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State divestment bill
merits firm support
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Sooth African Bishop Desmond Tutu, 1964 Nobel Peace
Prize recipient. mote blacks have died at the hands of the
South African police since Reagan began his policy of con
structive engagement than during the previews decade, fat
the last three weeks alone, 80 blacks have been killed in
clashes with police and 29 major black anti-apartheid
organizations have been banned from holding meetings
On Wednesday, the Oregon Legislature will begin hear
ings on whether or not the state should divest ail financial
holdings from organizations that do business with South
Africa. House Bill 2001 is an attempt by Oregon legislators
to offer more than just anti-apartheid rhetoric in the struggle
for justice in South Africa, ft deserves everyone’s farm
support.
Bishop Tata has repeatedly declared that western
economic pressure through divestment is the only alter
native to a violent uprising in Sooth Africa Cedi Ramaposa
the leader of South Africa's largest black trade union, has
also stated his support for divestment. Asked by ABC News
if divestment would only make blacks suffer more.
Ramaposa responded that the economic effects of divest
ment on Macks will be minimal compared to the daily suffer
ing they now endure under the apartheid system. Other
black South African Leaders, including Dr. Allan Boesak.
President of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches.
Albetina Sisulu, co-president of the United Democratic
Front, and Winnie Mandela, wife of jailed African National
Congress president Nelson Mandela, have all declared their
support for divestment. Only Chief Gats ha Suthelezi. whom
many Mack South Africans consider a traitor because of his
collaboration with the apartheid government, speaks out
against divestment. He is a lone voice, but one often quoted
by those who claim South African blacks are anti
divestment.
Neither should Americans be fooled by the Sullivan
principles. These voluntary rules require U S. corporations
in South Africa to practice non-discrimination between
black and white workers. While a good idea, the Sullivan
principles have had minimal impact on South Africa's apar
theid system. Outside of the workplace, the violence of apar
theid continues.
Black South Africans have called upon the United
States to join in the struggle to end apartheid. Divestment is
the way to do this. Join the fight against apartheid by sup
porting the Oregon divestment bill. Write to the House
Human Resource Committee, State Captital Building,
Salem, OR. 97310 and make your feelings known. There is
no more time to waste.
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letters
On abortion
Is mpcrading to Tint Swill
isuer's letter ODE March 11) I.
wnU ijfce to nod taa that
9S percent of abortions have ab
nhtdf to do with
cap*, must, health of the
■Cher.' or de&irmitv of the
Md.
Furthermore. rape
rarefy . resaits is pregnancy.
Studies sorest that a variety of
phyrioinglc it factors inhibit fer
tilaafion and or implantation
even if spent is ejaculated into
the vagina by the rapist ln
towtiegh enough, the people
who say rape is violence, not
sex, point out that rapists usual
ly don't or can’t ejaculate dur
ing rape, which substantiates
the claim that rapists are
motivated by hatred.
Of coarse, there are creeps
who coerce their girlfriends to
engage in sex. which often does
result in pregnancy. After all.
the woman probably didn’t use
birth control since she didn’t
expect to have sex. But who
benefits from abortion in that
case? The - guy. because he
knows he can fence himself on a
woman and if she gets preg
nant then that’s her problem.
Let her get an abortion will be
his attitude. He had his fun.
I know women who’ve been
in this situation. None wanted
abortions, but their boyfriends
threatened they’d leave them
otherwise In every case, the
guy coerced the woman into an
abortion, the woman regretted
it, and the guy dumped her
afterwards. From what 1 unders
tand, that’s usually the rule —
not the exception.
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Let’s face it. abortion hasn’t
benefitted Women, but it has
liberated males from respon
sibility. if anything, : if eur
courages men to take advantage:
of women.
Michael Cross
History/Political Science
EMU display
1 would have liked to’view the .
so-called “pornographic
display” offered by the
Women’s Resource and Referral
Service in the EMU. It deprives
me of' my right to an .equal
education when women are not
allowed to express their views. I
have heard men complain bit
terly of the humiliation of living
off the "Welfare tit.” Women
are entitled to express the same
feelings in their own imagery'.
I searched the EMU for the
controversial display, but found
instead two displays, both of
fered by men, showing naked
women. I could not discern any
important social statement in
either display. I enquired at
WRRS and they said the EMU
felt pressured to remove their
display early.
About the "Penk" decision: it
is laughable that the judge re
quired the women to show a
"pattern” of discrimination.
Discrimination is not a pretty
piece of embroidery or
quiltwork. Your Honor. Perhaps
the message you meant to con
vey is that we should all go back
to our sewing.
Mary Berman
Law
Ignorance
Weil, once again I find myself
roused from silence by another
wonderful display of malicious
ignorance on the part of
America's less-conscientious
"majority. ” I just flicked off the
Phil Donahue show, after being
told "the solution to the pro
blem of teenage pregnancy is
premarital abstinence.”
Sow don't get me wrong; I’m
all in favor of marriage. I think
M is of utmost importance to
provide each new generation of
American youth with a Mommy
and a Daddy who love each
other, and the baby they've
created. (The fact that the ma
jority of marriages in this coun
try don"! meet this criterion is a
subject for a tangentially related
investigation.) ,
I feel ft necessary, however,
to make an observation or two at
this point. First arid foremost
Homo sapiens is a sexual
animal. Secondly, this twisted .
fantasy that teenagers are will- .
ing. or indeed capable of abs- ..
taining from premarital sex is
rank and cruel absurdity. When'
two people are attracted to one
another, the old endocrine .
system cuts in. and that's all she
wrote.
1 feel that it’s a'waste of time .'
to hotly debate the abortion -
issue when we still haven't ad
dressed the foundation of the
problem. ..
It's the 20th century how,
folks. We have cars, lasers, and.
yes, even birth control. Cod
didn't specifically allow it'
because it didn't exist when the
Bible was being written — it's a
bunch of weird old men who :
say birth control is bad . not God
Almighty. And birth control ob
viates the necessity of
premarital abstinence. 1 rest my
case.
Jonathan Z weig
Concerned hedonist
Street vendors
Recently, the city circulated
petitions to local restaurants
regarding the street vendors on
13th Avenue.. In its wisdom, the
city neglected to provide a place
for signatures and chose to
distribute the questionnaire to
only a few selected businesses
in the area. Understandably, the
questionnaires returned with a
negative response; one of the
coffee vendors, as a result, has
been denied a permit and is no
longer in business. The same
questionnaire is being
distributed by the remaining
vendors and l urge the students
to stop and sign them. Street
vendors offer a needed service
to the student community; not
only in terms of their products
but also for their contribution to
the liveability of our streets.
The city and local businesses
could learn a lesson from
Portland, which has encourag
ed street vendors; they con
tribute to the economic vitality
of the area by offering a variety
of services and they attract
customers to all local
establishments by the activity
level they generate.
The last thing this area can af
ford to lose Is any kind of varie
ty that draws customers; street
vendors Increase rather than in
hibit local profits.
Bjorn Olson
(.andacape Architecture