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editorial opinion
When house slippers take on tanks
It is a day to reflect on the pursuit of
freedom throughout the world.
Today marks the third anniversary of the
founding of Solidarity the first free union
formed in the Soviet bloc.
In December 1981, the Polish government
imposed martial la'w in an effort to thwart
the growth of the then infant Solidarity
movement. But the movement swelled nev
ertheless, capturing the respect and admi
ration of the western world. And Poles
themselves cheered Lech Walesa, Solidari
ty's leader, as a true champion of human
rights.
On July 22 of this year, martial law was
revoked but replaced by new laws limiting
dissent.
Today, Solidarity exists only in an under
ground movement and in the hearts of a
vast majority of Poles because the current
"non-martial law" government has upheld
the ban on Solidarity.
Yesterday Walesa bowed to the govern
ment's insistence that he postpone an anni
versary rally planned for today at the Lenin
Shipyard in Gdansk, the birthplace of Soli
darity. Instead he will lay a wreath at a
monument to workers near the shipyard
gates. However, underground Solidarity
leaders are calling for marches and a rush
hour boycott •of public transportation that
would force tens of thousands of Poles into
thp streets.
IRS plans to play
The technology that has made junk mail
profitable could bring some Americans oth
er undesirable mail notification that the
Internal Revenue Service is investigating
them,
The private marketing companies that
enable businesses to send Americans cata
logs for tulip bulbs, fishing gear and novelty
items . by providing income estimates of the
L nation's families may soon make it possible
for the IRS to determine what families may
have failed to pay their income tax.
• From telephone books, vehicle registra
tion and Census Bureau information, the
companies gather data that, when proc
essed by a computer, results in income
estimates for the nation's families. Once the
IRS has the estimates, it plans to match
them against a computerized list of all
taxpayers and investigate those suspected
of not paying taxes. If the process succeeds
in locating tax evaders, the IRS plans to
expand into identifying those who may not
be paying enough taxes.
The IRS is concerned about the growing
number of Americans who do not pay in
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INTERIOR
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So the government is ill at ease. Army,
police and government officials said securi
ty forces would move to halt demonstra
tions, to ensure peace.
But Walesa, an electrician at the ship
yard, plans only to give a speech today "if a
like-minded group of people gathers."
And, in a weekly Vienna magazine, he
said he doubted any major demonstrations
will occur.
"I don't believe that the people will take to
the streets," Walesa said. "Not because
they don't support us, but because they
know that you don't have a chance with
house slippers against tanks.
"There will certainly be some demonstra
tions, but not too many . . . This form of
struggle is not appropriate right now." '
So why is the government so afraid?
Government leaders like Deputy Premiere
Mieczyslaw Rakowski claim that Walesa
and his supporters are injurious to Poland.
But many in the western world would like
to believe that the fears of the Polish gov
ernment reaffirm the belief that one idea
one proud idea supported by freedom-loving
people will triumph over an armed,
oppressive government.
And perhaps this third anniversary of the
birth of Solidarity whose vital signs are
still strong will cause a resurgence in the
Poles' pursuit of a more tangible form of
Solidarity.
Big Brother
come tax. And rightly so, because Ameri
cans must be willing to pay for the social
and defense programs they receive.
But the implications of the new computer
method for tracking down tax evaders are
frightening.
The technology that is enabling people to
know more about the world t is also enabling
the world to know more about them
whether they like it or not.
Infringements against the rights of priva
cy do not occur in revolutions; they occur in
small, barely recognizable steps. Ten years
ago, the procedures the IRS uses today
would have seemed impossible or too expen
sive. In 10 years, the computer systems
used by the marketing companies today will
pale when compared to methods people will
use to obtain information.
The inevitable comparisons to George
Orwell's book "1984" may seem trite, but
with the date just four Months away, one
must wonder if the implications of experi
ments like the one the IRS plans to begin are
"double plus ungood."
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Drinking arrest petty
Department store wine-tasting no place for LCB
As college-age students in Pennsylvania,
many of us are quite aware of that magical
age of 21 When we are legally allowed to
drink.
Because the Pdnnsylvania Liquor Control
Board tends to make it difficult on us under
agers, most or us do not "bar-hop" until we
are legal. There are always the lucky few,
however, who can pass for 21-year-olds and
get into many bars although they are not yet
of age.
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In my hometown, this is usually the rule
rather than the exception. But this summer
things changed. Many teen-agers were in
jured or killed in auto accidents, and investi
gations showed evidence of underage
drinking. Concerned parents and commu
ility leaders started questioning 'the effec
tiveness of the LCB.
And suddenly the issue of underage drink
ing in northeastern Pennsylvania became a
heated one. Senator Stewart J. Greenleaf,
chairman of the state Senate law and justice
committee, announced that he would hold a
public hearing on the issue in early July.
The LCB began to frequently raid bars to try
to escape some of the bad publicity it had
received.
Somehow, I got caught up in this contro
versy. One afternoon in early July I was
arrested for underage drinking. If mine had
been the typical case of being drunk at a bar
late on a Saturday night, I may not have
reader opinion
More to life
Since when is prudence a sound
basis for the equality between men
and women? Holly Wilson in her
forum, "Women must prudently re
think roles," seems to think that
prudency and gender differences
make all the difference in the world.
Isn't the fallacy of suppressed evi
dence being used here to say that
women refuse to admit their differ
ences from men but to their own
detriment? Who are these women?
Ms. Wilson says that "to enter 'l into
any contractual relationship means
compromising one's natural rights,"
but isn't that what marriage is all
about? We all give up a little for the
one we love. I would like to think that
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couples who start a life together do so
willingly and without reservations.
Being a newlywed myself; I happen to
enjoy doing housework and working
while also going to school part time. I
feel good about helping with the bills
instead of sitting at home waiting for
the bacon (so to speak) to be brought
to me.
Ms. Wilson speaks of women like
they should all stay home and make
babies. Well, there's more to life than
that. Hasn't she heard the common
statement, "You've come a long way,
baby!" Women want to play a part in
society. We are intelligent, responsi
ble people who have been in the dark
for too long.
For a long time it was thought
and still is to a certain extent that a
woman couldn't do a man's so-called
been so outraged. But that's not quite how it
happened.
I was about to leave early from work when
a co-worker suggested I go with her to a
local department store that had just been
licensed to have a state store in it. She
wanted to buy some liquor, so we Went to the
store and made our purchase.
The manager knew my friend and came
over to talk to us. He asked us if we had gone
to the wine-and-cheese-tasting the store was
holding outside. We walked to the wine and
cheese display and I was handed a small
glass full of wine.
I couldn't have been there for longer than
five minutes when a man came up and
asked to see "my identification. The next
thing I knew I was being dragged to a table
and questioned. I didn't realize I was under
arrest until I asked the officer if I could
leave.
"No, you can't leave, you are under arrest
for underage drinking," the officer said.
"You face a fine of up to $3OO plus $46 in
court costs.'
I was stunned. The only thing I could think
of was to call home. The officer tried to
explain the situation to my father, who
obviously was giving him a difficult time.
The officer hung up and continued to ques
tion me.
"How many times have you been in this
establishment without a parent or gaurdi
an?" he asked.
I looked at him, confused. "This is a
department store," I said. "I've been com
ing here by myself since I was 10."
"Oh, not applicable," he said.
Nothing was making sense to me. I
couldn't understand what I had done wrong.
I was being treated like a common criminal
for taking a sip of wine. Although I knew I
broke the law, I couldn't help feeling like the
innocent victim.
There was no reason for me to be arrested
for such a petty thing. My parents were
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Wednesday Aug. 31, '1983
"job." I will agree that there are
some women who would not be able to
handle the physical part of this, but
certainly we can handle the emotion
al task of making decisions.
In this day and age I find that there
are quite a few husbands/fathers out
there who lerid a helping hand to the
working wife/mother. And why
shouldn't they? Who set down the law
that said that women must.do all the
housework?
I'll conclude this letter by saying
that a woman can be successful in
both her home life and the job with
a little help from her hubby!
Cathy Franz, sophomore-business ad
ministration
Aug. 12
equally outraged, and when they called the
department store to complain, the store
manager claimed he had no idea that the
incident had taken place.
Fortunately, my next door neighbor, a
lawyer, had advised me to plead not guilty. I
was afraid to because I had, after all,
broken the law.
My parents and friends insisted that I had
not. They believed that this whole ordeal
was an example of injustice and that I
should fight for my rights.
They were right, I decided. I was not
going to let some over-zealoUs LCB agent
take advantage of me. I was going to stand
up for what I believed in.
At my hearing three weeks later, 1
pleaded not guilty. The judge threw the case
out of court, telling the arresting officer that
arresting me for consuming such a small
amount of alcohol was absUrd.
Unfortunately for me, the LCB did get the
last laugh because I did have to pay lawyer
fees for the incident.
I am not actually against 'the state LCB
and the drinking laws: I am simply upset at
the pettiness of my arrest. The only conclu
sion I can draw from this incident is that the
officers were trying to chalk up another
arrest on their own scoreboards rather than
to enforce laws that protect citizens.
In my case, I was not committing an
actual crime. I had not consumed enough
alcohol to endanger myself or others. I was
arrested to satisfy some officer's record. If
that is an example of how our LCB works,
then we have a serious problem. Laws must
be enforced to protect citizens from law
breakers, not LCB agents from investiga
tion boards.
Carol Frank is a junior majoring in political
science and a columnist for the Daily
Collegian. Her column appears on alternate
Wednesdays.
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Woman's role
I would like to take issue with Holly Wilson and
her opinion that it "is with reluctance, out of a
concern for prudence, that a woman enters into the
professional sphere."
Ms. Wilson goes on to say in her forum, "Women
must prudently rethink roles," that society forces
women in this direction, causing a conflict between
what is a natural tendency and what is socially
rewarded.
Where has she been for the past 30 years? A
woman's "natural tendencies," referred to so often
by Holly Wilson, are to achieve the best for her
home and family.
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A look at history will tell you that she will do what
she has to in the best way possible in order to
achieve her goals. Today's woman is no different
from that of 100 or 200 years ago she wants for
her family. Years ago, a family of four could
survive on just one income. But today, the economy
requires two incomes to survive. So women, seeing
a need, are filling a gap.
A study of the man of the current "family unit"
will show a man much different from his predeces
sor. He is more sensitive, more tolerant, more
active in child-rearing and housekeeping, and less
aggressive than his father or grandfather. Left
alone, men would not have changed in this fashion.
It is the pressure of the woman's having to leave,
the home and provide the second income that has
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brought about changes.
It is, therefore, buffoonery to state that the
"time-honored relationship is being rejected out of
hand-and is dangerous." The man is treated as an
equal in the home and the woman should be treated
as an equal in the job marketplace. Her skills are
equal to her partner's and her pay should also be
equal.
If contributors to the Collegian are paid for their
articles, I certainly hope Ms. Wilson was paid as
much as a man would have been if he had written
this article!
W. David Hurst, junior-journalism
July 26
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