Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, March 26, 2003
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War!! ……………………. or not ……………..
Many of us will encounter “peace activists,” who will try to
convince us that we must refrain from retaliating against those
who support terror, and the ones who terrorized all of us on Sept.
11, 2001.
These activists may be alone or in a gathering. Most of us
don’t know how to react to them. When you come upon one of
these people, or one of their rallies, here are the proper rules of
etiquette:
1.Listen politely while this person explains their views. Strike
up a conversation if necessary and look interested in their ideas.
They will tell you how revenge is immoral, and that by attacking
the people who did this to us, we will only bring on more vio-
lence. They will probably use many arguments, ranging from po-
litical to religious to humanitarian.
2.In the middle of their remarks, without warning, punch
them in the nose.
3.When the person recovers from the punch, they will be an-
gry, and they may try to hit you, so be careful.
4.Very quickly and calmly remind the person that violence
only brings about more violence, and remind them of their stand
on this matter. Tell them that if they are really committed to a
non-violent approach to undeserved attacks, they will turn the
other cheek and negotiate a solution. Tell them that they must
lead by example if they really believe what they are saying.
5.Most of them will think for a moment, and then agree that
you are correct.
6.As soon as they do that, hit them again. But this time hit
them harder, and right on the nose.
7.Repeat steps 2-5 until the desired results are obtained, and
the person realizes how stupid an argument he or she is making.
8.There is no difference in an individual attacking an unsus-
pecting victim or a group of terrorists attacking a nation of peo-
ple. It is unacceptable and must be dealt with, perhaps at a high
cost. We owe our military a huge debt for what they are doing for
us and our children. We must support them and our leaders at
times like these. We have no choice, We either strike back, very
hard, or we will keep getting hit on the nose.
Lesson over. Class dismissed.
WAR SUGGESTION - Stating the sentiments of many in Illi-
nois Valley, Treehouse Florist & Gifts in Downtown Cave
Junction suggests that no matter how one feels about war, a
person can always pray.
(Editor’s Note: The article
immediately above was
received via e-mail.)
vice last month declined to list
the Mount Ashland lupine and
Henderson’s horkelia. The
agency said that they "do not
warrant federal protection un-
der the Endangered Species
Act, because the two species
face few significant threats
and their numbers and distri-
bution appear stable."
The lupine is found only
on the south and west slopes
of Mount Ashland, and the
horkelia is found from Mount
Ashland to Dutchman Peak,
approximately 10 miles west.
Both are "classic alpine plants,
low to the ground, windblown
and hardy," said Steve John-
son, snow manager, Rogue
River National Forest.
"I think the plants will be
fine," Johnson said. "I’m not
worried about any human im-
pact as long as we follow the
conservation agreement, and
we’re dedicated to doing that,
starting this summer with in-
creased regulations on vehicu-
lar traffic, monitoring the
plants and putting up educa-
tional-interpretive signs in-
forming people these are rare
plants that only grow in this
limited distribution, so please
avoid them."
The conservation agree-
ment was signed in November
by the fish and wildlife ser-
vice and the Klamath and
Rogue River National Forests.
It calls for monitoring to de-
termine population trends and
effects.
"We found that current
land management and the new
conservation agreement ... will
help ensure that the (plants)
continue to remain safe from
the threat of extinction," said
Anne Badgley, fish and wild-
life regional director, Port-
land, in the ruling.
The second Environ-
mental Impact Statement for
the planned expansion should
be published this spring by the
forest service, followed by a
60-day public comment pe-
riod.
A final document could be
released by early summer, and
construction of the lifts and
lodge improvements could
start next year and stretch over
a 10-year period, said Hanson.
Physician-aided suicides rose in 2002
Thirty-eight persons used
legal physician-assisted sui-
cide in 2002, compared with
21 who did so in 2001, ac-
cording to the fifth annual re-
port of Oregon’s experience
with the Death With Dignity
Act.
The report, released by the
Oregon Dept. of Human Ser-
vices (DHS), contains demo-
graphics and characteristics of
those who took lethal pre-
scriptions last year. It also
examines Oregon’s experience
since 1998, when the Death
with Dignity Act went into
effect. Findings are published
in “New England Journal of
Medicine.”
“Last year more people
used the law, but most of the
other findings are consistent
with those of previous years,”
said Dr. Mel Kohn, state epi-
demiologist.
“Although there was an
increase from previous years,
the number of deaths in 2002
was 0.1 percent of the total
Oregon deaths for the year.
Once again, the majority of
participants were older, well
educated and had cancer.
“As before, the primary
reasons patient cited for
choosing physician-assisted
suicide were concerns about
losing autonomy, a decreasing
ability to participate in activi-
ties that make life enjoyable,
and losing control of bodily
functions.”
Kohn pointed out that
nearly 24 percent of cancer
patients were dying of lung
cancer, also a consistent factor
every year.
*During 2002, 58 pre-
scriptions were written for
lethal medication and, of
these, 36 patients died after
taking the medication. Two
additional deaths were to pa-
tients who received their pre-
scriptions in 2001, for a total
of 38 deaths in 2002.
*Six of the 58 patients
who received prescriptions in
2002 were alive at the end of
the year and 16 died of their
illness.
*Five-year aggregate data
show that patients’ median
age was 69 years; 97 percent
of patients were white; 55 per-
cent were male, 25 percent
were divorced and 38 percent
had a bachelor’s degree or
higher.
*Compared to other Ore-
gonians dying of the same
underlying illnesses, those
who were younger, divorced
or never married, well-
educated or had cancer or
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(Lou Gehrig’s disease) were
more likely to participate.
*Patients’ major concerns
over the five yeas were losing
autonomy (85 percent), a de-
creasing ability to participate
in activities that made life en-
joyable (79 percent) and los-
ing control of bodily functions
(58 percent).
*During 2002, two pa-
tients used the prescription
drug secobarbital, two used
Tuinal and 34 used pentobar-
bital. The interval between
ingestion and death was short-
est for patients using 10 grams
of pentobarbital; half of all
deaths occurred within 15
minutes and no patient lived
for more than one hour.
Oregon law requires that
DHS collect information re-
garding compliance with the
Death with Dignity Act and to
make the information avail-
able on an annual basis.
(Wilfred Owen, 1893-1918)
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knocked-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs
And toward our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame, all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind.
Gas! GAS! Quick boys! An ecstasy of fumbling,
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time,
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling
And flound’ring like a man in fire lime. —
Dim through the misty panes and thick green light,
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.
In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.
If in some smothering dreams, you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watched the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Bitten as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues, —
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.
*Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori:
Sweet and fitting it is
to die for the fatherland
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Sierra Club request denied at Ashland
By MEDFORD
‘MAIL TRIBUNE’
The Sierra Club’s request
to list two rare plants on
Mount Ashland as endangered
species has been turned down
by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, thus opening the door
for a controversial 72-acre
expansion of the ski area.
"We are disappointed,"
said Tom Rose of the Rogue
Group Sierra Club. The or-
ganization has made no deci-
sion about further strategies in
its long effort to halt expan-
sion of the ski area toward the
west, he said.
"Sure, we’re pleased,"
said Jeff Hanson, general
manager of the Mount Ash-
land Association, adding that
the club’s request to list the
plants has been "one of the
techniques to cast doubt on
the viability of our plans." The
association hopes to construct
three new lifts and improve
the ski area’s lodge, a project
that could start as early as next
year.
The fish and wildlife ser-
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