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football and ct
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about that time
of year again.
Time for As stuck
Carolina Carolina, i
Homecoming; du, ,Q ,ak
a four-day
celebration of
all things Umve
garnet & black.
Basically, if you don't have school
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that the election is based on morals,
not money, which he can say "because
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Sonncnfeld Kolnitz
Editor io Chief Special Projects
Chris Dixon Lisa
Viewpoints Editor Noworatzky
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spirit after this weekend, you
won't ever.
All Homecoming events this
weekend basically focus on one
thing, school spirit. Spirit in what
it means to be a student here at
Carolina, to have pride in our
school.
Granted, some of the activities
that will be put on are kind of
cheesy, but hey, what would
Homecoming be without cheese?
The problem is that a lot of
people think that's all school spirit
is, cheese. Stupid things like
knowing all the words to the fight
song and having 47 different
Gamecock T-shirts. But school
spirit is more than that. It's
realizing that, as students here,
we are part of a community. And
no matter what our place may be,
from football player to art major,
To the editor,
After reading your September 16
editorial, titled "Christian Coalition
shouldn't dictate American morals,"
I was left a bit bewildered. You stated
that Mr. Dole had spoken at a
Christian Coalition rally recently
because its members have money and
votes, which Mr. Dole needs. You thai
cautioned that the Coalition should
not be allowed to influence morals.
I find this odd because, to the best
of my knowledge, the Coalition has
done no such thing. After combing
my memory, I could not think of a
single instance in which a Coalition
leader had made a vow to turn
America into a theocracy, or establish
national morality standards. You did
not provide any examples of that In
fact, the First and 14th Amendments
to the Constitution prevent the
establishment of religion, which I
presume is part of what you meant.
To the best of my knowledge, the
Christian Coalition plans on working
through legal channels to make the
influence of believers felt in
government. They have opinions,
and they have eveiy right to express
them. Ralph Reed has publicly stated
his desire for religious and cultural
tolerance.
If the Gamecock has evidence to
the contrary, I suggest you publish
it, as it would be a bombshell on the
order of the Pentagon Papers.
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students at the
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vehavea Everyone has a
e pride in duty to believe in
'ct of the what they are
ci oj me doing and try to
^lly- | improve it as best
they can,
whenever they can.
So you're an engineering major
and may not be the biggest football
fan, but you should still have pride
in your school, in your program,
in what you do. After all, you are
paying to be at USC, so you might
as well make the best of your
experience while you are here.
That's realty what school spirit
is. Not just pride in the football
team, the fact the Horseshoe is
two days older than dirt, or that
Darius and the boys used to live
in the dorms that everyone calls
the worst on campus.
It's a pride not just in these
tangible things about Carolina,
but the ideas behind Carolina.
That we are a community with a
common goal, and that we should
do everything within our power
to achieve that goal.
he has plenty of money," and suggest
that those struggling financially should
not worry about such things. Having
been poor all my life, I take issue with
your apparent suggestion that the
poor should not be concerned with
moral behavior. One does not do what
is right because one is wealthy, but
because it is right. The Christian
Coalition has plenty of middle-class
and poor supporters, as does the
Republican party.
As a last note, I wonder why you
are so concerned with this one interest
group influencing politics.
The Democratic candidates pander
to the education establishment, unions
and minorities. Each exacts a toll, in
many cases a moral one, from them,
which is paid by the rest of society.
Why did you not assail them?
Let me reiterate my challenge to
you to provide specific examples of
Christian Coalition attempts to "dictate
American morals." Given a chance,
I shall obliterate whatever you concoct
By the way, your attempts to
demonize a sector of the population
remind me of a fellow whom I once
had the displeasure of encountering.
He lectured me on the evil influence
of the Jews on American politics and
morals. I knew better than to listen
to him, and I know better than to
believe you.
Vemon C. Davenport
Economics/History senior
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I have heard the word "extreme" or a Qne
derivative thereof over the past 12 months, ,, '
I could retire the national debt and still uncarjn
have enough dough leftover to retire to
Malibu.
The tunny thing about it is, that for rem?r?.6
all the talk about extremism in our SP01 e 1
modem world, we as average Americans ??^er^]
don't fully understand what real P1 ers a
extremism is. ?
What is the first thing you heard , x re
when the newly-elected Republican c aa^e'
majority started their daunting task of n our
reigning in this monstrosity we call the s 0 m ? ? n
federal government? It probably sounded .soai? ^ir
a little like "Those right-wing extremists |a a
want to starve our children and our f??1?
grandparents."
While this is not a direct quote, please ot ?^r P?
understand that this is not an Pro(*uce
exaggeration either. centrist.
Tn fact,, some of the actions of the Unfoi
Republican majority were likened to ^as ^een
actions of the Third Reich. ?* co?a"a
So what was it that these populara
congressional left-wingers were whining ^
about? It was about reductions in the budget) b
rate of growth of some of the biggest cash as 80in8
cow programs in Washington. ^or e:
The Republicans were not only not president
cutting spending on these programs, new ^elf
they weren't even freezing it. cou^
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smallest of margins, the rate at which but didn
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to save the mother's life, was approved America,
by Congress last March. President Clinton ^ descrit
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this issue however, because the liberal registere
media is avoiding it Partial birth abortion her nursi
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to win sympathy for their cause. It literally choice,"
is a partial-birth abortion. assignm<
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the issue because it is shocking, to say partial-b
the least. "I st<
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procedure is used any time after 20 weeks pregnan
(4-1/2 months) of pregnancy; often six clearly vi
months or even later. The abortionist, The doctx
guided by ultrasound, grabs the baby's arms, ev
legs with a pair of forceps. Pratt Sh
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is that the people who level Qur children j
cusations are so adept and
about purposely deceiving the extreme. It is a dever tool,
. people, that they do so without results are sad.
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in our wonderful system of up for anything. It is <
uent that we've lost the extremism toprotecttl
nding of what true extremism institution of marriag
institution societies have
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system, you should never hear who support the protectio
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lg the way it already is being Nobody seems to know,
s an extremist (in relation to In the history of our i
ion mind set). have been some extremis
lolds true because of the nature who truly resorted to extr
litical system, which tends to to pursue their ideology,
ends which are much more They were our foundir.
men who stood up agains
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co-opted by the left as a way believed in. Their views
ting many of the rights more for their time,
nd common sense issues by not They preached th?
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ut citing the means to that end the people's right to sel
too far." They knew the true me
icample, the first two times the Barry Goldwater meant
had an opportunity to sign the "Extremism in defense i
are bill, this approach was used, vice, and moderation in
say he was for this "overhaul" Justice is no virtue."
fare system (a popular initiative), Their willingness to di
't have tn sicrn it hv nsinor the helie.ved was ripht wov
hat the means were just too extremism today. It woi
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jod at the doctor's side and ^ace ?f that little boy. It
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it. The baby's heartbeat was The bill by Congress i
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: 'extremism'
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started their daunting task of reigning in
call the federal government? It probably
"Those right-wing extremists want to
md our grandparents."
but its inherent permissive non-committal ethical code
our society has endorsed,
nism to stand It would entail politicians who cared
ibviously not more about what was right than what
le traditional was popular it would entail a gut check
e> f?r I* an of our society, the likes of which our
; been built on generati0n has never known.
Look out for the word extremism.
noTmarriage? ^en y?u ^ ^ 1??^ hard, for its use is
s extremism? a s^gn ^at ^eas ^ describes
are hard to argue with any other way.
country, there ^ i? 311 intellectual cop-out, a name
ts; some rebels y?u can call somebody or something
erne measures wmcn win snnnK its legitimacy witnout
actually calling into question the true
ig fathers. The ideas which it entails,
it tyranny and It is a buzz word which you should
orinciples they i00k for as a sure sign that another
were extreme politician is grandstanding.
Do not forget that there are few
s doctrine of who ever amounted to much who
sovereignty o weren?t labeled extreme at one time or
- e e"ni^e' another. Discounting everyone or
everything labeled extreme is destructive
of liberty is no to ingenuity and progress,
the pursuit of Ideas and men should be judged upon
their merit, their effectiveness and their
e for what they motivation, and not upon some two-bit
lid be labeled insult hurled in a desperate attempt to
aid violate the discredit and disparage.
ther dimension
npletely aware of this issue however,
media is avoiding it. Partial-birth abortion
ivented by politicians to win sympathy for
allv is a oartial-birth abortion. The liberal
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tribe the issue because it is shocking, to say
e doctor took a doctors have testified that a baby at this
rted them into age can experience "great pain."
head, and the Dr. Martin Haskell, who has
; in a flinch, a performed over 1,000 partial-birth
ahy does when abortions said that he performs them
[Tien the doctor "routinely" for non-medical reasons, and
that 80 percent are "purely elective."
ligh powered How can this be going on in our
>le and sucked country? I realize that many people are
w the baby was pro-abortion, but this goes beyond the
r went back to issue of choice and personal freedom,
haunted by the This is murder-it can be nothing
; was the most else. Some might say that life only begins
ive ever seen," at birth, but even if that is so, the baby
is, for all purposes, born when the
illows a partial- procedure takes place,
formed to save This is allowing murder for the
purpose of allowing someone to get out
on groups and of having to lace the responsihiiity 01
oophole included being a parent. Things like this took
motional well- place 50 years ago in a little place called
In acftition, Nazi Germany. f