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Show Thursday. February 7, The Daily Utah Chronicle - Page Six Service people deserve respect and honor Letters All 1991 laws are forms of morality Editor: In response to Todd Wakefield's letter ("Where in the scriptures is it written that...," Feb. 5), I, too, cannot find in my scriptures the quote he cited. However, Exodus 21:22 says, "If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her...he shall surely be punished...and shall pay as the judges determine" (KJV, Exodus 21:22). laws have been Since our of legal systems for hundreds part of years and only recendy permissive laws have been enacted because of groups, pressure from aren't they the ones guilty of attempting to impose their new d morality and change anti-aborti- And aren't all laws a form of morality? Is law student Wakefield really suggesting legislators should not enact their beliefs into law? Who's beliefs should they enact? The views of those who do not want to accept the responsibility of pregnancy and prefer a destructive solution for developing life? Should lawmakers vote to appease those who want to blackmail the legislature and citizens by advocating economic sanctions against the state since they can't have Editor: I write this letter with mixed emotions. I am a peace- - loving man and I do not usually believe in the use of violence, but there are times when I think it cannot be avoided. The war in the Middle East, unfortunately, is one of these times. America is not perfect, nor will it ever be, but we need to stand up for what we believe in. I know that we haven't solved our domestic problems, but we need to help others who would like to be more like us. As a former soldier in the United States Army, I feel for our troops and their families. I was drafted in 1969 doing their best for us and for our during an awkward time in the country and what they are being asked or forced to do. For their sakes, please do not put them through the pain and hardship that Vietnam War. I didn't want to go to war, but as an American citizen, I knew it was my duty and that I should do my best to help my country. Luckily for me and my family, I never had to go to Vietnam and face the reality of war. I did, however, serve my country with pride and felt good about doing my duty to the best of my ability, even though I didn't believe in war. But, to my dismay, I was looked down upon because of the sentiments against that war. The men and women who are serving in the armed forces are now my fellow Vietnam servicemen and I had to suffer through in doing our duties for peace and the country we love. When our servicemen and women finally do get to come home, please respect and honor their efforts to go above and beyond the call of duty. Andrew Manzanares University of Utah grounds master gardener their way? And what laws are not moral issues? Wakefield's arguments could logically lead to the conclusion that there should be no laws at all. time-honore- legislation? Gilbert W.Scharffs Institute of Religion Instructor Funding deficiency foils promises Election time is drawing near at the University of Utah and with it Michael Seare initiatives for improvement, only a select number of which are usually fulfilled. Why do only some of these promises, which appear to be so wonderful and progressive at Chronicle Guest Columnist comes ocoooooooooooooooooooo at the Xaviar all the promises and first, go unfulfilled? A number of reasons may present themselves at such a question, but one, in particular, lifts d head the quickest: its lack of funding. I am not writing this to make a sympathetic plea for more funding (although more wouldn't hurt). Rather, I am writing to remind those candidates seeking election for the 1991-9- 2 academic year that they must remember the grasping hand of reality as they make their campaign promises to the student matter how many wonderful promises a candidate may make, that candidate cannot escape the body. As a perimeters. unanswered and two-face- Ctub, fM VI 25 Beverages All Night! Best party Salt Lake ijiusic in JOIN YOUR FRIENDS FOR THE BEST DEAL IN TOWN 21 and older Bring valid I.D. elections. Most are very noble and would, if allowed fruition, provide for a better university. However, no former Chronicle reporter, I have watched many bright ideas sink into the ground even after they were praised and popularly supported. Some reasons for this, as I have seen, are lack of funding, and more importantly, the inability of our leaders to acknowledge the strong grip of reality on their initiatives. Look at some of the recent campaign promises made by candidates for the upcoming U. oftentimes futile search for funding their initiatives. Some candidates pledge to better illuminate the campus at night to provide for a safer campus; some promise to construct separate walkways for bicyclists to speed easily around campus; others want to provide more public speakers and dialogues for the student body; and still others hope to expand the U.'s shuttle service to great such initiatives survive? I am not condemning these candidates for their ideas, as I find myself in agreement with some of them. However, it has been my experience that many of these promises made now will die at the U. Alumni House board room, where the U. Institutional Council could (and most likely will, in light of the recent national economic Will downturn) strike proposed ASUU down the promise-packe- d budget. This happened last year when current ASUU president John Wunderli proposed a budget for studentcampus improvements and d activities. After a rhetorical debate between Mr. well-stage- Wunderli and Institutional Council members, the ASUU budget request was substantially cut down, thus eliminating many of Mr. Wunderli's initiatives. Wunderli is to be praised for doing what he could with what he was given. However, because most of what ASUU receives funding for is subject to the scrutiny of the U.'s administrative bodies, many ideas and plans are strangled. I am not convinced that the current candidates and the student body, realizes that whatever they may dream up now will later be Mr. subjected to official scrutiny. This must be remembered by all the U. student body when candidates are proposing "sweeping changes" in the ASUU structure: That much of what is proposed now may be reduced in a number of ways. 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