1991 one more time

-WE RETURNED to the
radio ‘“‘open lines’’ this past
year, but the Sunday Open
Lines column also had its
moments:

@ Jan. 20

About The Gulf War: The pro-
tected womb in which we live
clouds our judgment about inter-
national affairs. If tyrants such as
Saddam Hussein are confronted
only by civilized negotiation after
invading and violating sovereign
nations, acute danger will soon
envelop the world.

@ Jan. 27

Praising the live, unpolished
CNN news team: These people do
not do a newscast as if they are
the rightful government of the
jand, smirking at the silly folks
who perform on the electoral
Stage, and even the larger cast of
clowns who elect them.

@ Feb. 17

An article about police dealing
with protests: In less complicated
days, a young policemai's dreams
of glory began to fade when his
first cloak and dagger undercover
assignment meant standing in a
beachside bathhouse, late at night,
until some aggressive gay grabbed
him in the backside — or a more
sensitive anatosnical region.

These days, the ego-deflating
role may well be standing stoical-
ly, while a protester swears at
you, knocks your hat into the .
mud, and perhaps even scores
with a well-aimed projectile of
saliva or solid matter.

@ Feb. 24

‘About the mechanical war in
the Gulf, l asked: Will history
judge this devastation kindly? Will
anyone really care about a delud-
ed dictator in Baghdad?

: . Oris it possible that learned
people will look at the modern
carnage along the Tigris and
Euphrates — the Rivers of

- “Babylon — and fail to applaud

. American achievements in killing

technology?

The column quoted a personal
friend, a former director of the
CIA, William Colby.

Describing the early days of the
agency, he said: ‘‘We were all lib-
erals. We believed the military -
approach was usually thoughtless,
dangerous and wrong.’

@ Mar. 3-

A very ill Jack Davis com- —
mented about his upcoming
testimonial dinner: ‘‘One of the

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of these dinners...is that it is a
signal to a lot if people who
think, ‘well, he's on the way out,
He’s going and going gracefully.’

“Well { don't intend to go,’’ he
added.

@ May 5

My obituary to friend Richard
Hatfield conveyed these thoughts:

In its obsessive defiance of
logic, and ignorance of history,
mankind worships conformity. We
know that those who dare to be
different are ihe ones that blaze
new trails.

We differ from sheep or
migrating birds only because some
among us dare to wander.

The eccentric are a threat. We
subject them to oppressive
discipline as children and ridicule
as adults.

If they lack a formidable quota
of wealth, strength and in-
telligence, they become amusing
outcasts.

Few of the great figures of his-
tory could pass society's standards
of mass monotonous decorum.
They failed to pass unnoticed.

@ July7

in the final stages of the Social
Credit leadership race, we talked .
about the highly paid ‘‘handlers”
in the backroom:

There wili be an awesome
“Anybody But Grace’’ movement.
And she will likely still win.

If Mrs. McCarthy holds the
same views she had at Whistler in
1986, the dark ages will soon de-
scend on the professional political

’ manipulators. Upon occasion, the

word ‘‘criminal" has lingered in
her mind.
@ Aug. 18

We commented on the quality
of contemporary leadership:

The eager-beaver lightweights
who masquerade as leaders today
are anxious to be proper, frugal,
environmentally with-it and
socially conscious.

if someone arrived on the scene
with an ovginal idea it would be a
terrif} fying experience. No one is
used to it any more.

@ Aug. 25

A breakfast with the inimitable
Simma Holt led to this observa-
tion, among others:

My guess is that today’s Van-
couver Sun would push Simma
Holt over the edge.

Her first assignment might be to
count the number of peas in a tin,
Just to be sure that the manufac-
turer is not shortchanging the
consumer,

e@ Sept. i

Quoting Rev. T.C. Douglas:

‘Let's return to the good old
days of every man for himself, as
the elephant said when dancing
among the chickens.’”’

@ Sept. 22

Bill Vander Zalm's refusal to
dissociate himself from the luna-
tics brought these remarks:

.. he allowed himself to be us-
ed by mechanical religious fac-
tions, who preach love and com-
passion, but who seem constantly
enveloped by hate toward anyone
who disagrees.

These people may have Christ’s
name on a piacard, but their faces
are etched with a message of in-
tolerance, mental vacuity and
zealotry.

He humored these people.

@ Oct. 13

About Mike Harcourt, we said:

He is infuriating to deal with.
There is no such thing as a hard
and fast answer.

Harcourt is pleasant, accessible,
thoughtful, intelligent, honest and
dependable. When you visit any
of his storefronts, there will be a
thorough analysis of your shopp-
ing list. You'll be so exhilarated
by it all you'll forget your basket
remains empty.

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tain knowledge that your com-

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