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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 12, 1992)
EDITORIAL U.S. shouldn’t risk others for profit So what if it's a killer. As long as it means money, just call the United States Limits*Aren’t-Us. U.S. tobacco farmers will receive S3.5 million this year in federal money to promote overseas sales of their product. The agriculture department's gift is an answer to the falling American demand for tobacco, a probable result of the anti smoking/health wise cam paigns launched during the last several years. This type of scheme should sound familiar After all. it's not the first time the United States has risked the health of other countries* residents, all for a profit. Even worse, it's using tax monies to do it. Examples abound, and look, here's one now: Pesti cides. The demand for them hero in the states slowed down in the 1980s — thanks in part to bans on certain chemicals. So. in our capitalistic wisdom, America simply increased exportation of those chemicals that were no longer allowed here. And when the United " Nations passed a resolu tion in 1983 ( ailing (or re strictions on tiie export of products whose use has been banned in the ex porting nation. guess who refused? Yep. President Reagan, arguing in Ins in Finite logo that those countries importing our banned products should be tree to do so if they ___ choose, and that if we didn't sell them the products, someone else would Ironically, banned pesticides continue to pollute the food Americans eat via imports. Talk about bad karma. It's great that American health campaigns have gone so well; It’s just too bad the message gets turned back at the borders. It's great that American health campaigns have gone so well: it s just too bad the message gets turned back at the borders Obviously. U.S. mentality hasn't vet developed to the point of seeing the big picture And so it goes with the promotion of American to bacco overseas. Using tax monies for promoting the use of a sub slum e that kills is about as backward as national policy can get Granted, our tobacco farmers need the contin ued income, but the other sides of the dice need to be considered. Is it worth our tax dollars to make sure sales go on as usual? Could we use the mnoev in a bet ter wuy to remedy the situation — one that doesn't in volve death — perhaps7 As big and almighty as we ma> think we are. the United States Is part of the world community It's time we began acting that vs.iv. 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IS.litis ev er \ da'. 1 ins is utxRIt the Uiuksture removing a prod ait that .s ah--adv on Its shelves because of pressure from one small group Tile American pistil e system is bused on precedents il tou allow one group to repress ma leri.i! it do. sn't hki t.- i open up the censorship gate tor any holier-than-thou slum !,, start down the censorship path I i an still remember tile hlai k and white films .it Nazis hum mg is- vs it: -. tt - - ----- -i s.k iety hv polluting die minds of liie masses groups wild W ould udVOi ate - • C- : 1 /' n iltd his lot m, t Moral M . f .1 -. w .u!d no dou! I -out m a: mg « -dh the . A o' i111 -g!. t V It : - heat mg, who w IS a deter m '. -1 t.u . t So : s see W h i I e -e people !h-, ause tho -ght they w er. harmful to tin w or id re! i - , n , r ... ! ! eg- e a . Hunk mil vvhr U here do i sign Tom Entzel Eugene The simple life I pi' V O U .1 S \ I. . k : Don r.,p<- vn.. i” '-m nulling ■ftnhi■- .. >■ i I,op. that VO., i.r-. Iioi iiff ml of learning anything and will min!4V ! ' o. Utile to educate yourself about rape Rape is. and continues to be, a l.ii tor ol iiii , 1m*i ,isi■ so in ;nv of us choose to Ignore its \ West!'.'. 1 a m n o ! iig.i i o s i ;. ir l;.: o' a o v t !i i lig M.ivts you should ass yourself i! you are Lducate yourself alrout rape If you and all of us w add d. that sir t'( it in deed vs imid make ,. te a he . of .1 lot s. lllpler (or e V ef V title Luci Longoria Student Blowing smoke Brian Hoop and Imnffer Bills :■ \\ ' : . mg t!u rights o! homosexuals as a Wnrthv cause, upholding rights at th- expense id se:Ue idiat S vs ha! will happen i! ... , .. . stii ' f ■'• ' ' K - 1 eilera. lavs supersede, state student senatl resolutions tgli 1 ! VO.: don’ fie 11 e v e me , lie' s ad 'lit i Jd H 1 U : . :s me ; i.a! vs d: all the ta s it-, nit i. vs infair the D()D regulation is the Student Senate vs ..ills to pu s on re( rult ers Miiitarv reirulters are fol 1..ivs :.".g raies they don't make [l.eiii up Besides vs fiat about the Ire speech rights of the out tat v Oh yes. Bills wants to do:-:, tins i ainpus. hut only d !! pe, p.e allowed here align vs d i. t er poiitii al philosophy s dots xind id hypocritical r. \\ hat alio-at the rights of s! . ids interested in talking to re. raters ’ Shouldn't they be wed to get information w hen- it is most accessible to them' The DOU poliev may be dis. nrnmatory, hut the c ourts have found that it is not (ditto tor die Sufende poliev , It's about time that Bills. Hood and the rest of the Stu* i ' t\ if.>. . haliengeil the insue .it i'.s head {Iji• Departmeni uf Def-nse instead of hvpocnti > - ■ slum jung up. '.in' rights of milit.tr. reeruiters ami stu dents Chris Ribeiro Journalism Condemnation Ur djiji: ■ ..tit Eitlrl.lld s support in tp.i' piiiiuri.il, "Stu dents justified in condom pro vision lliltM1! I‘f, their Vcrfe 'v, n i. s! ,ik i!; I In' art. t lr Fust. although their are five i urr' member' running fur jiu.itn .n oifice. we have mans mule jjt-tij.ie WIui tleljl LI' On Ian . 1J peojih- jiartu ipated u. dtsS; muling I iUU -. umiuHis S.-t urn! a flier ssilh explicit instruct: us w a-. :m i tided s\ ith ear I: i ondotn handed Also A!1>S ! l-vnagm-. tin . a.-, these ‘:t r . sv .!!a:I Sin- nil , .. , , . I . . . u ...... ... I 'la- a.!!: : - w ere warned ll..r if sm , .mttmied to tlaie On. Kmbc.'g would he withdrawn from , -1 1 hur' We .ijjjiM-t late Hit editorial ist s support it you support our e Hon I urge you to write I’fin t IJ t. i I. .11 hi: ksul , t u South Hag: .... High S. hu -100 i; Id \ S " John 0 Brien Planethood Party Raving mad ; lounii it ijulte lurirn tli.it iiis.m Moore took uji half the irisuie (.over of tile )an 7 Emrr a/i/ gelling mud at I’hil Zuc ker man And I'm not sure 1 gel the point II sou know i’inl at ail, you know that lit- is a vers mellow and fun guv The raving mum .i. lunatic: that you portrayed him as is a fantasy you made up in a moment of melodrama please gel some facts on this subje.t of Zionism before you parade vour cliche radical 1’C blanket humanism Oh veuh, 1 ;. u.ih It ik■ ’i me : u dire; lor oi tire |Si’ E/ra Bookstem Eugene
