OPINION
Friday.February 19.1993
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Friday, February 19, 1993
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Student misses point of hoopla over Amy Fisher
Will someone please fill me in! I'm trying to figure out what is so special about Amy Fisher. Somehow I managed to miss all three made-for-TV movies about the Amy Fisher story. I guess I also neglected to really pay much attention to the case when it was a hot item in the newspapers. I probably won't read the Amy Fisher book when or if one comes out, so I hope someone can explain to me why she is such a sought after celebrity?
Even though I've missed most of the hoopla surrounding her case, I did happen to notice an article in the Stargazing column of the Style section of the Kansas City Star. The article was titled "They're after Amy." The article stated that what Amy "wants most when she gets out of prison is a Ferrari. And High Society magazine says it will give her the 150,000 wheels — if she poses nude when she gets sprung, in three years." Also seeking Fisher's nude modeling talents are Penthouse, Playboy, and Screw magazines.
OK, let me get this straight. This girl committed a heinous crime, and now she is being rewarded with a Ferrari and celebrity status? Am I the only person that is bothered by this? I hope not! This is why I'm asking you to join me in boycotting all true-life crime stories made into movies. These allow criminals to profit from their crimes and attain celebrity status. If people refuse to watch this trash, then the networks won't show it if it doesn't turn a profit.
Finally, I encourage subscribers of the above mentioned magazines to write to these magazines and tell their editors that you don't want to see Fisher nude because CRIME SHOULDN'T PAY. Come on guys! Unless she has three breasts, I'm sure Fisher nude looks approximately like every other woman pictured in those magazines. I doubt you will be missing much. Use the power of your dollar.
Susan Hotz Garden City senior
Liberal agendas are not required for the military
Lisa Cosmillo claimed in her Feb. 2 staff column, titled "Homosexuals in military deserve their equal rights," that the reluctance of U.S. Army Gen Colin Powell, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, to speak out against the integration of an oppressed group of society — homosexuals — was ironic in light of Gen Powell's race, which has been equally oppressed throughout U.S. history.
My question to Cosmilo is: where in Gen. Powell's, or any other military official's, job description is there a stipulation in any way, shape or form advocating the zealous, partisan advancement of a liberal agenda or any political agenda for that matter? It is not Gen. Powell's place to whine about oppression. Journalists already serve that purpose with aptitude and vigor.
Another question: Where exactly does the U.S. Constitution state that all men are created equal? Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence fostered this idea. One of the main purposes of the Constitution is to ensure that all men are treated equally, despite their differences. Get a clue, Cosmillo!
Jared Nave
Overland Park freshman
I hate to be one of the many people to have written on such an inane non-issue, but I cannot stay silent. Rush Limbaugh deals in hate and fear. His "witicisms" or his good ol' common sense are nothing but a thin veil obscuring (just barely) the basic tenes of white supremacy. For those of you who are amused by the tacky decorations on such garbage, I am sorry.
Rush-heads only preach prejudice not knowledge
As for the "issue" at hand, I, for one, think it's just great that Limbaugh went to all the trouble to add the terruffic word "feminial" to all of our daily vocabularies and that there are so many of us out there who have done our "research," and can tell us just exactly what Limbaugh meant when he said that funny word. The large part of the point in most of these letters seemed to be that Rush Limbaugh is for nothing but love and happiness for all people everywhere, and that Lisa Cosmillo should feel badly for failing to have attempted the unavenable task of "researching" the views of Limbaugh, in order to use his gender slurs more correctly.
1, for one, did a little bit of unintentional research some time ago into this most disgusting of disciplines, and actually can provide at least a quote, which I remember vividly after watching about 15 minutes of his program. (Emphasis added to denote the words I'm sure of.)
"Racism-(n.) the notion that one's own ethnic stock is superior"—"The American Heritage Dictionary," 2nd College Edition, 1985.
So maybe you Rush-heads out there can tell me what it is you think might be so special about the "rest of us" and why you think it is that some people "just can't make it." And go to college and learn to recognize hate for what it is.
"Multiculturalism in education is an attempt by the people who just can't make it in America as it is to get back at the rest of us."
Connor J. O'Brien Lawrence sophomore
Hector Mcl Clark Associate professor of mechanical engineering
Reader amused with KU law dean's correspondence
After all the interesting correspondence and utterances from Robert Jerry, let's face it, you've got to admit our dean of law is incredible.
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Cartoonist needs to get grasp of U.S. politics
When I open the Kansan to the editorial page and see a Michael Irwin cartoon, I usually ignore it. It's not that I disagree with his politics, it's just that, on the whole, my cartoons are completely devoid of wit and humor. But with his cartoon in the Feb. 4 paper, he hit a new low for incompetence.
His drawing has President Bill Clinton making the statement "...I am attacking Social Security and the elderly concerning the deficit. I promised not to be influenced by professional lobbyist[s] and as far as I know the elderly have none."
It always had assumed that one of our prerequisites for being a political cartoonist was a passing knowledge of politics. If Mr. Irvin had this, he might perhaps be familiar with an organization known as the AARP (American Association of Retired Persons), one of the largest and most powerful lobbying groups on Capitol Hill. He might be familiar with Social Security and other entitlement programs' informal name: the "Third Rail" of American politics, meaning "you touch it and you die." He might know that the issue is so politically volatile that Congress, instead of voting on every increase in benefits, simply mandates that they must automatically rise to keep pace with the cost of living when Congress passes the budget.
In contrast to Irvin's view that Clinton is taking the poor, defenseless elderly, the President should be applauded for his courage in tackling this difficult issue. If you remember, famous big government-buster Ronald Reagan never took on this issue, even when he had the political clout to do so. (He preferred to cut the programs of the underclass, who truly have no one lobbying their clause.) Social Security is a complex issue that needs to be addressed now. The debate that is beginning will present many sides to the problem. Sadly, Irvin's uninformed cartoon reveals that he has a grasp on none of them.
David Unekis Manhattan senior
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