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Our Opinions
Demanding instant democracy
in China is unrealistic request
When Warren Christopher visited China recently and preached to the
Chinese about domestic policies as they affect civil rights, he felt he was
on high moral ground. In a sense, he was.
On the other hand, the Chinese, looking at a crime rate in the U.S.
twenty times higher than that in China, the moral degeneration apparent in
all phases of U.S. life today, feel they speak from a higher moral ground.
Asians being traditionally polite in negotiations, the Chinese didn’t say
to the American secretary of state: "Who are you, from a crime infested,
morally bankrupt, nation, to be coming six thousand miles and telling us
about domestic policy and rights. Look to your own backyard, clean it up
first-"
They could have said that That wouldn't excuse their poor record in
limiting rights among the billion Chinese. But then the Chinese have
never experienced democracy. The evolutionary path to that goal may
require many decades, even a generation before the average citizen of China
learns appreciation of, and the responsibilities of, democratic government.
As to trade, where there are unfair or one-sided policies, Washington has
every right to take immediate counter measures. But to demand instant
democracy in China as a bargaining chip in trade negotiations in
unrealistic.
Your Opinion
Garnett thanks Balvaunuca
Club for support
Dear Editor:
Rainbow House is extremely grateful for the generous donation by the
Balvaunuca Club from their 1993 Dogwood Ball.
Community contributions are essential in our battle to prevent child
abuse and we appreciate the willingness of the businesses and individuals
in Parry to share in this community responsibility of protecting our chil
dren.
In supporting this event, they are offering support to physically and sex
ually abused children in Houston County.
Kathy Garnett
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Smokers have become society’s whipping boy
I noticed a cartoon in a
newspaper last week that showed a
man, apparently in hell, about to
light up a smoke. The devil was
standing beside him saying, "You
cannot smoke down here. You've
got to go outside."
The cartoon was very timely and
echoed the point that most
governmental agencies and many
private businesses have banned
smoking in the workplace. Some
provide smoking areas, some
require the smokers to go outside.
I read an article by columnist
Mike Royko recently that ran in a
daily newspaper nearby. The
column titled "Smokers are too
easy to hate" made some good
points that I would like to share
with you.
Mike starts off by saying that
there is no limit to the abuse being
heaped on those 40 million
Americans who still smoke. "They
have been banned from public
buildings, many workplaces,
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Perry Scrapbook
The 1984 staff In the pediatrics unit at the Perry-Houston County Hospital were proud of
the special attention" they paid their tiny patients. Here, Kathryn Searle, head nurse of the
unit, and Nursing Director Ev Gottschalk hold two youngsters, Patrick Harris and Allen
Whipple Jr., as Selgfred Jalalon, hospital pedltrlclan, examines Kenya Hampton.
Congratulations to the hospital for 25 years of dedicated service to the citizens of Perry
and Houston and surrounding counties.
STREET TALK:
It’s baseball time again and fans throughout Georgia are already doing the Toma
hawk Chop in support of their favorite team--the Atlanta Braves. With the first week
of the new baseball season giving a glimpse of what’s to come from the team, we
asked local residents what kind of season they expect the Braves to deliver. An
other pennant race? Another World Series? We don’t know; that’s why we’re ask
ing.
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Fay Tripp
“They sure are coming out
of the gate strong. This
year, I think they’ll go all
the way."
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Jim Peak
“They will definitely be
one of the top four teams
and that will get them into
the play-offs.”
restaurants, sports arenas and are
threatened with higher taxes.”
He goes on to write that George
Will, one of Washington's deepest
thinkers, had said that those who
still smoke had become
"disclassed". In other words if you
smoke you ain't got no class. To
put it another way, smokers are of
inferior social status, they have
been lowered in class.
Royko was writing about a
conversation he had with a smoker
friend who had told him that he
couldn't smoke in the in the office
due to company policy, but yet the
company allowed back-stabbing,
gossiping, career climbing and
other stress inducing behavior. His
friend said he couldn't smoke at
home, even on the back porch,
because his wife said second-hand
smoke was bad for her cat. He
couldn't smoke in his favorite
restaurant, but they eagerly sold
him all the martinis needed to
destroy his liver and served food
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Janice Carroll
"They’re going to win.”
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Anthony Tabor
"Honestly, I think they will
be back in the running for
the pennant again this
year.”
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with enough cholesterol to clog a
cannon.
No doubt smokers have become
society's whipping boy. In some
folks' minds they are akin to the
scum who shoots up the city streets
killing children and Seven-Eleven
clerks. But there's no health
warning printed on a gun butt.
"What about people who eat
grease and fat and glop. Because
they become fat and their arteries
clog, aren't they also a burden on
the nation's health care program? I
don't see Slick Willie putting a
S. 150 tax on the belly busters he is
always eating,” Mike's friend said.
Royko’s reply was that no sane
politician was going to slap a sin
tax on something that millions of
American parents feed to their kids
because it is easier than cooking.
"Why don’t they go after the
foolish women who have babies
they can’t support and become a
burden on our welfare system, and
fathers who flee their
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Marti Tolleson
"Hopefully, they will
continue to do as well as
they have the last few
years.”
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David Morgan
"They’ll probably win the
pennant again and go to
the World Series.”
Saturday, April 9,1994 "Houston Times-Journal
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responsibilities, or people who
engage in unsafe sexual practices
and become a burden on our health
programs?" Royko’s friend asked.
Those you mentioned are all
victims of society, history, man’s
inhumanity, and so on. You, on
the other hand, are responsible for
your own actions and must be
punished for your weakness,"
Royko replied.
"But I am just an ordinary, law
abiding, taxpaying, middle-class,
middle-of-the-road, mind-my-own
business, live-and-let-live kind of
guy," the smoker friend said.
See, I knew I could get you to
confess and plead guilty," Royko
concluded.
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Paper may be
weird, but it’s
worth a laugh
In most jobs, reading the paper
at your desk may not be looked
upon favorably, but in this
business, it’s part of the job.
Well, this week, in the interest
of keeping up with my responsibil
ities, I took the time to read
through a little tabloid recently
given to our illustrious editor, Mrs.
Loudermilk.
It’s called the “Magic City Bull”
and, after looking through it, I can
honestly say it is one of the
strangest publications that I have
ever read; really raunchy in places,
slightly offensive in others, and, to
my surprise, at least, somewhat
humorous—enough so that I
thought I might share a few of its
anecdotes with you.
I must ask, however, that you
not turn me in, for I did not “get
express written permission from the
publisher to reprint any of this fine
American humor”.
Although the reward they offer
you in their copyright information
may be appealing, is $1.92 really
worth getting me in trouble for? On
second, thought, don’t answer that.
By the same token, if you are of
fended by any of what follows,
remember it’s not my stuff. I’m
simply passing it along on the
chance that something here might
produce a little smile, a chuckle or,
in some way, brighten your day.
Here goes. Straight from the
“Bull’s” mouth:
•You Know You Come From a
One Horse, Dipstick of a Town
When:
-The phone book only has one
yellow page;
-You ARE the population;
—Dominos will deliver pizza by
the slice;
-To save the 60 mile out-of-the
way trip, the post office faxes you
your mail;
—A nuclear attack on your town
would go relatively unnoticed;
-There is one horse in your
town (Get it?);
•Another Blonde Joke:
A blonde factory worker out at
the paper mill accidentally cut off
one of her ears at work. Conrad
Freid immediately formed a search
party and they began feverishly
looking for the severed ear. A few
minutes later a co-worker spotted it
and yelled, "1 found it!" The blonde
took one look at the ear and
snapped, "That’s not my ear. Mine
had a pencil behind it!"
•Letters to the Janitor
Dear Janitor,
You seem to know a lot about
Clinton. What will be his favorite
retail store once his economic plan
takes effect? -Judge Foster
Dear Judge,
Everything's SIOO.
•One to remember:
A burglar is stalking around a
darkened house, his flashlight flick
ering from room to room; when
from out of the dark booms a voice,
“Jesus and Emanual are watching
you!" The burglar freezes, his flash
light desperately scanning the
room. Again the voice booms out
Please see THOMPSON, page 9A