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tORlM: THE TRUTH UNBRIDLED
Trom which wise meh profit, not destroy
Nobody dies
nowadays of fatal
truth; There are too
many antidotes to
them
The one thing people fear or cherish the
most is the truth. I say fear, because as
it has been stated over and over again,
“the truth hurts.” It comes in the form of
criticism, complaint, or compliment. True,
criticism can be helpful in some respects,
but people try to avoid it as much as pos-
' sible. Complaint is similar to criticism.
. Paying compliments to someone is the most
accepted form of truth today. Everyone likes
to hear someone tell him when he is looking
good.
Complaint and criticism are considered
fatal truth. As I stated before, no one likes
criticism (even constructive). There are
different methods used to escape the reality
of truth. A lot of people try to drink their
problems away, while others try to pre
tend that it was never said or never hap
pened. In some cases, eating is used to
drain their sorrows. Another method is
drugs and marijuana. Young adults use these
methods to escape from strict parental
guidance or other such problems.
These antidotes are becoming a chronic
problem in out society. We are constantly
plaqued with alcoholics and dope addicts.
It seems rather strange to solve a problem
with a problem.
Sharon Washington
The world is beautiful,
but has a disease
called man
Certainly there is a great deal of valid
ity in the above statement. To get a better
look at the situation let us first take a look
at the world without man, and then later
insert him back into the picture.
First of all, when we think of the world,
we think of those things controlled ulti
mately by God, or the things that have no
control over themselves. These things are
seen in the form of the elements of na-
’ture. The forces of nature function in per
fect harmony with one another when in-
■ r-terred with. Nature supplies its own needs
>, and .operates like, a, weH-cojistructed ma-
chine,,in carrying out its respective duties.
Since, maij’is net around, this harmony,
2- balance, ‘ and self supplificatibn continues
t- infinitely. The operation of nature is beauty
I; at its best.
Now let us put man into the already well
V- balanced forces of nature and see what
happens. Here it comes! The pollution of the
>r water, the burning down of our forests
and timberlands, exhaust fumes from auto-
; mobiles and smog from, factories polluting
■ the air and ^the destruction of the soil due
' to the castifig.^way of solid waste mater-^
• ials. All of the^e problems are created by
; the superior being called man, the being
who has the ability to think for him-
: self, and to determine his own destiny.
Man was made niore in the image of Gcii
: than any other being, yet he seems to be
working in direct discord with that which
the master has provided for him. While
looking back and viewing the situation with
out man and taking in view the situation with
man, there is only one logical conclusion to
be made. Man is the epidemic plaguing the
world, and he is out to destroy himself.
Dean Satterfield
Necessity is the argument
of tyrants
Necessity is a great need for something.
A tyrant is a person who exercises his
authority in an opporessive manner.
Tyrannical men and women want some
thing very badly, bad enough to do any-
Do not get angry with
me if I tell you the truth
There are people in our society and
there are PEOPLE. Some can take the truth,
and some simply cannot, those who cannot
live a lie day after day until truth no
longer has any meaning to them. Such a
person is our lowly president, Charles
Lyons.
I could say, “Mr. President, do not get
angry with me if I tell you the truth.”
Little good that would do because the truth
is that he can not bear the truth. It dis
gusts him so he turns his back on it, and
he is known to take almost anykind of ac
tion when it once again coitfronts him.
His most powerful scapegoat so far has
been the position and jobs of his faculty
members.
There are others for whom truth has be
come a necessity and a guideline for their
lives. Such people make up our student
body. We have found out the truth about our
half-hearted administratioa What was in the
dark has come to the light and has defi
nitely made us angry, angry enough to stop
and look at ourselves, then take the first
steps toward making a right out of a wrong.
We don’t want “Charles” to be angry with
us when he finds that the truth has given
him a seat on the opposite side of some
body’s desk.
Ruby McEachin
If you wish to know
what a man is, place
him in authority
Man is a peculiar being. God has made
him the supreme being here on earth. As
past and present civilizations show, he is
always competing with others to be better.
This has been done through individual and
group efforts.
To demonstrate on the local level how one
finds out the real person when he is given
authority. I’ll give a vivid example. There
is a man named Charles A. Lyons, who af
fects the lives of students here at FSU.
After he was placed in the president’s po
sition, he actually showedhis color. He used
his authority to downgrade this school in
stead of helping it to progress. His per
sonal qualities were being revealed through
his actions.
Statewise, there is a prominent figure
from the state of Georgia, known by many
of us. He is Lester Maddox, a true sou
therner. His position has given him the op
portunity to show others what he really is.
It is evident by his actions that he is a firm
believer in White supremacy. Now that he
has the authority of a governor, he can do
what he couldn’t do before.
On the national scene, the president of the
USA, has shown everyone what he really is.
This man has run in countless elections,
hoping to gain a position with authority.
His position really isn’t much because he
has a great, many limits. His position is only
a status symbol.
thing to get it. In ancient times, the cruel
rulers were called tyrants because they
wanted only one person to be the ruler in
their kingdom. Tyranny was within his staff
executives because they wanted to be in the
same position as the king. They were the
ones who told the soldiers what to do in
their own way. To live under one per
son’s rule is not rewarding. The king might
like the taxes to be paid one way and the
tax payers cannot pay it.
A basketball coach can be used in the
same way in that he uses the team the
way he wants to, not in the way that the
individuals progress. The players cannot
talk to the coach man to man because the
coach wants everything his way just to
suit himself. This whole interpretation says,
“If you need something bad enough, you will
do nearly anything to get it.”
Louis Rodgers
When a person is given authority, he us
ually thinks it means superiority. His sup
pressed conscience or subconscience comes
to the surface. He does what he “really”
wants to do. He does things out of the or
dinary. He uses tactic to make believers
out of non-believers.
Paul Lawrence Dunbar sums up a person
with authority in his poem, “We Wear The
Mask.”
We wear the mask that grins and lies
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,-
This debt we pay to human guile;
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile.
And mouths with myriad subtleties.
Why should the world be overwise.
In counting all our tears and sighs?
Nay, let them only see us, while
We wear the mask.
We smile, but O great Christ, our cries
T0 thee from tortured souls arise.
We sing, but on, the clay is vile
Beneath our feet, and long the mile;
But let the world dream otherwise
We wear the mask.
Deborah C. Pittman
This quotation means that a person should
face the truth, and control his emotions at
the same time. Some people may believe a
lie so strongly and so long that it becomes
a part of them, and when they are told the
truth, it makes them angry. People like
this must control their feelings, and learn
to accept the truth, because the person who
tells them the truth does not really mean
any harm. Most believers of a lie want
everything to go their own way, no matter
how the other person may feel; therefore,
they turn their backs on any fact that might
lead them in believing the truth. Then peo
ple have tendency to get angry if a person
tries to convince them that they are wrong.
The majority of people who get angry in a
situation like the one above, know deep
down inside that they are the ones who are
wrong, and that is the reasonthey get angry.
1 will now say to you, “Do not be angry with
me if I tell you the truth.”
James Gainey
Honesty is the best policy in many situa
tions; however, in giving an honest opinion,
you get different reactions from each in
dividual. Some people do not like construc
tive criticism and find themselves using
anger as a general pattern of behavior.
I think a person should use tact in giving
an honest opinion about whatever the situa
tion may be, so that the person to whom the
advice is given will realize he is being
helped in the proper manner and not being
belittled.
Evelyn Crowdy
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i Volume 24 Number 10 j
THE VOICE i
April 15, 1971 ,
Fayetteville State University !
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