Dear editor,
I was amused when I read a March 28-29 article about Andrea Vandom refusing to provide documents showing the results of HIV/AIDS and drug tests.
For some strange reason, Korean officials still went ahead and renewed her E-2 visa. The two main points that she raises are thin, bogus and may be valid only in the Alice in Wonderland world of academia.
The first point is that Vandom whines about the immigration service wanting to search ``her body" and implies government control. I have a newsflash for her: The government already searches and controls ``her body."
The government says that she cannot sell ``her body" (prostitute) nor that she can put certain drugs in ``her body." As an airline pilot, I am subject to an annual physical exam, as well as random alcohol and drug testing.
If I do not like this, I am free to pack my bags and leave the country. I assume that Vandom has the same option.
The second point concerns the illness of political correctness that is infecting American society with restrictions on free speech and lowering standards in all areas.
Part of the concept of political correctness is to invent ``rights" out of thin air by using one's imagination. I am sure that Vandom can dredge up some obscure socialist proclamation that mentions some of these hypothetical ``rights" that were violated.
It substantiates the point about made up ``rights" that the only people who support her position is the Korean Public Interest Lawyers' Group.
Another way to look at this is that the government has a responsibility to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and drugs that trumps your private and personal ``rights." Korean society should be vigilant against political correctness less it get bogged down with the burden of hypothetical ``rights."
Charles P. Lenard, Jr.
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Incheon