Program
H Only whites
,d can be racist
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omeone's life a little safer presents itnk
it's part of their job to make sure
it.
>t a trained professional, but I am also
ot. As soon as I saw my friend walkI
was concerned. She told me that she
?t only the officers, but a number of
I the way. None of them offered to
That was the first thing my friend did
saw her. By then she was practically
ter who you are, I cannot imagine ig;
chance to possibly spare someone
>f a violent, sexual assault. It happens
six women. Do you realize what those
in if you pass six women walking
my given night?
fficer saw a rape happening while he
ng someone home, would he just contiis
merry way? I think not. And he
just as quick to stop a rape waiting to
ven if it isn't convenient, it is his job.
I am the man who said it's impossible
in this society for AfricanAmericans
to be racists, simply because
we don't have control over
the power structure. AfricanAmericans
can definitely be prejudiced
and have hatred towards
other races, but in this Eurocentric
society, we can't discriminate
against whites through laws or in
corporations that practically run
this country.
I can be very ethnocentric and
condemn everyone of European
descent, but if I don't control what
goes on, who the hell cares? Can
anyone tell me why the United
States' main enemies in recent
years have been men of color? Castro,
Khadafy, Hussein, Arafat and
Noriega. These men are all looked
at as "bad" men, but P.W. Botha
who condoned apartheid was overlooked
by many.
Strom Thurmond once said he
didn't want white kids going to
school with "niggers." Thurmond
is one of the most influential men
in the United States.
I was misquoted and I hold the
editor responsible. I also said that
African-Americans could be racists
towards Native Americans only if
African-Americans controlled the
power structure. It was reported
that someone at the forum told me
to lode up the definition of racism,
but it wasn't pointed out that dictionary
was nearby and my point
was proven. Racism: discrimination
through laws based on
prejudice.
Robert L. Ellington
Political science junior
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