A OPINION Page 4 Wednesday, February 17, 1982- The Michigan Daily 'The Pakistanis are not that The first part of this interview appeared yesterday. Manzer Durrani is an American citizen now because he loves this country and sees in it the power to make the world a better place. "As an American, I can talk to you one on one and you'll understand that I'm not trying to ad- vocate another country," he explains. Howard XXitt, Which is not to say that the 37-year-old University PhD candidate no longer loves his native country of Pakistan. He weeps for it, aqonizes -over it, and earnestly wants Aiericans to see beyond the media images of it Yes, Pakistan's President Zia'is a military dictator. Yes, he may have committed human rights violations. Yes, Pakistan has refused to si tthe Nuclear Non-Proliferation Agreement and yes, it might be developing nuclear weapons. But it's not quite that simple. "WE ARE ABOUT the size of Michigan, Ohio, and Kentucky combined. And we have 80 million people. On top of that we have 2 million Afghan refugees. You got a hundred thousand Cubans and you worry how to make them sur- vive. Imagine us-we have two million in a country whose budget is not equal to that of New York City., "And we have Soviet forces sitting right on our borders. And you don't hear of this, but every day the Soviet helicopters come down and strafe the refugee camps. You want us to be sympathetic about Poland. Look at our predicament. Poland is ,still surviving as a nation; we have human beings living in tents, in subzero weather in the mountains. And on top of that armed helicopters come and strafe them. "It is very easy to log someone else's human rights violations. Those people living in the South Bronx, do you think they have all their human rights? "IF HUMAN rights are too much suppressed in our countries, too, our people come out in the streets. (Former President) Bhutto was over- thrown not by the military but by the people. The military had to step in to save the country. The unfortunate thing is, whoever we get as a leader turns around and starts thinking of him- self as the overall and the all-in-all, instead of being a man of the people. We know how to take care of human rights-our people are not that dumb. "The important thing we are forgetting is food, housing, clothing, education. First let's get that, and with that will come the respect for every right. Now we are too poor really to think about any kind of right. - "You ask about whether Pakistan has nuclear bombs. I don't know, nobody knows. And that's exactly the way we want it. We have fought three wars with India-India has the bomb. We would rather that they keep on guessing whether we have it too. That's why we won't sign any non-proliferation agreements. When our enemies open up their nuclear programs to inspection, when the U.S. and the Soviet Union do, then we will. Right now, we can't. "... YOU KNOW why people get mad at America more than at the Soviet Union? Have you ever wondered why? Because America is the ideal every nation hoped to become. And when they see that sometimes America misun- derstands them, they get upset. "Somehow America gets identified with the rich of the countries. Don't be of the right or the left, forget this distinction. Use your pragmatism-the biggest strength man has-pragmatism. Use the power of your in- telligence to identify the leaders of any mass movement. Support them fully, even if it comes to giving them arms. Then, when they become a power, they won't turn to the Soviet Union. "The Shah-of all people, you supported the Shah in Iran. So what happened? Khomeini comes in, another dictator as bad as the Shah. But there were people there-and don't think there weren't people there-who could have been supported, even at the time of the Shah. Bazargan, Bani-Sadr-they were intellectuals, they were not right or left. But when they got to power, they had nobody's support. "AMERICA SHOULD take up as human rights food, clothing, hygiene. America has stood for this. You are being misunderstood, and if this misunderstanding continues, I don't know what terrible things will happen. ". ..We've got to forget about political dif- ferences. Things have gone way past politics in the world. Now we've got to worry about human beings. "... Jewish people and Islamic people and Christian people have something they share in common. To me it breaks my heart to see them kill each other. Look at the unfortunate thing-people who have suffered through concen- tration camps and the most inhuman suffering in .umb' the history of mankind, their airplanes can bomb hundreds of innocent people. "We have to stop saying 'this is our friend' and 'this is our foe' and never talk with the damn foe and never try to understand whether he is a human being, whether he lives like us, whether he cries like us, whether he bleeds when he gets hurt. "My country has fought three .wars with In- dia. I don't hate the Indians. Why should I? Because political circumstances created a situation in which we fought? Shall I then leave a heritage to my children, to my nation to hate the Indians? I can't do that. The next hatred situation is developing in the Mideast. Let's not create a hatred that will last for centuries bet- ween Jews and Muslims. "I think the younger generation here should understand that there is more than beer and parties in life. We come inito this world not to get married and get a job and live happily ever after. We are our brothers' keepers. We have to be concerned with what our fellow human beings are. Because we are the only nation in the world which has the power to change the destinies of mankind for the better. Otherwise the Soviets will, and when that-happens, forget it." Witt's column normally appears every Tuesday. k6 a -- *- 4. 4 '. Edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan Wasserman Vol. XCII, No. 114 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 Editorials represent a majority opinion of the Daily's Editorial Board t f0 -o I N1E ADt41W STAIO Wi A~oR 1rn4 TTmy '' AM I Toward a b L AST WEEK state Sen. Jack Welborn (R-Kalamazoo) introduced a bill to Congress asking for tis withdrawal of Gov. Milliken's 1982- 83,budget and the removal of Gerald Aller from his position as director of management and the budget. elborn's suggestiohs may be a' touch too extreme to actually be enac- ted, but his reasons for presenting the bill deserve some attention. Welborn claims that Milliken's new buiget proposal for the 1982-83 fiscal yetr will send the state into bankrup- tc'. Welborn says that paying for the state's budget deficit by deferring payments and borrowing funds-which is what Milliken's plan calls for-will eventually leave Michigan without any money. Welborn also claims, that the governor's revenue intake projections for the end of this year are wildly op- tiinistic, and will never come to pass. The senator may have a point. Because it is unconstitutional for Michigan to run a fiscal deficit, the yearly budget must always balance. In light of this law, Milliken.has come up with a budgetary loophole that allows a short-term deficit. Milliken's budget proposal calls for the state to hold off on its summer payments to various state services-including higher education-until the winter, when the economy will supposedly take an up- ward turn. There is a tremendous risk involved with this proposal. If the economy does not improve, then Michigan runs the etter budget risk of going bankrupt-a situation which carries disastrous consequen- ces. Welborn's claim that Milliken's revenue estimates are overly. op- timistic may be on the mark. Milliken predicts that the state will receive' higher revenues than it has for the past few years. Chances are he has overestimated once again. Some ac- counting firms have already said revenue levels will be way below those Milliken suggested. If Milliken is wrong, Michigan will end this year, as Welborn has predicted, with a $600 million cash deficit. That number is staggering. It makes Vice President for Academic Affairs Billy Frye's $20 million cuts over five years seem miniscule in comparison. Losing $600 million in one year would be a prelude to devastating cutbacks in the state's social services-cutbacks to the point of governmental negligence. So what should be done? Gerald Miller has done nothing improper, and obviously should not be removed from office. The state would be hard-pressed to come up with an alternative budget proposal given the current legal and financial restraints. Maybe what is needed most is a set of sound and responsible financial predictions from the governor's office, as well as a true commitment to keeping Michigan afloat beyond Milliken's term of office. Intelligent budget planning, along with realistic financial austerity, is the only, way to keep this sagging state on its feet. A - -~ WA v3O1 'R T Al,~r~W R LEFT 10 lAN4 AND ~HER .,.. (0 ll TF p A SP'OESN S AID TkIAT 'THE ISSUE INVOLVED A HIG&HLY/ PEKSOWAL PECA;ION.". I UIij -6 % 0 .o 'N &~E~W4 6 '6 LETTERS TO THE DAILY: Ushers work with concerted To the Daily: In response to comments regarding "obnoxious ushers" (Daily, Feb. 10) =who harass paying customers, ticket holders should understand that the ushers are acting on behalf of the paying customers. Their duties are not only to seat patrons, but also to maintain a safe and con- trolled atmosphere so that everybody may enjoy the con- cert. Too many concertgoers hold the unrealistic notion that their tickets allow them unrestrained movement. A ticket entitles an individual to a seat from which to enjoy the concert; it does not allow patrons to dance in the aisles (which violates state fire codes), or to run up to the front of the stage, or to have access to all areas within an auditorium. Moreover, most problems are caused by a minority of concer- tgoers who endanger or annoy the majority of paying customers. The interior of Hill Auditorium, like the old Economics Building, is constructed of wood. In order to hold events in one of the world's finest concert halls, strict policies prohibiting smoking, drinking, and vandalism must be enforced. Fire marshals make unannounced inspections during concerts to check for violatons. If effort paying customers be incon- venienced 6r annoyed. Major Event ushers are volun- teers. who help maintain a safe and comfortable atmosphere at concerts. Until all concertgoers abide by a few simple rules, ushers will continue to act on. behalf of the audience in general and deal with those who distract. and threaten the safety of everyone. / .,... ,y ., a ,., .. a , , e l ,. , F .M, Looking for utopia individuals who wish would simply excuse to the lobby, they w "harassed," nor we To the Daily: In response to Mark Gindin's article (Daily, Feb. 5); I suggest that he, along with former movie star Ronald Reagan, accept their responsibilities as human beings; When Gindin suggests that America is the land of oppor- tunity because one black from the ghetto can make a million dollars as a basketball player, I feel like throwing up. The liberals you mention don't try to run other, people's lives, they try to help people who are suffering. Unlike Gindin, I don't pity the people who search for'utopia. I admire their spirit and know that they providehope for humanity. -Stephen Sorscher February 9 Letters typed, tri margins.1 "igned by to smoke -David Stone themselves Bruce Moyer ould not be Gayle Shore uld other Major Events Ushers February 15 b to the Daily should beA gle-spaced, with inch 411 submissions must be the individual author(s).: p Weasel' z 1*2 SHOULD pBE f Z ANY Mt4uTE.wrpt+ 746 RENT-A- CAR.. WELL, F4cW L You -Kg II. ISNf SME A Thp SATS AR ONI.Z( SE/ 2 IA Tv FREPt WE R4AVE PtEE mL~E ON No! FL-OR IPA! M t o By Robert Lencer:T ; '.4VI I ru ;vvr.. crtyr. NoW Your SURE Yrit3 y0N't' MIt+tD R IbtP!! I; i I II I I ! i l