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BUDDHA: The Wacky General Enrile



>From: C-reuters@clari.net (Reuters)
>Subject: No room for gays in Philippine armed forces-Enrile
>Organization: Copyright 1996 by Reuters
>Date: Mon, 11 Mar 1996 7:50:52 PST

  	  				 
	 MANILA, Philippines (Reuter) - Homosexuals are not welcome  
in the Philippine military and the armed forces chief has a very 
simple reason: he doesn't like them. 
	 ``As far as I'm concerned there is no way we will accept  
gays in the armed forces,'' chief of staff Gen. Arturo Enrile 
told reporters Monday. ``I don't have to explain. I have my own 
way of looking at things.'' 
	 If gays ever get into the service, ``peer pressure'' will  
eventually force them to leave, the burly army general said, 
adding he would ``deal accordingly'' with any member of his 
staff who may have homosexual preferences. 
	 Enrile's tough stance towards gays sharply differs from that  
of national police chief Gen. Recaredo Sarmiento who said this 
weekend they were welcome in the force as long as they did their 
job and did not behave scandalously. 
	 Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim, nicknamed ``Dirty Harry,'' went  
even further, saying homosexual policemen should be allowed to 
put on ``a little blush-on and lipstick'' if they wanted to 
provided they wore the proper uniform. 
	  Lim's tough approach to crime as Manila's police chief  
before turning to politics earned him the tag ``Dirty Harry'' 
after the trigger-happy cop portrayed by actor Clint Eastwood. 
	 ``There's no law barring any cop from looking beautiful when  
conducting an investigation or an operation,'' Lim said last 
week. 
	   	

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