What's with this Collins guy?

De <r Editor:

What's with Doug Collins?

I was always wondering
what percentage of Canadians
support a guy fike Doug
Collins until the election came

about, In the last election,
Reform party got 9% of the
votes and B.C. is supposed to
be their stronghold.

He represents one of the
smallest minorities in Canada,
but probably the noisiest one.

In-his Sept. 8 column he
writes “no one knows better

‘than I do that complaining
about immigration and_ its

nation destroying ways is a
waste of time.”

Yet he complains about it
every other day, As if there is
nothing else happening in this
country.

Torturing and_ killing an
innocent Somali teenager is
not important enough to
become the “Somali Affair”
for him, although it has for
the rest of the world,
However a $75,000 heart
transplant for a Somali refugee
is a big concern..

Shocking video tapes from
the Canadian airborne regi-

ment’s training, where the
members were forced to eat
their own refuse to become
“tough guys” is not news to
him. Maybe because he is a
“rough guy” too!

T remember a few months
ago he had a little advice tor a
young, racist. In her letter to
Doug, the young racist had
complained that she is so frus-
trated by immigrants taking
away job opportunities from
her, she is seriously thinking
of going to another country!

Sure enough Doug sympa-
thized with her. [ have no

Movies are far too violent

- Dear Editor:

Tam a 15-year-old boy and
I am a student at Balmoral
junior secondary in North
Vancouver. I am writing, this
letter to express my opinion
on the violence that is in most
movies today. ;

If you look at the movies
that were made abour 50
years ago, you would notice
two things: the movies then
were black and white; and
most movies were usually
funny, romantic, or about
nations, nature, and history.
There was barely any violence
in movies or on TV, and if
there was, there wasn’: any
blood or gore.

Movies today contain too
much about murders, rapes,
abductions, home invasions
and child abuse. There is too
little of value in films and they
do not leave you with a good
experience, What people need

‘is to take something with

them that lifts their spirits and
gives thoughts of a better and
kinder world.

Some people feel that
these kinds of movies give
them excitement and plea-
sure, They enjoy watching
violence rather than romance
or comedy, | think that these
movies will eventually have a
bad effect on people and
crime such as rape, murders,
and child abuse will get worse.

For example, I was watch-
ing a movie recently that con-
tained a lot of violence and
gore, and so the next few

nights [ had a lot of night-
mares and couldn't go to
sleep. Which means, that the
people who make _ these
movies with a lot of vialence
are just interested in making
money and don’t care what
negative effects they have on
people.

More people would go to
movies if there was leas vio-
lence, more humor and some
kindness in films, so that kids
who watch these movies will
tearn something useful.

Ali Beittoci
North vancouver

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objection either, in fact this is
exacily what immigration is all
abeut, Thavs how Doug, and
fended up in Canada, Now
what makes Doug and his
young racist follower think
they have the right to chose
where they want to live but
others don’?

You are worried that by the
year 2025 white Canadians

will be a mingrity. So what,
what's wrong with tha? Look
at it from a world perspective
whites are already a minority,
you don’t have to wait ull year
2025!

Besides, mosr ftikely you
are not going tu be around in
the year 2025 anyway! So
what is it to you? Moreover,
Mr. Collins, you can always go
back to where you came from.
Nobody is holding a gun to
your head to stay in Canada.
Ali Eshghi
North Vancouver

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