36 - Friday, July 5, 1985 - North Shore News

“L
isten. It isn’t true that I chew nails for breakfast and drink vinegar at
happy hour.

“Im the most loveable guy in town. Ask any of the boxer dogs I've had.
Ask the professors. Ask the B.C. Press Council. I receive cards, letters, and
invitations frorn them all the time.

“So I'm in trouble half the time. So what? Any columnist worth his salt
has a crowd chasing him down the road. That's the price of freedom of speech.
You hit a target and it yelps. But can I help it if the truth hurts?

“Go czy on someone else's shoulder.

“Writing a column is a bit like being in
business. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. But
let me tell you something else, seeing that i'm
in a loving mood today. It’s the guy who never
says anything that never gets into trouble.

‘It’s not that I like trouble, you understand,
but that trouble likes me.”

Doug Collins

Since joining the North Shore News as
a daily columnist in February of 1984.
Collins’ forceful opinions and colourful style
have made him —- and The News — the
center of controversy.

Ifa suburban newspaper like the North
Shore News doesn't shock its readers once
in a while, it's not doing its job. Discussion
and debate are essential to the health of our
community and the country and our role as
a newspaper is tu stimulate such discussion.

There’s no news
like the
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