12 — Wednesday. March 25, 1998 - North Shore News Scotland: | the ni jt SO more enlightened. Sateway Store shelves stack “Scotch Buy” products, part or their economy line A local equip ment rental company’s mas cots a kift-cled Scorman toiling vou te reat rather than buy, Anda tew vears back a North Shore mall ria a “Thritty Days” campaign, complete with a penny pinch ing Searsiman, No other racial or cultural soll don’t ger it: Poles ane Newtigs are not vad Nanve Endiins are net hava, the frish are not druk. and Scots are most definitely not cheap. ~~ The Nortiy Shore Nowe reanbarly allocates space tor reader iiput an a wate rande of COMMA TTY asses On fhe forms af atest codinanns, Te yan have a comma plevasy send it sco The Pititur, North Stare News. 1139 Lonsdale cre. North Uaacourer, VOM F ND If adventure isn't part of sour workday routine. Hind tin your spare time EXCITEMENT IN RESERVE For more information, come amd see us or Jorn the Army Reserve. The Army Reserve Recruiting Group at 666-4018 or 666-4381 or your focal Army Reserve unt listed in the White Pages under ‘National Defence’ or 1-800-856-8488 aww dnd ca eM Income, call us at inthe Arms Reserve. Where sou work selected evenings and weekends, challenging Sourse.! tnectiag Interesting people, and caming Pur some excuenient hack in sour lite YOUR PRIDE. YOUR FUTURE. YOUR MOVE. tLe Aaa eccede well mamecnnd: | stereotype is so pervasive our society, In an age of political correctness, the Scotsman seems to have been Julie Crawforc Contributing Columnist 24 or vrs comarl te en shawetdirect.ca. Stelmissions must be ipewriiten wid shasld be “approvimatehs sud CLOSETO wore ||| OE Shannon Humphreys: Page seven every | Friday in your North Shore News AH, Scotland. Land of rolling glens and misty lakes. A nation steeped in romance and history. And populated by hawk-eyed misers wait- ing to pounce on the next bargain. Or so it would seem if advertising in the Lower Miaintand is any indication. The latest ina seemingly endless stream of ads equat- ing people of Scottish descent with frugality comes from a Richmond furniture store, Bagpipes wailing in the background, the Scottish announcer tells us “it's nifty to be thrifty” and advertises “Frugal Fridays” and, worst of all, “Tightwad Tuesdays.” left behind. Consider what would hap pen if Jews, a mach-malgned group also stereotyped throughout history as misers, scill endured the sani treat ment. Why nor “Jew Buy” brand? The Canadian Jewish Congress would have a Human Rights ‘Tribunal set up faster than vou can say “Doug Collins.” But itis precisely the same thing. The offensive expression to “jew somebody down” has thanktully all but disap- peared, vet using Scotch asa synonym tor thritty has some- how become acceptable ver- nacular. Anv nation has its share of miserly types, generous souls, geniuses and misfits. Stereotyping does nothing to educate people about the multi-faceted societies out- wards, _ Since when was calling someone a “tighrwad™ any- thing ether than an insult? The North Shore is no side their own, and it makes for very Uresome adverusing. Se for thase of vou who B.C. still the best Dear Editor: When my wet Sunday North Shore News (March 15) fell Open at the centrefold my visiting neighbor swore that it looked like we were to have another election. He grumbled ac the cost of the magnificent three-colored advertisement. He is a Liberal (provincially). We both mar- veled at the choice phrases which showed the skill of the spin doctor in rounding off the sharp edges of a hard decision and we wondered if the taxpayer would have to foot the bill again! Was Provincial Update Special Edition The State of B.C.’s Economy to be included as an expenditure in the Elections Act? It had all the earmarks of an official document complete With a government crest above the date, March 1998. There had been no announcement except for a delayed opening of the legislature so we concluded that this extrava- gant exercise was to bolster support for the two MLAs in question. We didn’t know if it was an ad from some angel who didn’t care for the present government, or perhaps a gift from the North Shore News? My friend wanted me to ask the editor the source of tund- ing! He then inquired about Ted Nebbeling. | had noticed that he had an advertisement in another paper inviting con- tact by phone or fax with an identical menu. Which method is most effective in proselytizing, the shotgun or the ball has always been a debate between political manipulators ever since the media breathed fite into the neat defunct Liberal Party a decade or so ayo, In this cave Provincial Updare is a bust, with its contrived Statistics and selected comparisons it is deceptive. Austerity has its price, ask Klein or Harris, Cnt the North Shore troi- ka of Liberals puts something tangible on the table that thes are prepared to do, and explain the consequences instead of belly-achin® about the stupidities of government ministers, things will stay the same. People dont hike change, and the MLAS will get re-elected unless they do something foolish, The world is untalding a ficde too rapidly. Governments are compelled to move to serve the people who pat them there. That is true of all parties. fist remember the motte of the New York Lavatory Attendants Unien. “We stand ta serve for those who stand wait” BC. is still the best place to live, so quitehereriping. 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