LETTERS
Self-love letter
ten* lh*» \vhole self unt oiuli
j ual*s sutii'S-. Having self
comes from insecurity
Self-esteem means taking
j cure of the body and a pprei ; a!
mg J's untuueiiess; eating good
loads. avoiding i •.;111u on
junk foods for long lie rinds,
drinking lols of H ,0. getting
plenty of sleep (not always
easy 011 .1 104-hour -i week
work schedule. but u worthy
goal). even ising in fi fun way,
and esptHiallv avoiding drugs
Basically, it menus listening to
the body's messages
Self-esteem menus taking
care of the mind learning,
growing, taking risks, and fol
lowing dreams without self
criticism A persona an always
learn from so-called "failures
When things don't work out as
planned, they usually work
out even lietter in the long run
Self-esteem means taking
i are of the spirit inside of you
that creative spark of light
It's important to recognize that
there IS no one else like you on
Karth. ’i nu re spn ml. creative
and wonderful just bv being
yvho you really are! And we
each of us have something
to contribute to our world. I he
gilt is inside you
K.C Primbs
Journalism
Spending kills
The Oklahoma (.itv bomb
devastated a city. It was an
evil, vicious and unforgivable
act of the highest magnitude.
Ill the aftermath of the crime.
Amerii arts probably wondered
how the Oklahoma City bomb
compared to the bomb that
destroyed Hiroshima.
Because Hiroshima's bomb
Mill'd bo, 000 people and
Oklahoma < atv killed almost
200 people the forint-r was j
more than 4110 timet at power
ful as the latter. The 1*14 »
Hiroshima bomb had the fun e
of about 15 kilotons, or 15,0(10
tons of INI Many 1uo't
itombs have a force of 45 mega
tons —- 1,000 tones tile forte
of a kiloton
1‘rior to the election of
Kouald Reagan in I'lrtt). the
United States had far more
than the e<|invalent of .t half
million Hiroshima bombs or
200 million radioactive
Oklahoma City tombs
More than 51 trillion has
been spent (or li S mihtarv
‘needs'’since lotto During tfm
time (merge Bush was vice
president and president, the
U S added the equivalent of
more than 100.(too Hiroshima
botnfis, or more than 400 mil
lion Oklahoma Cats bombs
In the past six wars, more
Itian UK) million people (the
population of to states the sire
of Oklahoma) and every coun
try in hastern Kurope have
achieved independent e from
Soviet rule Additionally. 14 of
the 15 former Russian
republics have severed ties
with Moscow
Despite these events ami the
equivalent of one Oklahoma
City bomb for evert man.
woman anti child in Russia,
some far-right fanatics are tr\
ing to ini reuse U S military
spending
If virtue can spring from
vice, the real value of the
Oklahoma tombing lies not in
the authentii heroism of the
rescuers, but in the reali/aition
that the equivalent of hun
dreds of lives for every death
in that act of violent e can eas
iiv la* saved by less U S mili
tary spending
Thomas Olsen
Barstow, Calif
Secular world, religion different
Oy Stephen Crawford
(OPE June 11). flu* author
JL. .is! iit'--, the ( .ithidn
t-hurt h, ami more sjhs ifit ally
Pope John Paul li. (or their
statu i'h on the roles of reii
gious men and women in tin*
( hurt h and the Chun h's
politit ally unpopular stand
against abortion
As I have argued so many
times with the Emerald. I real
!y have no problem with [«■»>
pie wl it fortl theii wau
cnted opinions and are willing
to t onstrui lively argue their
beliefs The editorialist's
views, however, are borne mil
of ignorant e I do not sav tins
in any way to lie mean or
insulting; in this ease it is just
a fat t
Now w ho am I to make
sm h a provocative statement.'
What is it that lends ,mv more
credent e to my position above
and beyond tins editorialist s'
Well, for Starters, I will lie
entering a seminary in the fall
to begin my religions training
for the priesthood, which of
course means that I have spent
several years already studying
tin church's pariu ular traiii
lions and dogmas Also, 1 have
a newly atquired degree in
philosophy, and mv main
interests lie in moral and ethi
cal questions of this sort,
because it is just these very
sorts of questions that shape
our culture and our religion
not |ust in tile present, hut in
tiie future as well
Tiie problem, in a nutshell,
is that this editorialist (and
pretty much everyone else
who makes tiie same mistake)
is looking at the role of men
and women in religious life
from a secular, humanism
point of view that emphasizes
OPINION
status and power, taring
esteemed in tin* eyes of others
and the world’s < um opt of
'equality For «nm> |woplt>,
sm < i’si is a well-paving |f»h a
lamilv a im i> house, finaiit i.il
sis uritv and all of the other
trappings that are ai quaintod
with sui h a life For others,
mb ess is gauged as ta’ing
held in high regard by others
Still others define silti ess In
lieltig aide to i hase goals and
dre tins ami finding salisfai
lion in their attainment
As outrageous and perhaps
even disingenuous. .is this
might sound, this is not the
view of the millions of roll
gious people around the
world (htr goal is doing the
will of C.od, whit h means that
you had tauter • hei k your ego,
your ser ular goals and desires,
and your sense of total Indi
viduality at the tloor
This is not on easy message
I vt |
welcome Hu! lean tell you
that l have a feeling of equali
ty*' with my religious brothers
and sisters, regardless of their
age. sex and nationality, that
I nils deeper and mure pas •
sionately that most people i an
comprehend
()f course it i an ta- argued
that tax a use I am a man. it is
easy fur me to poutifii ate oil
the equality of my religious
sisters when I get all the tame
fits of being a priest (whatever
those might tac I would like to
know) This, I admit, is a
somewhat valid point, hut I
have to reiterate that if you
approat It this situation from a
se< ular point of view bringing
in normal human views of
success and equality . you will
never understand the humble
awe and reverence we have
for our chosen vex at ion
As. lor the issueof abortion.
I have had to crane to tin* dis i
stun that there will !><■ no mid
die ground for (leople who art*
for abortion and for those who
nro against it, !»?i alike \vt> art?
not even able to agree upon
the simpli? premises of the
debate
• n» Cm t hi that i"! the most
part. pimple who art- pro abor
tioo trul> believe that th»*
(Atholii Church and, I sup
pose, anti-abortion groups as n
whole, art? against almrtinn
because thev want to limit tlu*
options of women, and them
■
( ontrol over tlieir live-. I bis,
of course, is a false assuitlp
tioo
I lit? < allude ( hurt fi tias
always believed that a human
lift?, unitpie. viable and spit
t ini, begins at com eptiotl. and
to terminate that life consti
tutes murder, which, of
i ourm?, is ?■ find urcit ( eptahle
I tfo not understand why tilts
is so hart) to understand, hut it
seems to In?
N<> in the einI. you i an keep
rhetorh ol ovm population**
and 'reproductive i fioii u,"
and you can also have your
glass t trilings" and your
'equal opportunity Keep
them ill tile set tilnr world
where thev belong
And before you embark on
your i rtisadt? to emam quite
the religious women of the
world. I suggest that you talk
with some of them, even hi
tin? I\lignin? area, about equal
opportunity and abortion. I
would Im? willing to Ih?1 that
the response that you would
get would not be the one you
would expect, or perhaps
more to the point, the om? that
you would wont to hear
Stephen Crawford is n groi/n
ate student in //iro/ogi
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