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Readers argue against white guilt, New Age teaching
Loomis suffers
from white guilt
on Indian issue
Astounding! The magnificent
wisdom of the gargantuan libera! bean
(Brandon Loomis, DN, April 9)! I
won’t suggest that you watch “Little
Big Man.” I will, however, emerge
from my benighted little cave with
my inferior little brain and throw a
few shadow's on your bright and shin
ing future of tolerance and under
standing.
First things first. You evidently
believe that the Indians had an idyllic
and utopian society before the “moral
white folk” landed and comipted them.
The truth is that they had discovered
war and its consequences long before
they met Europeans. The winner gets
to dictate terms and the loser gets
stripped of whatever the victor de
sires. They arc then killed, subju
gated or ejected from the land that the
victor desired. That was life in North
America for thousands of years be
fore Columbus. When he brought the
Europeans to America, they conquered
the Indians because the Indians had
something that the whites needed and
weren’t powerful enough to keep it.
Loomis evidently suffers the white
liberal guilt that his ancestors were
human and conquered a race that was,
at least militarily, inferior to ours.
Why he doesn’t feel guilt over the
Normans or Saxons or Goths who
conquered vast tracts of Europe and
arc also in his ancestry, is undoubt
edly a mystery unknowable to those
of us without a gargantuan liberal
bean.
Next, the concept of the Indian
reservation is an idea whose time has
passed. They were originally created
to help the Indians maintain their way
of life and avoid outside influence (as
well as Indian influence outside the
reservation). However, their way of
life didn’t include mail, motor ve
hicles, television, bars, modem hous
ing or bingo. Yet, all these things arc
a part of life on the reservation now.
If the Indians can force themselves to
accept that much of America’s mod
em culture, they can accept the entire
system.
Third, even if the time for reserva
tions hasn’t passed, the idea of one
should cause a conniption for the
gargantuan liberal bean, inventor of
and crusader for desegregation. If a
ghetto for conquered Indians is ap
propriate, then so is a place set aside
for the Mexicans, conquered by the
Texans and forced to become Ameri
cans. And perhaps for the blacks as
well. The Americans didn’t conquer
them, but they did buy them from
people who had.
Fourth, Indians get a certain amount
of money from the federal govern
ment for college. This money is not
based on merit or need, but merely on
skin color. This smacks to me of a
racialiy based decision and therefore
racism.
In conclusion, change comes to all
lands and all peoples. The change
may be for the better or for the worse.
Either way, a person, or race, must
adapt. To ignore change is a formula
for disaster and extinction. Just ask
the dinosaurs.
Jack Lovell
senior
engineering
Teaching methods
are contradiction
to ideas of Bible
One of the biggest movements to
reach the University of Nebraska in
the past year has been the New Age
teachings. The instigators of this
movement claim that it is totally non
religious, or actually pan-religious,
combining all religions into one. A
look at this doctrine clearly shows
that it stands in diabolical contradic
tion to the teachings of the Bible.
A main point brought out by this
new doctrine is that man is God and
that he merely needs to discover this
deity within himself. Both New Age
and psychology say that we need to
search inside of ourselves to tap into
man’s infinite abilities. We need to
seek, build up, feel good about, and
worship ourselves.
This concept lies in total rebellion
to what God says through the Bible.
This New Age concept doesn’t seem
so new when you look at the fall of
man (Genesis 3:1-6). Satan promised
Eve that, by disobeying God, she would
become “like God.” This idea is also
present at the fall of Satan where he
claimed that he would make himself
like God and that he would even rise
himself higher than God (Isaiah 14:14).
Satan has continually used this lie
to feed a person’s ego and to make
him feel less dependant on God. Men
have put themselves in the place of
God.
In his letter to the church at Rome
the Apostle Paul adequately describes
the state of spiritually unrcgcncratc
man. “Professing to be wise, they
became fools, and exchanged the glory
of the incorruptible God for an image
in the form of corruptible man. ’ ’ They
exchanged the truth of God for a lie,
and worshipped and served the crea
ture rather than the Creator” (Ro
mans 1:22,23,25).
It is important to look at these
“new” ideas in relation to the Bible.
By accepting this new movement,
you completely reject the Bible and
the work of Christ. It is your choice
but be sure to weigh the eternal con
sequences before you reject the word
of God.
James McIntyre
junior
political science
Females' choices
should take place
before pregnancy
I felt compelled to write in re
sponse to one of the letters that ap
peared in the April 11 edition of the
Daily Nebraskan. This letter was
written by members of the group
Students for Choice. I am writing this
letter as an individual. I would like to
separate myself from any and all labels
one might like to apply and try to get
to what I feel is the main issue at
hand.
One statement in their letter that
strikes me as being ironic is the one
that reads — “We would like to re
mind the university that we are a state
supported institution where church
and state are supposed to be sepa
rate.” If you really believe this, why
did you feel the need to include the
statement “Rated PG, papal guid
ance is suggested” on your T-shirt?
The shirt would have said what you
wanted without that little burn on the
Catholic faith.
If you would recall please, we are
dealing with the issue of abortion. It
is not an issue of religion, although
some religions may choose to take a
stand. Some people that claim to be
Catholic do have abortions — it’s a
sad but true fact. It is also, I feel, not
an issue of choice. Please let me
explain. The choice comes before the
girl becomes pregnant, not after. I
realize it is notan easy situation to be
in but there’s such a thing as taking
responsibility for one’s actions. I know
someone will bring up the issue of
rape and incest. Even though the
number of these cases is small in
number it does happen and it should
be dealt with. By denying that baby
life you arc not in any way denying
that the rape or incest occurred. This
baby that was created in hate is ca
pable of so much love, if only given a
chance. Although the baby is sepa
rate from the mother it is also depend
ent upon her for life.
Abortion is not an easy issue to
deal with; it is very emotional. But if
you take away all the emotions of this
struggle one thing remains - a baby.
Angie Schweitzer
sophomore
art education
Homeless unhurt
by Ecology Now
recycling project
I will have to agree with Bob
Dutton’s (DN, April 13) concern for
the homeless people in this country,
but having recycling barrels in the
student union isn’t going to affect
anyone’s ability to survive. First, as I
understand it, Nebraska Union policy
doesn’t allow people to just come in
and search for aluminum cans. Sec
ond the union is only one building on
campus. There are more than enough
places that these people can recover
aluminum cans, both or. and off
campus. Third, do you know for fact
that these people are indeed home
less? I have seen and dealt with sev
eral of them, and my impression is
that wh i le they don ’ t have a great deal
of money, they do have homes.
I think the idea of donating the
money made off these cans to home
less people has merit and I will bring
it to the attention of Ecology Now.I
don’t think that this will have much
significance in comparison to other
worthy efforts, such as Early
Warning! ’s homeless awareness week
earlier this semester, but every little
bit helps. Still, the problem of this
nation’s homeless needs to be ad
dressed by our government, and the
only way to make changes in our
government is to affect people’s
thoughts. Asa news-editorial major, I
think you will have an unequalled
opportunity to champion this cause,
if you choose to become involved.
You seem quite concerned about the
homeless, and I thank you for sharing
your opinion. I hope you will find this
response at least satisfactory, Bob.
Maybe it would make Phil Collins
happy too.
James Zank
member
Ecology Now
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