: pou COLLINS

Reader doesn’ t ne eed ‘ugly words’

Dear Editor:

I don't know: why , Al bother’ to
read Doug’ Collins’: column at all
“ because I'm always/upset and of-

fended by it. 1 suspect Mr, Collins
enjoys controversy and criticism
-but if he thinks it is the result of
his — being enlightening, he has
another, think. coming as far as this
reader i is concerned.
of] amnot enlightened by vicious
and shallow opinions, derogatory
terms. ‘and phrases, and insinua-
~ tions: that come close to crossing ;
the / ‘fine, line to slander. 1 don’t
“want my, community newspaper to
“reinforce the childish behavior of
name-calling ’\nor to condone the
_. degradation of my fellow human,
-/ beings by allowing: them to be
{ ¢lustered into narrow, stereotyped
*. groups, There is already too much
of man’s’ inhumanity to ‘man, in
Jlifée:None of: us need another.
hatred and prejudice. .
: . securred to me‘that if 1
i nad shared’ Mr. Collins’, article of
: March 4 with my children, 1 would

“| haves offered cthem just’ such’ a

“lesson: | could have’ taught them
that some of their arents’ Sriends,

who happen to be. omosexual, can

cr, dehumanizing’
have taught them that;

Mie the’same ‘human fights.

and. dignity . afforded heterosex- .
val: fa 7 kes

attitudes to

compassion and understinding. to
the wind or at least to be very
selective of who they: give it to.
Why not? Those are such difficult
teach anyway,
especially if families can *t count on/-
the support of their community to,
help reinforce them.

I strongly urge the North Shore

Collins’ particular version of
freedom of specch. Personally, I
don’t need the ugly words he adds
to my vocabulary. don't need. his
narrow, paranoid ideas nor his in-
sensitive judgments of «my. fellow
man, and woman, What's, more,

bre 4
vayclicn If

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“As: for the people of Burnaby, J
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‘was to. elect Svend Robinson MP

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