Abortion, war upset readers
Lincoln United Way
not affiliated with
Planned Parenthood
The letter to the editor by Ken
Linscott (DN, Jan. 16) regarding
contraception, abortion and the Uni
versity of Ncbraska-Lincoln’s posi
tion on condom dispensers in resi
dence halls may leave the mistaken
impression that Planned Parenthood
is financed by Lincoln’s United Way.
Quite apart from personal convic
tions, biases and inclinations con
cerning these complex moral issues, I
would like to point out, for the record
only, that Planned Parenthood is not
affiliated with our United Way. Per
haps the author has in mind some
other community whose Planned
Parenthood chapter is financed by its
local United Way, but such is not the
case in Lincoln; or perhaps the author
has misinterpreted the annual com
bined campaign for health and human
services among UNL’s faculty and
staff (through which university per
sonnel may choose to contribute to
United Way and its agencies, or to
Planned Parenthood, or to other or
ganizations, ail listed on one pledge
form) .
Peter Walcott
president
United Way of Lincoln and
Lancaster County
Warm U.S.:
Operation Baby Kiil
in second decade
The gulf war (Operation Desert
Storm) has started, and those opposed
to using military force to stop a ruth
less aggressor have taken to the streets
demanding immediate peace in a region
on the other side of the world. But
there has been a war in our own coun
try that has lasted 18 years and shows
no signs of stopping. This is the Womb
War (Operation Baby Kill), and since
its formal declaration on Jan. 22,1973,
the body count has exceeded 26 mil
lion.
In the gulf war, journalists risk
their lives to bring instantaneous
reporting of the destruction in Iraq,
and they regard statements from coa
lition military commanders with high
skepticism. In the Womb War, evi
dence of the human slaughter is ig
nored, and the press releases from its
commanders (Planned Parenthood and
the Nation Abortion Rights Action
League) are repeated without ques
tion.
Those who protest Operation Des
ert Storm close down public build
ings, assault police, bum American
flags and are promptly glorified by
the popular media. We who oppose
Operation Baby Kill pray in front of
abortion clinics and are condemned
by the media as terrorists.
Those who protest Operation Des
ert Storm say that human life is too
important to be sacrificed for cheap
fuel. But supporters of Operation Baby
Kill do not believe that a baby’s life is
too high a price to pay for the guaran
tee of carefree recreational sex. Those
who protest Operation Desert Storm
shout, “No Blood for Oil!” We who
oppose Operation Baby Kill say, “No
Blood for Orgasms.”
Those who protest Operation Des
ert St orm say that the gulf war will
expand beyond anyone’s ability to
foresee. We who oppose Operation
Baby Kill know- that if the most inno
cent and defenseless of humanity can
be arbitrarily classified as subhuman
and killed with impunity, who will be
next? No one is safe.
Thanks to Operation Baby Kill, a
child is murdered by abortion every
20 seconds. One child out of every
four conceived ends up in a garbage
dumpster behind an abortion clinic.
Thanks to Operation Baby Kill, a
child in the mother’s womb has less
of a chance of survival than a soldier
in Saudi Arabia.
The Nebraska Walk For Life be
gins at the State Capitol on Sat., Jan.
26 at 10 a.m. Join the opposition to
Operation Baby Kill. We can’t ex
pect peace around the world if we
wage war on our own children.
Jerry Kreps
senior
math
War in gulf
not repeat
of Vietnam
Last night, I was shocked to turn
on Cable News Network and be greeted
by the sounds of anti-aircraft tracer
bullets and bombs exploding in
Baghdad.
My immediate reaction was fear
and tears rolled down my face as I
realized that my generation’s war had
begun. But slowly, I became relieved
because I knew that this war would
not be another Vietnam. We are not
fighting with our hands tied. We are
using all our high-tech military weap
onry to suppress Saddam Hussein.
So as far as the war in the gulf is
concerned, it will not be another
Vietnam War. However, it might soon
become the Vietnam conflict here at
home.
Surprisingly enough the events tliat
occurred last night that upset me the
most were all the anti-war demon
strations, not the fighting in the Per
sian Gulf. Will we never learn by our
past mistakes? Wake up people and
face reality! We are at war!
You can rally all you want, but. no
amount of yelling and chanting to
ward government buildings or on
roadways is going to stop the war.
Saddam Hussein is on a crazy power
trip like Hitler was, and if we don’t
stop him now who knows what he’li
try next? Don’t get me wrong, I myself
am a big supporter of peace and I feel
that war is the easy way out. But I also
don’t want us to now repeat mistakes
made during Vietnam, so here is what
I propose to all you peace-lovers out
there:
Let s stop rallying against war and
let’s instead pray for our service men
and women to return home soon and
with few casualties. Let’s defeat
Saddam and not fight a war at home
as we did in the ’60s. Above all, let’s
all support our servicemen and women
and let them know we are behind
them. The last thing they need is to
come home to hatred and insults. Let's
greet them with victory parades, hugs
and cheers of joy. Then after it’s all
over — whether that be in a couple of
weeks or years — let’s take diplo
matic steps to finally ensure that there
will never be another war again.
Jennifer Eaves
freshman
English
Confederate flag
not a symbol'
of racism
We deplore racism as much as
Jana Pedersen, and we agree that
ignorance of other cultures leads to
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prejudice. Unfortunately, Pedersen
displays just such ignorance and preju
dice in her column on Jan. 14.
The Confederate flag is not the
emblem of white supremacists. As
Southerners, we are deeply offended
by this characterization of the flag.
The majority of Southerners are
not racist, and we object to the persis
tent negative bias that depicts us as
ignorant bigots. We are as sickened
by the actions of Neo-Nazi and white
supremacist groups (many of which
are headquartered in the Midwest and
the Northwest, not the South) as any
Northerner.
The Confederate flag is a symbol
of honor, of pride in the South, and it
is incorporated into more than one of
our state flags. Pedersen was in error
when she classed the display of the
flag with Jew-bashing and black-bash
ing.
The insult to the Confederate flag
is felt especially keenly right now,
falling so closely to a day that is very
dear to the heart of many Southern
ers. Jan. 19 was the birth date of Gen.
Robert E. Lee, and it is a day of
celebrating the South and the virtues
that we so value: honor, devotion to
duty and courage. The Confederate
flag symbolizes these qualities.
Brandylynn Foch
Western European studies
freshman
Laura Steinke
biological systems engineering
freshman
Kristen Foster
speech communication
junior
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