Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!news.media.mit.edu!americast.com!usa-post Newsgroups: usa-today.issues From: usa-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: usa-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: issues Wed, Feb 26 1992 Date: Wed, 26 Feb 92 06:30:01 EST Message-ID: DECISIONLINE: Issues & Debate USA TODAY Update Feb. 26, 1992 Source: USA TODAY:Gannett National Information Network Here are some of the issues and topics being debated across the nation Wednesday morning in USA TODAY: Israel; Movies; Border. TODAY'S DEBATE - ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS: USA TODAY'S OPINION: President Bush's ultimatum to Israel this week was the right move at an opportune time to keep the Mideast peace talks on track -if he doesn't negate it with a misstep around the bend. The USA has protested for decades against Tel Aviv's policy of helping settlers establish themselves in territory Israel controls but Arabs claim. This week, though, was the first time the USA threatened to put its money where its mouth is: Secretary of State James Baker said Israel would get $10 billion of needed loan guarantees only if Tel Aviv stopped all settlement work. ... Bush now must show equal firmness against any future Arab transgression if he is to remain credible. If he wants to continue brokering this tenuous peace process, he must act in accord with a prickly reality: That not a single faction came to these talks without culpability - or without merit. OTHER VIEW: YOSEF OLMERT, director of the Israel government press office: This government ... cannot and will not, whether it is before elections or after elections, accept the principle that either settlements are an obstacle for peace or that in one way or another Jews should not have the right to settle in the territories. ... We still are opening up the entire issue of the territories for a final status settlement in the end of the process of autonomy. ... We still do not prejudge by this what should be or what would be the final political status of the territories, including the settlements. If it is an impediment for a Palestinian state, that's something else. ... We have a peace process that started in 1991 [when] there was a record building of settlements in the territories. ... So where is the proof that settlements are an obstacle for peace? They are not. ... But the principle of Jews having a right to live in this territory - this is something that we cannot give up. VOICES ACROSS THE NATION ON CONVERTING MOVIES TO COLOR: FORT GIBSON, Okla., Angie Austin, 25, homemaker: I don't think they should be left in their original form. For one thing, when they're in black and white, you don't see the beauty of nature that surrounds it. If they put the pictures in color, it makes it more appealing to the public and makes it more realistic. ROCHESTER, N.Y., Rosie Mitchell, 35, financial analyst: I would prefer it to be shown in its original form. It seems to hold onto a sense of history, and it has an antique value to it. The color seems to ruin the original meaning and what you got out of it when you were looking at it in black and white. MERRITT ISLAND, Fla., Barry Swift, 41, bank vice president: I don't see any harm in colorizing them. I think it makes them more enjoyable. Maybe the movie purist could rent the black-and-white VCR version. I got rid of my black-and-white TV a long time ago. MESA, Ariz., Shane Atwell, 27, installer: They ought to be left the way they were. That's the way they intended them. And that's the way the technology was at the time. You can tell they have been colorized. In some ways, it almost takes away from them. You have to go with the best guess of what the colors were. SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Bob Galland, 59, law firm administrator: I hate to see it, but I can see their point of view. If they're trying to revive some of those old, good movies and show them in today's atmosphere of TV, you just about have to colorize them. Without colorizing them, many people wouldn't watch. TOPIC - BORDER ABUSE: MARIA JIMENEZ, head of U.S.-Mexico border study, was interviewed by USA TODAY'S editorial staff about a new report on U.S. law enforcement abusing immigrants along the U.S.-Mexico border. WHAT KINDS OF ABUSES ARE GOING ON? There were unjustified shootings reported. There were cases of sexual assault, beatings and cases of deaths due to high-speed chases. And violations, such as illegal searches and seizures, destruction of property, violation of due process in failing to advise persons of their legal rights. HOW DOES THIS REPORT COMPARE WITH TWO PAST STUDIES? We developed software to give us more precise information as to who is abusing and with what frequency. It indicates the majority of people who suffered a violation of a right or an abuse were people legally in the country. WILL ATTORNEY GENERAL WILLIAM BARR EXPANDING BORDER PATROL HELP? Treating international migration as a law enforcement problem is really not based on the reality. The Immigration and Naturalization Service and Border Patrol are given a mission impossible. It's a policy designed to fail. As stress levels increase and levels of frustration, that plays a role in abusive practices within the force. WHY IS IT THAT SO MANY U.S. CITIZENS ARE BEING ABUSED? It's for different reasons. The majority are of Mexican descent. In border areas, physical appearance is probably the standard to stop somebody. At times people don't have anything to prove that they are U.S. citizens, so occasionally some may even be deported. Issues & Debate Editor: Michele Coleman. 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