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Mo’ Misha is not, They, for. whatever reason, have right: it should not be happens chosen to purguea criminal path, And Ing, they need ‘to be driven from that path “Jahangir Mirhadi was 5 reaking ata with all the resources availatle to our “ forum-on youth violence held recent: just society, - oy onthe North Shore, 5 0 ‘Unfortunately, those resources: are , -He was talking about the murder,:. too often welghted heavily in favor, of” of his son in a North Vancouver. criminals ‘in training, _ movie theatre, He told the panel dis- ‘Ihe Young « Offenders Act, for ~ cussion’ ‘that the murder was a.wacn- exainple, needs more. teeth, Simple ing to all families and that “our socl- - consequences such -as mandatory ety should be safe.to po anywhere, restitution to. victins . and. publicly Should but is nots: ~ naming young thugs after, their third « “Not even'on the North Shore! -. 4 | offence are needed, * Crime is a growth industry all over. Fear of punishment and feat of “hie Lower “Mainland, But criminals. ‘publicity are two. major weapons ‘in — are made not born, .. “ot goclety’s arsenal that areinot being” Atid' before we go any farther, let’s properly, deployed when’ it comes to ‘make it clear. that today’s youth, by . youth crime. a cand, large, ‘are. something every com: > They need to be if we are to avold ° inity should be'proud of," | more: tragedies | like the one’ that has 7 Bue ‘some ¢ ‘elements of, ‘youth are: _ befallen Mr Mithadi., wo é RIS a 2s: Hey Mt a its “columnist., veh Calis by! thi ‘Canad an! Jewish Congress, "5," : ates are spied bya he hearing into. the: matter, which began on May y, hidden death wish? 12 at the Century Plaza Hotel, 1015 Burrard St, is." Whatever their reason, scheduled. to; resume “at ‘the Police: Coramission “they incidentally under- boardroom; Room: 407, 815 Hornby | St, ‘line what a judicial farce Vancouver, on Monday, June 9. : the Whole comically’ 7 More excerpts from the hundreds of respondants 10" named Human Rights: Tribunal i whe yy the Cause: =. If proceedings were in a properly con- ‘reedom of ince i is “the difference between byranny uted court of law, the judge would. nd femeernt have Suncolumnist Paula Brook and her: a yest ~ Mike Polakis of North Vancouver publisher (to take just one example last * eet hauled betere him for con- tempt the next day,” ith a regular court trial, ifyou ublish . partisan comment on the merits or demerits - the mobi douse remains fc te to roar its a For Paula and contemporaries, howe “advice dally in, the media on what It wants”) "try the trouble may: really be this Jai deelsion to be Ma Oe thin = Doug being ‘regularly des Some time ago an immortal quote by an” by the more polite of them as a 76-yea _NbP cabinet ininister er (Gotky Evans, hy curmudgeon, Those of us old and ; ~~. think) revealed with stupid enough to have been around for'a wsoondg , Stunning frankness his close-up look at the Hider. terrdr; which ™ No ai. * government's reason for we later fuught:for five long years, still *Cereating this star cham. remember Ww idly how it started in th i ber monstrosity run by" “varly 1930s — very Pranan little iby | = its own politically > itle, ‘vith’ things like Human: Rights” “hy appolated haeks,.“The,,. ‘Tribunals that promised to make Nazi” “courts don't always Germany a Kuropean paradise, ¢ what we want,” he 4 Soon the German'media were run “explained. solely by Dr, Goebbels, Jews had to’w ms Rut back to Ms ‘Brook yellow stars on their sl * “whose Wednesday cole.” dared'ask what had be timn was her fist ever to | bér in the nights fee ‘ -oedisappoint me, E guess - With unfettered freedom of spee limbing t too vigorously on to bandwagons—. warts and all — the Hitler terror‘and its “can sametimes damage the thought culmination in the Holocaust could nev rocesses, Her argument boils down to the have happened: For Jews es specially, N hackneyed oid theme that stifling free kangaroo courts were definitely not’ speech because j it may hurt someone's, or“ kosher, So shed no tears, Paula, for the Q “some group’s, feelings is not censorship at... hundreds of intelligent North Shore + ad | ‘always r ind Mr Collins interesting, ‘eden when I all, so we really have nothing to fear, “News readers eagerly donatitig to the ;, She also claims individuals can sue’in paper's free speech defence fund because the courts for defamation, but groups they're smart enough —.more than a few disagree with him, But it is my right to read him, ‘and to disagree with him And it ss his right to write what: Bee gs oor Tagree. with and to write what ' disagree ‘with? > P.M. 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If hordes of ruined Bre- °X shareholders mount class actions for” redress of losses, so can Jewish people, fem: . “inists, visible‘ minorities or. whatever, whose. feelings have been bruised in public. -: =~ being that it may be a whole lot hard- erto convince the B.C, Supreme Court * than to persuade the politically correet ruined your life and you need a hundred - thousand bucks" to fix ites oo ‘The only problem — as noted above 7 you're.in mental agony because someone 1 criticized Schindler's List as Propaganda” : Human Rights commissars that this has! of them from personal experience’ to" recognize what is ultimately at stake, Save your pity for ourself, Paula, and “ bright kids like you ‘who aren’ yet quite’ bright enough! “OO - WRIGHT OR WRON : Even ifyou _ can’t be a star, you needn’t be a cloud; om The North Shore News,believes 22 stronaly i in freedom of. speech « and the right of all sides in a: debate to be heard, The * columnists published in the News present ' differing points of view, but those views are “not necessary th those of the newspaper ibelf LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Letters must include your name, « full address & telephone number, : VAA Internet: trenshaw @ directca ”” Mariaging Editor 985-2131 (118) Comprols * 9O5-2131 (133) « y. , Classified Manager > Promotions Manager (202) Entire contents © 1997 North Shore Free Press Ltd, All rights resenved., “ COMPUTER BBS - 980-8027, User iD:mailbox Passwordietters pa & Real Estate Fax 905-1435 ~ Distribetion SOE13I7 6-281 (14 - sei (8 _ alee Mero - Sports Commenity Ear