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From: jon@altos86.UUCP (Jonathan Stern)
Newsgroups: net.college
Subject: Re: Fall break and Apartheid
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Date: Thu, 21-Nov-85 18:07:32 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 21 18:07:32 1985
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I went to college once...
>
>is clamoring for divestment.  I for one think the whole issue
>is stupid.  What is the point?  Showing the world that St. Olaf
>College will not stand for oppression in the world?  Well, what
>about the oppression of the Afghans, the Poles, etc. by the Soviet Union?  

The United States does not support nor do banks invest in the Polish or
Afghan puppet governments.

>I'm not saying I'm in favor of apartheid--I think it's terrible.
>But I don't understand the people who cry "U.S. out of Central America" 
>and then turn around and declare that the U.S. MUST intervene in South Africa.
We are not asking the US to intervene in South Africa -- only not to 
actively SUPPORT a racist minority government

>I may be conservative, but I am NOT a fascist (I don't think
>most people even understand what that word means, and yet
>I've been called that by some of the bleeding heart liberals on campus.)
>I am simply getting tired of the "Bitch America" sentiment that seems
>so prevalent at St. Olaf.  Does anyone else out
>there feel the way I do? The U.S. may have problems,
>that we are still better off than 3/4's of the rest of the world.
And the greatest asset of the US is our ability to participate and CHANGE
how our government and institutions react.  The US has the power to 
to influence many countries in the world, I believe that human rights
should be the central influence in foreign policy.  The Reagan Adminsitration
doesn't care about human rights.  Big business is at the core of South Africa's
economy. If we do not support businesses that support South Africa they 
also will put pressure on the South African government to change it's racist
policies.  It's easy to sit back and be comfortable in the world's richest
nation but I think we cannot forget those who do not have our wealth and 
power.

		Jonathan Stern {ucbvax!dual!vecpyr!altos86!jon}