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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I just wanted to bring up a
few [JoinIs missing trom the
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f irst of .1!I this ts nn! just a
matter of the bookstore decid
ing not to sell .1 product I'm
sun lfie\ r5oi ki* those kih-Is '
lie. 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
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iltd his lot
m, t Moral M . f .1 -. w .u!d no
dou! I -out m a: mg « -dh the
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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 -
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Tom Entzel
Eugene
The simple life
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Don
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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
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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!
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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*
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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
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'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
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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,
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dire; lor oi tire |Si’
E/ra Bookstem
Eugene