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Show Wednesday, January 12, 1966 The PARSON Page 2 Genocide and Vietnam Letters to The Editor Dear Editor: The following article was sent to me by my sister, who is attending San Diego State College. It is hard to describe or introduce another article, and, as this is a letter to the editor type of article, of The Daily Aztec, it is more difficult. I have tried to think of a comparable phrase to use in introducing this article but come up blank. J. Earle Norris am waiting. . . Nov. 20, 1965 I am waiting for a change among college students, to a more mature' condition when we will no longer believe that life after birth is not an awakening; that the only God that should be allowed to exist is the creation of traditional soiled, still-bor- n thinking; that this God is a prequisite for good Americanism; that lifes only goal is to be a rich White Knight riding through the angry streets scattering chrome-plate- d virtues upon the myriads of humanity. I am waiting for a change, when students will no longer think it is in to be a bearded mutant carting protest signs and shouting Conformity with Deformity; when attitudes and actions, not clothes, make a man; when students begin to search out the pleasures of the intellect with the same vigor they now display towards more base forms of enjoyment; when student government will concern itself with the intellectual opportunities and quality of instruction on campus rather than with pseudo-soci- al events; and when we realize that disonances are not always ugly, and that culture is not a clogged sinus, but the life force of mans superiority over the ant. I hand-holdi- ng Ken Kinsey Lines Written Ed. Note: Lines Written was sent in the form of Christmas cards to over 3000 people from the Student Action group at the U of U this year and has been published nationally. by Virginia Colter I used to wonder what were the German people thinking on that far-o- ff day in April as Hitler bombed Guernica in neighboring Spain, explaining as he did so that he was saving the West from Communism (in this case meaning the Spanish Republic). Young women were thinking about what they would wear if the weather stayed so warm; Mothers thought about baking a cake before the children got home from school. Fathers thought about a shiny new little peoples car they would some day own, but they talked about the weather, the stock market, and the high taxes. The teachers kept their thoughts to themselves, but they told their students of their countrys glorious past, and still more glorious future. Now I know: Mike McKain, who considers himself a volunteer political organizer, Ed. Note: Dear Editor: There seems to be a disagreement on your part as to the action taken in the Student Lounge towards the pacifists. The question involved in this situation was not primarily whether or not U.S. military forces are to be or not to be in South Viet Nam but rather: Is it right for certain individuals to conspire and to negotiate riotous actions in protest of a government action? You stated that there is the freedom of speech--whiwe well know since we have had this pounded into our heads every time we turn around. Why dont these peace lovers use the lawful, and peaceful means which are available: How peace loving are these peace lovers? The constitution guarantees and gives the right to those who would change the laws in any way the opportunity of speaking forth and doing so--- in courts. It seems like they were speaking forth in a place where it would be only a rambling insult. Where is their backbone and courage? Why dont they go to the proper officials and through proper channels? Can it be they arent as brave as the surface shows? The attitude shown on your part was why not let them use their freedom of speech? Why then condemn people of an opposing opinion demonstrating what they think. Are you giving both sides equal freedom? Perhaps the attitude should be only let the underdogs (I use the term loosely) have their say. Why not let the majority be heard once in a while or are we too scared to face the problem squarely? Ed. Note: Youre right ! Which side is afraid to face the problem squarely? Are we afraid to hear that our government may have made a mistake, are we afraid even to question the possibility. As for changing laws and policies, the action must start long before it reaches the court. We might still be part of the British Commonwealth if we had taken the Declaration of Independence to court first. What do you mean a rambling insult? Are you saying Westminster should be insulted for being approached by a different viewpoint, that even our intelligence might be able to handle. What are we anyway, an ivory tower? worked with the Administration and CCUN to bring Bruce Phillips on campus for the Vietnam discussion in December. McKain has a B.S. in psychology at the U of U and also a Utah teaching certificate. He organized and was first chairman of the Student Action for Social Justice group at the University and also organized a town action group, Concern. by Michael W. McKain Genocide, the systematic destruction of human beings, brings the chill of horror to the human mind. A picture of concentration camps, gas chambers, and bodies. stacked in grotesque piles flashes into ones consciousness. We recall the Nazi extermination of over six million of European ch so-call- ed Who can tell what tne" men of God were really thinking as they discussed the problems of increased delinquency, alcholoism, and the prevalence of pornography which was corrupting the youth? And all the while blood flowed down the Ebro. The peasants of Guernica were slaughtered in the marketplace felled by German guns manned by German heroes. Back home in Germany no one seemed to be noticing, and the rest of Europe carefully averted its eyes, lest it behold sights too harsh for Christian hearts to bear. Jewry. does it happen? We should soon Today we see in the United States similar conditions to those of pre-w- ar They psychology of the herd, Germany. the rush to support The Leader, has cap- -, tured the American populace, Those who a year ago voted for peace and against Gold-wate- rs promised extension of the war in Viet Nam now shout their hate of peaceniks or vietniks'- Those who dissent from this American consensus for war incur the wrath of such groups as Hells Angels, Hitlers American Sons, the American Nazi Party, and the Klu Klux Klan. When such attacked groups physically peaceful middle-age- d a woman in the crowd markers; remarked they just did what every good American wanted to do, Protest against the war in Viet Nam is based on varied objections: fear of nuclear war; the illegality of our action under the U.S. Constitution, the United Nations Charter and the Geneva Accords of 1954; concern with a negative foreign policy which is an increasing drain of men, material and money on American society; and the immorality of using and killing the Vietnamese in a power struggle between the United States and China. The answer to this protest has been not only rational debate but namecalling, threats and violence. The suggestion that protestors should be imprisoned or executed is to remove that right upon which democracy is built--th- e right of dissent. Today in the United States we may be choosing between democracy and fascism, between world peace and genocidai war. Consider carefully, is there a difference between the murder of the Jews by German patriots and the bombing of Vietnamese villages, North and South, by Americans Is the only good Indian Jew-ViCong- -. a dead one? Should we really bomb Viet Nam back into the stone age? Choose one, life or death. Which do you want for the Vietnamese, the Chinese, the Soviets, ourselves and perhaps the world. The choice may be the same for all. We have only one world. How know. . - " . et. Chinese-Russian-Commun- ist |