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_4 i| ??d , Serving US J.T. Wagenheim, Editor in Chie EdltorL Wendy Hudson, Carson H ? Nancy Salomon j Privacy : Legalization of marijuant : in accordance with Decla Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders broa< the National Press Club. Nobel laure mer Secretary of State George Schult ! Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke called fo 1 Columnist William F. Buckley said it sho | Gamecock editorial board concurs. The time has come for a rational disci I specifically marijuana. This is no longer a | a leftist and subversive ideology. Witness t < stream liberal Democrat, and Friedman is ! eral beliefs. And we, by no means, ope rati I Supporters of marijuana legalization co uves. some say u s a wasicu cnun iu iry ! the country. Some claim illegal drugs lea ) Some argue that misguided drug laws thereby costing taxpayers more and more . The above arguments are correct. But l I galization: the Declaration of Independen and Albert Gross write in the February issi Declaration believed that "the right of pro] J pect of humanity." James Madison, who wrote the Bill of Rij and protected from unreasonable search J the Constitution were to ensure that indi ' by a tyrannical federal government. i Unfortunately, these protections from t I wayside, and state governments also have h us of. i The proper argument for marijuana leg ] ry. Thank goodness there are still individi > stand this. Legalization involves privacy, s ! Modern liberals, many of whom are AC | often off by half; they don't understand t able to own, sell and trade property, whic ! is communal privacy? J Under legalization, there will still be pi < property will still be prohibited. There w ! probably still be bans against smoking in ; of the editorial board see legalization as a We would like to see outlets that sell m sell alcohol. As with alcohol and cigarette ' ing allowed to buy marijuana. Scare tactic buy marijuana at any corner store are jusi Don't let reactionary arguments shape guments are also valid for allowing citize Don't bastardize the Declaration of Indep Being a fairweather friend of these two of mankind that have set people free, is d this country is founded on. Welfare refori expense to ci The new buzzword in Washington is "crisis." No problem in America is worth solving these days unless it has mushroomed into crisis proportions. The latest crisis involves our welfare system, which the president discussed during his State of the Union infomercial. Right now, the welfare system in America is a lot like the tenure policy for Clemson professors when I went there: The less one accomplishes, the more money and security one obtains. The president has proposed a plan "to end welfare as we know it" and force millions of able-bodied welfare recipients to work for a living. But something mysterious happened to welfare reform this past week Word leaked out from the Department of Health and Human Services that it would cost taxpayers up to $20 billion a year more to reform welfare than to keep the current system. You're probably wondering why doing away with welfare is so expensive. I wondered that, too, but a USA Today article clearly explained the reasons this past week. When the administration sat down to work out the details of its plan, an astute assistant raised the possibility that there might be poor, unemployed people in America even after Clinton's plan is enacted. Because this is clearly unacceptable, the administration decided that under the new plan, every American must be guaranteed a job. If someone can't find work within two years, he will be automatically hired by the government and paid minimum wage. According to in ternai HHb estimates, mis program win create 2 million new positions in the exciting fields of ditchndigging, construction and highway maintenance. The president will face much criticism for this plan, and it isn't difficult to understand why. This jobs program is reminiscent of the WPA during the Great Depression, which helped start America's large national debt and failed to fix the economy. Employees with guaranteed jobs will probably not be motivated to build bridges that stand up to California af"?ailltcock s Student Media Russell House-USC* C J.T. Wagenheim Nancy Salomonskj Editor in Chief Carolina! Editor Lee Clontz IU"J Viewpoint! Editor Sf0"5 Edilor Carson Henderson David Mandrel! Copy Desk Chief Pboto Mlor Gordon Manlier chris Muldrow Copy Desk Chief GraPhlcs Wendy Hudson Nora Doyle News Editor Assl News The Gamecock is the student newspaper of the University of South Carolina and is published Monday, Wednesday and Friday during the fall and spring semesters, with the exception of university holidays and exam periods. Opinions expressed in The Gamecock are those of the editors or author and not those of the University of South Carolina. The Board of Student Publications and Communications is the publisher of The Gamecock. The Department of Student Media is its parent organization. Icock C Since 1908 f Lee Clontz, Viewpoints Editor al Board [enderson, Gordon Mantler, sky, Tony Santori % a property issue ration, Bill of Rights :hed the subject after a Dec. 7 speech to ate Milton Friedman agrees. So does forz. r a national debate on the subject in 1988. iuld be considered. The majority of The jssion on the merits of legalizing drugs, taboo subject whose proponents possess he above individuals: Schmoke is a maini an economist noted for his classical libe on the same wavelength, me to the subject from different perspecto keep drugs from being imported into d to gang warfare and random violence, cause our prisons to be overpopulated, money for new prisons and guards, hey miss the most crucial reasons for letce and the Bill of Rights. As Steven Duke ie of Reason magazine, the signers of the perty was fundamental, inalienable, an asjhts, recognized our rights to be left alone es, among others. These 10 additions to viduals and states could not be harassed he federal government have fallen by the ecome the monsters that Madison warned alization is strictly a classical liberal theolals such as Milton Friedman who underind it most definitely is a property issue. LU members and privacy supporters, are hat our society is nothing without being ? _ - wrl I n marijuana mosi ccnainiy is. wnai guuu operty (and other) laws: Theft of private ill still be statewide DUI laws. There will many public areas. Also, some members tax opportunity arijuana along the line of ABC stores that s, people should be at least 18 before bes that suggest underage individuals could : that: scare tactics. your legalization opinion. The above arns to burn the flag and possess firearms, endence and the Bill of Rights, documents, two of the few in the history loing an injustice to the foundations that til will add irrent system TN 1 1 * \ T 11 ratncK Mcweiii COLUMNIST tershocks. Also, if the government undertakes construction projects on its own, private businesses will have less to do and be forced to lay off their workers. I have pondered this situation and decided there must be a better way. Certainly, there is some government that is expanding and in need of new employees. There are tasks available that are more fulfilling and motivating than laying asphalt for $4.50 an hour while humming "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot." (1 know this from personal summer job experiences.) Then, I chanced upon a description of Mrs. Clinton's proposed health care system. It will require the formation of a new National Health Board, a countless number of state-level bureaucracies, regional health care alliances to negoti ate with the health care providers ana administrators for the new health plans. What a perfect solution for our problems! Hillary can save money on her health care plan, because she will have cheap labor to fill the positions. The HHS people won't have to set up 2 million makework jobs. The new health care overseers will definitely have the incentive to perform their duties well, because if they screw up, they will have to forego their own health insurance. And didn't our president say in his speech that nothing could be worse than the health care system we have now? Patrick McNeill's column appears every Monday. nnn HHOfi Chris Carroll 11 /zu Coordinator of Student Media 'ertising: 777-4249 Laura Day 777-6482 Production Manager :olumbia, SC 29208 4 Gn*n As* Production Manager Keith Boudreaux Gregory Perez Acct Production Asst. Melissa Tennen Brian McGuire Asji. Carolina! Graduate Asst. Emily Peterson Renee Gibson Asst. Ptioto Advertising Manager Jimmy Debutts J. Taylor Rutland Asst. Sports Asa. Advent sing Manager Paul Jon Boscacci Erik Collins Cartoonist Faculty Advisor Letters Policy The Gamecock will try to print all letters received. Letters should be 200-250 words and must include full name, professional title or year and major if a student. Letters must be personally delivered by the author to The Gamecock newsroom in Russell House room 321. The Gamecock reserves the right to edit all letters for style, possible libel or space limitations. Names will not be withheld under any circumstances %\\z 6amecock Viewpoin as a member of the NRA 'ffoup to v^monsthaxe thai klujtfe ahp maimm/6, GoNS CM 6E USEP EXE.RClS?-Sra?CHiM6^^^^ [ ^q/ Mh:'TI?ii -=^ -* wmmfln 1=V 1 "I believe Columbia needs more peo needs of Columl Christian right-wii When "The Last Temptation of Christ" was released, it caused quite an uproar all over the nation, especially in South Carolina, the heart of the Bible Belt. Critics, mostly religious right-wingers, of the movie said it was blasphemous because it showed Jesus having sex with a prostitute, leading a secular life and going against God's assignment for His life. Most of the critics, interestingly, had not viewed the movie before making their condemnation. They were simply going off of what they had heard, not what they had experienced themselves. Unfortunately, that judgmental attitude is a trend among many conservative Christians. I am not at all saying that any Christian who happens to be more traditional or fundamental in their beliefs has this attitude. I am also not implying that only right-wing Christians have this attitude. ' As a Christian, and one who has participated in many activities with the Southern Baptists, one of the more well-known and vocal conservative denominations, I have become conscious of the stereotype we have been given. Because the more conservative Christians are also the most vocal in many parts 01 our siate, tneir image nas projected onto the image of Christians in general. That projection can be positive when the right-wing groups advocate such issues as more responsibility in the home for education and an end to violence in society. But when the conservatives start crusading for sex ed'Last Temptation' in.8 sex wit.h * who, accordir not insulting, offensive a prostitute b Jesus. Ultimai To the editor: Christ fulfill: A Mr. Wyman Richardson has written to Do con your paper objecting to the film "The Last conflicts with Temptation of Christ" being shown at the Of course Russell House Theater. It seems to me that 'n present a university setting would be an entirely 's waY SF appropriate place to present controversial misrepresent) or even objectionable movies, but that public. I thin isn't why I'm writing this letter. I merely a^'Y misled b want to clear up a factual matter dealing gfous charlat: with the film's contents. "The Last Temptation of Christ" doesn't contain any scene in which Jesus Christ is depicted having sex with a prostitute. Anyone who has seen the film wouldn't have GCOffili this misconception. What the film does de- ? pict is this: Jesus is being crucified. He is llOt Syil about to die. Satan, realizing this, tries one mnrp fpmnfatinn of Chrisr Diseuised as To the editc an angel, he attempts to deceive Jesus in- I am writiri to giving up His redemptive death and liv- heim's recen ing His life out as an ordinary man. battle flag in Jesus experiences a vision in which He leged tremer sees what that would be like. This includes Super Bowl, a variety of scenes in which Jesus is shown live about 20 living the life of a more or less typical fam- Because of ily man. This does include a brief and non- assumptions explicit scene where He is apparently hav- from the grea Shou "Yes. Marijuana usage har ? only reason there's anythii ^^*.1 because there's laws agai IK3 , into the black market." M ~~~~Z "Yeah, it should. I think ii I as most PeoPle make it ou its ?y \ BESSES KtAPl W *1 i } A'iM looKArTM-r, v . liberal ?v*] /// v- \$ <4 k^i i pie doing service, and it needs to brin bia should be filled, and our young pe USC al agers should prea< ucation materials in schools that give abstinence as the only "acceptable" form of birth control and do not adequately supply information on the other forms, the image becomes tarnished. Their crusades against and intolerance of abortion, evolution and homosexuality have given them, in many cases falsely, the impression that they are uneducated and closed off to new ideas. It is well within their religious freedom and moral obligation to campaign for the causes they believe in. But it is not within their moral obligation to condemn others for practicing or believing in those causes that the conservatives do not think are "Christian." 1 recendy saw a cartoon that had Uncle Sam talking to the wise man on the mountaintop. He said, "The Christian right hates so much, how can they be called Christians?" The wise man responds "Or right?" The cartoon has a glimmer of truth to it. The Christian conservatives have damaged their own cause by their inHis wife, Mary Magdalene, the facts and understands I ig to the film, had once been needs to respond. However ut later became a follower of allow me to inform you, Mr. tely, the deception fails, and that before you try to writ 5 his mission on the cross. need to get the story straigh tents of this film present any First and foremost, I wou i standard Christian theolo- pel the widespread notion I :. Is it offensive or insulting federate flag is a racist symtx atioiv no. wnat is onensive a symbol or uie proud hentaj >ecial interest groups have pie of the United States. Furtl :d this motion picture to the ing the Civil War, the No k Mr. Richardson was prob- slaves. Thus, in your crusad iy one or more of these reli- Confederate flag, you shoulc ms. as a true bleeding liberal wc down the flag of the United Harry P. Collins That, however, would be USC alumnus face of this great nation, ju slap in the face when those. i battle flag ?????? ibol of hate them. That wasn't "Georgia they walked out on. That w: ,r; al anthem of the United Si ig in response to Mr. Wagen- think I need to say anymore t article on the Confederate Mr Wagenheim also m Georgia, specifically its al- sumption that the legislato idous negative effect on the in 1956 were a bunch of rat I'm a native Georgian, and I boys." Let me assure you, Mr miles south of Atlanta. that it was a bipartisan, bica Mr. Wagenheim's erroneous just like it is now, and tho; , it's obvious that someone who still remain from that ti t state of Georgia who knows well as the man who desig Id marijuana be legal ms no one, and the I || t- , , ? ,| "No. ig like bad from it is inst it that forces it [ichael McLellan ^ English sophomore t's not as dangerous "No. it to be." . but I Whitney Clark Jp Biology freshman J , 9 Monday, February 7, 1994 ?l fo vA*?$BUf i MESSIf l?E, IF HE onix KMEVJ H?^ HEAUTHH Exercise ^ M ig young people together. The many :ople can do it." Marie-Louise Ramsdale amnus and director of the Southeast region of City Year :h love, tolerance tolerance, their misleading facts and their unwillingness to see an issue from another angle. They may preach love and forgiveness, but only to those who give in to and subscribe to their beliefs. In addition, they are giving the other more liberal Christians a bad name. Some right-wingers even discriminate among denominations, deeming a more liberal denomination not "Christian" enough because they do not hold some of the same doctrinal beliefs. The uproar over "The Last Temptation" is just one in a long series of examples where the Christian right showed their lack of research. If they had read the original book by Nikos Kazantzkis or seen the movie in its entirety, they would have realized that the last temptatior is actually Satan showing Jesus what His life would have been like if he had chosen the secular route In the end, Jesus chooses to die on the cross. The point of tolerance and the point of the movie are similar. In the movie, it does not matter what the temptation was; Jesus chose to follow the path God wanted him to. The movie and the Biblical narrative end the same. Right-wing Christians should also choose to resist the temptation and follow the life God set out for then): a life filled with love and tolerance, not judging thosfc who are different or who hold different beliefs. Actions speak louder than words, even if they're worcfc from Jesus. J . I . I I I I ?L I ? I the situation have stated time and time again that they , in doing so, didn't have racist intentions when they Wagenheim, created and instated the Georgia flag. ! e again, you Regardless of what happened in 1956? 1 today in Georgia, 75 percent of the state; Id like to dis- supports the flag as it is. Gov. Miller gave' that the Con- Up ^ rjg^t t0 bring down the flag a year ")' "t.'Stn 1 S ago, not because he's a chicken, but beee of the peo- , ., i l . , cause in a democratic society he couldn t. nermore, dur- . rth also had win that fight. lc against the Mr Wagenheim, you're the one who I jjso cry out said you didn't want to cover the issue of >uld, to bring the Confederate flag in South Carolina beStates. cause you were afraid you might lost some a slap in the friends. Take a good look in the mirror beist as it was a fore you call someone else chicken. Aside African-Amer- from that, we in the state of Georgia have >f the Georgia things more important to deal with than : national an- tfoe piece of cloth that flies above our on My Mind Capitol. That can be dealt with when all as the nation- Gf our other problems have been solved, tates. 1 don t ^ for those protest, I say to " you to "have at it." Exercise your rights to lakes the as- , , ? , c the fullest. However, in a democratic sors of Georgia . :ist "good ole c,ety' the maionly ru,es Though your Wagenheim, vo?ces are loud, your numbers are small. meral system There is a much larger silent majority, se legislators me period, as Matt McCord ned the flag, Music junior! f ? ? I i I ized? It's a drug just like anything else." Danelle Featherstone Undecided junior I J I I I I t I don't really think it should be legalized, don't really have an opinion on it yet." Tracy Rogers Biology junior ??