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of the pleasure of reading the text Itself. If you try to summarize
a Van Gogh, it wouldn't work."
— Assistant English Professor James Clark on Cliffs Notes.
Government warnings in ’70s were ignored
I agree with the editorial “Blood
and Oil" (The Red and
Black,11/28/90) and the major
point that it makes: once the crisis
in the Mid-East is resolved, the
United States should search for
and develop alternative energy
sources, thus reducing our demand
for oil.
However, we should remember
that almost two decades ago during
the oil crisis of the early 1970's, the
Federal Government said that we,
as a country, should explore and
pursue alternative fuel options so
that we could grow independent of
foreign oil.
Mid-Eastern countries threat
ened to destroy our economy
through their artficial inflation of
prices and shortening of the oil
supply. Resulting from this, very
little (if anything), was done to re
duce our dependence on oil.
If we had developed alternative
fuel sources over the past two de
cades, we wouldn’t have 400,000
troops half-way around the world.
Most of us would probably not give
a crap what Kuwait and Iraq were
doing. Iraq’s invasion would be just
another conflict in a region plagued
by instability.
Britton Murrill
senior, environmental health
Sacco is whiner
I have been reading Steven
Sacco’s whining, neo-radical dema
goguery for quite some time now,
and I thought I would drop you a
line to let you know that all of us
who are not members of the Chi
cago Seven fan club find it to be
pure crap.
In his latest piece, Sacco por
trays that great, Native American,
Sitting Bull, as a pacifist, cry baby,
animal rights activist running
around the old west wearing an
Earth Day t-shirt.
Contrary to Sacco’s assertions,
Sitting Bull was none of these. He
was a warrior and a hunter, and
like all true warriors he didn’t
want compromise, but rather vic
tory.
Sitting Bull was a
warrior and a hunter,
and like all true
warriors he didn't want
compromise, but rather
victory.
Unfortunately for him, the new,
American settlers were cut of the
same cloth.
Sitting Bull in Sacco’s words
never killed for fun and says things
like,“We beg Wakan Tanka for for
giveness when Buffalo must die to
become our food."
This is ridiculous. Sitting Bull,
in his own words, said, “When the
buffalo are gone, we will hunt mice
for we are hunters and we want
our freedom."
If Sacco wants to bemoan what
he sees as the injustice of the
world, he should do so as Steven
Sacco, and not attribute his views
to a long-dead, great leader who
would not share his opinions.
However, if Sacco feels the need
to use an alter ego, let me suggest
one; Spitting Bull would be a name
much more in line with Sacco’s rea
soning.
Brad Bennett
junior, political science
Sacco off-base
As I read Stephen Sacco’s signed
inion column in The Red and
ack (11/9/90), in my mind, oddly
enough, I kept hearing Roy Rogers
singing “Back in the Saddle
Again." Upon completion of Sacco’s
article, I was sure Trigger had re
lieved himself nearby.
Besides Stephen Sacco’s gross
misunderstandings concerning the
Christian faith, the fact I find most
extraordinary is that The Red and
Black printed them.
Sacco’s Christian is someone
who: (1) believes in an inerrant
Bible (2) holds onto “Christian*
platitudes irrespective of evidence
to the contrary (3) “revels” in their
salvation from Hell (4) derives
pleasure considering those damned
(5) believes in a God who elects His
followers (6) is compelled to “prove"
Christian morals are correct (7) is
responsible for attempting to ex
terminate native Americans (8)
does not believe in birth control,
and (9) has a complete misunder
standing of the Constitution.
If this is Sacco’s definition of a
Christian, I am confident it was
not God who spoke to him.
I would be delighted to consider
each aspect of Sacco’s “defintion"
but space does not permit. It must
suffice to write that Sacco is unin
formed and judging from this and
past submissions, is unwilling to
know the truth.
Stephen Sacco and The Red and
Black editors who cater to his reac
tionary writing, serve no end to
sway the Christian or the honest
seeker of the truth.
Furthermore, I am convinced it
would serve no end if I were given
the space to respond to Sacco’s spi
teful attack on Christianity. Any
amount of apologetics I could bring
to Sacco’s argument would only fall
on deaf ears.
To the non-Christian, if Sacco’s
words affirm your opinion, your at
tempts to know God are pathetic.
Christianity is not a form of fire in
surance to be peddled. God is not
going to beg you to believe in him
nor is the Christian. If it is the
truth you seek, you will find it, but
you must look.
To the Christian. Sacco’s words
should serve as a barometer of our
courage. Do we Christians have the
courage to live beyond the stereo
types and criticisms; to actually
display in our lives an uncompro
mising desire for truth?
As Christians do we cultivate in
the minds of thoee watching the
conviction that we would be the
first to admit the senselessness of
life if Christ did not actually rise
from the grave? Christianity is not
found in the misguided words of
Sacco’s signed column. Chris
tianity is found on a cross in Cal
vary.
Jim Whiteside
Botany Graduate student
Move sex mags
I am writing as a member of the
Athens’ Womens’ Support and Ac
tion Network.
As a group working to improve
the lives of women in the commu
nity, we have asked Barnett’s
newsstand to relocate its stock of
sexually explicit magazines from
the check-out line to an area of the
store that one can more easily
avoid.
We have made it clear that we do
not oppose Barnett’s selling sex
ually explicit material, but we are
opposed to being confronted with it
without our consent. Sexually ex
ploitative materials damage
women’s perceptions of them
selves; they denumanize women
and celebrate sexual slavery and
abuse. Without a doubt this
material is offensive to some
people and it would be courteous of
Barnett’s management to move it
to another area.
Unfortunately, we have not been
successful in persuading Barnett’s
to respond positively. The owner
claims that the decision to place
the materials near the check-out
was strictly a business one; how
ever, it is well-known that those
who want to buy sexually explicit
materials will find them.
The WASN is asking patrons of
Barnett’s newstand to join us by
calling or writing Barnett’s and
asking for the relocation of its
stock of sexually explicit mag
azines from the check-out area. A
boycott of the business, though not
as immediately effective, would be
another useful way to voice your
opinion.
One must draw a line some
where in opposing human objectifi
cation and this would be a simple,
yet effective way for individuals to
define their limits. Perhaps with
opposition from a larger group, we
can urge Barnett’s to take up a dif
ferent business strategy.
Sarah L. Brooks
graduate, education of hearing im
paired
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