Show Sleep On Onu You On You Have Everything To Lose Bill Gibbons editor of ot the Gaffney South Carolina Ledger burned up the keys on his typewriter recently going after the so-called so silent American Amer Amer- ican Wrote he in part Sleep on silent American Turn your ears ears ars away away from tl the e clamor of the mob in the street the thunder of or artillery shell in tn a Cambodian jungle the wail of a starving child Sleep on silent American Amer ican scan If tomorrows tomorrow's headlines headlines' i frighten frightens I you just dont don't look Sleep p on silent American Dont Don't Worry about the student protestors who are commandeering administration buildings buildings build build- ings and bombing banks and exalting false gods Sleep on silent American Say nothing nothing no no- no thing think nothing do nothing and the problems of this nation may vanish Dont Don't be intimidated by your children Tell your toddler to go to his room and play with his toys but not bother old has books and you Your eight year eight year games and a color TV in his room Its It's not necessary for you to go into his room to hear his prayers Let him entertain entertain en himself Sleep on silent American Tell your teenager to go have himself a good time Throw him the car keys and give him hima a ten ten dollar dollar bill But dont don't ask him where he is going That would be a violation violation vio vio- lation of his privacy and an Infringement infringement Infringe infringe- ment on his rights Never ask him who his heroes are Dont Don't require him to work and earn his own money Sleep on silent American Do not b bestir sUr yo yourself to to togo go t W to the polls polls' on election election election elec elec- tion day Politics Is a mess anyway Never be seen with your hand over your heart and resist the urge to put an American Flag on your lawn Applaud nudity in the theatre and pornography on the newsstands this is the New Morality haven't you heard Sleep on silent American Go to the golf course on Sunday morning youve you've worked hard all week and deserve a little time off to relax Of course you might drop the kids off at Sunday School and give them a quarter to drop into the collection plate Lie back in the hammock ham mock of complacency and inhale the amnesia of indifference Sleep on silent American You have everything to lose lose- |