thursday, april 13, 1978
daily nebraskan
page 5
I would like to commend the Daily Nebraskan on its
coverage of the first abortion debate April 2.1 was at the
debate and found it well done. One point not mentioned
was the poll taken of the audience at the end of the de
bate: 75 pro-life, 24 pro-abortion, 1 no opinion.
Glenda Lanik
Sophomore, English Major
Sex objects
I'd like to express my disappointment over the Ralph
cartoon which appeared in the Thursday, April 6 Daily
Nebraskan. The sort of humor which portrays women as
sex objects for the enjoyment of men is in poor taste. I
find is especially repulsive when it appears in a college
newspaper.
Joanne Stohs
Human development and the family, graduate student
Free thinking
Government, money and the power to take and spend
it without restriction do not mix. For the same reason
that chimpanzees are not handed loaded guns to. play
with, money should not be freely given to government.
It is morally wrong to take money from people to sup
port any group not under the influence of the voting pub
lic; that is, a group whose funding is not at the discretion
of the money earners.
A second, and much more subtle, point is this: nothing
except the vote, an individual expression of opinion, can
represent the public interest.
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If the vote, however, is to represent the individual, a
certain amount of fact evaluation and free thought (which
require effort) is necessary before responsible political be
havior can ensue.
How many of us realize that such mental freedom and
opinion formation is obsolete (or rather, outlawed under
penalty of death) in many countries throughout the
world?
A more sobering fact is this: the American public is be
coming mentally lazier by leaps and bounds. There are
those in America today, who, in a search for power, can
persuade the public to let them do all the thinking. It is
just this kind of shiftlessness that opens the door to the
complete political takeover of entire countries.
I remain independent of any and all such "public inter
est" groups. I refuse to be spoon-fed a pablum of someone
else's political ideas and recommendations. I do my own
thinking, and I suggest the rest of the responsible Ameri
can public do the same.
Pam Keller
Sophomore, chemistry major
I pull my blue jeans on
The UNL Gay Action Group has been mounting pro
motional efforts in coordination with the National Gay
Task Force to publicize National Blue Jeans Day, Friday,
April 14.
The point of NBJD is not to identify everyone in
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denim as homosexual; rather, it is a day when all those
who support the homophile movement express their sup
port publicly by wearing blue jeans.
The focus of NBJD is not an accusatory one. If infer
ences are made by some individuals, the responsibility for
those inferences is their own. In view of the increasingly
conservative and isolationist social and political trends in
both our community and in this country, it has become
increasingly important to examine our values regarding
those around us.
There will inevitably be kidding and perhaps some has
sle for those wearing blue jeans April 14. The point we
must recognize is that we do not really know who is who
on NBJD. The same is true every day.
Persecution and bias against those who are rightly or
wrongly presumed to be homosexual is irrational. In terms
of everyday social function, the gay person is qualitatively
no different from hisher heterosexual counterpart. Need
less to say, the spheres where real differences occur are
ones which are the business of individuals directly
involved.
For this reason, we strongly urge those supporting the
homophile movement and a more healthy, accepting and
nurturing community to show it when it counts.
In Pride,
UNL Gay Action Group
Board of Directors
He's right; what's left?
I would like to comment on allegations by the YAF
that the speakers brought to campus by UPC represent
only the "left." When I first heard of these charges, I set
forth in a systematic and analytic way to see if they could
be verified.
The guy living in the room next door to me has a very
nice pair of speakers. As you enter his room you will find
that one is on the left and one is on the right. Seems fair
enough to me. Now, there is no apparent difference be
tween the two except for their posititions iclative to each
other. Curious. Both of them are hooked up to the same
AM-FM receiver, so put out exactly the same sound.
What is interesting, though, is that different listeners react
differently to what they hear. Curiouser and curiouser.
Finally, I took up a position in what I guessed to be
the immediate center of the room, then turned around.
Do you know what I found out? What had been the right
speaker was now on the left, and what had been the left
speaker was now on the right. It seems that left and right
are relative to how you look at things, despite the fact
that everyone likes to believe they are right.
Conclusion: If you take up a position on the extreme
right, then everything will be to the left of you.
Hueristically,
Michael J. Adams
Junior, mathematics major
Both sides, now
I've been in the Women's Resource Center a few times.
They have a big wall full of pamphlets. Several of these
are from Birthright! The WRC is not pro-abortion. One
thing I do not like about the abortion sides is that they
keep getting facts mixed up and making stupid accusa
tions. Sue Kouma, walk in the WRC before you start
yelling.
Kim Rains
Senior, sociology major
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