LETTERS
Capitalist sex
lonah Hwird'l "honor " con
cerning our "cruel end spiteful
roc*" i* misdirected when he
expressed hi* "disapproval, il
only symbolically.” toward pros
titute* fom. fan 22)
By scapegoating and penm ut
tng prostitutes. we are effet tive
ly forcing them to take thane nth
er tow-paving, go-nowhere job*
that undermine both physical
and mental health Because of
“vice* law*, an enortnou* per
centage of the poor wind up in
prtaon. while the real wind up
Imprisoned by labor
Howard talk* of a woman tell
ing "her hotly, her soul,* etc —
don't all worker* in a capitalist
society do essentially the •ante’
The only difference between
working for McDonald's and
prostitution is that the former
involves wage labor (which is
inherently exploitative), and the
latter involves the exchange of
sex for money (which tome con
sider immoral).
Unlike Howard, what I hold
sacred Is the right to choose for
one's self what is sacred, end not
for others If sex is somehow reli
gious to vote that's your bun nos*
— and if it's business to someone
else, your religion has no nghi to
interfere.
The Argument against prosti
tution is based on moral preju
dices. not on reason, and Howard
shows his hy classifying
“whores” as “impure” and "fall
en" women who deserve our
“pity." Perhaps sex workers are
individuals with their ami ideas
about values and seif worth.
The ri«Ji hire servants to scrub
their toilets, and the poor accept
this fundamental insult because
they have needs
If you want to fight for a more
humane society, then Tight to
provide alternatives, not to take
them away
Bradley Butterfield
Comparative literature
Compass needed
Your publication of “Pussy
Galore is more than perfection”
{am, Min 10). « about
kitsch |»mw bond novel*, set a
now low for college journalism
(ye*, even for the Emerald) The
contest of the article in * section
of the paper traditional!* saved
for political and social analysts
made me ask. “Aren't there more
pressing issue* to ovpiorer'
If the editorial waff of the Enter
aid haan't heard. Congress hat
not pteed funding for education
nest year. Unless that change*,
thousands of student* will not
have the financial aid to attend
the University in IM7*M Hut
too were right to not espkxe that
threat hanging over students'
lives, the (antes Bond ttaue super
sede* student live* and itaues of
social, academic and personal
importance
wny d«u you not writ* attorn
ihf ltd ihot only 40 percent of
the student* who enter the Uni
versity as freshmen will gradu
ate* Harvard'* graduation rat* ■»
over 05 portent' What do those
two (act* say about the Uni veri
ty'* practice* regarding student
retention? I out imagine your edi
tonal *taff saying. "Forget the
drop out rat* at this University,
we have Pussy Galore' to pub
lish1" Dose i ontnvtuahring fame*
Bond or the future of students on
thin campus, have the greater
claim to the op-ed page7 The
HnwmM made its choice, and in
my opinion it was the wrung one
To close this letter on a positive
note. I know that many dedicated
talented and hard-working people
put in long hours at the Fmera/d;
tor that fact I thank you All I <un
saying is. if you wish to represent
that University, plmae rethink your
editorial t hon e* I believe the
Bttwmki ha* the potential to be a
great college (taper, but the path
the t'nwmid Is now on is not tak
mg that direction
Mark Jefter u
Engiah and Phriosopfcy
Group no fun
Tlie cold meal and screwed-up
schedule during "Japan Night."
sponsored by the Japanese Stu
dent Organization on fan it), was
a disappointment to me
I wtt espectmg the event to
provide the muiM-tu* with a hot k
ground in |a panes* culture In a
sophisticated way However, the
firogram's content (such •* the
ashion show and cooking
demonstration). w«« roughly
organ trad and vary childish
Kvan though I am lapanese. (
couldn't understand what ih«v
were trying to introduce.
The moat ahaurd part of thw
want wu that ISO sold two
itmlr of Im kata On# waa a -gen
ami" ti< kat and tha other a "pre
mium"' ticket Ttie parformanca
was delayed morn than half an
hour because ISO served tha pm
mtum ticket holder* a special
dinner in another room A* the
"VIPs" finished their dinner*, the
general tic ket holder* had to wail
with empty bento bu«e«
ISO should reconsider the pri
mary purpose of this campus
event It should be for student*,
not for VIP*
I'm not pieeaed with ISO's gen
era) ac tivities either Since I have
been at the University. fHk only
|SO major event* I have heard
about are |apan Night and the
!*panes* language Table On the
other hand, I have been invited
to barbecue*. movies, fruit pick
ing. parties and other team) activ
itie* by the Chinese Student
Assoc ml ton and other student
association*
ISO should he aware that out
of ihe ‘Hi countries represented
at thw University, it it a majori
ty group with 177 student* out of
1M1 international students
FumuMu Nakamura
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