University Daily Kansan / Monday, October 22, 1990
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LETTERS to the EDITOR
Historical warriors
The controversy about the Department of Defense policy prohibiting gays and lesbians in the armed forces has inspired the halls of Wesco to make some cross-cultural comparisons.
The homophobia at the Department of Defense is, of course, premised on the myth that gays and lesbians are invariably promiscuous. Therefore, the myth continues, their irreprieable sexual passions would offend heterosexual men and women, disruping military life. If this were not so ignorant it would be comical.
The Department of Defense should consider this: There have been cultures in this world in which it was deemed appropriate that fighting men and women fight with their colleagues in arms. The Sacred Band was a unit of 300 male soldiers, 150 pairs of lovers,
who fought from 378 B.C. to 338 B.C. for Thebes without defeat. They were vanguished only by Alexander the Great, another warrior of eclectic erotic tastes. Myth has it that Amazon women use fearless and fierce force. Japanese samurai had as fearless and fierce a military spirit as any warriors ever did, and they found homosexual relations compatible with their vocation. The Department of Defense uses sophistry to persuade men to be to its personnel policies are less enlightened than those of ancient and medieval cultures.
Fear and hatred of gays and lesbians in Western culture is based primarily on debatable interpretations of Christian teachings, not on rational grounds. In other words, religious whatever we like, but our behavior and public policy should be based on what is rational and real.
Maggie Childs, assistant professor of East Asian languages and cul-
Stanley Lombardo, classics chair person
Pam Gordon, assistant professor of classics
But by backing away from the proposed tax hike, he has shown himself to be both compassionate and politically astute.
6:30 p.m. — Black Student Union General Assembly Meeting at Alderson Auditorium. Homecoming information update
Unlike Congress, Bush senses that soaking the rich would unleash a furious political backlash.
6:30 p.m. — Hispanic-American Leadership Organization meeting at the Walnut Room in the Kanasas Union
*resident Bush has betrayed every wealthy family in the United States. By raising our taxes, he has made sure that this will indeed be a cold and bleak Christmas for my immigrant cleaning lady, since I will now have to cut her from five to four days a week and omit her holiday bonus. Wake up, America's rich! Do you want to scrub your own floor?*
6:30 p.m. - KU Tae Kwoon DD Club workout at 207 Robinson Center
7 p.m. - KU Cares for Kids Fundraising Committee Meeting at Parlor A in the Kansas Union.
We would turn on our TV sets and see honeys of angry ladies in mink coats leaping from their Lincolnes and Cadillacs to picket the White House.
President Bush is being un-
rified ripped for his refusal to
go along with congresspeople who want to raise the taxes of the wealthy.
The timing for such a tax proposal could not be worse, as Bush surely recognized. This is the season when most country clubs hold their annual membership meetings. And in club rooms, where there would be jumping up and shouting:
And that economic truth is that no matter what you do, do it to the taxes of those who are stretching to make ends meet. So as Dr. I. M. Cookie, the noted expert on a lot of stuff, has said: "The end will never meet, so they might as well keep stretching. It's good exercise."
So if the rich aren’t rich anymore, they will be poor. And how can we go on taking pride in being the richest, not the poorest, or the worst world if our rich people become poor?
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I might as well go all the way. Bentback touched on a key economic truth that Bush apparently understands, as did Ronald Reagan, who cut the taxes of the wealthy while clipping the middle class, which didn't seem to mind, because it kept voting for him.
As it is now, we no longer have the world's top moneybags. The Japanese have more billionaires than do. So does Europe. And even after beckoned out of their palaces, the homeless Kuwaitis have more billions stashed than Donald Trump has. We also see them pointing at us and laughing and saying: "Nyah, nyah, we're rich and you're not, so there."
Does Congress think they want to open People and see Madame wearing an old house dress? Or Bill Cosby putting up storm windows?
7 p.m. Time management workshop at 4019 Wescoe Hall
9 p.m. to 12 a.m. - SUA/JHKK Concert with Laughing Hymns and Jesus Lizard at Haskinger Hall Theater. Admission is 90 cents.
Besides, those who aren't i rich need role models, someone to look up to. That's why they read People magazine and watch lifestyle of the Rich and Famous."
The letters pages of newspapers would be filled with outbursts from readers saying things like:
3:30 p.m. — Interview preparation workshop at the University Placement Center, 149 Burge Union.
7 p.m. — Nihon Club meeting at Parlor A in the Kansas Union.
No, George Bush should be praised for his bold and humane stance. As old Walt, a toothless and grizified panhandler, said to me: "If he taxes the rich, they won't have any pocket change to give me, and what will happen to my career? Bless that man. He's doing it all for me."
7. 30 p.m. — Sociology Club meeting at 706 Fraser Hall
6 p.m. — KU Games and Role Players weekly meeting at the southwest lobby in the Burge Union.
Tuesday
11 a.m. - Commuters Club luncheon at Alcove I in the Kansas Union cafeteria.
Noon — Worldview Lunch Series at Alcove D in the Kansas University食堂. Victor Bogado, Fulbright Scholar in theater and film from Catholic University in Asinacu, Paraguay, will speak on "Paranavil After the Coup."
Taxing rich could cause furious backlash
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. — KU Cares for Kids membership and information table, at Wesco Beach, through Thursday afternoon.
6 p.m. — KU Students Against Hunger meeting at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union.
7 p.m. = Bahal' Club open meeting discussion on race unity, at the Kansas Union restaurant.
7:30 a.m. - Organization of Adult Knowledge Seekers meeting in the third floor non-smoking area of the Kansas Union cafeteria.
On the other hand, by taxing the rich, you run the risk of not making them rich anymore. It was put most succinctly by a valet in a movie who said, "You will be poor in the only true sense of the word. You will not
"No, it would be a terrible thing to do. The spendable income of the man who owns this factory would shrink to only $480,000 a year, and when I go in to clean his office, he would become grouchy and not say hello to me. And I wouldn't want him there. I would much rather they find some way to increase my taxes. After all, I'm already on the cutting edge of being poor and miserable, so
I might as well go all the way.
7:30 p.m. — Gannett Newspapers
Presentation at Aledson Auditorium.
Sara Bentley of the Statesman Journal
will speak to students about careers in
newspapers. Sponsored by the KU Ad
Club.
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Take Bake Benback, who has swept floors and emptied wastebaskets in the same factory for 35 years. When asked about the proposed ux hike, he said.
7:30 p.m. - Eating Disorders Support Group will meet at room 20 in Wakim Memorial Health Center.
7 p.m. — Financial Aid Information for Women workshop sponsored by the Women's Resource Center, at the Pine Room in the Kansas Union.
be rich."
Do we want all of them pointing at us and laughing and saying: 'Nyah, nyah, we're rich and you're not, so there.'?
8-30 p.m. - KU Fencing Club workout and instruction in fencing, at 130 Robinson Center.
9 a.arm, to 5 p.m. — Rock Chalk Revue display of Rock Chalk through the years, at the SUA Gallery in the Kansas Union.
"Fie upon the motion to repaint the
Wednesday
**Noon — East Asian Studies Brown Bag at Alcove G in the Kansas Union cafeteria. Felix Mosk, professor of anthropology, will speak on "A Poenix Story: Japan and Germany in the 1990's."**
6 p.m. - KU-ALU meeting at Alcove B in the Kansas Union cafeteria:
6:30 p.m. - KU Christian Science Alcove C in the Kansas Union cafeteria:
7 p.m. — KU Latter-day Saint Student Association meeting at the Daisy Hill Room in the Burge Union.
7 p.m. — KU Democrats meeting at Alderson Auditorium. Senator Paul Feleciano will speak about his campaign for
6 p.m. — Environs Club meeting at Parlor C in the Kansas Union.
And it isn't only the rich who would be against increasing the tax on the rich by 3 or 4 percent.
12:30 p.m. - Soviet Brown Bag Series at 106 Frazer Hall. Professor Svetozar Stojanovic will speak on "The Great War and the Collapse of Communism."
6 p.m. — KU Games and Role Players meeting at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union.
4 p.m. -- New York Art and Culture Summer Program informational meeting at the Wainuit Park in the Kansas Union.
5 p.m. -- Mountain Bike Ride leaving from Strong Hall every Wednesday. Sponsored by the KU Cycling Club.
r 30 p. m. — Gay and Lesbian Services of Kansas weekly meeting at the Pioneer Room in the Burge Union.
ball washers blue. There are more urgent matters on hand. I say that we, the members of the Ye Old Thin Lips Country Club, send a resolution to Bush condemning his treachery and revoking his standing as a WASP, a golfer and a member of our social class. The man is nothing more than a Bolshevik in Brooks Brothers clothing."
male conference at 124 Fresner Hall. Sponsored by the Office for Study Abroad.
4 p.m.- Brazilian dance discussion by Eluza Maris Santos, director of Grupo Akira, a Brazilian dance company, Jawahry Room in the Kansas Union.
7 p.m. — Stress Management for Women workshop, at the Jayhawk Room in the Kansas Union. Janet Hamburg, associate professor of dance, will lead participants through a variety of exercises designed to reduce stress. Sponsored by the Human Services Center. 7 p.m. — Modern dance concert by Groupe Axie, a Brazilian modern舞会, at 240 Robinson Center. Free. 7:30 p.m. — Panel discussion, "Hunger in Our Backyard" at St. Lawrence Campus Catholic Center, across from Jayhawk Towers, in room 1105. Presented locally, national and global level.Sponsored by the Human Services Committee.
7 p.m. — Society for Fantasy and Science Fiction meeting at Alcove C in the Kansas Union.
3 p.m. — KU study abroad in French-speaking countries informational meeting, at 2055 Wescoe Hall.
Noon — Eucharist service at Danforth Chapel, Sponsored by Canterbury Church, the KU Episcopal Church.
Mike Royko Syndicated columnist
Dancing Club practice folk dancing at the gymnasium in St. John's School, 1233 Vermont St. Dancing partners are not necessary.
Thursday
Friday
1 p.m. - Organization of Adult Knowledge Seekers meeting in Alcove A in the Kansas Union caterer.
7:30 p.m. - KU International Folk
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Mike Royko is a syndicated columnist for the Chicago Tribune.
KU Pro - Choice Coalition 7:00 p.m.
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