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EDITORIAL Fair play in Wichita? Break out the clubs Anti-abortion protests in Wichita. Kan. have settled down a bit after Federal Judge Patrick Kelly ordered federal marshalls onto the scene. The anti-abortion folks are saying the judge has overstepped his bounds. The judge has said he is doing his job by trying to maintain order in the town. In an interest ing turn of events. Terry Randall, the founder of Opera tion Rescue, the group organizing the protest, told ABC News (hat the anti Until God gets a seat on the Supreme Court, the anti-abortionites are going to have to stop their illegal activities. aoonionuos simpiy warn me rigm 10 conuuci civu uts obedience! protests like those of the civil rights and anti war varieties of '60s. That is a fascinating comparison. When Terry says the right-wing anti-abortion zealots want the same rights as protesters of the ’(ills, does he really mean it:' If so. the OS. can base the National Guard show up and shoot four or five of them That would certainly be in line with treatment the left-wing protesters of the 60s got And of course, the polii e would have a field dav macing, tear gassing and billy clubbing the protest ers as they sing their hymns. Terry ought to be more ( .ireful about whut he asks tor Ile just might get it. Also, the folks of Operation Rescue should realize that their little gatherings go further than simple civil disobedience protests. By blocking access to the abor tion clinics they are deriving women their guaranteed right to legally terminate a pregnancy They artr break mg the law and should be dealt with accordingly Other Operation Rescuers told ABC News that the anti abortion folks are ignoring the U.S. lavs in favor of "God's law." But until Cod gets a seat on the Supreme Court, the anti abortionites are going to have to stop their illegal activities or face the consequeiu.es. T w ith THE WHITE MOLl.EE flNP THE SUPREME COURT /p THE GRIP OF THE FAR FUG Hi; IT'3 UP TO US |M CONGRESS to PEG'ENQ THE PIGHTS OF THE People/ r_ \T ..V.YY tH/Rp' oCv; ■v y ■ "V LETTERS Strike a nerve? I‘,it Maliich, I bulinvc sour suggestion lo tell complainants ul frisbee golfer gull not to be anal retentive" and "finding u frishm' graze sour ear" are not that lar from luring related (DPI. Aug t> ) You see, sou have got sour head so far up vour a - you can't see a frisbee. nor create svhet Freud might have considered ii lavalorv masterpiece Since I destroyed the anterior cruciate ligament m my right knee I have taken up frisbee golf and whiffle ball and I feel so cool playing- People gawk at mu while golfing as it I pulled off a lBO-degree oil it: to rail slide down u fifteen-slop hand rail It is public attention that has maintained m\ self-esteem and kept me from deep depression in clearly the most boring and inactive summer of my life. Why don't you confront people while playing instead of calling upon the ignorant masses who love the whip on their bat k or .1 imitation messiah on a cross (whichever vou supply) by blowing your horn on an ill-fat ed bund wagon7 Settle, Put You have created a contro versy where them is none Tol erance .m<i compassion will get will you from Agate to Alder But, henceforth, let it lie known that I am the ringleader of the legion of frisbee golfers, and you might end up with a little more impact than 175 grams to your head it's a tough target il you complain in person. Look for me, I'm the "cool dude” looking for attention among the long hairs and hellyachers with shaved heads who offers you his last beer Peace and humpUm-ss lor ever Chris Welch Kugene Stormin’ Norman rates top doa in intelliqence poll THE FINE PRINT BY PAT MALACH It's In. It's In, it's finally here At long hist, tilt) Aug -I issue ol /V r.nli’ magazine has published the results ol it it informal poll taken to determine the smartest person in America And who else hut (len H. Norman Schwarz kopf was i hosen hy Americans .is the winner To tell you the truth. Norm isn't the first person to come to my mind when I ponder the question ol measurable bril liance I thought first of Supreme Court justices or even NASA scientists Hut apparently, the minds of those folks tio not compare to that of Norm, the mastermind of ever-so-suct essful Operation Desert Storm, who has cap t urrd tlic hearts ami minds of Ameri carts who see turn as the owner of the idea! intellect Personally. I have a hard time buying a war strategist as the best mind ill the land besides the fact that the product of Schwarzkopf s intelligence is a reign of destruction and death we can all he prouti of, the U S defeat of Iraq could .a t urately he paralleled to, say, the New York (minis beating South Lugone High School in a football game how mut h difference does the coach really make7 Stormin' Norman gloatingly belittled Hussein after the battle by saying he wasn't much of a strategist or general Hut would the results of the war have been different if Hussein’s and Si hwarz kopf's roles were switched? Would the tons of U.S. smart bombs dropped on the Iraqis been a little less smart if Hus sein was giving the orders? Would Stormin' Norman have been able to find a w.i\ lo supply his troops at the front therefore keeping their morale and fighting spirit high in the far t- of the enemy's total air superiority? Such hypothetical questions rarely have definite answers But in the inter esl of the science of pop culture, we can come close to one by looking back to the (dents'South lingerie comparison Let's try some scenarios il the (dents were coached by (drl Scout Troop 101 and South lingerie was coached by former greats Bill Purcells end Bill Welsh and the ghost of Vince Lombardi, I'd still be lartting on the (b ants Ok. how about Mother Theresa and (ddget for the (bunts end Chuck Knox, Cerry Clunville and Art Shell for South Eugene Ncqie, my money would still be on the (bants Thor« is only one couching combine lion i cun think oi that might lead to a South Eugene victory over the (hunts Let Attila the Hun couch South Eugene and arm them with the latest in au tomata weapons, and put the pacifist Mahatma Ghandi at the helm of the Gi ants 1'hat might possibly make a diller ence. but the game would still lie pretty damn close Norm might he one sharp later head, hut my vote for smart guv goes to George Bush So fur. 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