Ao - Wednesday, October 17, 1984 - North Shore News GE editorial page NEWS VIEWPOINT The MLA's job remier Bennett’s announcement that the legislature will not sit again until 1985 does an injustice to MLAs as well as to their constituents. During 1984 the House will have been in session for only 57 days. Meanwhile, the public may wonder how an MLA’s $40,600 salary (including the tax-free allowance) can be justified for ‘‘working’’ less than 16% of the year. The short answer, of course, in the case of conscientious MLAS---among whom we count all three North Shore incumbents---is that they work hard year-round OUTSIDE the Legislature as well as inside it. They maintain constituency offices through which they handle citizens’ problems with gav- ernment. They keep in close teucn with councils, school boards. and other communi- ty groups, and take the initiative with Vic- toria on all matters of broad local concern. They are constantly accessible to those who elect them. All this adds up to a full-time job for which the pay is hardly excessive by pres- ent-day standards. Nevertheless, greater opportunity for open debate in the Legislature could make much of their work even more effective---especially in light of today’s urgent overall problems like the economy and unemployment. Parliamentary democracy calls for matters affecting the rights and wallets of citizens to be the business, as far as practicable, of the legislative body as a whole, not merely of ministers issuing orders-in-council with minimal public scrutiny. In order to do their job properly, MLAs need to spend a good deal longer than eight weeks out of 52 in the House itself. Taxing question t's no surprise that only 371 out of 5,446 drugstores are complying with the Phar- maceutical Association's request to stop selling tobacco. After all, too much candy is also bad for health (and kids’ teeth). So is unregulated use of many non-prescription drugs. If tobacco is that big a menace, with 70 per cent of Canadians already non-smokers, it would make more sense to ban sales of the weed in druystores allogether and) confine them by LAW Co specially smokeshops. More sense, thalis, except to the tay collector! Fem Vente UF UNE are WE OT va eee Display Advertising 960 0511 north shore : Classified Advertising 986 6222 news Newsroom 985 2131 PERO RERENT RTE TREE Circulation 986 1337 Subscriptions 986 2131 1139 Lonsdale Ave North Vancouver BC V/M 2H4 Publisher ete ye + Editor in Chet Moe Wo Gt Associate Publisher Veta yong Personnel Director Classified Manage: bse "4 1 ’ Tepe my tA Produc thon Otro lor Photography Manager ' . ' ‘ ‘ North Shere Nowa 6 ” . Vee te bookyoe ‘ , . h 1 Berttre contain 'OBA Noth Store brooe Prone Cd All sights -oserved ' Member of the BC Press Counc tl ! > gf wc sm THIS PAPER IS RECYCLABLE Advorlising Otroc tor Cleculation Otrectur COQUIHALLA SC table? Rape is definitely not a laughing matter Never- theless, it’s hard to treat a claim made by Mrs F Ross ot North Vancouver ina let- ter to the editor last Friday with the solemnity she ob viously expects To quote Mrs human male violent Nature and Pape ots ah oun tegral part of a dn order to Stamp at out completely we tind Ross has a “The navy have to a Way to cradieate or at least neutral ve the Y chromosome She also repeated as ‘it tefutable fact the Statistic about one rape taking place nC anada cveny Po ominutes Peaping to the detence of his tellow miales on Monday mormimnpg came PF KRoldionp oof Noelsen Vancouves who $OCUN as plad ote wedoome as rts gest thas weck N oteprslar Matters contributor Mr Niclsen Kolding rs spokesman for an outfit cabled Mens Notion Coommenittec what tegcbarty sans the baer ades ap annist vanipere veoh ed sears a eR bey sy Sy asd Kody sd » ots ot WBorcile ¢ 14 militant feminists He's also a whiz with a pocket calculator, which he used to get to work on Mrs Ross right away NOW started with the §28 600 minutes that tick away every F2. months, divided therm by the alleged 17 minutes between rapes came up with a grand 30,917 6 and total of tapes per Vedl book approximately 24 C athada’s million Phen he population, of which Sb OD Say 12> SO OOO) are fe Miale Orveedmp the J Ub? 6 rapes by E2780 000. he Con cluded that less than one quarter ut (OO 24% ber bre nadian Oonne pero cert Preetise) of Coa MOTE DEC OTe Tatty Victims cach vecaae thats scull ch 24% But feoor a thhonmietyl Apeecd (oreo TThaadhy Stay wath oes There are bet Cer Crips foro conve Just for the sake oot arya mien N Kore xt asserted thre Average Fapast sStOER OS atl beast twree & Vea Chhough oon fact oftener ea nay eaASES) LETTER OF THE DAY Thanks for saving the park! thie tae bee 1 ‘ bts | cea i. a Nye Coat cet Meer th Nya rv ot three ts r, (op yee Poysedabe Ob ast bea wae tne Poy tte preocated Pte pre. ecbe ret co Load mreaperiadds a avi ‘ Wye erectus ut dba cot re ee cn 1 ' ' 1 peer ot 4 ‘ toh lad focus Noel Wright See Divide VOL9Y1T7 6 rapes by two [IS 45K 8 ae Cally al and vou pel tight vtcbtsal rapists work Phe 498 u oft millions popribation wore Pl oSSNC OOO Sea thigh oot thie thrat thre IS 45K 8 fess Wyiabes cre veut va rhb beet fiival Calo ubatert Straws HVedQUTEaaeee el AEEVOURIES Cao tfhany OOF To aot Nadiad male species batpousts the Ca I Node Poe as ‘ ak Pavhe \ ba , , ’ 1 ‘ ry y4 { ‘ i to ' ' re ae ee fresno 1 ‘ Hiall \ Nea eaered Vervbhove ‘ A ee cals ! hada a | whi my th oad bie ose sey dot vowed hh toatyate t hepa 1 ' 1! peach Iu N44 | ‘ Nt de in Iho 4 1 U SSSA Z g Z Z Z z 4 g Z 5 Zz, Z Z g ha py Ge 2 Gp. Mathematics of rape RE ALL MALLS rapists by nature---the only hope of curing their inborn bestiality being the doctor's office or the operating Admittedly, there are one or two if’s and but’s about N-K.’s) calculations which the ladies will be quick to spot. In particular, his popu- lation figures, which include everyone from day-old babies to centenarians are obviously too high for rape measurement purposes They artificially reduce the per centage of women victims, which may be nearer to 0 4% On the other hand, the ex aggerated male count ts almost certainly offset by the probability that the annual W917 6 rapes are actually the work of an appreciably smaller number of rapists averaging more than two CELEICS a VCal And that, of course, is the nub oof NKR Us argument Since thathematies obearly prove that some pecrrenlage closely approaching 9 X70 of the male population 1s nom fapist, tas unavotdable coms dustonm us that cape dem onsfiatles aberrant behave, not natural betas rot Your uta ondatyle Come La SiOn Thiatik Mi Nochsen KRoldiiap hionadly CDrOMOSOMES Ross! agent s Cara youl arial ous Y Nairs leave alone, No pias Me ali NOTEEY Neus trachls foam sare ane Prong Rise aA hy rev Ved pear h aed verecrtittid yc Chap be Ss a oe res Mrvcetaet yy pelaner wars for ttradated Pero serve the crlavens best oy Cre NES ptaed ts tree aaat toy bye cas Cre ed re CU vow When Voor qebavrers other starches sty a Fo aT Cs SY NV Dantets Noth Viancousvce