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Doug still writing |

Dear Editors,
This Is. only the second letter P have ever
written to yott 3, :
The first one must have been back in-1984,
“and tt was in response to Doug's first cola
“ever printed | In the North Shore News, and I
condemned “every word hee had written,

"Thirteen years later 1 still don’t like what’ he ;’

writes nor the way-he writes it and there isn’
mucl ofa chance that 1 ever will, ‘unless: he
comes out of the closet, trades ol" grey eyes for’:
“a male lover, joins Greenpeace to stop the log.
.. ging niadness and gets ¢ ‘lected to President of
“y the North Shore ulticultural Soci ety, 77:
= T guess note. oi
Back in: 1984: m friend ‘Trevor :Livelton
fromthe B.C. Civil Liberties Assuciation sald
jokingly’ that one’ day we’may have'to defend —
~’ Doiig’s right to express his out- -toslunch opin
“dons,'and "Tan totally astounded by the fact
* that Indeed this day has come in i is country of
the strong and free," ;
The elementary school that. attended in
Berlin; Germany, : was named’ after: Dietrich
onhoeffer, 4 protestant clergyman, At the ag
of 39, he was: hanged b ithe, Nazls with some..,
f his family:members,: 4
"THis. crime: he didn’t like the german gov
‘ernment of the time and he defended the civil
hts! of Germati: Jews amongst other. things
deemed dangerous to the state,’
In one o this latters from the prison he sald.

ward ‘bythe council: of. the:
lécal Indian band I-believe, Ht

ould be nd suspen to support
two bridge decks. : wo
rthersiore,. ;
auseway:

lip with a'proposal'to improv

something lke? “When they came for the coms
nnunists Pdldin't say anything, because Lwasn't;
a communist,
“When they. cane for the Jews | dnt say
anything, because | wasn't a Jew,
f “When they came for the homosexuals 1
adidn't say. anythl
sexual,
“Wheir they came for the Gypsies and all
ithe other unc esirables 1 didn’t say anything *
because 1 wasn't one of then either,
“And when they finally came for ine, there
was nobody telt to say anything,”

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Will Doug be the first? Who and what op ,

_ fon will be next?

Rosa Lixemburg, an active communist and:
‘feminist in Poland and Germany (killed 1919 ;
‘In Berlin), sald the right to a deviating opinion.
is always the right of your opponent. . -..

What else needs to be said? Free speech is:

unconditional. or ips not free at all, Dissolve
that embarrassing Human Rights Commission
T to, their: :

ribunal and: send its members back :
day jobs.

"ss for Doug? Keep him on, I may not read.

i, his column, but as long as [ can see'his ae

?éface in your paper, | rest assured that democra-

ah and the right to deviating opinions is still :
ive in this‘country,..
Berndt Luchterhand ©
‘North Vancouver,
-Rtchentenctcom ;

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I would think’ that it would

al was. put for:" “be: possible ® to construct one”

“feast most of: the dime. In
‘addition; there could be one

- lane, in’cach direction dedicat. *

Sed" to, rapid > transit, an
inevitable..necessity,, “Also, ‘it
“would: ‘not _ destroy the
famously. beautiful’ ‘landmark’:
that is the current Lions Gate *

through
ridge. Furthermore, it

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a i f a
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level at a timeyallowing us to “fe
drive’ onthe other level, at:

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“or add extra’ apacity to" the » Stanley Park (underground in

crassirig’s i - one’ ‘direction, on the! sur
I.would lik
have“no' more impact onthe

park han the pre nt cause-"

‘smoking come more from
the’ ex-smokers ‘than they: |
from’ the: people’ who |

st smell it on our clothes
i of ‘the.|:-- Holocaust Movies. |

If Gur government did.
“Mt make money off it; the
“An nericans would be, com:
the West Coast.” ©

in the“other direction) would

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Wedrnsday, Juno 11, 1997 » North shore Nows'=,0 “hae

Des sens v Te Mut cow lation yf Fue iN,

wo ee ony

June 19 & 20th

Loe. 7 ‘ ;
Preview Jiro T&S

. Guildford Town Centre t

_ Surrey, B.C..
» 581-7213

Thirty. -
“campaigning are ‘over, the vot
counted, and my staff a

tor the ‘swearing in of MPs, negotiating the ©

allocation - of, parilamentary ‘timo, “and 4

dealing with the myriad of other cetalls'to
‘be worked out before.the 36th Parliament
convenes, . Probably: somotime
September. ©: Fi

,Most’ voters do. hot | beo me directly

‘Involved ‘In. the, day to day running of ani”

election campaign, but the hard work of mary
_Gedicated volunteers ‘ig needed In order tof

vould allow us to continie 10" ip

énjoy.the view while crossit
which a tunnel would not,
Margot Leslie ¥:.:'

West Vancouver.

er.meets

| der spinmeisters .

& cag Collins so wid have realized there’s another’ com:
» amandment’ floating around out there: Thou Shalt Not Criticize

“@ Here, are some. descriptions: ‘of him from. the Sun and -
Province. “Cantankerous 76-year-old”, “silly ald coot”, “con-
temptible columnist”, “old-fashioned idiot”, “oafand-an igno-
“ramus”? — wait, it. gets better — “one of the biggest dorks on,

‘Hey? this has to. ‘be about a guy who: secretly rooted for the

Roman during the Ben Hur chariot race. <.-. ‘
x. Imagine. someone! having. the! ‘audacity to: imply” “thats;
" Hollywood's Jewish establishment might be inclined to puta
little “spin” on .ceftain -storics. 1 would hope Collins wasn’t
referring to those’ produicers arid directors who have given: us
prec and urvarnished truth over the years. «
Not those ardent and tireless practitioners of cinema verité.
__Maybe.a good sequel to Schindler's List would be — “Local
“Duminkopfs Meet Der et Hollywood Spinmesters.”

vernment .

“enough

“ads ¢ on. our, packages con-

‘demning our health if we

“smoke. ‘They: want us’ to
“smoke to. make money off] ’

Ss, yet» they sare. kind

nough to let. us’ know,

Smokirig can kill you.”
rhea :

_. Nothing but the uw

“-B. Moore:
. Bowen Island

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veigns to office supplies. In this week's report,
| would like to pay tribute to the hundreds ‘of.
people who contributed thelr ‘time, and’:

to ensure that my . re-election .
campaign was a resounding success, *

_ LOTS.OF DETAILS.
When the election was ‘allied on April 26th, .
we had just a few days\to tum an empty”
building on Mountain Highway into a fully ..,

functional campaign’ headquarters, with all of

‘the systems in place to handle a staff of more:
than 200 volunteers. Just like starting a large °
sized, company. from, scratch, we neaded to ©
install phone, fax’and computer lines, as well”
as. obtain | furniture, ‘office: supplles, ‘and °
prepare brochures for printing. Managers had

video deliveries, volunteer coordination, sign”
erection and repair, and office administration.

On the sign team alone, we had 27 volunteers.

- who provided a variety. of vehicles, tools and:

billboards and several: thousand fawn ‘signs

were quickly placed. and kept in good. repair. ;

In terms of funding the, ).campaign, more than.
“400 donation receipts ¥ Were issued over thie KYA
day’ period, and we raised enough money’ to
cover r all of our expenses. .

“DAILY ROUTINES |
The ‘single biggest “depariment” in. our

election “company’: was the. brochure ‘and |

video delivery group, It consisted of scores of
volunteers ‘who went door to ‘door -in ‘the:
Riding, dropping off: and- recycling’ 5,000
videotapes, as well as working on the delivery .

rarely," “signed, off bebe 10p

: will;
of a range of | brochures to the homes of North.:!

fay

ancouver. “voters, " ‘An “energetic . group: of
about 60 secondary, ‘school students played.
ey role in the dally routine of this departmen
rriving at the office each day around 3: 30pm,
“to 0 woluniéat their time,

‘seven days a
voek K during the 37° vy campaign pariod,:

no’ doubt that pri sie are: very’
hard work, but they | are also very chaltenging:
“and oxelting: you fave an, interest in politics:
you Si natu not miss the experien

‘equipment

“thenks; ‘ae well as those of tho more. than
26,000 people who voted. Reform In North:
“Vancouver. ¥ heiped to almost DOUBLE.

1993, placing us ‘more tha
“ahead of the Liberal challenger.

“electoral system gave Reform 60 seats In
“the West, proporti

would hav given
and.1 ‘In N

"of ‘a. one. term “protest vote”:

Refarm : volunteers across
cane en th Ottawa will neve

. be. “my: “last.