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DEAR CADRE,

From the editorials and articles I have read writ- ten by Stan Dalton, it se- ems to me that Stan's voc- abulary consists of only one word - capitalism, and its various forms.

Really, it tends to get rather boring.

Sincerely yours, Bored Capitalist

Dear Bored Capitalist, Go straight to helllll Inspired SOClallSt

Dear Discouraged:

It's great that we have got some gut issues. I has ve been asking some of the same questions and I find that they are not being an- swered to my satisfaction. However, I think that they can be answered if you se- ek wisdom in the right way and if you are patient, yet critical, some of your questions can be answered. Don't give up.

' Hopeful

'To Very Discouraged, I will answer as best I can. Yes there are Chris- tians on campus but they are content to sit back hi a church and listen to the minister (priest) tell th— em about their special re- ligion, for the majority of them will not find out for themselves. Yes, we all live in a democracy

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but we have never really had to defend our Olitl- cal beliefs, yes e have people who are happy but‘ most of them are too busy feeling sorry for themselr ves to ever stop and con-. template just how much they have to live for. _ You have some very seri- ous questions and the ans- wers are hard to findfiif there are concrete answers to your questions. I can't answer your questions nor can I tell you what is go- od. Perhaps the "simple ' things" in life are good7' i.e. walking down the st- reet with a smile and a greeting for everyone, he- lping others to achieve th- eir goals while you stand back out of the lime-light and look on, or achieving your personal ambition wi— thout destroying another person. But who really wa-‘ nts it? Who is content to sit back? How many want fame, glory and an audien- ce ~no matter if it's just within a small community or throughout the world? Not As Discouraged

Dear Stan, Your reference to capita—

’lism is certainly very wi-

se but I am afraid it is a bit too academis and I'm sure it does not alleviate the pain "Discouraged" fe- els.

Your paper doesn't seem to be changing student li— fe too much either. I thi— nk if you really listened to people you could help them get off on the right track. Most people think

the system/can't be chant ged until they have the courage to change themselh

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ves. In essence you seem to be saying and I agree:

"To be wise is to know yo- urself. To have courage is‘ to change yourself. Surren— der is to accept yourself. That is a distorted quote that a student once quoted to me under similar circune stances as "discouraged". Be careful that you don't give a political anSwer to a very personal and deeply emotional question.

Dianne M.

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But what you fail to see is that the emotional pro- blem is rooted in the pol— itical-economic sphere: alleniation is not possib- le unless that which gives rise to it (capitalism) is overcome. Until we see cap- italism as the source of the contemporary, North Am- erican malaise we will con- tinue blindly groping for solutions that will inevit— ably be capitalist soluti- ons and, hence, no soluti- ons at all. Your dictum, _ "To be wise is to know yo— urself", is not completely true since self-knowledge is no guarantee of wisdom, rather, a structural syst— em of knowledge wherein reasons can be given for your views. attitudes, ac- tions, etc. Your second dictum, "To have courage is to change yourself" is partly true because cour-, age is required for self- change, but, however, is no definition for courage. Your third dictum, "Surre- nder is to accept yourself" is vague to me. It smacks of Christian aquiescence which is, ultimately, res- ignation and defeat. Strictly speaking, you're right: emotional prdblems should not get political answers. However, my inte- nt was not to be theraputu ic in the psychological sense, rather I was trying to point out the causes of "Discouraged's" despair

appropriate steps from the- re. . . Stan

Dear Editor:

I must apologize to Don Cregier for the manner in which I phrased some ofIW criticisms in my letter of Oct. 31. I am sure that he will understand that in 3 effort to complete a rath -er long article my emotiv ns were running rather hf gh by the time that I was appraising his’article.

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