Overblown blockade Dear Editor: In response to the story on page 5 of the July 26 News ‘about the sign on {5th street: Come on guys! Talk about - blowing something out of pro- portion. All these people were trying to do is stop mindless idiot commuters from speed- _ing through their neighbor- hood and endangering the lives of the people that live . there. Blo. kade? Give me a break. How would you feel if one moming you woke up and your quiet safe little neighbor- . hood was. unofficially tumed ‘into a major freeway? Besides ‘the sign doesn’t block the : Whole road and there are no _armed guards anywhere. All “they ask is that ‘certain borie- ‘heads respect. their ‘homes. 1 ‘wonder what the headline * ~ would have been had ‘this not been a native neighborhood? ‘Michael Berysiuk : msborysiuk - “ @intergate-be.ca Replace oug. with Sunshine Knight's photo t radar rantings are ail wrong Dear Editor: [have a little trouble getting to the heart of the adolescent rantings of Leo Knight and numerous others regarding the use pholo radar. to catch’ speeders. AS “cash grabs” go, this one must surely be the easiest to avoid: Just SLOW DOWN. Is this something that Mr. Knight feels he can’t implement? To get to the heart of his argument, Mr. Knight seems to me (o be proposing one of the following: A) We should abolish speed limits. 1 sus- pect that the thousands of B.C. residents who are injured or killed every year by speeding motorists would disagree with this. B) It’s OK to have speed limits, but we shouldn't enforce them. This sounds like a way to waste a lot of time and generally diminish the stature of the law. C) It’s OK to enforce speed limits as long as they don’t use any modern technology. Where do we draw the line here? Would Mr. Knight be happy if we limited speed enforce- ment to Mounties on horseback? . D) It’s OK to use new technology, but if yo zing on page 24 of Pre June 2, Sunshine Girl solu : it doesn’t work perfectly first time, we should throw the whole thing out. This atti- tude would have scrapped a lot of useful modern inventions from the toaster to the space shuttle. E) It's OK to use photo radar, but if any- thing goes wrong, the minister has to fix it herself. | know nothing about Ms. Boone's buckground, but [ doubt that computer soft- ware expettise is the thing that got her elect- ed. Most people would probably be willing to let her delegate this one. I can only assume that Mr. Knight’ s ire has more to do with his favorite party losing the election than with speeding. Perhaps a good Reform solution would be to get rid of gun controls so we can all pack a .45 and shoot anyone whose driving habits we don’t like. Personally, if, photo. radar lightens my tax burden ever so slightly by * “grabbing” cash from speeders and putting it in the treasury, I'm more than happy: It's their decision. Chris Dewhurst — - ’ North Vancouver NO MW i! PROBLEMS Read Home & Garden and you could have no mow problems! \ : “Aids circus is in town.” i ] Thanks for AIDS info Dear Editor: Permit me to congratu- late you and your newspaper for employing two colum- nists as knowledgeable about the AIDS problem as Doug Collins and Trevor Lautens. By now (July 15, 1996) you will no doubt have received many letters from readers who should know better, attacking Doug for his column of July 7, 1996, As their you. know, ’ stance usually .is that “he : shouldn’t be allowed to say , those things” even if it hap- | pens to be the absolute truth. | The response of one Lyn | Rankin in your July 10 edi- ction must be typical. She is “sickened” by Doug. , The pursuit of truth (as attempted by Doug) is never TavLona@orlw ‘SERVICE LTO, A.TR.A. - sickening for normal people though the truth . about sodomy and its terrible con sequences is indeed sicken ing. Trevor Lautens’ column five days later in your. pa on the politics..of AIDS “ superbly supplements Doug superb column. . His:con tention that there is ning campaign. of mi nfo mation”: about AIDS” mis leading the public’ for ‘the: benefit of the sodomites i is all. believe that AIDS is every- body's problem even though: overwhelmingly, - about.” : a aa AIDS is completely .a easily preventable... | Thomas Schmidt .. North Vancouver | - B.C.AA.= A.A. CERTIFIED CENTRE: Aha & STD. TRANS: & C - Servicer, O.H.8 oF oxchan: CANADA U.S. WARRANTY Our 176 PEMBERTON AVE. WN. WAN: atte “By Claire Bn stein . | o i “Brought to you by Jabour ‘ Sudeyko “THAT FURNITURE YOU “ie D BELONGS TO ME! Ernest: and Andrea were cuddling ‘on the sofa ’ watching: TV when Andrea spotted a desk and filing cabinet against the wall. ' y “Ernest, that desk and filing / ‘cabinet are beautiful. And just what | need for my office. © Oh, darling, let me have them and you ‘ make me so happy! . : Ernest: reluctantly. took ; fis eyes off the program. i _..“Andrea, | love you, but { Just finished | building those two pieces. The customer: who ordered them will be picking them up next week." "Andrea wouldn't take no for an answer, “Ernest, don't be silly. You're the fastest cabinet maker i in Nova Scotia. In a week; you can build another set. Don' tyou want to make me happy?” | 4 ‘Ernest furrowed his brow. He wasn't pleased. “Andrei, | “won't give them to you. That's the way ! make a living. But . Ewill'lend them to you. Remember, when | ask for them ” back, you have to give them back. “ Andrea gave him a big hug and ran to phone the movers. The next day, Andrea was sitting happily behind the desk. Melissa, the boss's secretary, stopped by. “Andrea, this desk and filing cabinet are gorgeous. They must have cost ‘you a fortune!” Andrea smiled brightly. "It's not polite to ask about cost, Melissa, ° : » ’ Melissa looked thoughtful. "The boss is going te to “wonder how you found the money to buy this “her these pieces in ‘repayment. . Five months later Andre “ag on Actual. ASB: explaining the furniture was his and fan "The boss got the letter, read it and thr She sold the furniture. ; _ Ernest sued Andrea's boss. ” “He argued, "Your honor, | sent andr a's: boss telling her the furniture: “was mine. But ‘she sold it anywa She knew. there was a “dispute over: ‘ownership and sh ignored it. Make her pay.” . Andrea’s boss argued, "You honor’ 1 kept. the furniture because | believed Andrea owned it!) believed. that 1 was: entitied to the furniture to repay Andrea's loan. How was t to know that Ernest really owned the furniture?™’ , Should Andrea's boss pay for the furniture? YOU! BE THI : JUDGE. Then look below for the decision. Weed to encourage someone fo pay? See us!" Lawyers who answer Your ‘The’ Abboteford Airshow, celebrating legal needs i im, Plain language, 35 years | of | power it the oky, invites Cali for your FREE Consuitation “you to buy one...get one free at ¢ anada Safeway. 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