Show ftcojr be sour grapes ‘May To ihf editor fler first Mime wlie Inhnson some m rirrmng Happv wirs of wi-r- rapist iwhmisi was pro in vour thinking m! cite Meg ab! from the Mmnx bar for frtkfi"t i e I don t mind snnusme rsnn s point of with anfh-j discussion is iew whether it be undouh-ed- Main Mill f draining proper ai 'patfhem or (he trials uid tribult ion of reefer madness the But mv dear fri ml and I um t he efT looM'U Input a s ulr t he en t ire tateof New X r k arid X uikee fans 1 one foul breat n is nmre t han t his inhaled person in handle keeping with (fie tradition of "nost native ( liMrpuu probably aven t gotten am furt tier l han Tremonion in vour vs r j v ex In hit Ion In response to Mr Johnson's let er I feel he needs to have a few 'acts set He asked "Why straight concert'" I )id it e er to you Mr Johnson that nan) people (more than you think) io enjoy going to a concert and get-inioyou go to a iccur Apparent K not I enjoy high while I am at a concert Why9 Because 1 do! A concert 'hould be a relaxed atmosphere where can kick people hark and en-othemselves In many cases this 3oes include pot’ You say "But Poking pot is illegal You are Jreakjng the law Alcohol was joce illegal too Wng am from upstate New York Mr Johnson and let me tell you whing Yes Wt j0 have firlfntn at the concerts to en Firemen are there Fire Safety Code rse there was a fire Police in are to maintain order and to avoid problems Pot at a concert is the problem N Y police ha ve important thing to do than ?Wl P’P1 at a concert for smok-po- t police i wce the law because of the They feel I l I here in a I t n p e n if s as long as things d'’ ZTrhand let the notKpt re- - °f pot issue slide hurting anyone Yes they illegal but 90 percent of People have pot at a concert one is 0 it do not offend hope cople vs it h mv above- remark hut feel Uthat a (ximl must ve made fen cross count r thn-- times m the last two vears and good people are e erv vs here know rnanv peo I tie in I at) t And as a New York it previous resident of o suggest Mr Johnson vou at found out that they enjoy perform mg for a group that shows en thusiasm and are into the music Did you manage to catch the remark that Pablo Cruise made that might at the Spectrum The did not enjoy performing at Salt lake because the crowd was dead and too conservative ) Your hit about "trays with needles” and "surgical tule around arms" i highly unrealistic Mr Johnson Io you know anything about Marajuana9 What is realistic is the fact that a large gTowing portion of the American public enjoys pot Apparently you have never been to N Y as you claim it is an Well N Y does "infested area have its problems I do not deny this most states have problems However after reading your letter it is very apparent that Utah has a here problem mindedness in Logan narrow The point of this whole article is this first just because you do not believe in something — don't con-deit second rowdy crowds pie who clap their hands stomp their feet and enjoy themselves) pot and concerts do happen together in general in most places and are not considered a problem third if Dgan police have nothing better to do than bust people at a concert feel very sorry for them fourth Pot does not lead to heroin as so many people here seem to lee 1 mav ow‘r aw and ne reaw’n 18 arZW certain ° nccrt are an ? e the pot laws n n'y' to meet the lme TarekfhanKing Y puhhc realizes that Oeonl k to anioke pot even it Utah fa' lsame as people in 0 dnnk beer and are under )l 11 is time to change thebl maT Laws can lie changed 0lnK if think Mr Johnson you also made the comment” the majority should not be made to suffer for the selfishness of a few" You are right? But who is the majority? If you were to take a poll on who smokes pot and who does not— you would be very su prised! Vnown JohaL'1 to com11’ cert Mr do know how emselves at a concert ft y fy m to you Tfthe majority at y a am hlgh and under the a bit rowdy l'ot lbe problem as we ourselves f 18 to any oca Paps and enjoying spoken intend in no way to sound harsh on Utah it is a very beautiful state and I like it here I have left NY found however since there are a let of very narrow minded people here who refuse to accept the fact that there are differnet strokes for different folks I 1 y°U have ever groups you would have tempt to tr level nl ‘Open your eyes Rick’ tu uihieve 'nsiiniini- a higher tih s not And I h I rd nor is nrk he real intentions f vour v htrir nl are another frustrated Dodger (an venting anger at t he 't inkers I o ipiote the Spoiling i if Steve Paquin t mav i‘i lia! e the Nankees 'ounirv lent of t his ount r v this pT of are loser s T t he editor Mr Johnson resject your on the pot smoking that went on during the Pablo ( ruse concert dislike having people blow smoke in mv face just as much as you do But I have found that 99 9 percent of the offenders smoke tobacco rat her than pot 1 s am afraid that you have never feen to a concert in one of the larger Vales where Mr (iautieres securit v methods are commonly used as lading the most practical olu tion to the prolndm of protesting the rights of the indiv nluals 1 Xml of i ourse a pari mg remark to vour standard I tah statement v the stair motto) most toij s nllld people would leave it hr (mil a pav ed road Peu e ) i v I I response to Rick the editor high vs t I concert but’ i get me rung qorts Ians he issue of vs het her sup levs hut port either jwimt of m deplore the use of higotrv ansvsermg the previous letter dn t rememiH'r Mr ( iaul iere refer mg t Utah as a stale of hack vs ard do ignorant ovs pum hers tut recall his anger vsilh the s stun I More I oints is not it Teneme To -- trng Kick g the first things the in hat grated nn eves iinolv mg t hr ld erecting artu 0 urt tierrnore think u biuiM vour suggest n of handing out preroll d joints to the ulturi! commit Ue for f tor me roll h Mi (D (iinrdino People have the moral right to )e able to smoke pot and should not la punished for exercising that KDITORS NOTH our However I do agree wit h you readers be misled by Mr (fiordano right Hick when vou sav that your the content of Tin concerning should la protected But le rights SinKiiM the accurate realist ic Sms quote which erfme from an October 21 article by San FranriMco roum-nin- t Simplv asking the offender to Art Spander in an follow discontinue his actions or to move "It’ll aafe to say 99 percent of to another area solves the irn America the mediate problem and also the later pulU again! Yankees which mean WP per problem of resentment And cent of America t losing nothing wrong with having off Il duty firemen or even studerr volunteer patrol the om ert UnfortunatJy your rebuttal strayed off of its path when you at ta ked New York the city where have n(wnt 15 of my 19 year Sure we have more mugger and murders than Utah but we also have seven time more people in New Xork City than the enure VXith 22Uwi270 (wople York state existed Utah of population in New would say we cart !w to have more mugger I and murderers than Utah By the wav link when I ram out from New York stopped a? Si (ioorge for a pirra I was heir up for the firit time in mv life along with eight other in a Ult Hut 1 ft ausm rhone to break the law all over Another jomt you Baehal brought up waa (iarnes ” Now there is a mr tieir to pot at rone ert 1 ‘Boy what a tdwn To the editor Bov is this a town You’ll have to excuse me hut I am from las V egas and I really cannot believe what I have found in Ixtgan First Utah State is one of the more leautifu! campuses in America is blessed with many fine people and a rich heritage Secondly Iogan is the home of some very narrow mindd moral bigots who are 50 years !ehind the social customs Thirdly Ixigan is the home of some people who seem to enjoy infringing on other people’s link waa the cheap shot you took at Mr (iautiere You make it sound as though he is personally regional I have hie for drug at concert Iwwn going to New York concert (or five year and hava never yet had a security guard com tip and and religion and not from your knowledge of the facts’ To !“ as offer me a trafull of necnlles and anti anything non mormon as you acid obviously are you must be quite Hitk have you ever Iwwn to the uninformed or neurot ic slate which you So freely tea Common sense is needed here VYa down? Hava you ever leen out of must respect each other's rights Utah9 Open your eves Km k’ IYK it smokers and People a fact of hfe and you must if not are all human and thus different it learn to roprwith it ' If you Let us all be a bit tolerant of each rept don't like the wether move” ta a other and simply follow what a catchy phrase But don t condemn very wise man once said “Judge yourself to living th rest of your “ not and ye shall not be judged life in a hole s VYid M r haet CcMtfteilj Hsftti" nghls 7'he whole issue of students us ing marijuana has gotten out of the realms of reason According to Mr Johnson the use of marijuana is equaled with the use of heroin To inform some other misguidinl peo pie law enforcement is not set up by the cultural committee and th cultural committee dx9 not arrest people and does not set up innocent concert goer a for a bust The committee has no say over law en forcement at the spectrum Regardless of whether you gPt high you should agree to respect each other s dignity T he no smoking sign m the spec trum is to keep the air clean for non smokers the majority in Dgan fine if you want to smoke marijuana do it before the concert preferably in a safe place Do we have to be so narrow minded about law enforcement9 It is a known fact that marijuana is eventually going to lie decriminalized It is already Opinions differ greatly To the editor In response to Rick Johnson ver Have txen to you New York? Mv home town i in that stale and my opinion greatly differs with your opinion It isn't at all like you make it out to be ”1 guess coming from an infested area such as N Y I shouldn't hold you totally to blame for your at J titudes ” guess in N Y they overlook certain areas of the law” and "Dim are made to he broken That must he the motto of the mug gers and murderers roaming New York streets ” What a ridiculous picture that paints? I d love to know where you get your information It s people like you that give a great city a bad name Although I don't wsessaniy agree with Mr Uautier opinion yours are an outrag Hava you ever considered the fa t om peo pie just accept the fait there will always be pot smoking at com er ta9 Different strokes for different folk as long as it doesn’t hurt you New Yorkers aren I the only realistic people in this valley I Unless you know your stuff sir why not take some appropriate ad vice “It s better to keep your mouth shut and b thought a than to open it and rwmnv all hoi' bJ doubt Paula Jacoa d decriminalized in Attitudes deserve comment California Oregon and New York Both major political parties have support for decriminalization of marijuana written in their platforms Marijuana has been tried by 75 per cent of college students nationally and used by a good shart of those who try it Are you so sure Mr Johnson that your own abstention from marijuana use is only because of your upbringing To the editor I on the d like to comment stlitude of lot of proplr on lonely for some unet plained rem that they can do nothing about hvrn if they approach someone in kindness and friendliness they are shunned due to their appearance campus It doran't matter whether a peraon is male or female but if they don't have an estremely atIsn't It tune we slop ait mg Itkr tractive outward appearance they conceited fool and accept people seem to be disqualified for for what they are and not whsl everything including friendship It they look like? fterky Bentley IS pretty sad to see someone who is |