Friday, September 21, 1934
Daily Nebraskan
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Landfill supporter says costs would beminimalfor students
The editorial bv Lcuri Hnnrjl
on the landfill In the Sept. 14
Daily Nebraskan was really a
bunch of garbage. I am cn record
as supporting the bond Issue to
buy and eqrip a new landfill
Space h running out at the pre
sent landfill and the process of
finding a new one can be a long
one and needs to start now.
The cost for burying Lincoln'3
wastes i3 an ongoing expense not
really affected by the bond issue
question. Transportation costs
could increase if the new landfill
is located farther away from
Lincoln. I never said that Lincoln's
public institutions use the landfill
most, in fact their contribution is
small compared to the total
amount buried every day. UNL's
cost under the last tipping fee
pro posal would have been $30,000
per year. An increase in hauling
distance to a new landfJl could
cost more than this. Our point is
that the more material that 1)
recycled, taken out of the waste
stream, the less that has to be
hauled and buried.
The increasing amounts of
waste our society generates are
not going to just go away. Property
taxes are not the fairest way to
pay for disposal. We should design
our waste management systems
to recover the maximum value of
these secondary resources, reduc
ing disposal costs, pollution po
tential and the drain on our
natural resources.
If the students had to pay all of
the cost of burying their wastes, it
would not amount to much more
than a dollar each, hardly enough
to justify the scare headline and
inaccuracies in your editorial on
a subject which is very complex
and needing calm, rational thought
to solve a problem which affects
us alL
Steve Burdic
Executive Director
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Student says U.S. government supports foreign dictatorships
Following the vicious murder
ing ofPhilippino opposition leader,
Benito Aquina in the summer of
1 9S3, the CBS "Night Watch" shew
interviewed an opposition figure
from South Korea living in this
country. The exiled Korean won
dered, "If you Americans like and
believe in democracy, why do you
support the dictatorial regimes
and non-democratic states in the
Third World countries?"
This observation reflects a deep
concern of the people in Third
World countries. The Europeans
who colonized those nations in
the name of "modernization" and
"humanistic" slogans have proven
how cruel and racist they are.
Of course, no modernizaiton,
democracy, or any social, politi
cal or economic improvements
were achieved under those invaders.
Rather, those countries ' were
exploited by the colonialists. And
before they were forced to leave,
the colonialists "hired" some of
their close friends in the coun
tries to continue imposing their
imperialistic policies.
This simply is how things are in
Third World countries. Govern
ments never have people's ap
proval; presidents or kings hardly
are elected, and u elected, a King
or president always wins by 089
percent. Such governments, as
expected, do not try to serve
their people or defend their coun
try. When I was asked by some
American friends and a Cana
dian classmate about the reac
tion of the Iraqi government fol
lowing the destruction of its nu
clear reactor in 1931, 1 told them
it would be no more than "words"
or condemnation and & "complaint"
presented to the U.N. Security
Council And that is exactly what
happened.
But where do the American
people and their government stand
amidst this sad story of the peo
ple in Third World countries? The
American government, that sup
posedly represents the American
people, has inherited European
colonialism in a modern sense. I
can't imagine how the American
people who struggled" for free
dom can support dictators in
Thifd World regions like Africa,
South and Central America, the
Middle East and Asia.
Recently, I spoke with an Amer
ican student about foreign policy.
Asked about positions taken by
his government, the student told
me, "I do not know why, I like to
see other nations having demo
cratic governments." These, of
course, are not words of a politi
cian employed by businessmen.
Rather, I think they suggest the
thoughts of an ordinary Ameri
can. I furthered my point by ask
ing, "If you are worried about
communism and its expansion,
as we are in the Third World
countries, why don't you stand by
the people of these countries and
help them establish democracy
there?"
; If you, the American people,
are worried about democracy in
Third World Countries, I assure
you that we have favorable con
ditions at home where democracy
can survive and flourish.
We are powerful enough to esta
blish democracy ourselves once
you stop standing behind our
dictatorial regimes. A question
often jumps to my mind: Do the
American governments really re
present the people of this coun
try? Or is it as one American mil
lionaire noted: "We, the mil
lionaires, do not care who is in
the White House or which politi
cal party is in power, we are the
owners of America."
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