Education the only solution Dear Editor: [tis the very deep and distress- ing fecling | have experienced, after reading J.M. White's response to Catherine Atyco's AIDS article, that compels me to respond, , White believes that “the major- ity of people recognize . that homosexuality must be a disorder..." _ For a. statement of such magnitude, | demand statistical dats as: opposed to | White's “belief.” . Return to two parties Desr Editor: Moel Wright's Nov. 7 column is well taken and one can only agree pith his conclusion that something 7 Needs doing in order to restore a ~Sense.of democracy to our elector- -al system, However, Noel has missed. the most obvious solution to the - problem by failing to recognize . that a return to the two-party po- litical system, for which our ‘clec- toral system was designed in the first place, might be the most ele- gant and democratic solution of “all. He. seems “also to have missed the. possibility that, the -Quebecois apart, the Canadian ‘-voters have resoundingly endorsed a return to the two-party system — with only. ‘liberals’? on one ‘side and ‘real. ‘‘conservatives’’ ou the other. | ...Anyone who feels this is not so need only to try to find a ‘PC or _ NDP member of the Commons to 2 Cheer him/her up. + W.A, Burton — - West Vancouver Another look Dear Editor: “In your front page story of Oct. . 31,. “LGH audit urged,”’ David L Schreck, our eminent North . Vancouver MLA, refers to the Lions Gate. Hospital board of directors as ‘‘pigs at.the trough.’” Might. I suggest Schreck look ‘in the mirror, because there are no greater ‘“‘pigs at the trough” than the current “NDP government with their mil- lions of dollars’ of patronage ap- . pointments. “It. is heartening, -. hear him suggest we will have new government after the present term expires. ~: Al Kipnes | North Vancouver Bloc | that Mr... however, to” White states that ‘to be sex. ually attracted to a person of the same sex cannot be normal, since the biological purpose of sexual intercourse cannot be fulfilled.” Is the only purpose of sexual intercourse reproduction? 1 would hope that pleasure, love and passion ‘still do, and always will, maintain a substantial role, Comparing homosexual inter- course. to one satisfying his ap- petite by shoving food through his nostrils is simply incorrect, tt is not- possible to cat through one's nostrils: however, sexual in- tercourse can, and does, occur in numerous and wonderful ways, White. closes his (or her) piece by offering this solution to the spread of AIDS: we must simply “say no fo drugs and sexual im- morality." This is not a viable solution, but the typical response of one who is not able to realize that human beings do not function so ideally, Education is the only solution. To survive We must concentrate on universal education because to live a “harmful lifestyle’ is simply cist. xual intercourse between two people, regardless of their gender, is a risk, stop having sex. ~ So let us have and enjoy sex in whatever form we choose, but let us educate ourselves on how to do it safely, D. Van Dusen New Westminster Allow no sacred cows Dear Editor: 1 believe that the demand by MLA David Schreck for an audit of Lions Gate Hospital should be supported, Although Dr. Lupton tells us that the cost to the taxpayer of his sojourn in Whistler was only $120 or so, one must ask, by what number was this $120 multiplied for the Whistler retreat, and how many times has the cost of the Whistler retreat repeated over the years? Although $120 may be an insignificant sum to a medical doctor, it still means a lot to many young married couples or to seniors on a fixed income. By hurling epithets such as “bigoted” at those with whont he does not agree, Lupton lowers himself to the level of all who tack logie to support their arguments, ft is obvious that Lupton is sd! smarting from the mauting handed to his profession by Ms. Cull, In these days. of huge gov- ernment deficits and excessive taxation, every doHar of public expenditure must be subjected to close scrutiny. There can be no sacred cows, Ernest W. Sarsfield North Vancouver Book Now For The Christmas Season ."Conventions * Banquets * Business Lunches ° Stall Parties in the Dining Room : Sunday Dinner Special Prime Rib / Vorkshire Pudding ... f In Coaches ‘Lounge. Kenn y Kean is back with Karaoke | Every Saturday Night (9:00 - 1:00 } Prizes! Prizes! Prizes! 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