letters
Significant
“Is Brooks’ raise deserved?”
your reporter asks (ODE, Jan
30). Well, that question is dif
ficult to answer when the article
does not state his existing
salary. According to a computer
listing, he was paid $55,480 as
of Nov. 6, 1984. The $14,000
raise (over 25 percent) brings
his salary to just shy of $70,000.
Too much? Too little? For com
parison, full professors at the
University receive as little as
$29,000 to as much as $54,000
— the amount varying prin
cipally by department. This is
hardly one-fourth the salary of
the football coach as alleged by
the reporter, but it makes the
significant statement that some
one’s talents for training young
men to hit one another are
worth more than the skills re
quired to teach intellectual ac
tivities, for which a university
supposedly is created.
Paul Konka
Law
Sarcastic
In response to Brian Moore’s
letter (ODE, Jan. 31):
Yes, you are quite
misunderstood, of course we
aren’t accusing you of being sar
castic. We know you obviously
don’t have control over your
own body.
In your letter you said (and
we quote) that, “Abortion is a
beautiful experience. A woman
is able to show her control over
her body...” And if a woman
is raped and impregnated by a
man, that surely displays the
ultimate control over a woman’s
own body, don’t you think? We
know if you asked the many
women who’ve been in this
situation and h?ve had abor
tions, they’d all describe it as a
“beautiful experience.”
Regardless of these women.
what of those that are encourag
ed by males in their lives, i.e.
boyfriends, fathers, brothers,
husbands, etc. to get abortions?
If women did actually have
complete control of their
bodies, how many do you think
would be in that situation?
Oh, and Brian, we have one
small problem with your state
ment that abortion is sexist and
discriminatory against you,
men, the minority. Tell us when
men fork out the large sum
(HA!) of $200 for their women
friends’ abortions that they
aren’t buying THEIR “right to
life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness.” Need they have
“our authoritarian govern
ment” legalize this control?
Let’s face it, Mr. Moore, you
have a severe case of vaginal
envy!
Catherine O’Connor
Irene McNeely
Women
Not serious
I would like to make a correc
tion in the otherwise 'good
coverage the Emerald has pro
vided on the Gypsy Moth issue.
Your editorial of Jan. 31 in
dicated that the Gypsy Moth has
already done severe damage in
Lane County. This is incorrect.
Although visible defoliation has
been observed in a handful of
Oaks and Douglas firs in the
Dexter area, the economic im
pact of defoliation is, to date,
zero.
It is not yet known if the Gyp
sy Moth will thrive and spread
on an exclusively Douglas fir
diet. The defoliated fir trees
seen in Dexter grew next to
heavily infested Oaks, the
moth’s favorite diet in Lane
County.
Hopefully, the question of the
moth’s impact on Douglas fir
Oregon’s chief timber crop)
vill be addressed by thorough
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project.
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Survival Center
Boring deGcit?
Is it possible that Michele
Matassa is really Mike Cross in
disguise? If she wrote the
headline "Reagan budget puts
clamp on deficit” (Feb. 5) that
would be the logical conclu
sion. The honest and accurate
headline would have read:
"Reagan ravages social pro
grams, deficit of $180 billion
still near record." Perhaps too
long, eh?
Which prompt a few ques
tions on the (I know, boring)
deficit. Such as:
1. How was LBJ able to fund a
“real war” in Vietnam and "the
Great Society,” for a much
smaller deficit than Reagan’s?
2. Do those folks who support
Ronnie realize that if his total
deficit is held (unlikely) to "on
ly" a trillion dollars, the in
terest on it will annually cost
every man, woman and child in
America about $400.
3. Given that the interest rais
ed from middie-income tax
payers will go into the pockets
of the wealthiest 5 percent of us
who can afford $10,000 tax-free
wnlds, is Ronnie doing this on
purpose to (1) decimate the
future ability of government to
fund social programs, and (2)
continue the massive distribu
tion of wealth (upward) started
by his first term “tax cuts”?
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Judgement
I am so sick and tired of the
things people are doing and
saying in the name of Chris
tianity. Yes, I believe in the
Gospel of Jesus Christ and the
teachings of the Bible. But
perhaps I’ve been reading a dif
ferent Bible. Where does Jesus
ever teach hatred, self
righteousness, condemnation,
and judgement? Indeed, the Bi
ble speaks about God's judge
ment, but never does it give any
human the right to judge any
other human. In fact, it teaches
just the opposite: ‘‘Judge not,
that ye be not judged.” (Matt.
7:1). The worst cases have to be
these neo-nazi groups and the
like, popping up all over with
names like "The Restoration of
Jesus Christ.” I wish I could sue
these groups on Jesus’ behalf for
defamation of character, if
anyone would care to read
through the life of Jesus, they
will find example after example
of love, kindness, patience, and
forgiveness. Did He bomb abor
tion clinics? No, He didn't even
condemn a prostitute. Did He
stand on a hill and scream at
passers-by that they were doom
ed to hell? No, He sat on a hill
and let His love draw people to
Him like a magnet. Christians,
since Jesus (not Jerry Falwell) is
supposed to be our leader, do
you think maybe we should
start listening to Him?
P.S. To Jack Straton’s com
mentary (ODE, Jan. 31), I have
one thing to say: Bravo!
Susan Kinner
Eugene
Hedonist
This letter is in response to
Jon Zweig's letter (ODE, Feb. 4)
on the continuous arguments
between pro-lifers and pro
choicers, and between Christian
heterosexuals and militant
homosexuals. Come on, Jon,
we’re all tired of hearing from
those hypocrites, thugs, and ar
rogant narrow-minded
fascist/weirdo pigs, respective
ly. But really, you should have
known better than to address
these right-brained, bigoted,
bile-raisers in such a fashion.
My point being this: each
member of these social groups
being dogmatic and needing to
assert her/his opinion, un
doubtedly misses your point.
Furthermore, we shall now be
assailed by those self-same
views ad infinitum, ad
nauseum.
Being a concerned hedonist, I
believe that you will see my
point about this unnecessary
suffering. Enough of this. My
personal belief favors en
couragement by example rather
than condemnation by senten
tious antagonists. In this regard
my dear hedonist friend, what
are the King's fools up to Satur
day night?
Dawn Kimball
Literate libertine
Nothin9 yet
To all those students who
voted for Ronnie in November
and then woke up to headlines
about his cutting student loans:
do you think you can live with
him for four more years? I hate
to say I told you so, but.. .Ac
tually, as the Gipper himself
says, "You ain’t seen nothin'
yet."
For a mirror image of this
country. I suggest you learn
about the phenomenon of lem
mings. We are they and they are
we.
Norma Sax
Staff Person
Reality
Ms. ‘ Pro-choice” (ODE. Jan.
30) mis-information needs to be
corrected. She is either not in
touch with, or refuses to accept,
reality:
1. Her “three month old egg
sac" with "potential life" has a
heartbeat, arms, legs, and a
body (a human body). She can
make a tiny fist, get hiccups,
suck her thumb: and she feels
pain.
2. "Abortion is legal only
during the first three months of
pregnancy" is dead wrong!
Tragically, abortions can be and
are being "legally" performed
at any and all stages of develop
ment, from the first months
when the mother is aware of her
presence until the very day
she’s bom. And all this for such
perverse reasons as the "wrong
sex” (usually female).
3. The “fundamental
hypocrisy" she tries to zap men
right-to-lifers with more ac
curately describes her own self
serving position since, in at
tempting to defend sisterhood,
she is killing more of her sisters
than those of the other sex.
There are alternatives. Make
your choice to save a life, not
kill it. Abortion kills human
rights!
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