Intelligencer Journal from Lancaster, Pennsylvania • 17

FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1999 A-17 INTELLIGENCER JOURNAL, LANCASTER, PA. READERS FORUM Doonesbury by carry trudeau Vandals desecrate resting place of U.S. heroes I picked up the flags and stuck one in the ground by every tombstone until each grave again had a flag. They stood at different heights because of the difference in the length of the sticks, but it looked better than having no flags. Some come to desecrate and destroy, others try to mend and honor.

Estelle DeVries Lancaster had done it had tried to destroy the honor bestowed on the servicemen who had suffered so much to save what these young people neither understood nor deserved. I sincerely hope that it is not too late for them to learn about their history and begin to respect those who paid the price to establish and preserve for them the freedom which they've misused. They need our prayers. To the Editor On Decoration Day I went to the cemetery to visit my late husband's grave. It is the Veterans section, which often is not well kept.

This year the grass was cut, but much of it was on the flat tombstones, covering the names and dates. I didn't have a broom, so I brushed the dried grass from the stones with my cane. Working my way up the hill, I saw that the flags were gone from the back three rows of graves. Getting closer, I saw that they were strewn around, broken and tom. Realizing that the cemetery had been vandalized, I felt saddened and ashamed.

Ashamed because these who Photos bring emotion to stories Equal blame for left and right in Littleton We were also so happy to see the work of Father Veronis and his wife, Faith they are working in such danger and destruction. You have provided Lancaster with an outstanding service. Thank you. Mr. and Mrs.

William G. Rudy Lancaster To the Editor. For a long time we have been great admirers of the photographic work of Dan Marschka, Intell photographer. His style, subject matter, composition and lighting have been a joy to behold. We were looking forward to the work he would do in Kosovo and Albania we were not disappointed.

His pictures made everything so real and heartrending. Financier sought Upset by photo from accident with the NRA howling bloody murder on even mild checks like a 12-gun-a-year limit. Since Ryan Klebold and Dylan Harris did not value their own lives anyway, stiffer penalties, death penalties or armed guards wouldnt have stopped them. We have to do something to restrict the way they got the weapons in the first place. Deciding where to draw the limits on media violence or on weapons availability is not easy but if we dont make serious bipartisan attempts to draw limits somewhere well get a country soaked in sick images and dangerous armed crazies.

What kind of country do we want for our childrens children? Limits are healthy and our houses are not the whole world our culture must set some limits too. Richard Paul Moyer Ephrata To the Editor Garrick Eschbachs May 8 Freestyle column was the most right-on out of the dozens of analyses of the Littleton massacre I've read so far. Littleton is a result of the abandonment of any standards of decency in the pursuit of shocktitillation on the left-wing media side, and of obstructionism by the gun lobby of any restrictions on firearms dealing by the right-wing conservatives. Its the ACLU taking an extremist position on the First Amendment (backed by Hollywoods big money) and the NRAs extremist position on the Second Amendment (backed by gun industry money), which together are taking the culture into the gutter and making the gutter dangerous. Eschbach writes: I have long been the biggest proponent of free speech and the medias right to print, film and present anything it wants.

Not anymore. There is a point where youre pandering to the lowest common denominator in human society. Violence has become such a staple in our entertainment that we have become so desensitized to the basic magnitude of human life, that death and dying have lost all consequential meaning to certain members of society. Ninety-nine kids might see violent films and not change, but if one feeds and fantasizes on this stuff and acts it out, then society is better off if all 100 are watching something less corrupting. Surely youd think so if you became a victim or parent of a victim.

Its a copout for the industry to put the burden (an impossible burden unless your kid is chained to you all day) on the parents to censor what the kids watch, and what good is all your vigilance if an uncensored and impressionable peer acts out a media-fed fantasy. (What purpose do bomb-making Web sites serve for people of any age?) We are a nation with about the weakest gun laws in the world, with loopholes for bazaars, resales, transport from weakly-regulated municipalities to others, unregulated ammunition sales, To the Editor Id like to agree with Fred F. Klein concerning his suggestion to use the Swan Hotel at Queen and Vine streets as a hotel or bed breakfast. It could be a great location with off-street parking provided right behind. All we need is someone with interest in that type of venture and, of course, the finances.

Now to his remark addressing the local residents in that neighborhood who object to the game room, he wrote that, Why not ask them for a list of acceptable ventures. Ill start by suggesting a police station. Larry Warshawsky Lancaster sensitive to Amishpersons wishes for privacy and non-photography. Please rethink your privacy policy. Naomi Wyble Ephrata Editors note: The photograph in question was taken by the Associated Press with proper clearance from those involved.

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