Monday, April 5, 1982
Daily Nebraskan
Page 5
Letters
Amendment needs support
James Ilolloway's essay on gay rights (Daily Nebra
skan, March 31) was moving and eloquent. We have noth
ing to fear from gay people - it's not catching. To quote
Franklin Roosevelt, "The only tiling we have to fear is
fear itself."
What we must remember is that repression tends to
have a snowballing effect. If we can discriminate against
someone for a same-sex preference, why not discriminate
for a positional preference?
If we care about our individual rights, we need to
support the amendment in May. We must protect the right
to privately express our sexuality and love. By supporting
this amendment we're supporting all of us, gays and
straights alike.
Jackie Fox
Freshman
Journalism
Reduce nuclear weapons
With a bit of rational thought, it is easy to see that all
issues are pointless in comparison to nuclear disarmament.
Yet, as I scan the Dally Nebraskan, I get the impression
that women and homosexuals will need guaranteed
equality even after they have been reduced to a pile of
melted human jelly. Not only do I note a lack of interest
in nuclear disarmament, but I see where the UNL College
Republicans are not above playing 1950s-style politics
with the fate of this planet.
I would think nuclear disarmament would be one issue
that would cut across all sexual, ethnic, racial and political
lines, and enjoy widespread support, especially from the
young and educated.
U.S. citizens have some difficult decisions to make and
it's time to face them. What price can you put on the
future of our planet? Is El Salvador worth it? Is the
Persian Gulf worth it? Is Western Europe worth it? In
deed, are the lives of more than 200 million Americans
worth it? Radiation clouds and a polluted atmosphere
know no political boundary or ideology. Many of our
citizens do not realize the consequences of a nuclear ex
change wlh the Soviets, especially those born before World
War II and now in leadership roles. Others won't face up
to the facts or are unwilling or afraid to admit to these
consequences. Those of us born in the fifties and sixties
should know better.
There is no doubt that unilateral disarmament by the
United States would put us in an awkward position. How
ever, Americans have the ability to force our government
to disarm, whereas our Soviet counterparts do not. If an
initiative in disarmament is to be made, it will have to
come from here, over the objections of the military and
defense contractors, and by persons like you and me.
If we can muster the courage and foresight to do away
with all or nearly all nuclear weapons, what would be the
Soviet response? Would they send their missiles at us and
annihilate us? I seriously doubt it. If we were destroyed,
the economic system of nearly the entire world would
crumble, including the Soviet and the Eastern Bloc econ
omies. The Soviets realize they are dependent on us to
feed their masses.
Could they control such a post-war world? Unlikely, as
out of the chaos that followed would come an angry and
defiant world.
Would the Soviets invade us? Again, very unlikely, as I
would never propose we disband our conventional forces.
Indeed, the money saved through nuclear disarmament
could clearly put us ahead of them in conventional forces,
and an invasion would be extremely difficult to physical
ly manage.
Would the Soviets expand their aggression in Western
Europe and elsewhere? Yes, quite likely they would want
to test our intentions, and that could result in some
difficult times for our allies and Third World nations. Yet,
if these countries were forced to concern themselves with
their own self-defense instead of relying on us, perhaps
the Soviets would receive more resistance from them and
we would receive more support for democracy.
Could a nuclear war be a limited war? I do not think
so. Once it started, it would have to come to some con
clusion wherein one of us would have to accept a loss. Can
we survive such a war? No, not at our present level of
overkill.
Nuclear disarmament is not a question of patriotism
but is a question of morality, sanity and survival. We, as a
nation, must take the lead and set the example. Bilateral
disarmament talks have, and always will, move at a snail's
pace. We do not have that much time. For the sake of
every human, animal and plant on the face of our planet,
we must act now to remove this fatal temptation.
L.L. Chapman
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