Editor: Theres semethuns chat sticks incimy craw about the sprinkling regulations, Does anvere remember the Vat ob rosiviad seamen ote the decries dram the (apelin reservenr at Un pt varlinqanahs parade Work ——MAIL Box: Reader irked over area water restri Vatnapated: spring ranas ter the reservar never hap pened. Thus resTretoms Were a necessity Fine But we've had then MITA with one wote whether wot. Weve qust gone threay egg oof our welder “cald Sand new nite: fume ars Mercer raving on Microsoft monopoly vou to for her letter «May 3h) where she so aptly criti sized Wana Mereer tor ber hate mongering. For instance, Mercer usedd a torofink complaining about the court: decision breaking up Microsoft’s monopoty powers but no ink is given te why U anti-trust” lewisla- tien has for over 100) vears been a vital part of the American success stury, Tt is about competition and pre- tecting it. We are literally ata turning point in society where we can keep the system we have based on competitive pricing or enter a new world order which will end up being based on monopoly pricing. The international corporate inter- ests behind the WHO. are pposcd to Nmerigan ant trust Tegislation and consider it an Intrmgement on tree trade. But the US. example in the 20th century has shown uy that internally a tree enterprise system with cheeky and bal Afices that protect comp among other things, as decid ed bv cleeted: officals in’ a democratic svstemy, is the best formula, Tronically, vou would think that “tree trade” fanatics ike Mercer would be id competition, bur they are its biggest threat. Any cco- nomics student can figure out that monopoly ng is high- er than competitive pricing. Rocketeller’s growing oi! monopoly was broken because the courts whe we entrusted to. protect compet tion could see that an oil 490-50c% Manufacturers suggested retail. 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Other cartels tormed following Ol Jead: Tike the cottce cartel and peanut cartel. They all tried to form cartels to ere Ue monopoly powers over a resource 900 that they could drive up its price. This type of batde between the monopo- lies was highly destructive to the world’s cconomies in the 1970s and was brought toa halt by extremely high interest rates in the carly ‘80s. ( POR UTE aya depress al worked to bregk the intlatien ary visto and) stow down world demand ter reseurces, his brake down the disci pling within OPEC and other aartel’s when their member's Mopped restricting supply to keep prices up. in the case of evherspace, the Windows operating svs tem has become part of the basic infrastructure of operat ing 2 computer, Po thank Bill Gates tor bringing it to market and the market rewarded him 8 fort. What he ean nat now dois design this operating sys tem to create a monopoly over software, These are vital issties for the coming 2ist comtury and deserve equal ume te Mercer's ravings. Paul Hundal West Vancouver Vhw net a dest aed on necessity! [osuspear thar resiricted Matter usane creates additonal revenue tor the muntipalts, Whionet consider return to the ortnal odd even day des iwnations Char accommodated ropressurg and get md: of! the draconian: resto tions? And why gets to water on Monday. Poesday and Frida (oD basen’: watered ino thr seocks, what ditterence does it All racial Rough water in’ pool {June + North Shore News). Nancy MeMillan (Lonsdale recreation centre recreation co- ordinator) should be holding her head down low ifshe thinks thata 12-year-old cannot enjoy aswim. Perhaps he's just not old cnough to take racist remarks in wood stride yet. What age is it OK to start being able to handle it? There isa problem in’ our suciet ! Wake up some of you, we're not suppose to handle it at any age. We are not supposed to take it, We are supposed to get mathe when PE water? horatien os seth sittag up mthar dant TPwant te ase my n Sandan water ar 9 on bucsdis Cote oon councillors: rewind the current bvlaw and stop renuluing as to death by complying with the Greater Vancouver Regional Distnet rules whether i has application tooour Maniapalty or not. Susan Erb North Vancouve slurs out alon ‘There is an appropriate way to handle kids that enjoy that sort of behaviours DON'T THEM SWIM THERE YMOR, Tran adult, community, ree centre, or whichever catezory fall in to doesn't: exercise Aght to put an end too this stupidity, who will teach our children? Irs sa simple: zero toler- ance. Tf a lifeguard or staif member hears a racial slur, kick them out! Mechele Russell-Wilson North Vancouver nailsbyMechele@aol.com sass tnt Ane