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We must ask ourselves why we have such words,
why we use them, what reason, if any is behind
them and what effect their use has on ourselves and
those around us. '
' I suggest that more often than not we create and
use such words out of ignorance, a perverse desire
to place someone below us and or as an alternative to
expending the effort required by the pursuit of
truth. Most of the time the verbal expression of
derogatory ethnic terms springs from prejudice
which is in turn based on isolated experiences or the
bigotry of our parents, peers and society in general.
Using this type of language weakens our characters
and perpetuates small-scaled hatred and mistrust,
as well as large scale social injustice.
Once we detect the lack -of reason behind our
prejudices and the maleficient ignorance which
inspires us to speak in a manner unworthy of self
respecting human beings, we may use our intellect
to reshape our emotions and actions, thus discard"
ing prejudice as Just so much refuse.
Easy, huh? Not really. It takes work and courage.
It involves the risks of admitting uiness in our
personalities, losing the comfort of being like every
one else, recognizing our parents' and teachers'
fallibility and being vulnerable to hatred. But it's
worth it. .....
Had I the opportunity to relive that ni-ht at Bill's
Saloon, I wou!d ask the man why he called himself a
nigger. Perhaps he would tell me that I, a stupid
.honky, couldnt understand. Perhaps he could make
me understand. Honest introspection and dialogue"
can go a long way toward curing the ills of prejudice
and discrimination. '
v The first step we must take is to form a willingness
to change our attitudes. For many cf us, UNL's cul
tural diversity and stores of knowledge may present
the best opportunity well ever have to effect that
change. We would be wise to take advantage of this
opportunity.
'IL G w & C ITS
Dsatlipmalty archaic
Heading the editorial "Enforcement of death penal
ty may save Uves" (Daily Nebraskan, Oct 14) I was
vividly reminded of reading Jonathan Swift's "A
Modest Proposal" while studying English literature
at Hastings College. Swift proposed to "do away"
with the poor children of England while the editor
ial proposed to "do away" with criminals who have
committed murder.
Death penalties have never been proven to act as
a significant deterrent to crime. The needed items
are stricter parole laws and better prison reform
programs.
As a Christian and a pacifist, I am very happy that
the American Civil Liberties Union b helping to
reverse court decisions that are condemning con
victed murderers to the electric chair, etc. Let's not
'return to the Middle Ages.
Jeff Burke ,
graduate student
School of Health, Physical Education
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Ads not eocploitative
Concerning the letter by -Ann Hartley, Jeane
Franz, and Diane Farrell (Daily Nebraskan, Oct. 14)
expressing their "outrage at degrading sexist adver
tising" as exemplified by the recent Coors adver
tisement carried by the Daily Nebraskan, I would
like to echo my concern that all too often women
have been demeaned by ridiculous and exploitative
advertising that personally offends me. I question,
however, the use of the Coors ad they cite as ah
example of such exploitation. I seem to recall that
the previous Coors ads carried by the paper fea
tured a handsome, blond mala scantily attired in a
fashion that clearly revealed a body that looked like
an ad for Nautilus, v
. I believe the object of advertising is to capture the
attention of the observer, and this can be accomp
lished in a variety of ways, from the annoying Mr.
Whipple warning you not to "Squeeze the Charmin" "
(although I havent the foggiest idea why you'd ever
want to do that anyway) to a localized meteorologi
cal phenomenon (a White Tcrr.ado) sweeping through
your kitchen.
I em from Colorado and believe that as large
companies go, Coors has demonstrated a fairly high
level of social and envircr.mer.tal consciousness as
well as helping the state economy. The fact that they
used both male and female modeb in this ad would
suggest to me that they were cspbiting no particu
lar group bujt rather were capitalizing on the inter
est we have in the human body, an interest that I
suspect predated even the first cave paintings cf the
subject. It is abo an interest that has assured that
we have been and will continue to be around a long
time. k
Equal rights, treatment and respect for women as
well as for EH other "groups" that have been histori
cally denied these thing3 must be considered one of
the top priorities of the day, but I fail to see how
dcsexualiiing humans beings can hasten the at
tainment of these goals. Being able to appreciate,
admire, or respect a beautiful body, male or female,
- does not preclude the possibility of appreciating the
, staggering potential for achievement in the humani
ties, sciences, and sports that our delightfully
diverse species is capable of.
RickGillis
assistant professor
life sciences
God's law, nations1 law
The responses to the column on pacifism (Daily
Nebraskan, Oct. 12) by James Sennett and Tom
Shelton (Daily Nebraskan, Oct 17) both rejected
Burbach's claim tit at the United States is a Christian
nation and further rejected Burbach's more implicit
claim that national policies ought to reflect Chris
tian ideas of justice, thus becoming a "Christian
nation." Although I do not agree with Burbach's
pacifism, I do agree with Burbach that nations
ought to be called to obey God's revealed law.
The concept of a Christian nation, contrary to
Sennett's belief, is found in the New Testament
Indeed, the church, comprised of all true believers,
is described as "a holy nation" in 1 Peter 2:9. It is this
spiritual nation, which is symbolically portrayed as
Mount Zion and Jerusalem (Hebrews 12:22) in the
Old Testament, to which peoples and nations will go
to and from which God's law and word will proceed,
resulting in the promise that people "will hammer
their swords into plowshares, and their spears into
pruning hooks. Nation will not lift up sword against
nation, and never again will they learn war" (Isaiah
2:1-41, Micah 4:1-8). -.
This result will be accomplished as the church,
which is the true Israel (Remans 2:23, 0:6-9, Gala
tians 6:16), makes "disciples of all the nations" (Mat
thew 28:19). Preaching Chrbt'stieath and resurrec
tion is "of first importance (1 Corinthians 15:3) in
this work, yet o we manifest God's love for us we
should also seek to estaLlbh bihtlad Justice in our
nations, for the state is to be "a Eibter cf God" and
is to do good and oppose evil (Romans 13:3-4).
The Christian nation is the nation which estab
lishes justice and all nations are required to do this.
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