eef-eater’s rebuttal

Dear Editor:

This refers to Mr. Bennett's letter
“a vegetarian beef about meat-eaters.”

Black's Law Dictionary defines life
as “that state of animals, humans and
plants, or of an organized being, in
which its natural functions and
Motions are performed ... the interval
between birth and death.”

» . Therefore, Mr. Bennett is also

killing life forms in order to survive.

We are aware that, for those over-
indulgers, eating less meat is healthier.
We also know that a vegetarian diet
can be dangerous if one is not aware of
what foods to group or not group
together for the body to get its neces-
sary nutrients.

As far as scare tactics (i.e.:
Steroids) or shady meat inspectors,
what makes Mr. Bennett think vegeta-

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bles are any safer?

What about toxins in the soil and
acid rain? What about spraying fruits
and vegetables to kill critters, enhance
growth and preserve them for longer
periods?

Mr. Bennett, you are not going to
stop us food lovers from eating and
thoroughly enjoying our meats, fish,
poultry, grains, vegetables, fruits, etc.
Man will continue to cultivate plants
and animals for food. It is a matter of
survival.

However, I would be the first per-
son to stand in line with you to
demand laws regulating (a) humane
treatment of animals cultivated for
food and (b) the substances injected
into or sprayed on our food sources,
Mary Ann McDevitt
North Vancouver

Dear Editor:

As a taxpayer, Doug Collins
has every right to express his
concerns over the type and qual-
ity of the reading matter made
available through the public
library system (Serious multicult
reading matters, North Shore
News Feb. 19).

It would seem to me that he is
justified in his objections. As
long: as he is required to con-
tribute through his taxes to. the
maintenance of the library sys-
tem, his claim to a voice in the .
seleciion process is perfectly rea-
sonable.

This, however, brings us to
what should be the real issue: .
what is the government doing in
the library business? «

Having a monopoly in the
book-lending business gives:

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government a high degree of
control over the information that
is made available to us, the pub-
lic, in the same way that the
information supplied through
government schooling can be
controlled and manipulated.

As we have seen repeatedly,
governments, in turn, can be
influenced by special-interest
groups who will endeavor to
divert society to their own agen-
da, Privatization, which has
worked so well in other areas, is
a concept that deserves spe-
cial consideration in book-
lending.

It would mean that taxpay-  g
ers who do not choose to bor- -
row books would no longer be
burdened with the cost of sup-
porting the leisure activities
of those who do.

It would introduce an element
of competition as lenders sought
to attract a clientele... Lenders
would also respond to demand in
deciding which publications to
stock.

In a pluralistic society with
such diverse interests as ours
there really should be no place
for a monopoly in such an
important field as the dissemina-
tion of knowledge.

Bill Tomlinson President,
B.C, Libertarian Party

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