iticult promoters | thrive on ‘racisn THE OLDER we get the more cynical do old crocs like me become. And there’s good reason for it because the more “information” there is, the harder it is to get at the truth, assuming there is such a thing. That's why I keep telling people (0 take the news with two pinches of salt You may sce flaming | Crosses on TY, for instance, which “proves” that racists vile are at work, You may also see desecrated Jewish gravestones. But who’s to say who did it? No one ever seems to be caught, But no matter who did it, stuff like that is like a stiff drink for those who have an axe to grind. The North Shore figures in this, But let’s start with Germany. In the 1960s there was a rush of “news” about anti-Semitism in West Germany. Like Maurice Chevalier, I remember it well. It was given mas- sive publicity in the U.S. and the U.K. Bonn was embarrassed. The Jast thing it wanted was “‘anti- Semitism.” Trouble was, it was all a hoax, plot, and bundle of dirty tricks orga- nized by the Communist East Germans and carried out by their secret police, known as the Stasi. But that remained a secret until last year, when the Stasi archives were opened. As is so often the case, the truth didn’t make much news at all. As far as | know, the U.K.’s Guardian was the only English language newspaper to carry the story. But the documentation leaves no doubt as to its genuineness, The operation was called Action J. Synagogues, cemeteries and other Jewish sites were srneared with swastikas. Communist money was fed into a small, extreme right-wing party in - West Germany to promote “a defence of Adolf Eichmann,” then on trial for his life in Israel. Anonymous chain letters, sup- posedly from a group calling itself “Veterans of the Waffen SS” Doug Collins ON THE OTHER HAND demanded a public campaign against “Jewish Bolshevism.” But the letters were written by the communists. West German Intelligence soon found out what was going on. However, like the woman who had been raped, the government decided it would be better not to say any- thing. It assumed, rightly, that Western liberals would never accept the facts and that it was trying to cover up. Which brings me back to the famous 1991 “cross-burning” on the front lawn of Iranian immigrants on the North Shore. Like everything else of that sort it made a lot of “news.” Then, two years later, the pub- lisher of the local Iranian newspaper said it was a lot of rubbish. The deed had been done by left-wing Iranians who used it as “evidence of racism.” Enter Alfredo Sepulveda, presi- dent of the North Shore Multicultural Society, who in a recent letter to the editor expressed “serious concern” about that state- ment. He had no proof that the Iranian publisher's statement was untrue. But he thought it wasn’t and it was his “understanding” that the “‘vic- tims” were still living in fear and trauma. He also said it was highly unlike- ly that any Iranian would use «4 sym- MAND ARINE AS A SECOND LANGUAGE +(B.C.) Provincial exams in Mandarin by June 1995...” Vancouver Sim, June 30, 1994 Mandarin is the official language in China, Taiwan, Singapore and is popular in Hong Kong; © Curriculums are designed for people who use Mandarin as a second language; Classes are for all ages and all Jevels. ¢ School starts in Sepcember 1994; ® School located at Sentinel Secondary School, West Vancouver... For further information please contact Mrs. Cheng at 926-6860 bol like a burning cross. How come? Don't left-wing Iranians have any moxie? Wouldn’t they know, given the flood of “anti- racist” propaganda in our media that KKK symbols would set the dogs barking? And wasn’t it said at the time that my subversive writings encouraged such things? I don't know who got up to that little trick either, of course. We could have a Grand Wizard hiding in the bushes. But I can think of no good reason why Kaywan Dashti, the Iranian publisher, would say what he did unless i? was true or he was drunk. And 1io one hus suggest- ed he was drunk. I can think of many reasons, though, why the Dashti statement was as welcome to Mr. Sepulveda as a hot toad in the throat. He represents special interest groups that have everything to gain if lunatics are out there burning crosses and getting up to God knows what other devil’s work. The more “racism” there is, the more the cause of multicult is served, More grants, both provincial and federal; more reverse discrimi- nation; more “human rights”; more media coverage. In today's weird world, the prof- its accruing to ethnic groups from “racism” are endless. Which is a big reason why you hear so much about it. There was a spate of unsubstaniti- ated “racist” news last March, in Victoria. And in no time at all the local race relations committee got a $20,000 grant from the Capital Regional District. I would agree with Sepulveda that if Dashti has any firm evidence he should go to the RCMP with it. On the other hand I think he would have to be a brave man to do so. Am J right or am I right? Sundresses *19°°-29 Skirt sets Pant sets $9981 9 Lonsdale Quay 986-4893 DOPTION... The choice that EVERYCNE can live with. 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