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The first item in the November short news section reminded me of a line from the
Vietnam War melodrama, Apocalypse Now. As Martin Sheen prepares to fulfill his
mytho-poetic assault on Marlon Brando, who is dictating into a tape machine, Brando
says, ”Our generals train young men toldrop fire on people and then they do not let
them write ’fuck' on their airplanes because — it's obscene.”

Should we be happy that the Air Force will- no longer drop bombs on a country that
may soon run out of targets that say, Die Faggot? It's all obscene, isn't it?

Andrew Whittaker V
Various Places in Northeast Kingdom

The Source

Just wanted to say that you've developed a great page [The Source]...a' great cause, and
I've got a lot of fantastic information off of it!

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‘ Response to letter from November

What a well written article full of opinions and sentiments that I fully agree with. My
only problem with that article is that it is unsigned. The author can never be acknowl-
edged. If the article were totally contrary to my own beliefs, but signed , I would per-
sonally defend that individual’s right to disagree with me. If you don't stand for some-
thing, you will FALL for anything. So, I encourage the staff of OITM to adopt an edito-
rial policy of NOT publishing letters of people who have no courage. After all, the title
of this paper is ”OUT in the mountains”, and NOT something like, ”HIDING in the
hills”. Facilitating fear never accomplished anything, so I recommend that OITM stop
doing that. Thanks! I

Patti York
Via the Internet

Ani’s choice

Ok, let me just start by saying I don't know you, you don't know me. Im not even sure
who wrote what was on the first page of the website because there was no name after
the article, but this is my comment to who ever wrote that. '

I am not writing this to offend you but simply to make a point. We are all free to say
what we want and to have our own opinion but after I came across your web page,’I

, have to say, I was a bit offended by what you said.

Not because you offended Ani, but the fact that you are saying that because Ani married
a man is in someway offensive to you. Why do you care, or should anyone care for that
matter, who or what gender she, or anyone, chooses to be with.

I know that a lot of ”lesbians" took great offense when she married Andy G., but isn't
that exactly what we want others not to do? We, and I say we, speaking of the gay and
lesbian community, have a hard enough time with ”straight” people not accepting us,
for fellow gay and lesbians to not accept others who maybe at one time prefered girls

_ then maybe prefer boys. Don't quote me on this, but I don't think Ani has a sexual pref-
.erence. I don't think it matters to her if they are male or female, black or white. So I’t

shouldn't matter if Ani sleeps with-a girl or a boy.’

She isn't saying sleeping with a girl is wrong and I don't think shehas ever said sleep-
ing with a guy is wrong. ~

It really shouldn't matter to anyone who anyone sleeps with. That's their own business.
Not ours!!!!I’m rather sure it doesn't matter to her who you sleep with.

And by the way, Ani is not a sell out, she is anything but. She still has very ‘strong politi-
cal views and still stands up for what she believes in. A

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