KANSAN COMMENT LETTERS Better Profanity, Than... To the editor: While I see wisdom in the Kansas Board of Regents' Code of Conduct of July 19th—given our general social turmoil—I am rather disturbed by point 8; the prohibition of "profane and vulgar language" and "challenging behavior." What disturbs me in this is that it seems to prohibit the expression of disagreement and resentment, and only to allow its purely objective description. There is real hate among us, real resentment, and it will have out—one way or another. Mere objective expression may not be enough. What seems to me so wrong in attempting to ban strong language and merely challenging behavior is that these are among the gentlest, most wholesome, and most normal ways of expressing resentment. It seems much better that we should at times express our resentments and disagreements in these ways than to keep them silently hidden— only to erupt periodically—but then in much more disruptive ways. Then again, what of the arts and what of the expressive uses of language in poetry and drama and oratory and simple day to day communication? Are we to stop being expressive—or only expressive about the nicer things—or are we to stop addressing each other where we live? There are some who should kill— As Lord Krishna tells the soldier soldier In the Baghavag Gita. There are also so- To the editor: there are also some who should be profane and rude; be profane and rude; Small disturbances should be - * * I am writing to express my regret. With the Board of Regents Code of Conduct outlawing "challenging behavior" on campus, it seems we'll have to do without football, basketball, baseball, and debating. Further, classes are likely to be a bit duller, as no one will be allowed to challenge any statement of fact or interpretation uttered by any instructor or student. But we know, don't we (being adult), that that "challenging behavior" will not be questioned? Being American, we know which particular cases to prosecute under general law, and which particular cases to excuse. With best hope for a quiet and selectively legal semester. D H Parking D. H. Perkins, 1716 Tennessee, Lawrence much commoner than large ones. In any case, I would urge that you have sufficiently covered your intent in other parts of the code: namely, that no one should be allowed to disrupt the functioning of the university—particularly where the disruption is detrimental to this functioning. I urge you to consider that to attempt a general ban on certain universal and very fundamental functions of language and behavior is not in the best interest of the university community. The shades and uses of language and behavior are much too subtle to be profitably settled in advance. We should be allowed to judge cases individually. Where there is reasonable ground for believing that certain uses of language and behavior have been detrimental to the functioning of the university, sanctions may still be applied. We should remember the story of Adam and Eve—and see that we are not so far beyond them. A general ban of possibly offensive language and behavior is almost certain to cause a net rise in such language and behavior. A very great rise if enforced—and further ridicule of law if unenforced. Ed Gauthier. Eu Gautier, Detroit Graduate Student WASHINGTON WINDOW Agnew's Tour of Asia: Raising Some Problems By STEWART HENSLEY UPI Writer WASHINGTON (UPI)—The reaction here to Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew's whirlwind visit to five Asian nations last week followed predictable lines. Administration officials said that he succeeded in the stated objective of emphasizing that the Nixon Doctrine did not mean a withdrawal of American interests in Asia or the abandonment of American commitments there. The official line is that the vice-president's trip resulted in clearing up any misunderstandings over the role the United States planned to play in the Far East in the future. Administration critics, on the other hand, tend to view Agnew's quick visits to Korea, Taiwan, South Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand as a politically-motivated journey designed to buttress the administration's contention that its Asia policy was working well and bid fair to bring stability to the region. Without accepting either side of the argument, it is possible to see where the Agnew tour raised as many problems as it settled. His first stop, in Korea, underlined the difficulties facing the United States as it tried to persuade its Allies to become less dependent upon Washington. Korean President Park Chung Hee was not content to go through the usual polite exchange of formalities, but insisted on trying to get a definite promise that the gradual withdrawal of American troops there would be carried out on a timetable involving modernization of Park's 600,000-man military force. Because Agnew was not authorized to commit the United States to a specific amount of new material for Korea as each contingent of troops came out, he and Park had to leave the issue to their joint communique, which covered the matter only in general terms. In Taiwan and South Vietnam, Agnew's visits went off without any departures from the prepared script. However, Agnew's visit to Cambodia—which had not been included on the schedule, but which he said had been planned for some time—surprised many diplomats in Washington and elsewhere. It appeared to mark a significant departure from the Nixon administration's stated objective of maintaining a "low profile" in that country. While Agnew emphasized that he had given the Cambodian government of Premier Lon Nol no commitment of any sort, a vice presidential visit was bound to be viewed by many Asians as highly significant with respect to future U.S. intentions. Griff & the Unicorn David Sokoloff 1970 First Adam, Then Eve And Someday—Equality? By CHARLIE CAPE Some time ago, God created Eve from the rib of Adam. That must have been where it all began. Because since that time, women all over the world have been banding together to gain what they call equality with man. Fifty years ago last week, a milestone was reached in the women's fight. That week marked the golden anniversary of the proclamation of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which gave women the right to vote. That week also found women proclaiming a new independence from men. The Women's Liberation movement planned all kinds of demonstrations against what it referred to as "the second sex's once and present oppression." Women marched in parades, made fiery speeches and in some instances, took over the jobs of the men. The equality that the women are after is too far-reaching, however. Time points out that they are after jobs that have in the past been for men only. Women today occupy ten seats in the national House of Representatives and one seat in the Senate. In our history, there have been only two Cabinet members who were women. There is also a woman member of one of a semiprofessional football team. Of course, the only thing she does is to hold the ball for place kicks, but, nonetheless, she is on the team. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 led the way for women to protest the treatment they received on their jobs by making it illegal for employers to discriminate against persons because of a minor thing like their sex. What this meant was that no longer would a foreman at a construction job have to find a man to move 25 fifty-pound bags of concrete—he could just tell a woman (who was on the construction crew) to move them herself. And she could then be expected to do it! If women want equal rights and want to do all the work men do, then let them start now. Men, when was the last time a woman opened the door for you? When was the last time a woman asked you out on a date and then carried through by driving the car, paying for the show and refreshments and even waiting for you before she sat down? Women are demanding a radical change in the abortion laws, saying that abortions should be made available to them "on demand." On this point, they also received support from some men. The women in some parts of the Women's Liberation movement are also demanding the formation of free (state-supported) day care centers which will work around the clock, as Time magazine puts it, "to cut the apron strings that confine mothers to unpaid domestic servitude at home." If such a program were to start, ponder the high rise in taxes. Some philosopher once said a "woman's place is in the home." But not so, cry the liberators. And unpaid, yet? The women can really watch their children grow up and become wonderful people. And what about the love that goes with being a housewife? Many women feel that this is what makes their job as a housewife and mother worthwhile. The men go to their jobs, not being able to share in the joys and sorrows that accompany the maturation of their children. The men bring home money for food, shelter and even "that new dress you've been wanting for such a long time." Women make up 51 percent of our nation's population. This week, many of them are going to rise in their fight for more of the freedoms that men enjoy. Therefore, the male counter plan is really quite simple: if a girl you are dating, engaged or married to starts to talk about her support of the movement, let her open her own doors and pay her own way when you go on a date. Why not even let her ask you to go? Don't carry her books for her or stop to let her pass you in the halls. Don't get up and give her your seat on the bus; let her stand. But above all, show her what it means to be a man and have to pay for everything and do all the hard work. And if your girl is not for the movement, but likes things the way they are, then continue as you have been and maybe even do a little more for her. In the end, women like her make both their life and the life of that man in her life more rewarding. 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