LETTERS
Fishy
When Kevin Mombuc kle goes
fixhm’, watch out. if your namn
is Martin Fisher, Emerald
columnist. Fisher verbally
attai ked Councilor Mombuc kle
in n March it column Hombuck
le responded May 25 with a log
n.al net: Hombuckle argued that
never once did Fisher mention a
position or vote taken by Horn
hut kle Ward voters apparently
agreed with Mornbuc kle. refus
ing to waste taxpayer money on
a spiteful recall
What's hilarious is that Fisher
is the very same columnist who
recently, passionately defended
Sen. Hob Fat kwood from being
kicked out of the U S Senate!
Pat kwood votes to cut down
old-growth forests and hand the
cash to the rich. Kevin Horn
buckle, on the other hand,
points out impolite facts, sui h
us a class war going on against
the poor So who does Fisher
Embrace? Pack wood
Fisher i ould get a high-paying
job writing for someone like Sen
Pack wood Voters often complain
about fake, lying politicians who
obey monied interests and never
rock the boat. Hornhnc kle. we
can all agree, is willing to make
waves.
If you want to roi k the sys
tem. attend Hornbuckle's next
fish-fry. If you want boredom,
wipe your mind with a column
of Fisher's fish-wrap.
The wav the Emerald is going
makes me wonder: Is the Uni
versity increasingly the home of
upper-crust oriented people
more interested in personal
greed, than the people's need!
David Oaks
Eugene
Cop-out
III Peter UeFazio's May L'4
commentary, the Congressman
emphasize* the need for "more
cops on the Iwat " His simplistic
call for more cops is a simplistic
cop-out
It simply isn't true, as OeFazio
states, that "more police officers
equals less crime," America
already has more law enforce
ment personnel per capita than
almost any other industrialized
nation At the same time, we
have rates of violent crone and
incart eration among the worst
m the world One of the prime
reasons we have too much crime
is that we have criminalized too
much innocent activity
DeFazio states, " There simph
is not enough prison space
today to keep violent t riminals
in jail." This is not precisely
true All absurd peri entage of
the country's prisoners are
incarcerated for non-violent
offenses primarily drug-rolat
ed Our society can no longer
afford to wage a morally bank
rupt "war on drugs," which
drains societal resources, esac
erbates street violent e. and
erodes our constitutional rights
Peter, until VOU and our other
political representatives come
( lean and "cop" to these bash
law enforcement fails, your
"revolutionary" crime bills will
amount to nothing more than
reactionary posturing We
deserve better
John Davidson
ASUO Legal Services
Good riddance
Well, 1 jus! finished reading
Dave (iharhonneau s last col
umn (OOF. May I!) The only
sad thing about it is this letter
won’t be titled "Charbonnoau
must go" because he's already
gone. In this satl farewell article
(that wet spot on this letter is
neither a tear of joy nor remorse,
it's just a sample of that e\i el
lent Oregon spring rain), Dave
I
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| Foi dt-hvi'iy onlv fempu .
■ Expui
687 86i
CONGRATULATIONS
TO OUR GRADS
Say hello to summer in style as
Guido’s throws the end of the
year PARTY of PARTIES
from now until the end of finals!
GREAT SPECIALS
Get your U of O Guido’s '94
souvenir glass while they last!
again says he has nothing to
write about
I agree ttut the NBA playoffs
aren't too exciting. and i didn't
watch the Itulv sot) But how
about writing altout sometliing
that most of the world has been
waiting years for the World
Cup?
The single greatest tourna
ment in the world of sports is
coming to America (for the first
and probably last time) But I see
Dave is like many in our country
who don't know enough about
sik i er to appreciate sort er I'm
just glad f w ill lie aide to watch a
couple games in person, and
also be able to read some articles
about the World Cup this sum
mer bar k m the Bat Area, where
all sports are covered That's all
for now.
Dennis Gubbins
Anthropology
A request
If you are going to speak, he
sure there is a point and purpose
behind the words that est ape
your lips li you belong to any of
the upcoming categories, please
don't talk to me
.\f/riorif;es Stop talking to me
about racism and suppression
I in not a racist, and I'm tired of
hearing that I iin
trminists 1 really would
rather not luxir about the exploita
lion of wwtum It's gutting old
Male* frige l‘i-251 - I don't
need to hear how tnnny beers
you i an drink or the amount
you i an drink relative to the
next guy It doesn't impress me
('nivt-rsily shuirnts Stop talk
ing about s< hoot. It's bad enough
I have to tie there all the time The
last thing I need to hear is, "No
what's your major?" It) times a
day By the wav. stop saying
"basn alls " so muc h See if you
t an survive an entire day w ith
out mentioning that word
Old profile I would like for
all people ages HO and above to
stop talking alKiut the weather It
is proUibly the most uninterest
ing thing in the world to talk
about, yet you never stop think
ing (aloud) about it
Don’t tell me that I'm antiso
cial. and don't tell me that I am
building up the barriers to com
inund ation The fact is. 1 have
pie ill v of friends, but that dm-Mi'l
mean I want to be everybody's
friend If I'm not in the mood to
talk to you, then I'm not going to
don't take it personally
Mike Burgess
Business Administration
Who’s rude?
I think it is very inconsiderate
of those of y ou who choose to
drive on streets along sidnwalks
lltiil everyone must walk alony;
in ardor to get to classes Whilo
vou ar« burning up and down
tho streets. you nro (mating mass
amounts of unwanted smoko
that is endured by all of us who
don’t want to bo subject to this
stale smell I am not alone when
1 say d is very rude to expose
those of us who don’t drive to
this nasty odor
Drivers also have the habit of
driving while drunk and singing
country music I bis is littering!
And all drivers do it. I mean
every single one Not just a fins,
but every teeny-weeny one of
them I have heard mans people
sav that drunken driving and lis
timing to i ountrv music is funny
and therefore Ok to do. Hut this
isn't a valid argument hei ausn
there is nothing funny about
country music 1 think there
should he fines for everyone
breaking this law It is verv ugly
to see drunkendriving country
mush fans all over the road It is
considerate when one only dri
ves drunk listening to country
music in the country, hut
becomes a rude habit when you
are subjet ting others the product
of that habit without their i on
sent
()utlaw driving
Gil Hanson
English
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