Collins’ critics creeping MULNGASA GON ORGd Na eecbon ee ness oarenenesoecunnes for us and against them, It was mitch the same on the women’s network (WIN) where Littman said { had written that “all hamigrants are bone: “liethe-nose save ages.” Contronted with the proof that T hadn't, he refused to apologize, He g gave volce to other libels tou, It’s easier for the enemy when the victin is nor allowed to appear, whieh was the case on the CBC's inis- named Face te Face program, Claire Hoy and three Jews took off against me. They were Michae Elterman, who laid the “human rights” complaint on behalf of the Canadian Jewish Congress; Judy Rebick, mili- tant feminist, former New > York commie and sometime head of the National Action Committee of the Status of Women; plus Alan Borovoy, counsel ‘for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. Borovoy was the least poi- sonous, And bic did have a couple of good points to make. Elterman whined and whined about all the “harm” T had done to Jews, but pro- duced no facts. Hoy get the tone by say: ing I was a creep, His buddy, Judy Rebick, kept spitting WHERE are you, A.J, Liebling, now that we need you? Liebling used to have a column in The New Yorker called The Wayward Press, Pity he wasn’t around for my Great Heresy Trial, during, ‘which much fietion was ped- dled, The guts of the fuss, of course, Was that I had broken the hounds of conventional journalism, Had been doing «80 for years, Such men are “dangerous. Other scribblers were jealous. Hence their “rage. For the most part they ” were shooting from behind cover, just like the Canachan «Jewish Congress, whose poli- "cy it is not to mect chal- lengers in the open. But whenever such critics dared to emerge they were defeated, The CBC Newsworld pro- gram was an example.’ B.C, Press council lawyer Roger McConchie and I faced Sol - Littman of the Simon Wiesenthal Institute, plus the : host of the program "who _ claimed to be neutral but wasn't, They, were routed, And - not only in the debate. ra * Seventy-three per cenc of callers coast to coast voted I ibe Payment Plan ion val Defieux-Saxelby Insurance Services Inc. “Ante . [4 * Homcowaerd ; \,. Lfavel , ": I 7 ma w Barve | Day Sen the shay’ ¥ 1s. 200° West Esplanade: ” North Vancouver . ‘The Report on: FREE INFORMATION KIT . Ideal for conservative income investors ° > Today's top income opportunities * Premium guaranteed rates © Safety‘of principal , ¢ Tax-saving ideas _ © RRSP eligible MIDLAND WALWYN Caii‘Chris Carter 925-5565 | ™ BLUE CHIP THINKING is a trademark of Midland Walwyn Capital Inc. ’ Mermber-Canadian Investor Protection Fund. Chris Carter Financial Advisor “It’s easier for the enemy when the victim is not allowed to . appear, which was the case on CBC’s misnamed Face to Face.” i 3 TOP GIC ALTERNATIVES | that [had sald that “feminists should be raped.” Another lie, When Ottawa was proposing that women should be in the fafantey | sald that if that happened and there was a war with the Russians, any women eap- tured would surely be raped. During the Gulf War, American women caught by the Traqis were indeed raped, And a considerable number went home pregnant after cavorting with their own side, Women have no place in combat nits, Rebick's unlovely mug was consumed with hatred, My sympathy. would go to any Russian unfortunate enough to cap- ture her Then there's - David Radler, CEO of Hollinger, Inc. The Georgia Straight asked him how he, as a Jew, could allow me to write controver- sial columns about the holo- caust in the North Shore News with Hollinger having a stake j in the paper. He said | was meaningless and a zero, and that he would have to see about that. He had already tired me once, He dropped my syndi- cated column rom Sterling Press, leading to News’ cdi tor "Timothy Renshiaw's great headline: “Doug no longer a AV ING \ MOREY C I 1969 YOu BEDDING f AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR L sel SIMMONS © Mattresses, Box Springs & Bed Frames © Sofa Beds & Roll Away’ Cots ' "© Quilts, Pillows & Pads | ® Most sizes in stock for ~ immediate delivery . © Ask about our FREE delivery, setup and oldbed =< removal service 4 WE REY ALI COMET LE LORS r RAC rs, CHECK US OUT "HUGE SELECTION v LOW WAREHOUSE PRICES COLONY HOME FURNISHINGS 1075 Rooseveit Crescent North Vancouver. — (2 blocks behind Avalon Hotel) @ Open Daily Fri. 9-9; Sun 12-4 sterling fellow,"} He also sald 1 wasn’t worth $2,000, let alone $200, 000, the estimated cost of the heresy trial, Later, he told the Western femiah Bulletin that the CIC ad “made a martyr” of me, that it should never have imade the complaint and that he didn't want governments interfering with editorial con- tent, Did Conrad Black have aword with him? Nearer to home, David Mitchell referred to the Canadian Free Speech League meeting, at which | spoke in the West Van library, agreeing with someone that the League was “distasteful,” Really? The place was packed with respectable West Van ladies and gents, one of whom was the wife ofa for- mer federal cabinet minister, And all that Mitchell knows about the League he gets from the realm of the politi- cally correct, Outside, Alan Dutton, anti-free speech expert and nincompoop, said he would report the library to the Human Rights Commission for having allowed the meet- ing to take place. 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