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E-MAIL! Remember, we have an email address, so don't hesitate to write us. It's GCKVIEWS@SC.EDU. Write one, write all! ' Page 4 ?f(5amecod Serving the Carolina Community since 1901 FXHTORIAI. ROARO Sara Ladenheim, Editor in C Rob Gioielli, Viewpoints Edi Kevin Langston, Assistant Viewpoi Emily Streyer, Assistant Viewpoin Jennifer Stanley, Special Projects Q Holocaust del insult to surv The horrors of 1930s Nazi Ger many and WWII Revisionist calls to concentration debate existence of the campsJeft millions Holocaust. dead and millions more surviving ? but devastated, , a Bradley Smith's auest uuu agcu anu uc* ^ A termined to neither for "intellectual let the world forget freedom" insults Jews nor to let such his- and everyone else. tory repeat itself. But a man named Bradley Smith has better news it." A tax coll for the world: It never happened, own taxes sh< Smith, director of the Council ing what he ( for Open Debate on the Holocaust, that he has \ has been issuing ads to college He confu newspapers across the country, with Iteing a offering $250,000 to the individ- claims he w ual who sets up a 90-minute, na- cans, appare: tionally broadcast, prime-time, Germans did network television debate between gypsies, the himself and the Anti-Defamation homosexua League on whether the Holocaust helped them happened, along with other re- of Anne Frai lated issues. coction"; and Smith has developed a fixation is an "intent on proving the Holocaust never sion of the fi happened, or at least that it wasn't Jewish filmrr as bad as everyone says it was ? member of C not for pro-Nazi or anti-Semitic claims that A reasons, but in the name of "in- bers were fr< tellectual freedom." He finds it continues to suspicious that groups such as the proof that gas ADL, which met his criteria in fabricated. 1995 but received no money, do Smith pre not wish to continue debating the self a historic topic ad infinitum to his satisfac- who holds vi tion. consensual, e His method is to insist on an major histori "open debate" for the cause of in- is 20/20, thr tellectual freedom (his "persua- glasses or, in sive" writings lift quotations from blindfold, their contexts and apply them to Libertari; his arguments as convenient), and cringing at when other groups refuse to dig- joins his revis nify his claim, he accuses them of the Libertari; censorship, narrow-mindedness denying a con and betrayal of the First Amend- political document. The man seems to feel that to revisionist his rights to free speech-are being The Gamt threatened by Jewish groups' re- Smith's ad h fusal to engage in speech on the November If topic of his choice. in 25 college We can assure Smith that nameoffrees groups such as the ADL wish the of many pub Holocaust had not hannened. hut The act nl they will not, quite understand- tence of one c ably, lower themselves to debat- ing scars of hi ing the fact that it did. disgusting ar He has explained neither why pretation of fi it is so important to revise the cur- ing in a demc rent perception of the Holocaust ly, encourage nor what good will come of de- to warp the rij bating the fact that Adolph Hitler pression, am systematically tried to extermi- his right to s; nate an entire race. He is not on nantravings? trial; he has no obvious stake in duces, we des: proving such a ludicrous claim, his money i He declares his pursuit to be in- pages with so tellectual freedom and says he has iMk TJir (famrrnrl? wi>v v./wii?vvvvi? ^^5 Soring tbv Carolina Community since 1908 The Gamecock is the student newspaper of The University ot South Carolina and is f Friday during the fall and spring semesters and the times during the summer with the exeep periods. Opinions expressed in 11k' Gamecock ate those of the editors or author and nrx thosi The Board ol Student Puhticalions and Communications is the publisher of The Gamecock, the newspaper's parent organization The Gamecock Sara Ladenhelm Editor in Chief Emily Streyer Asst. I km fx tints Rob Gioielli Vkmfxtints liditor Kevin Langston Editors Kenley Young Seus lidtlors Rachel Helwig Asst. Metes Hdilors Brad Walters Clayton Kale Erin Reed Eealttres Hdilors Deneshia Graham Assl I'eatiins liditor Rob lindsey Brock Vergakis /leg. Sports Hdilors Nathan Brown Sfxirt.s liditor Charlie Wallace Sean Rayford litolo Editor Kelly Magulre Sports Editorial Assistant Matt Ryan Online Editor Katy Evans Asst. Entertainment Kristin Freestate Copy Wtsi- Chief liditor Todd Money Copy Editor Jennifer Stanley Special t'rojccts Coordinator Student Media Ellen Parsons Director of Sherry F. Holmes Classified Student Media Manager Lee Phipps Adtertisiilg Manager Carolyn Griffin Httsiness Manager Susan King Croat ite Director Erik Collins Eacnltv Advisor Jeff Stensland (iruduate Assistant Think you can cut it on the Viewpoints page? We're looking for skilled, opinionated writers columnists. Give us a call at 777-7726 or Just opinion piece at Russell House room 333. Viewp <_ The Gamec - bOr i||? ivors n SB 1 chosen the Holocaust as an exam- ^ p Sift 1 ieves it y , "profoundlyvulgar, jQ.^J and pmasrnlatino- 5 XI to spend half a cen- OOWfiTSD jftltlf tury condemning ^ ^ !j> others for their vi- AN OF JTOL olence and brutal ity when we have not yet learned to J condemn our own, ^ 1JIJIIS FTHr or even recognize Wj ^r ector who evades his Duld, rather than pay- -w-n ^ejr year.enc[ issue last month, memb< >wes, instead pretend I Sports Illustrated ran a feature about wrthin 3aid his taxes? JLthe greatest sports year of all time. *n ses being anti-Nazi They did a ments ill "civilize" Ameri- ofthetoplO ^ y ^^at and sur some c thatSchindler'sList ever.P beings ;ionally corrupt ver- Anyone s lets.' David Cole, a ROB GIOIELLI w^0 follows leaders laker who is a former columnist sports and al role ODOH, recanted his knows a lit- dignifii Uisrhwitz pas rham- tie bit about its history shouldn't find second ludulent^yet Smith thfe surprising. After aMohn Elway usual; ri tp Cnlp'? work n? and the Denver Broncos finally wm the cnasec , , , Super Bowl, and Michael Jordan wins record, ,uwmuci the NBA championship (in what we eted m know now was his last game) in story- s^ip ai ludly proclaims him- book fashion. achievi ^1 revisionist ? one During the summer, Mark McGwire a^e bi ews contrary to the and Sammy Sosa single-handedly save Mc( sstablished view of a the game of baseball, while the New big bi 1< cal event. Hindsight York Yankees made us think twice t? Sos? "ough rose-colored about who was the greatest baseball made s Mr. Smith's case a team ^ ^me- these are just the spect, i highlights of what was truly an amaz- tered c; ahs everywhere are mgSoneofthese events was his- racfw' is man w o en- toric in its own right. They are all wor- the all lomst obsession with 0f telling your children and Lewins an cause, even while grandchildren about ? "I remember Clintor nection between any watching Jordan's last shot" or "I re- ted not! ine and his approach time. K history. -ssp Preachers' trat )98, his ad had run newspapers in the intlOnlt fn flio V-lnnnnr Tfc HTnnncin iitqc nnim/vl lnnt wtnnlr her llUf \J\j LIIV/ iiuuui ? / j wucui vvao maiiicu laoi wcciv lications' readers. I\/1 by a Southern Baptist minis- " ^ei ' debating the exis- ^ -l-ter who rounded off the vows . 1 ^ if the most disfigur- . =n hy inform- j *1 ' story is demeaning, thatm, id a perverse inter- JF tnrougn trus famjj-e ree speech But liv- g the lea icracy, unfortunate- Mcr j f & be subject to wanedi s people like Smith fl| JU Mn. her hus- saywoi ght to freedom of ex- %""7 JB?| band's au- far aw? 1 while we support MKMIk thority. ^h ay whatever repug- nl^K He said, "I sucb ar lis twisted mind pro- know this so^e'aa ire neither to accept ^^iecn "J goes against exercis nor to soil these ERIN REED thegrainof overthi ? .S011 tneSe columnist mJar.n cn_ De0nle. ,Chgarbage' 1 det but it Plistae is God's way." a tradit The ceremony had gone so smooth- Woi ly until then. Actually, I had been get- with th EtfHJPi ting quite bored as the minister went tenstics * on about sharing each other's proper- bar her ty. helPing each other in times of need ^akmg : of The University of South Carolina. ? those things I would hope people "y s we 11k- Department <?t Student Media is of their Qym accor(J A fa ., _ But with this reminder of the South- ents sin Ir.v.'lMrl JTd IIL-S _ .. 1 ern baptists return to supposedly tra- ana 0V tojt.s .ik Hi) ft ditional" ideals of dominant/submissive s e t fo r jstWftS/i roles in marriage, my jaw dropped arid their m Viewpoints 777-7726 my ears perked up. ing brei Kchwusosc cd" j wag subconsciously searching for it coiml News 777-7726 r, , r U* ftckm-usesc idii some sign ol horror on my cousm s face riim ma, 111 777-1911 at such a ridiculous statement, but she ily. Sporls only smiled happily at her new hus- Any gcks/x,ristoc etin band, her new master. ers for j online 777-2H.li j d0n't consider myself a feminist, point is Advertising 777-1888 but I do consider myself a rational per- ing any classified 777-1 i8i son I simply don't understand the log- only pos i ax 777-6182 ic behind a wife's duty to bow down to ing and Office 777-.1888 The during to become regular VWnpWMPVWPVP drop off a sample II ?]i i I I ij ^ >oirif.s ock \e CotfGReS'sjnett. WOfFiCeSfVaiTiNQ Fbr-Hie. rricaipeattiTDpass higher than pol sr No. 62." That all this happened ~ a 365-day period is astonishing. SOSa ailU McGWll contrast to these epic achieve- * H . on the court and the playing field, D3II tiliS SVUIllllCr, re the Monica Lewinsky scandal. f . conltv " as it seemed like everyone in the w UU1 . of sports was coming out with >f their best performances ever, tion s leaders, everything com- the spotlight, released his t of our nation s caprta in gen- ^ the entire count Wc then sade me embarrassed to be an the ^ ofthe tovest can. Sessional athletes am accused of tian f a40?"Pa^ rePort that read !reedy, egotistical and self-serv- a bad Penthouse letter. ; our politicians and government Clinton and Starr showed us 1 3 who are supposed to be the re- low our national leaders can sink. T1 models, the ones with honest, was nothing in their behavior that a cd and ethical behavior. But the be found admirable or exemplary. S half of this summer saw a un- and McGwire rose above the typ: ole reversal: McGwire and Sosa greed of the professional athlete i 1 the single-season home run showed us who were truly great 1 1 L- _11> J. ?1 *___ J TTT i 1 .1 ? 1 uaseuan s must eiusive ana cov- summer, witn tneir Denavior on j ark, with a level of sportsman- off the field, they became the moral o id admiration for each other's pass for a nation, transcending tl iments that seemed inconceiv- sport to become a distinct part of the world of professional sports. national consciousness. 3we hit No 62 with Sosa stand- ^ mite House was lacki eft field and the camera jum,*d we ,ooked toward Wri | Field . i s face to see his reaction. He ? , c, j a. 1 , c i j.- j Busch Stadium to give us solace i i gesture of admiration and re- _ , ? ,;1 . , one that only the most embit- find ?>me falt^ m our c?unt^'Chn ynic could call superficial. and ^ embarrassed us, so we. he same time as the home-run braced McGwire, the former Rooki e saw Clinton finally respond to the Year who emerged from perso egations about his affair with family problems to become on iky. In the rhetorical style that the greatest power hitters ever, ? t has come to define, he admit- Sosa, whose childhood of poverty in ling and everything at the same Dominican Republic is inconceivabl en Starr, not wanting to let Clin- most Americans. litional ideals oppres sband, so to speak, because the ~~~ ~ ~ ~ stament says she should. 'Ally flffUghtCf Wit low this is part of the tradi/Inolo nraonVin/^ on/1 nofonoiKlir narents must won utaio gavix^u cuiu uotciioiuy "" ? ?? ?w - ? ?? ed by the Promise Keepers ? r ^. % en should take control of their ^Cttlllg 3.11 CullCi s and households and exercise dership that has supposedly because of modern beliefs. They should be aware that God is the rea nen should stay home and keep these two young people found each ( ly from professional work. er were brought together in ir ,'s the "modern" way to rebuke yjage 1 ideal, that men should be the Again, my cousin only looked swi ders of their families, including jy ber new husband while I w ing unreciprocated superiority dered whether the tw0 |e tt eir wives, then it s only because marrjed had an^hi t0 do with in thPir ipfp PPtiio or?r*r?m_ ? :nts, finally have recognized such the ^ reason tw0 ion as ridiculous and pointless. ^ lid it not make more sense to go ^ ,,, , , e modern way? What charac- . ^ not the reason two people ; does a woman have that should m lo^' P?Ple are attracted to each c from leading her family or from eJ fa)'mLlove ??'1 defde to m!> important decisions for her fam- because of themselves, because tl lfare? e ?^"er ana war*t to procrei mily is better off when both par- } m assumLnS the Promise Keep ire authority over their children 311(1 others who ablde such ldeals ;r each other. A bad example is getting their inspiration from stor children when they watch in the Old Testament. People descril other stay indoors all day bak- ln Old Testament lived this w id, never offering her opinion if with the men as rulers of their famil :ers her husband's and letting ^d the good women as quiet, obedi ke all the decisions for the fam- servants. The Old Testament isn't exactly 1 daughter with Promise Keep- best authority on these things. I'm c larents must wonder what the of those people who believes that t of getting an education, of go- Old Testament, that ancient first p; further than high school, if her of the Bible, comprises mainly stor isible future lies in homemak- made up by men to explain how th husband appeasing. society should run smoothly for the Baptist preacher also mentioned There are many ridiculous stories a the wedding that everyone untruths therein. Submissions lor columns arc welcome Irom all memlx-rs of tin- Carolitt S length, unci guest columnists cm only lx- printed twice a semester. I'le; 777-7726. The (i.tnK'ujT. will try to print till letters Letters slxxtld lx' irtMtttl words atxl must, student. I lamfwritten letters must lx- pcrson;dly delivered try tlx- author to tlx- Russet, her The (i.itixcixk reserves the right to edit all letter lor style, lilxd ex space Nanxs QUOTE, UNQUOTE "He's not the first president to lie or have an affair, and I'm almost sure he won't be the last." Leroy Bonds, Mathematics Freshman Wednesday, January 13, 1999 Ul o 3* i o jr I itics in '98 re not only saved basethey helped us main3 re- Sosa and McGwire not only saved saw baseball this summer, they helped us iga- maintain our sanity. We chose to watch like them play a game rather than see our leaders embarrass us. In fact, that's 10w What we chose to do all year. No mature ter how disgusting the Lewinsky scan)uj^ dal became, our teams and athletes kept !osa putting in epic performances to help us jcaj get through it all. The nightly news was an(j bearable because you knew the sports .jj-g would come on eventually, and ^ more than coincidence that a om year marked by political events that made us ashamed to be Americans is 1G1X also one of the greatest years for sports, ever? Probably not, but at least we had something to be proud of, something ' s? we could all discuss without shaking ina our heads in disgust. 1 Unfortunately, 1998 is over, and we t?n won't see another year like it for a long jm" time. It's a shame, but now we have e ?f to face up to the entire Lewinsky scannal dal. President Clinton has been im e oi peached and could be removed from ofmd fice. For reasons only the historians will the really know, it's all important now, and e to not even Mark McGwire can save us. ss new brides h Promise Keepers for der what the point is ation." son The Old Testament condones slav>th ery and polygamy. The Old Testament lar- describes a bitter, vindictive God who snends more time scanner his subiecfs set- with thunder than loving them unconon ditionally. ing So when someone cites the Old Testhe tament in telling me I shouldn't pursue my desired profession, that instead ple it is God's wish for me to stay home and obey my husband's every command, it's going to be hard for me to listen. >th- w^en I decide to marry, it will be because I fell in love with someone out of my own natural instincts and ^ desires. It will be because marriage is erg man's way, not God's way. My husband and I will be equal in authority as in all other parts of our lives. Marriage is a partnership, not a gender-lucky ranking system. ,ay' Although God is a very comfortable ies pillow with which to pad ourselves when ent we're unsure or in need of guidance, people need to realize it's OK to let themhe selves be in control of their own lives ,ne and to take credit for the good things he that happen to them, art Life is not about obeying a book of ies stories from thousands of years ago. We eir have the present, and I think we're dom. ing a pretty good job of living by nd whatever standards we set for ourselves. a Gminuinily. Iliey must Ik Ixlwecn (rati and 7SO words in isc deliver all submissions to Russell House room .W. or call include full name. plwux' nunilxT. [imivsssin.il title or year and ntajor il a Pi louse room W. I.-mail letters niuv include tlx- author's lekyilione nunv will never he w ithheld