LETTERS Democracy It will he ,i fine (lav lit our m teller trial de\elopment .is .1 people xv hell the "love it or leave it argument is universal 1\ rer'ognized as pop ilespo tism. embodying all the histori t al awareness of a dung beetle The corollary that all distort tented Americans c all defer i oust ittm c or iomplu ilx by ex p.itrialmg refine ts our base no lion ol esi apism as p.uiai ea I.si apism is .1 fine leisure at livily but to suppose that it i (institutes a brave expression ol political self assertion is to mistake denial tor resolution I'ven a limited demociac x like ours (all pretend demoi lain prim iples ori/v bx allovs ing the discourse ol dissent and differ era e lo thrive as a deiiior rai X vigorous self cr itu ism is retpu site Revoking the right ol open dissent dispels even the illu sion ol plurality and liberty I would m\ lit people to re mind themselves who have lor gotten |l had] that 0111 I)e< lata lion ol Independence {although dated in some res per ts) pursues the notion of 1 hallengiug a gov eminent w hit li hei nines de slim live to the ends ol life libertv and the pursuit ol hap pmess In this case, it is our dulv to alter or alroltsh it \ .mall r ax 11x a< i ommodates repair ol the tooth hut a tooth that is too rotten throughout cannot lie saved and the gum must give’ Our nation premia tlllelv blunt with misuse and rotten through mismanage merit reijuires a i ostriic dentist or a people rommifleci to 1 mss 11 ig and brushing after everx decadent and sugars sweet ad ministration or polite al .11 lion It IS the dlltx and not the downfall, ol a citizen to ques turn and 1 hallenge its nation s integrity Demux an (iw inner Student P.C. It the ’'politit ally t utin t .lie individuals who always protest ami lr\ to ( lianijt' the system wlii’ii tlii’v si'c niiuslu e thfii the politic alls me nrre’t t1 am pi’opli- who want everyone to shut up ri'iu.tm passive blindly follow autllotIt\ ami wave a ling (or not out of the c ountrv) when they see mpis tic e Right ' Marlene Keeil l's\c holm;i Appreciation I would like to public l\ e\ press im gratitude for the c tnlcl c are sen u es here .it the I in \ersit\ Knowing th.it my chil dren were being well cared lor on c allipus pisl a lew steps away from m\ ow n c lasses, has made IIIv life linn h easier I espec uillv appic’c iate that I he t hi Id (tare and I Vv elop mirnl ( i nters uiKli’rst.mii him her Ik ,i student's si hedule < ,m lie. not mum other i hilil < tire prugr.ims .ire this .111 iiininodat mg All ol the twin hers ■mil still! have been ve|\ helpful to me .mil the iju.ihtv of i.ire mv i hlhlren rei i'iveil is.is e\i e| lent 1 ssuulil .ilsii life !o th.mk the ASI () for hVis rug the i hilil 1 .ire subsidy progr.mi This program h.is heim instruinentiil in iillou mg me to 1 imtimie mv e.hu .1 t ion I .mi v et \ gr.iteful th.it ' h.iv* In eii .ilile to use both of these serve es .mil sim erelv hope th.it lliev will 1 ontmue to lie HViiil.ihle to stuilent p.irents like mv self Su/s Mont.tl\ .111 Hum.ill Serv 11 es Challenge I would hr VI*! V interested to know the source ol 1 rin S< ha ft-! s ‘statistic s \()l)l May .Ml) elle\ e their i hums of imjiartialitx i Ins system may work in Saha iloran death squads, but not here in Amenta you need evident e I he tilt I Is that 1 ulsuil has been at t used of i arry mg a gun on t ampus So who is ai t us mg Ium'’ (amid 1 do the same thing Ini instant e at oust h'nniler Hills ol tatr\ mg a lOfi mm ret oilless rifle at loss t am pus 111 her hat kjiat k and get all the trendy at tivist posers shrieking bn her t rm ifixion ton ' \\ e need to think t aretullv before rye start |>erse< utlllg Jieo pie baseti on unproyen .musa t ions alone (hi tile other band w iti li hunting is an awful lot of fun if you happen to not lie the xvitc.h Maybe Peterson and company are right to revive this fine old Aiiit'in an tradition I inn |nhii hnglish Threatened 1 iiisagree v\ 11h (iars Darby s letter [ODh Mav L'2) Hi* argues that the Woman's t enter should not rn i*iv»* funds from tin* students Ireoause lie charges they engage in "bigot ed. prejudicial and sexist type 'n's not understand the dif tereni e between accepting ho mosexualitv and lieiug hetero sexual sciolist)') bigoted [irejudii ial and or sexist attitudes II a person feels threatened 11\ tile V,;-Mu'< enter and examines win then feel threat ened, that person has been mill rated liie reason tile l'inverse t\ exists is to provide an educa tion to Us students If Ilarby . or am others, inne lieen made more aware ol worn pii s issues and their own atti tudes by the Women’s ( enter they have been edui ated I’hus the funding tor the Women’s t enter is justified and well spent Self examination 101 may not lie tor i redd but its one ol the most challenging and re warding courses of a lifetime Kussell Harnett Politir al Si iem e Analogous According to Diam- Wong Ma\ 2-1). .1 woman stu deni is being prosei uted lor in,iking written statements Ihal might lead to an iin lease in hate i runes against women In other words she’s being prosei uted fur ini iling men to heat her up llus is analogous to arresting a woman who is he mg beaten h\ her husband he i atlse "she asked lor it There's a lot of potential in this sort of prosecution We could arrest Jews lor causing the holocaust black people for c ausing segregation and mem bers of (be peac e movement for causing the wars in Vietnam. ( .central A meric a and the Slid die* l ast Hitler would be proud \nu I alters.ill I ugene Identity It's great to know th.it in ms vers own universits . hatred is alive .mil well It's nit e to ktinw 'hat hatred knows no limits adheres to no logit 1 l.i ticil is still haired and still pop ular t )n I i id.is Mas 2A, I had the pli'.isnn- id hearing a speakei in thf (AH’ Ballroom His mes sage was most interesting lews i ontrol the media in America lews own A merit a it self lews use blank people to gain mone\ and power lews use ho mosexuals. lesbians, hlai ks and all oppressed people m the world to make more mones aiiu power lews aren't rea//v Jews, hut the\ i ailed themselves )esvs to get "lessish privilege while living in Europe 1 found all this vets interesting The man sasiug this svas not some neo Nazi white nation supportei No. he ssas a hl.u k Amerit an and he blamed the plight ot all oppressed people in the svorld upon Jess s here, at the t nis el sits with student funds, no less And he spoke to a gathering ol students who smiled and applauded his esil message It's mi e to knoss that because ol ms ethnic identlts people will alssuss hate me because I am a less Eve never under stood so tieepls the meaning ot Israel until this moment I’hil Zui kerman less ish Student t moil r vyogl)