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Dear Editor

1 have just read with in-
terest two letters of the Peace
Activists positions (re Lisa
Ingram and Dennis Davis).
These two ietters highlight
what I believe to be the fun-
damental flaws of the Peace
Activist philosophy. The first
being that our political
leaders do not care, are
unaware or are somehow too
obsessed with war to give us
peace. The second is that the
two super-powers are equally
as guilty and eguailly evil
(although Mr. Davis states
that he is far more frightened
of President Reagan).

Whatever we think of our
elected leaders they and their
cabinets generally have a high
proportion of the ‘‘best of
the brightest’’. They are
often lawyers or some other
professional, often
medallists, valedictorians or
successes in their field. They
come from both lower and
upper ‘‘class’’ backgrounds.
Most worked with various
charity groups long before
they entered politics.

It may be argued that their
personalities are flawed, as
evident by their choosing to
go into politics; however,
what type of people would
you prefer? Every democracy
elects these type of people
from the Socialist Mitterand
and ‘‘hawk’’ governments to
President Reagan. Winston
Churchill remarked that
‘‘Democracy was a terrible
system by which to govern,
and that he would change as
soon as something better
came along.’’

Where in a democracy is
there a better talent pool of
people to govern? What leads
you to believe that our
democratically elected leader-
ship does not care and deeply
desire peace? If it’s not our
democratic system that you
fault, then could it be that the
‘‘other’’ system is the pro-
voker in nuclear escalation?
So if you are angry, frighten -
ed and upset and wish to
speak out for peace, then
please do so with reasoned
direction.

The next phase in the
Peace Activists campaign is
to have vast, well or-
chestrated media coverage
(write letters) of protest
against the cruise, MX, sta-
tioning of missiles in Europe
and, of course, at the visiting
of any high ranking
American official, military or
otherwise) To be strangely
silent when a Soviet sub with
nuclear weapons on board
beaches itself in Sweden, to
remain quiet on the build up

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of SS-20s in West Russia,
East Germany and
Czechoslovakia. To profess
righteous indignation about
American imperialism in
Chile, El Salvador and
Nicaragua, but remain silent
about Sakharov, the vast
gulag, the tortured and op-
pressed in each and every
communist country. It is not
difficult to see why those well
intentioned people, who
enter the peace movement
feeling impotent, find new
vigor and hope and clearly
see the true enemy, U.S.A.!

Only in this light can 1
fathom the workings of the

minds that wrote the letters
placing the blame on both the
Soviet Union and the U.S.A.
(for increasing tensions) in
the KAL 007 incident. Those
that wrote the letters, speak
out on the radio and televi-
sion and march with convic-
tion in their hearts that both
superpowers are equal in
their share of blame for the
state of nuclear affairs.

It is for this reason that |
find the peace movement a
far greater danger to me and
the democratic society that I
value. If their real or perceiv-
ed fear of nuclear annihila-
tion is so strong that they are

willing to perceive the U.S.
and Soviet system as equal
evils, then how can I trust
their other perceptions. They
can give away their freedom
for the safety found in sur-
render but | cannot allow
them to give away mine.

An interesting thing about
the ‘‘better dead than red’’
slogan, is that those that have
been, do not find it a trite,
glib or a hackneyed slogan,
of course; those who have
never been, do.

Ted Shandro
North Vancouver

Can her hairdresser hack it?

Dear Editor:

Love that
Campagnolo!

This recycled B.C. reject
from the old Trudeau bunch
is back for another go.
Suraight off she appears on a
Vancouver call-in show and

Ilona

Music and

Dear Editor:

Re Hunter article on birth
control.
As an

independent can-
didate for North Van-
couver-Burnaby, I think

voters should know where
their federal candidates
stand on various issues. |
agree with Mr. Hunter that
better methods of birth con-
trol should have a high pri-
ority.

I regard the taking of life
through abortion at = any
stage as wrong and it could
be reflected in economic and

physical cataclysm if
tolerated.
It is interesting to note

that Singapore has a policy
that young mothers with lit-
tle or no education will be
paid $10,000 (U.S.$5,000)
for being sterilized after the
first or second abortion.

the very first question was a
peach: ‘‘Are you proud of
your past association with
Pierre Trudeau?’’ (That has
the same class as: ‘‘Have you
stopped beating your wife?)
Anyway, the [ron Lady (MK
Il) simply declined to answer
the question! At = another

sex drive

I think we should also
consider the effect of music
(particularly sensual and
rock) on the sex drive of
individuals.

The ancient Chinese were
certain that all coarse and
sensual music exerted an
immoral effect upon the
listener -- all music was
closely watched so as to
ascertain whether it was
towards spirituality or
degradation, its effect good
or bad.

According to Confucius,
if one should desire to know
whether a kingdom is well

governed, if its morals are
good or bad, the quality of
its music will furnish an
answer.

I hope that | have provid-
ed some food for thought.

Albert A. Ritchie, P.Eng.
North Vancouver

point she referred to Mr.
Trudeau as: ‘‘Mr. Turner’s
predecessor’’. Peter the
Great is sure getting ‘‘the
deep six’’ with dispatch. It’s
time for ‘‘Pierre Who,’’ |
guess.

Don’t worry, Iona, there
are plenty of other Liberal
Judases out there trying to
distance themselves from
Pierre Elliot Trudeau. Mr.
Spock, the Minister of
Finance, has proved again
he’s smarter than the rest and
is simply packing it in.

You’re right to not answer
questions, lona. Stay with
the image gambit. Then your
only real problem is:
Whether your hairdresser can
go the distance.

R.D. Pilommer
West Vancouver

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