Friday, September 28, 1934
Dally Nebraskan
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It stinks. It makes you stink, it
makes your breath stink, it
makes your teeth yell "w, it
clogs your lungs, make you irri
tating and youll proba' iy die pre
maturely becau- f i
If you smoke, you probably know
all that by now. If you don't, you
pn-uatly have at least thought
ab ' it. Groups like the Ameri
can Cancer Society make sure we
all know the hazards of inhaling.
Soon, smokers will be bombard
ed with a stronger reminder of
the folly of their ways. Both houses
of Congress passed a bill that
would replace the current warn
ing on cigarette packages with
four more graphic and specific
warnings.
The new warnings, which have
yet to be approved by President
Reagan, are:
. 9 Smoking causes lung cancer,
heart disease, emphysema and
may complicate pregnancy.
Quitting smoking now greatly
reduces serious risks toyour health.
Smoking by pregnant women
may result in fetal injury, prema
ture birth and low birth weight.
Cigarette smoke contains car
bon monoxide.
Those warnings dont leave any
doubt about what kind of risks
smokers take. There's no need to
candy-coat the facts.
The bill was slightly toned down,
however. Under one amendment,
certain findings of the Surgeon
General were omitted, like this
gem: "Cigarette smoking is the
largest preventable cause of ill
ness in the United States and is
associated with the unnecessary
deaths of over SQQ,000 Ameri
cans annually."
Smokers face more than just
health risks. More and more com
munities and states are passing
laws to protect non-smokers from
the noxious fumes of tobacco by
segregating smokers in restaur
ants and other public places.
Smokers face the risk of verbal
assaults as well Non-smokers are
becoming increasingly verbal
about irritating smoke in buses
and planes and just about every
where. If you smoke and think it doesnt
stink, there'll be no way to avoid
knowing that others do.
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statistics show 1 1 percent receive aid for 'non-needy
he U.S. Census Bureau recently
released the findings of a study
showing that nearly one in three
Americans (30 percent) received income
or other direct aid from the government.
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The results may surprise some Ameri
cans. In the wake of social services cuts
with the prospect of future cuts and
increasing complaints from taxpayers
about the welfare rolls, it behooves us to
look at what these findings might mean.
The survey may surprise some people
who have a predetermined image of who
gets government money. Those who think
people receiving aid are either poor or
minority or both need to take a hard look
at the findings. One-third of the country
is not below the poverty level, nor is one
third minority.
The survey showed that, while 30 per
cent of all Americans received aid, 19
percent got benefits for the needy. That is
the- common definition of welfare and
public assistance financial assistance
for hardship and need. However, 1 1 per
cent of Americans received assistance for
the "non-needy."
This points to a number of interesting
possible conclusions:
(1) If aid recipients are to be seen as
shiftless, lazy people who are taking the
. government for a ride, then one-third of considered such;
the country has jumped on tne wagon;
(2) Even with the narrow definition of
direct aid employed by the Census Bureau
it doesn't include tax loopholes and
probably should to be fair the number
of people on the public rolls is sizable.
There must be some people who scream
about taxes, yet have their hands in the
coffers;
(3) The common definition of welfare is
such that 11 percent of the country's
people can receive the money from the
government without public criticism for
being on welfare;
(4) If most of the people receiving
assistance meet the government stand
ards, then many people might be consi
dered welfare recipients who are not now
(5) There is little basis for the myths
that abound about most people receiving
"public assistance."
We need not look farther than Nebraska
to see that the statistics hold true, though
few people are thought to be the primary
recipients. Census figures from 1980 show
that almost 26 percent of Nebraska fami
lies received direct aid from the govern
ment. Only eight percent were below the
poverty level.
The point is that quite a few people get
"welfare," although it is not publicly
defined as such. Before you throw stones
at the system and deem it a crutch that
undermines the work ethic, look into the
mirror, lest you throw stones at yourself.
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I hope everyone will haw ignored the Sept 24 letter by
Neb Forde concerning cohabitation out of marriage. His
position is so far away from mainstream Evangelicalism
and historical Orthodox Chirstianity that it belongs
with the heretical group of deviations from Scripture
that have pkgued the Church since its beginnings.
What do I mesn? It Is his position that Christians lose
their eternd lives by sinning in this way. I quote, "It
hinders entry into heaven," end "Cohabitation of the
sort described by Koppelman is condemnation to hell
for Christians." Since Forde attempts to validate his
position by using Scripture, I offer these passages as
evidence to the error of his thinking.
8:30: ". . . and whom He called, these He also
justified, and whom He justified, these He also glorified."
Notice that God doea not lose anyone between justifica
tion and the future state of glorification.
Ephesians 1:13: "In Him, you abo, after listening to the
message of truth, the gospel of your salvation, having
abo believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit
of promise." Is man strong enough to break out of the
Holy Spirit's seal?
Colossians 2:13, 14: "And whea you were dead in your
transgressions, and the uncircumcision of your flesh,
He made you alive together with Him, having forgiven us
all our transgressions, having cancelled out the certifi
cate of debt, consisting of decrees sslnst us, vhich was
hostile to us; and He has taken it out of the way, having
nailed it to the cross." Note that all transgressions are
forgiven because they were nailed to the cross. 2nd
Corinthians says, "He made Him who knew no sin (Jesus
Christ) to be sin on our behalt . ."
I Peter 1 :23: "For you have been bom again not of seed
which is perishable but imperishable, through the living
and abiding word of God." This is so clear it needs no
comment
John 10:28: (Jesus speaking) "and I lva eternal life to
them, and they shall never perish, and no one shall
snatch them out of my hand." Did Jesus fort to men
tion that you couid snatch yourself out of his hand? No.
Vith a typical 20th century mentality, Forde haj
equated the kingdom of heaven with eternal life, ana
added the words "in hsll" to the passa which speaks of
the unmarried as burning, which in its true context
refers to a sexual desire in connection with a lack of sen
control.
Kurt Sandquist
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