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Show Letters to the Editor . , or die by the sword," or "if you aren't part of us, go away." Certainly Cer-tainly the Founding Fathers had these cases in mind when they brought forth the Bill of Rights. Thus we were protected from governmental religious intolerance that only creates ill-feeling in a community. Unfortunately, many persons have not adopted such ideals into their personal lives. Specifically, I am referring to the person or persons who wrote the "Star Treck" Pices section and, also put the article in the Chronicle on page six of the Oct. 20th edition. Ironically many people are crying for justice and equality in many fields of social ill, and yet they are the first to be intolerant in other areas especially things closer to home. It is regrettable that the Chronicle must appeal to the age-old sentiment sen-timent between Latter-day Saints and non-Latter-day Saints in order to receive response to its pages it is also regrettable that "the Chronicle editors and staff hide behind a staff list in such cases of intolerance and thus damage the reputation of a newspaper that potentially could be of service to the University community. Dale A. Magneson Objectivism Edre Oct. 19 Chrony was orivileged enough to be graced ilth a local example of Nixonian objectivism (HoJo's to be exacth Also several scoops were revealed that' were news to me and heretofore have not appeared in the Chrony or the Trib (I am a daily peruser of both): Nixon supporters are unheard from; "the only opinions one sees expressed are over-assumptive magnifications of misdeeds by persons working for ,he President;" McGovernites possess complete angelity and political cleanliness; Nixon headquarters in Phoenix was firebombed; five cars were blown up in SLC a few weeks ago apparently ap-parently because they carried Nixon stickers; ad infinitum. - As I recollect, a few weeks ago some 16-year-old boys went on a random destruction spree breaking windows and destroying property atwill-maybe the story is changed aiittleas it went through many sets of ears? And maybe the Phoenix Nixon headquarters was firebombed in some degree. (But I doubt it was, since such an incident could hardly be hushed up in two states where Nixon is leading in the polls 2-to-1.) It's kind of ridiculous, though, to imply it was closely directed by McGovem, who is no dummy he wouldn't concern himself with such a petty incident that would hurt him more than it would help him, not to mention contradicting his personal priciples. As for "busing," HoJo, like most people, tries to make it a simple yes-or-no issue. "Wishy-washy" "Wishy-washy" McGovern realizes it is a complex issue which should not be seen in such a subjective light. He believes in busing, per se, but knows it is not necessarily applicable ap-plicable in the same way everywhere nor in all situations. Having discussed the log in McGovern's eye, let's hark back to the splinter in Nixon's eye. The alleged scandals swirling around his administration have implicated people all the way up to the President's first and second echelon administrators and advisors. ad-visors. That is somebody or - bodies jrom every rank of his staff except the President himself have been seriously alleged to be involved. As facts and conjectures evolve, four possible basic explanations can be formulated. The two most unlikely ones are the extremes of (1) all allegations about the scandals are true and the President knew about them all the time, and (4) all allegations are false and the reported shenanigans were carried out independently and unknown to high administration officials. Most likely it is that either (2) the President is playing the old political game of "if you don't tell me, I won't know," or (2) he is like Gen. Grant: an honest man surrounded by friends with corrupt practices and dubious principles. As McGovern canvassers have stated, their problem is no longer explaining who is George McGovern, but trying to dispel all the mistaken impressions about him which have been amplified and spread. If anyone has studied Nixon's rise to power, they will see that he has won many of his; elections through a campaign of character assasination. In this campaign he is not doing it himself, but leaving it up to his family, his staff, and his colleagues. (After all, who could accuse those sweet young ladies, Julie Eisenhower and Tricia Cox, or even their mother, of slander and smear tactics, no matter what they say?) Smear tactics is a misnomer. His campaign is a combination of righteousness and smear strategy involving cleanliness, deceit, and slander tactics. Like Will Rogers, a great man from my native state of Oklahoma, once said: "All I know is what I read in the newspapers." If ole'Will were with us today I think he would have said that HoJo's Nixonian "semblance of objective reasoning" is an election-year term really meaning "subjectivism." Milton Braselton Intolerance Editor: It is interesting that people in general have not changed their basic natures since the first recorded pages of history. A good example of this is intolerance especially religious intolerance. In bygone eras, it was "convert |