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EDITORIALS. OPINIONS. LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Pinkman’s powers fail; superheroes aren’t real ■ OUR OPINION: Pmkman has a skeleton in his closet, but we should forgive him it takes coordination to keep your balance on a uni eye in. Hiding one of those single-wheeled contraptions is .i lot like life: Sometimes the ride is smooth and uneventful; sometimes you take such a bad spill that you wonder if you'll ever 1m< able to get back on. Last week Pinkman's life hit some loose gravel His past cruised up from behind and ran right over him. Michael Max. also known as "Pinkman." was a self styled superhero on the front page of The Register (kturri last Wednesday Two days later Pinkman went from silly superhero to child molester when The Guard reported that Max had fondled three girls in separate incidents during a several year period What a different e two days make. Thanks to this recent rev elation. Pinkman's image has gone from a brilliant dav-glo pink to an enibar rassing shade of red That's good. Max’s behavior was inde fensible and any attempt to minimize his u< lions would be irresponsible. However, he also admitted his deeds and turned himself in I le has shown remorse His past is forgivable. It is for this reason that we should grant Max a set ond chance in our commu nity While Max has a seri ous problem that he must t ontinue to deal with through professional coun seling. we should not run him out of town Sot iety justifiably holds a more intense amount of con tempt for individuals who purposefully harm children. This is as it should In* Chil dren who depend on adults for protection and guidance suffer deep psychologic al wounds when the vory peo ple they look up to turn on them and hurl them We urge the victims of abuse to see someone who can help start the healing process. Victims of abuse have been dealt an unfair hand, but there is hope. They are not to blame The fault lies with people who have a problem. People like* Pinkman But, as tragic and awful as Max's actions were, wo should save our rage and be stingy with our forgiveness for inhuman monsters such as Tod Bundy, Klizobeth Diane Downs and John Wayne Cacoy Society has to bo protec ted from individu als sill ll as these who are better off spending tine rest of their lives in prison Max has already paid a hefty price for his actions, and he shouldn't Ire hated or driven from our city. It seems he has been trv ing to get his life bat k on tree k after having to start all over again. The man deserves another chance. Pinkman’s joy is conta gious He has made us smile and laugh in the middle of our otherwise routine and boring days. ile dici the right thing by bravely coming forward and turning himself in. Now. for his sake and the benefit of the people around him. he should resumo his counseling. If he does, he may be able to find that elu sive inner peace without putting on the pink suit. Then there will be a new superhero in town. 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OVtOJUEUMUG SQtMTlf 1C co^eksus iwor our UFESTVlt 15 CONTRAl/TlUG TO GV-OBKl. CUMfTl CU^Wtfc • iry «MM i*** o uw | mv uwre Bronco (ATS H.LHTV 600Q MUtAGf LETTERS Supreme law Normally I find vuur editorials to be harmless if somewhat uneducated babble The editorial regarding the Supreme Court {Ol)E, (b t <i). has crossed the line ro accuse o conservative court of legislating from the bent h is to ignore the last 40 years of Supreme Court history. The very term "legislating from the bent h" i ame in response to the efforts ol the Warren i ourt to row rite social policy, regard ■ less of what was in the Constitution I'he fact that mm h of w hat tame from the i ourt was good does not change the reality that it was. for tlu* most part, judicial legislation In Roe v. Wade, the court changed the law rather than allowing it to be changed through the legislative pris ess By contrast, the Rehnquist court has gen erally followed the Constitution and has not let the right of judicial review get out of hand lust I localise we may agree with what the War ren t ourt did dia*s not change what it was — judi cial legislation Just because we don’t agree with the actions of the Rehnquist court does not give us the right to cell it something that it is not. Robert M. Farley Political Science/ History Humans, not God This letter is in response to Jesse Bohrer Glan • v s column concerning "God" and the two-slit experiment in quantum physics {ODE. Oct l .'t). Though Bohrer-Claniy is correct in saying the experiment brings up very large questions of metaphysics as well as physics, his conclusion that some sort of god is therefore at work in the periphery is a somewhat galactic jump in logic The two-slit experiment has to do with the wave/particle duality of light Photons of light are shot through a sheet with two slits cut in it The interference patterns that result on the photo graphic plate (the measuring device behind the double-slitted sheet) do, as Bohrer-Clancy states, vary depending on whether you know atiead of time wliicJi slit the photons have passed through The illogical jump he makes, though, is to explain this discrepancy by resorting to some sort of (dare 1 say Christian?) god. The experiment does not so much prove that some "prankster god" is at work, as it shows that the ai t of focusing your mind, your conscious ness. on an experiment can causally effect that experiment. I'lie critical variable in the experiment (the variable that creates the two separate interference patterns) is not "God." hut rather the human observation of which slit the photons have passed through. An answer to this very important discrepancy shown by the experiment is not to be found in resorting to Christian theology, but rather in more study (scientific or otherwise) of the connection lietween human consciousness and physical mat ter Such study would help us to transcend tired, incomplete and often dangerous materialist-sci ence world views and allow us to form more complete and less destructive metaphors with whir It to perceive the world Saul Harper Philosophy/Women's Studies Hunger activism I was surprised to see myself the subject of your editorial (ODE, Oct 13), with quotes, as neither 1 nor any other hunger strikers (there are now three) have ever spoken to anyone at the Emerald staff You said our hunger strike to oppose log ging without laws "will change little," will not "have any offer t on the logging of Oregon's tim ber," and is "pointless and a little silly." You i hide the hunger strikers !>er ause we are not "willing to die for our cause." You suggest that we should "Write commentaries to local papers Ask people to sign petitions. Call our elected officials Form a lobby Watch CNN.” I have written opinion pieces for six papers in the last two weeks We have gathered almost 200 signatures on two petitions We have met with Congressman Peter DeFazio's staff three times and held meetings with the Forest Service and the Bureau of land Management. We have a meeting scheduled with Governor John kitzhulxtr s staff and hope to meet with Sen ator Mark Hatfield’s staff We have also had dis cussions with U S Senate candidates Hurry Ix>ns dalo and Mu haul Donnelly. Contrary to your suggestion however. 1 still believe the most important thing we are doing is remaining steadfast in this place and foregoing food Only four percent of the original forest m the lower 48 states remains uncut. The moral dimensions of cutting this final four percent demands an in-kind response. I'm willing to give every moment of my time and energy to stop this I'm sorry I'm not willing to give my life at this time 1 don't think my actions are silly and pointless I don't have the money to boot industry at lobbying. Watching CNN doesn't feel very use ful I'm doing the best 1 think I can at this time. I benefit from publu support I try to support oth ers who are approai hing this destruction with different strategies Working together will be most effective. Please come by and visit us at Seventh Avenue and Pearl Street Let's stop the cutting of ancient forest and each other Tim Ream , Eugene
