¥ % é g 2 £ a : i f z B ( t = A ia t rE & i é ba % t is i i ¥ + g 2 i E f g 2 E ' g r it H y seme gpa Order of Canada in order for no order in Canada AS THIS was being written, the Indian fiasco at Oka was continuing. Two months after our Red Brothers put up a barricade, Wimpland was still gazing at it as if it were the bloody Siegfried Line. Also continuing were the lamentations of the weeping media, and | am not referring on- ly to the CBC’s Journal, which is the Mohawk’s public relations of- fice. The malaise is widespread. In the Evening Wimp, for in- stance, a genius called Stephen Hume, who is my nomination for Jellybelly of the Year, was com- plaining about the racist ‘‘white mob’’ that threw rocks at cars containing squaws, papooses and others who were leaving a possibl2 battle zone. The whites are a ‘*mob,”* but the Red brothers with the guns are “‘warriors.”” People shouldn’t throw rocks at other people, of course. But when the civil authority breaks down, that is what you can expect. In Vancouver, a bunch of In- dians and rent-a-crowd whites held up traffic for hours while the police sucked their thumbs. If I had been there I would have tried to collect a crowd and lead a charge in the right direction. Screw that. Imagine this scenario: Squamish Indians are blocking the Lions Gate Bridge. 46 If the state will not protect folk from idiots with AK47s, Uzis, and large quantities of ammunition by racketeering and gambling, who will? 99 It starts in July and is still going on in September. Local politicians do nothing. Provincial politicians do nothing. Federal politicians do nothing, the national motto hav- ing become doing nothing from sea to shining sea. Drivers have to make a two- hour detour to get over the Se- cond Narrows. Some lose their jobs, as they did in Montreal. All lose time, money and patience. They blow their tops, and now qualify as ‘‘racists.’’ - We are asked to believe that in these circumstances Mr. Jzilybelly Hume and his colleagues-in-crap would be standing on the bridge preaching that the Squamish “have been pushed to armed in- surrection’’ (as he put it with regard to the Mohawks) and that military action would be ‘‘trampl- oMiutwi.. Doug Collins ate ing on native rights.”” “If the state will not protect minorities from racists,’’ asks Jellybelly, ‘‘who will?” My question would be: ‘‘If the siate will not protect folk from idiots with AK47s, Uzis, and large quantities of ammunition obtained by racketeering and gambling, who will?’” I would also ask: ‘‘What would happen if a crowd of KKKers took possession of bridges, set up armed camps, ran around with guns, threatened war, and prom- ised to die in defence of their na- tion, meaning the white race?’’ They would quickly and rightly be overrun, that’s what. So why the double standard? One expects gibble-gabble from the Jellybellies and Squamish Chief Joe Mathias, who says the Mohawks are ‘‘freedom fighters.”’ But they are not alone. Asif in a dream, one sees a full-page advertisement in the Globe & Mail under the headline “*A solution at the end of a rifle is no solution at all.”’ Could this be an appeal to the trash at Oka? On the contrary. It is a demand for the removal of the army, and the signatures are the usual roll- call of the liberal-left: Pierre Ber- ton, Margaret Atwood, Rosemary Brown, June Callwood, Adrienne Clarkson, George Woodcock, Kay McPherson, the National Action Committee on the Status of Women, the Canadian Peace Alli- ance, the Anglican Church, etc. Heroes all, they are demanding national capitulation and saying, “‘We will never forget Oka.”’ Neither will I. In Vancouver, unarmed and peaceful anti-abortionists who defied the law went to jail. So it will be interesting to see what happens to ‘‘warriors’’ who have threatened war, whose violence led to the death of a policeman, and who have been in a state of armed rebellion. It’s my bet that nothing will happen. Nothing from sea to shin- ing sea. Jellybellyism will prevail and the warriors will all be given the Order of Canada for ensuring there is no order in Canada. PARTICIPACT wy ON THE OTHER HAND Wednesday, September 12. 1990 - North Shore News - 9 CANADIAN CLOSET SHOPS _ — 986-4263 PES Free home estimates BE IN THE “NO” = . NN DRINKING ve IN-THE-EAR HEARING Al MODEL: Beltone “iE a Standard Alto Regular Value — $675.00 and up Save $ Hundreds $ up until September 28th! Complimentary hearing test for seniors We do provide you with our exclusive Certified Hearing Service Pian. Beltone is the only company with over 3,000 locations across North America that honour this plan. No charge for follow-up visits. Retubing & cleaning of aids free. 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