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■ EDITORIALS
Vote yes
Shall the Constitution be amended so as to provide
that the General Assembly by general law shall
encourage the preservation, conservation, and
protection of bona fide conservation use property
(including agricultural and timber land) and bona fide
residential transitional property through different
methods of assessment and taxation of such property
and shall provide for standing timber to be assessed
only once after sale or harvest at an increased level of
assessment?
Amendment question three on the Nov. 6 Georgia
ballot would allow the General Assembly to create a
“conservation use property” and “residential
transitional property" tax classifications for the
following types of property: (1) up to 2,000 acres of a
single owner’s agricultural and timberland; and (2) up
to five acres of a single owner’s single-family
residential owner occupied property which is located in
a developing area.
The assessment and taxation of such property
would use a formula based on current use, annual
productivity, and real property sales data, to encourage
the preservation, conservation and protection of the
property.
To obtain the beneficial tax rates, the owner must
sign an agreement to maintain the property in the
qualifying use. The owner will have to pay a penalty if
he/she breaks the agreement within 10 years.
The amendment would also change the method of
taxing standing timber. The timber would no longer be
taxed every year — it would be taxed on the basis of its
fair market value once it’s been harvested or sold.
This amendment will provide good incentives for
the conservation of environmentally valuable land in
developing areas.
Vote yes on Amendment three.
If you would like to read the full texts of the nine
amendments on the November ballot, contact
Secretary of State Max Cleland’s office at 404-656-
2871.
They’re here
Tonight the University community finally gets its
chance to wade into the Athens-Clarke Commission
races. Candidates for commission seats in the 4th and
7th Districts will be at the University for an open
question and answer forum.
At 7 p.m. in the reception room of the Tate Student
Center you will get your chance to see these candidates
first hand. Don’t pass up this opportunity.
The 4th District encompasses the University
proper, runs out South Milledge to the by-pass and
includes River Mill, Appleby Mews and The Village
Apartments.
The 7th District runs from Baxter and Lumpkin
streets south to Oconee County, runs west up Baxter to
Alps Road where it includes the south side of the
Atlanta Highway and continues to the by-pass.
The candidates are coming to the University
because, possibly for the first time, they realize the
importance of the voters here. Let’s not disappoint
them.
Take this chance to become informed about the
candidates and the relevant issues of this election and
then use that knowledge to vote intelligently on Nov. 6.
We have the opportunity to bring progressive change to
this area. If the University community fails now,
another opportunity will not likely present itself.
This is the beginning of a new way of conducting
political business in Athens-Clarke. We must set a
precedent for informed voting and political recognition
now, or else we’ll slip back into the ineffective, unjust
and tiresome ways of old. We must not let that happen.
Attend the forum tonight and cast an informed vote
next week.
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Tye-dye crowd has important message
Peace. The very word cor\jures up a vision of
the tye-dye clad long haired trendy with a pas
sion for odd music and hallucinogens. It seems
to define a counter-culture of pseudo-intellec
tuals whose best efforts to achieve a world be
yond war are through drunken conversation
using beer to stimulate world reformation.
It is easy to dismiss those who advocate
world peace as an element living in a dream
world influenced by a sheltered silver-spoon
childhood in which the grim truths of life nave
somehow escaped their virgin ears. Those who
live in “reality* and understand that life is a
perpetual whirlwind of war, murder, rape, gen
ocide and dispair will patronizingly enlighten
the docile peacemongers, informing them of the
unchangeable constants of our embittering
world while silently chuckling to themselves
over how inexplicably naive “flower children"
are.
These mostly republican “realists” have
some important points that need to be ad
dressed. Indeed, human existence is tainted by
the most hideous crimes against itself. War is a
common theme amoung every human group,
and the cycles of bloodletting and injustice con
tinue to this very day. These valid points are
Steven
Sacco
precisely why the peacemongers must see their
dream become reality. It is the only one worth
aspiring to. A just and loving non-violent world
community must replace the debacle of modern
and past societies.
To date, the single most important event of
mankind has been the unlocking of the secrets
of the atom which led to the production of nu
clear bombs. Man’s greatest scientific endeavor
is one capable of destroying our entire planet
and all forms of life upon it. We cannot let this
stand as our greatest achievement.
Human beings must apply themselves to a
more lofty*goal, one which unleashes not the de
structive power of our minds wed with the ulti
mate weapon, but one blessed with the
righteousness of love united with the sanctity of
peace.
For every action there is a similar yet oppo
site reaction. Currently, the awesome destruc
tive power of a nuclear holocaust exists with a
vacuum as its reaction. The laws of nature
mandate that it must be met with an equal
force of total peace. If not, we deny the universe
its cosmic law and we will suffer the conse
quences of doing so.
Those who preach and pray for a world
united in love may appear to be uninformed ,
and naive, but those who do not see possibilities
in the face of adversity are not capable of pro
ducing any change. What humans as a unified
group can collectivly concieve and believe in,
they can achieve.
The tye-dye crowd has the most important ;
message of all. May everyone join them in the ■
belief that world peace is possible through posi- '
tive action to achieve a global society which is
beyond violence.
Steven D. Sacco is a senior criminal justice *
major.
Security is overzealous
This is a letter of complaint
against the policies and the secu
rity personnel at Sanford Stadium.
I have been attending Ole Miss
Football Games since 1984 and
have never been harassed until the
October 13th game at The Univer
sity of Georgia. Fans dressing up
for Sanford Stadium games (i.e.,
Ole Miss Fans wearing blazers) or
wearing any loose fitting clothes
are frisked like common criminals.
Any alcohol found is confiscated
and the guilty fan is ejected from
the stadium.
Security further harassed Ole
Miss fans in particular by not al
lowing Rebel Flags into the sta
dium unless their tips were
removed (a safety precaution, sup
posedly). Further, security would
not allow large rebel flags on poles
into the stadium at all (another
safety precaution, supposedly). I
have never witnessed, nor heard of,
rebel flags posing a safety problem.
Once inside the stadium, secu
rity continued to harass the Ole
Miss section by petroling aisles in
dividually for contraband they may
have missed at the gates (alcohol,
tips, poles). In contrast, UGA fans
were terrific — several approached
us to apologize for the behavior of
stadium security personnel. It is
also interesting to note that, al
though there were a disporportio-
nate number of security officers in
the Ole Miss section, the only
noted incident of physical violence
during the entire game was in the
UGA student section.
I do not intend to return to The
University of Georgia again and
have already told dozens not to
waste their time either. I deeply re
gret that Ole Miss has an affilia
tion with UGA through its SEC
member status. In closing, based
on the policies and security per
sonnel at Sanford Stadium, the
only element that’s Southern about
this institution is its address: it is a
sterile, generic, hostile, and sorry
place to be.
Timothy H. Relsenwltz
assistant professor of business
Huntingdon College
Clash is ‘natural’
I agree with the article in The
Red and Black that said the clash
between the Muslims and the
Jews, who are occupying Pales
tinian land, was natural. I don't,
however, agree with Rebecca
Greenwald’s illogical assessment of
the recent conflict.
It amazes me how Greenwald
found out that the Palestinian riot
was a joint effort between the
P.L.O. and Saddam Hussein to di
vert attention from the Persian
Gulf crisis. This ludicrous assump
tion is typical of Israeli supporters.
What dif Terence is public percep
tion going to make, when there are
already hundreds of thousands of
troops in Saudi Arabia waiting to
combat Hussein? The more logical
assumption would be that the Pal
estinians wanted to deter conser
vative Jewish groups from coming
to the A1 Aska Mosque to tear it
down. The Palestinians, it seems,
wanted to simply protect the Mus
lims and their right to worship. I
suppose Greenwald would not
agree that these rights are appli
cable to Muslims, as well as Jews,
but she does say, “it was natural
for Israeli Defense Forces try to
protect the Jewish worshipers."
This double standard used by Jews
to justify violence needs to be elim
inated.
Greenwald also says that the
coverage of the recent outbreak
was “a disgraceful display of jour
nalism, all propaganda and lies." If
this is true, then why has the Is
raeli Cabinet condemned the
United Nations’ decision to invssti-
gate the matter (in order to reveal
the truth) and vowed not to coop
erate with the mission. If Israel
wants, as Greenwald claims, to
make peace with its neighbors,
why will the Israeli government
not allow problems to be investi
gated ad let the truth be revealed. I
guess the truth really does hurt.
SaJId Lakhany
freshman, International buslneea
Khoo off-base
So the Constitutional right to
life only extends to those who are
truly loved and cared for, according
to Anthony Khoo (10/17/90). This is
his reasoning behind keeping abor
tion “safe and legal." However, he
fails to realize just how enlight
ened this theory is. Not only should
a woman be able to kill her unborn
child for her own convenience, but
she should also be able to kill her
newborn. After all, who could love
such an abnormal looking thing as
that? She should also be able to kill
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who absolutely refuses to be pot
trained. Women must have thi
rights.
Some children are aborted 1
cause they are sick or deformi
This is perfectly logical, for hi
can anyone love a child wi
Down's syndrome? However, pi
natal screening sometimes fails
detect an abnormality. Happi
thanks to Khoo’s concept, we he
a right to kill babies bom wi
AIDS, Down’s syndrome, and t
like. They ore better off del
Right? And concerning grown-
fetuses lying on our streets "i
cared for, labeled homeless a
outcasts,” would they not thank
for rounding them up in gas cha
bers and relieving them of th
misery? They have no right to 1
since they are “uncared for." I i
sure the poor, lonely, uncared
senior citizens who are cooped
in nursing homes would also tha
us for this wonderful service — i
thanasia.
Sarcasm becomes no one 1
sometimes circumstances dema
that there be a shock to the awa
ness to get people thinking. The
sistance to abortion isn’t cental
in a desire to intrude into the Hi
and bodies of women, but in a i
sire to save the lives and bodies
fetuses, the most helpless segm<
of our society. Every year, 1.6 n
lion unborn human babies i
slaughtered because they are, si
Ppsedly, better off dead. But /
thony Khoo, you are wrong. Thi
unborn children are cared for a
even loved. I core and so do hi
dreds of thousands of pro-lifers ji
like me. Prejuduce alone blir
people to the humanity of the i
born. It is medical fact that I
conceptus has its own uniqi
human genetic code from fertili
tion, a beating heart 3 weeks lat
detectable brain waves at 40 di
of age, and every organ he/she v
ever have at 5 weeks of age. The
sertion that life should begin wh
it is wanted is certainly rooted
biMn.
Perhaps this society has me
ills, but allowing one group
slaughter another only exacerba
the problems. The “right” to an
abortion simply places a woman’s
right to privacy paramount over an
unborn human’s right to life. In
other words, quality of life is more
important than life itself. When so
ciety puts one group’s right to pri
vacy before another group’s right
to life, as ours has done, it is slowly
eroding away the rights of us all.
No one is truly safe. What group of
people will be singled out next for
slaughter in order to better our so
ciety or to protect the "human and
equal rights” of another group?
Stacey Wllllame-Stanford
Column disturbs
I am a Christian and a member
of a Christian church. I found
David Goode’s signed opinion
column about the Christian church
supporting violence to be dis
turbing. I believe if Goode would
investigate why the Christian
churches are supporting our sol*
diera in the Middle East, he would
find a much different conclusion
than that stated in his column.
We are praying for health,
safety, and peace for our soldiers.
We are asking God to keep us from
war and that no one on either aids
return home dead. Since the crisis
began I have been actively involved
in writing a soldier in Saudi
Arabia. She has repeatedly written
me and said, that witnout my
prayers and letters she would "not
be able to make it through this
ensis." I’m not praying for homo-
cidal violence, I'm praying for
peace.
Why not stop criticizing the
Christian church and start praying
that Saddam Hussein and his fol
lowers would, by God’s interven
tion, not start a war. The reason
that there is homocidal violence in
the world is because of sin (man
choosing not to follow God). Yes, I
am p *gdy to take my stand against
w#r * War is not the answer, telling
People how to follow Christ and His
teachings is the only answer.
John Russell
••nlof, Industrial arts education