OPINIONS
THE PRINT
February 1,1989
Page 2
Ruling on abortion Forum on smoking a
should stay as it is productive beginning
Avery sensitive issue that has unfortu
nately resurfaced isabortion. 16yearsafter
Roe vs. Wade, do they want to reverse the
decision and throw Roe in jail?
The blindly fanatical fundamentalists
on a “rescue” mission are aiming at the
wrong issue. Their claim is that an unborn
fetus is a human life and has rights.
These people are missing the fact that
sex education is as vital as learning one’s
ABC’s. Sex education would also help
young children recognize a “good” touch
from a “bad” touch. Therefore, pregnan
cies relating to incest could be curtailed. If
young people are educated about what is
happening to their bodies and where ba
bies come from, teen pregnancies may be
reduced. Should a person decide to be
sexually active, BOTH partners must take
all precautions to prevent an unwanted
pregnancy.
“Pregnant? You already made your
choice...”, read one antiabortion slogan.
How do these people know on what grounds
this person found herself pregnant? It
could have been rape, or incest, or that one
percent chance of conception even with
birth control. The pro-lifers believe they
are speaking for the discriminated. WHO’S
DISCRIMINATED AGAINST?! An un-
born fetus has no validity. It is A PART of
another being; essentially, a sub-human. If
this child was outside the womb it would be
different. THE MOTHER is its life giver,
its creator, and can do with what’s growing
in her what ever she pleases. If she decides
to keep the child for herself, or give it up for
adoption, that would be very admirable.
But if she is in school or working, and
carrying a child, it could be imperative.
Many changes happen to a woman’s body
during the 9 months of gestation. She has
to eat properly, and buy new clothing.
Overall, she has to change her lifestyle for
the unborn. That’s quite taxing for some
one who doesn’t plan to keep the child.
And it isn’t easy for someone who is fight
ing a heroin or alcohol problem either. A
woman is not a walking incubator.
Did the people who picket abortion
clinics also cheer the death of Ted Bundy?
Do these people wonder if those they “save”
will go fight for freedom and democracy in
a war to save the American way and then
d ie a heroic death? And, finally, if abortion
is made illegal, the girls who use wire hang
ers will kill themselves, but it’s justified
because they were trying to murder a thing
that essentially does not exist.
Congratulations should go to the issue won’t necessarily be made following
Clackamas Community College Associated the results of the forum, it does show that
Student Government.
the college is interested in what the stu
By setting up a smoking forum they dents have to say.
have taken a step in the right direction on
The only way that the March 1 smok
the smoking issue. The forum is scheduled ing forum cannot be a success is if people
for March 1, nearly one month before a don’t attend and air their opinions. Stu
planned 30 day trial of a non-smoking in dents have the chance to show the college
and ASG that students really do care about
door campus at Clackamas.
The forum will give students, faculty, what happens on campus, and what hap
staff and citizens of the community a chance pens within the Associated Student Gov
to air their views on the smoking issue at ernment.
Clackamas. According to ASG President
There is one key to the success of the
Faith Taylor everyone will have a chance to smoking forum. That is, like everything
else at Clackamas, the students. Without
be heard.
By giving everyone the opportunity to the students’ input on this issue, people
express their opinion, the college, and ASG will say that the college isn’t doing anything
in particular, is paving the way to a better to help students during their stay at Clacka
line of communication with people involved mas.
Clackamas’ Associated Student Gov
with Clackamas Community College,
something that the college has lacked this ernment has taken the first step, it is now
up to the rest of us to follow.
entire school year.
Although a decision on the smoking
Riot not race related
■ The fracas Wednesday night at Ran
dall Hall comes as no surprise. Put in a
broader perspective, there is a similar inci
dent of player and fan violence which oc
curs somewhere in America at least once a
year.
Inevitably when a situation involving a
mostly black team against a mostly white
team turnsugly thereare those who will say
that racism was the cause. This argument is
simply untrue.
The players involved were primarily
concerned with trying to win an extremely
competitive basketball game. Intimidation
is an element in most sports and it was a
factor Wednesday night. The two teams, as
well as their fans, were trying to intimidate
each other and neither side was backing
down. The referees had lost control of the
game by half-time and in the second half
the physical play on the court had escalated
beyond their control.
A large group of about 25 Chemeketa
fans stopped at Papandreas for beer and
pizza prior to the game. It was the third
consecutive year that they had done so and
it is interesting that none of those fans were
black. If these are the same people accusing
the fans at Clackamas of being racist maybe
Gun control advocates,
NRA need to compromise
The furor over the sale and possession
of semi-automatic military-style weapons
has flared up in the wake of the Stockton,
California schoolyard massacre. One of the
striking aspects of the controversy is the
stubbornness of both sides.
Anti-gun activists feel that no one should
be allowed to own a military-style weapon.
If you don’t know what is meant by “mili
tary-styleweapon” then you have had your
eyes closed for the past few years. Every
action adventure movie is packed full of
Uzis, M-16s, and AK-47s. Semi-automatJc
civilian versions of these firearms are read
ily available at any sporting goods store.
People who support gun control (actually
it isn’t control they advocate, it’s a total
ban) feel that these weapons haveonlyone
purpose: to kill human beings. They feel
the weapons belong on the battlefield and
not in the hands of private civilians (Have
these people have been in Northeast Port
land lately?).
Those who support the “right to keep
and bear arms,” usually members of the
National Rifle Association or similar or
ganizations, complain that they have a
constitutional right to own guns. They block
any attempt at gun control, saying that gun
cor..”'! is the first step toward a fascist
takeover of the United States.
One word that seems to be missing
from the vocabulary of both gun control
advocates and the NRA is compromise.
There is nothing wrong with the ownership
of a gun by a person with no criminal rec
ord. Gun collecting and shooting is a valid
hobby. But there is also nothing wrongwith
regulating the sale of guns in order to keep
them out of the hands of criminals. But
there is something seriously wrong with
part of the population getting upset over a
horrible incident and trying to take away
the freedom of others.
Part of the problem is the attention
that mass shootings get in the media, and
the disinformation that is created. The man
responsible for the Stockton shooting did
buy his AK-47 in Oregon, but it was not a
“fully automatic machine gun” as the press
made it out to be. There are no legal gun
dealerships in this state or any other that
will allow a customer to walk in, slap down
several hundred dollars, and walk out with
a fully automatic weapon. The possession
of machine guns is strictly regulated by the
federal government, and involves a back
ground check of the buyer by the FBI,
complete with fingerprints.
Enacting a process of background checks
and waiting periods for the purchase of
firearms is a sensible idea. Taking away the
freedom of legitimate gun owners to pur
sue their hobby isn’t. The world is not
always a safe place, but we shouldn’t go so
far trying to make it safe that we take away
individual freedom.
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they should step back and re-examine them
selves.
One of the few Clackamas fans in at
tendance said that a large group of Cheme
keta fans were behaving rudely from the
moment that they walked in the gym. It’s a
sad comment on the general state of apathy
surrounding Clackamas athletics that fans
from another school think that they can
come to Clackamas and take over because
so few of our students really care. It is a
curious phenomena that there will be more
Clackamas fans on hand for the Feb. 15
game at Chemeketa than at any of our
previous home games.
There was at least one comment of a
racist nature made, but it was a by-product
of the tension that already electrified the
air. So the question remains, who gets the
blame? Everybody, no matter if they were
at the game or not. If Clackamas fans hadn’t
been outnumbered by a two to one ratio by
the visitors, if the referees hadn’t lost con
trol of the action, or if there had been
adequate security for a game of this magni
tude, it is unlikely that it ever would have
happened.
Intimidation was the cause .of this
problem, not racism.
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