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This Week In History
On this anniversary o f D-day
(June 6,1944) and due to the untim ely
death o f Ronald Gene Washington, Jr.,
this column w ill focus on wars and
hate-crimes, and the senselessness o f
such.
M any claim that people are
violent by their very nature, and there
fore, they claim , wars are inevitable. I
don’ t believe this to be true. W ar is an
archaic, juvenile way o f dealing w ith a
co nflict (or conflicts) that should be
dealt with on an intellectual basis. What
happens, th o u g h ts that people become
impatient and frustrated; when they
can’ t make people accept their opinion
via intellectual means, they try to “ force”
it using their fists.
A n y solution that a fig h t on
any scale (fis t fig ht, murder, war, w hat
ever) achieves is only a temporary solu
tion, a Band-aid on a m ajor wound. The
lose r-th e repressed p a rty -is not satis
fied, and they suppress anger and ir
resolution u ntil an opportunity fo r re
vo lt arises.
Discord seems to turn to a power
struggle. Everyone wants his/her opin
ion “ enforced” ; often they w ill result
to extrememly violent means to do so.
W ar is a power trip, an euphoric “ rush ”
sand^rsllque
fo r involved parties. It boosts the self
esteem o f the warring persons or coun
tries.
The problem with conflicts and
ensuing power struggles is that it doesn’t
ju st affect those involved. It does not
affect anyone in a positive way, either:
though the “ w inner” feels boosted, it
costs them, whether it be cuts and
scratches, blood, or death on a mass
scale. H ow can anyone call a war that
causes hundreds o f thousands or even
m illio n s o f deaths o f innocent victim s a
“ success” ?
Part o f the problem is that
people whom are unrelated to the con
flic t become involved. Picture how it is
at a concert or some other massed people
environment. T w o people start a fight,
and the group m entality envelopes ev-
eryone-everyone is so attuned to crowd
environ and emotion, they do not fu lly
facilitate their own capacity fo r th in k
ing; they get “ lost in the m ind o f the
crow d ” -s o o n everyone is swinging
punches fo r reasons they can’ t recall
later, probably because the reasons were
so triv ia l, and they were so caught up in
the atmosphere ( “ well, some guy shoved
me, and next thing I know w e’re all
fig h tin g ” ). S im ila rly, in wars, two
warring countries suck the rest o f the
w orld into the m entality: one by one,
countries enter the war u ntil the whole
w orld is fighting.
A d ditio na lly, in correlation
w ith the Soviet-American Arm s talks, I
have a question fo r our men o f power.
Some years ago, I read that we had
enough bombs, submarines, and m is
siles to blow up the entire w orld twelve
times over. As that was before the
Reagan era, one can reasonably pre
sume that since that tim e, that figure
has at least doubled. Regardless o f the
question as io whether we should com-
p le U ly d'sarm, shouldn’t we at least
stop building the bombs, and start feed
ing our people? One need only bomb
the w orld o n ce -n o t 12 or 24 tim e s - if at
a ll. And I read a w hile back that we
spent tw o b illio n dollars on a missile
that, in a test run, N EV ER E V E N
L IF T E D OFF TH E G R O U N D . Tw o
b illio n dollars is a lot o f food fo r a lo t o f
people.
What I ’ m saying is, “ duke it
o ut’ ’ intellectually rather than w ith fists
and knives. L e t’s call an end to sense
less hatred and violence. Black broth
ers and sisters, jo in hands...as Lenny
K ra vitz tells us, let love rule.
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Trailblazer Kevin Duckworth Honorary Top Duck of De Paul Ducky Derby
K evin Duckw orth o f the Portland
Trailblazers has joined the De Paul
Ducky Derby as the Honorary Top Duck.
W ith K e vin ’ s support, De Paul a ntici
pates this year’s race to be even more o f
a smashing success than last year’ s race.
In anticipation o f the June 16 race,
the De Paul Ducky Derby float made
i t ’ s premier appearance in the Starlight
parade, Saturday June 2.
The flo at was an 11' tall glow ing
duck made o f balloons. R iding along
w ith the float was 1990 D uck C hair
man, John Brockamp, and Honorary
Duck Chairman, Jim Robinson, presi
dent o f T hriftw a y Stores. The De Paul
Ducky Derby D uck Mascot marched
along the Parade route by the flo a t
The De Paul Ducky Derby is a unique
fundraising raffle in w hich up to 50,000
rubber ducks w ill race down the W il
lamette River from the Hawthorne Bridge
to a containment area near the M orrison
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sponsors o f the first nine ducks to cross
the fin ish line.
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1980, it had four daily departures from
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The week o f M ay 7 was book week
at Portland Public Schools’ Sabin ele
mentary. As part o f the “ Spotlight on
W ords” celebration students and v o l
unteers from Pacific Power read at the
Albina Branch o f the M ultnom ah Pub
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Commissioner Earl Blumenauer
joined Pacific Power in presenting a
$250 check from Pacific to the school.
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o f library books. The contribution is
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Treatment at De Paul is offered exclu
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Services D ivisio n , and Lee Com forth,
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Last year’s conference brought many
creative ideas from teens: a handbook
fo r kids in foster care is being printed;
peer support groups are now offered
statewide; a newsletter specifically fo r
teens is being published; money is now
available to help transition kids to liv
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P O R T LA N D - About 115 youngsters
in foster care gathered Wednesday, May
30, at a teen conference. M any o f these
kids have been victim s o f sexual abuse.
Sessions included the trauma o f sex
abuse and steps to deal w ith it, and the
further abuse o f youths in gangs. Ex-
Trailblazer Michael Harper lead a ses
sion on rebuilding one’s self-esteem
after suffering abuse.
The conference concluded with youth
offering their own ideas fo r im proving
CSD services to children and families.
Kevin Concannon, director o f the De
partment o f Human Resources, B ill
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