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Horror is greater with better press agent
| By J.W. JOHNSON
The brutal horrors now being
“revealed in newly independent
Bosnia and Herzegovina come to
us in living and dying color:
—Pictures of emaciated prison-
ze ) at death camps.
W—Eyewitness accounts of the
systematic raping of thousands of
© women.
—Children being fed bread upon
which insecticide has been poured
so they could be laughed at as they
, died horribly.
And all this is in the name of
‘ethnic cleansing’
= Now where have we heard that
i term before? Or perhaps it was
~heard using different words. Does
the term “final solution” jog your
memory?
” gataving access to the media is
, ® most important weapon any
group can have in seeking to pro-
-.mote its point of view.
a For example, with the unspeak-
ae atrocities being revealed daily
in Bosnia, the world can finally see
that Germany and its people do
not have a lock on the ability to be
, inhuman...to, for example, impose
--a “final solution” in elimination of
Jews during World War II.
Of course, the systematic slay-
ring of Jews by the Germans in
World War Il was a human tragedy
“on a monstrous scale; but it has
-also been true that better press
cagents have always made the aptly
"named and justifiably infamous
“bplocaust” a household word,
pen other nations and other
“peoples have also suffered at the
“hands of human monsters; i.e.,
l'the current events in Bosnia and
“Europe's gypsies were also sys-
tematically slain by Hitler during
« World War II, but their numbers
., were comparatively small, and they
; had no media voice.
.. Therefore, the word ‘holocaust’
has become a household world,
and other genocides have fallen by
the awareness roadside...as would
have the current one in Bosnia
were it not for an independent
media.
Equally true is that media ac-
cess is critical to maintaining a
certain point of view. Take, for
example, the current perspective
on AIDS in this country.
Virutally everyone has an opin-
ion about the scourge known as
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syn-
drome, terrifyingly otherwise
known as AIDS.
(My own belief is that everone
has the AIDS virus and it’s those
among us who are particularly
susceptible to environmental deg-
radation whose bodies, first, per-
mit the AIDS virus to become ac-
tive and, later, then succumb to
the side effects of the full-blown
illness.)
And Magic Johnson, of course,
is that enormously talented and
personable basketball player who
recently anounced that he is in-
«fected with: the virus known to
cause AIDS.
The publicity surrounding
Johnson's acknowledgement is
that the activity that got Johnson
into trouble is taking a back seat to
Johnson's otherwise pristine im-
age; indeed, his magic smile being
used to tell people about the hor-
rors of AIDs without enough em-
phasis on the behavior which
caused the problem in the first
place.
Instead of Johnson telling us
that his behavior was wrong, he's
simply telling us to use condoms.
In other words, and according to
many persons, Johnson ought to
be as much publicly pilloried for
his courage.
Lost in the much ballyhooed
courage of Johnson in acknowl-
edging his infection with the virus
which causes AIDS are the “women,
women and more women” which
Johnson has admitted was his life-
style.
Also lost in the AIDS discussion
is that this disease, while deadly,
affects arelatively small number of
people, less than 225,000 people
in the United States having been
diagnosed with full-blown AIDS.
And, like other groups with
better press agents, for the first
time in history we have a commu-
nicable and contagious disease
which obviously presents a major
and national health problem, but
whose progenitors have not been
quarantined.
Why is that?
Because the vast majority of the
people with AIDS are among the
most talented, creative and bright-
est people we have, and as such
they have media access. Therefore
we've been made to feel guilty about
even considering a quarantine
which at another time and place,
and given the deadly nature of this
disease, would have been done
without even thinking about it.
AIDS is a frightening specter
hanging over this country, indeed,
the entire planet. Medical Science
is working hard to find some an-
swers. Bringing it under control
will not be easy.
And you can be sure that if this
were an affliction of primarily white,
straight males, the emphasis on
what is being done, and what todo
aboutit in the meantime, would be
vastly different than it is today.
The irony in both these issues is
that without an independent
media, we would be unaware of
much of what is going on in Bo-
snia. At the same time, this so-
called independent media contin-
ues to be manipulated by AIDS
activists and other groups with
media access.
And you thought this job was
easy.
er with great books
il Returning Dallas Elementary students attended a Great Books Reading Camp in August. The group
read and discussed short stories from around the world. The Great Books Program was recently
introduced at Dallas Elementary as an extra-curricular enrichment activity through the efforts of Ruth
Tetschner, Principal, and parent volunteer group leader Ann Ross.
Shown here, seated, from left, Nathan Bohlander, Heather Vodzak, Norah Krakosky, Ellen Kim,
Jessica Stefon. Standing, Chris Stefon, who joins the program as co-leader this school year; John
Nackley, Michael Laity, John Schultz, Ann Ross, Maureen McGuire. Absent from photo: Abby
Ahmad, Seth and Doug Yeager, and Keith Sprau.
: Send your away-from-home student a "letter from home" with
= a special student subscription to The Dallas Post. Call 675-5211.
he Dallas Post Dallas, PA Wednesday, September 2, 1992 5
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Library news
Gwen Zarambo's trolls are on display
By NANCY KOZEMCHAK
The Back Mountain Memorial
Library has a collection of trolls in
the display case for the month of
September. These were borrowed
from Gwen Zarambo of Dallas.
Gwen will be in 7th grade at Dallas
Middle School. She is 12 years old
and started to collect them be-
cause they were colorful and she
liked them. There are 30 trolls in
the display including a funny pink
haired one which was the first one
she received. She now receives new
ones as gifts, for birthdays and
holidays.
The three large ones seated in
the center of the case are called
Troll kids, and they can change
their clothes with each other. There
is a Santa troll and a miniature
Santa with troll Christmas elves;
one with red boots and one with
green. The Thanksgiving man and
lady were given to her by her Mom
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and Dad and she set up a Thanks-
giving table for the display with the
goodies she made herself. There
are two St. Patrick trolls standing
on blocks which spell LUCK; a
special pizza one with a table in-
cluding pizza and Italian bread.
There is a springtime boy; Happy
Birthday girl; Halloween trolls for
pencils; 2 Easter ones with an
Easter egg and a sleepy boy and
girl. A special pillow has a treasure
troll who is a cheerleader and a
soft clown with balloons. There is a
necklace treasure troll. There are
3 valentines with two larger ones;
a small key chain and a magnet; 3
babies in diapers; a surfer with
surf board and sea shells and an
LA Raiders football troll. A unique
troll is a gift from her Grandfather
from Norway. These trolls make a
colorful display and will be at the
library until September 23.
New books at the library: “Sin-
ful” by Susan Johnson is the story
of Sinjin St. John, Duke of Seth,
who had never met a lady who!
could bring him down to his knees; |
until Chelsea Fergusson slipped
into his carriage, begged him to
grant one small favor—and forever
changed his life! He tried to act the
gentleman with the delectable
minx, but he needed him to save
her from marriage to a man she
didn't love. A sensational, sizzling
and sensual novel.
“Seven For A Secret” by Victoria
Holt includes seduction, scandal,
suicide, and murder—as the se-
crets that unfold in this enthrall-
ing new novel, where love and truth
will triumph at last. Asimple rhyme
held the key to a tragedy that
hovered over the seemingly idyllic
hamlet of Harper's Green. Freder-
ica Hammond held fast to hope
and to dreams of a bright future.
She and her friends see their sur-
roundings crumble under the
weight of secrecy.
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64" Lighted China w/Glass Shelves
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Complete Bed.
5 Pc. Contemporary Oak-Dresser, Mirror,
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5-PC Mini Rattan Dresser Tri View Mirror,
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