Dear Editor: Tam an ex-West Van res- ident who now resides in the Chicago area. 1 try to keep informed of the North Shore scene by downloading your paper. T enjoy the van- ety of topics and in particular the variety of opinions from each of the contributors, As a proud Canadian 1 do not like to hold the values of the U.S. above those of Canada, However when it comes to freedom of speech Canada has a lot to learn, * American media invites “all ex ressions and opinions and alo lows the public to filter out the: Cra Doiig Co ins has a lot to ay, and I may not agree with fs of it. However; he has the “tain” special: interest groups “dec politically correct, Are “we as Canadians so lacking "in confidence that we: have to “CBC” our media? : the United States has trash radio ‘and sprint. than’ Canada’ and I still haye the option ‘not to read or not to listen: ; “R. Bruce Murdoch murdochb@clavin.interac-. cess. com ~ Tax hike query ~ Tt would be interesting to originate. Our taxes have risen $154 for the next year and we: north shore news MAIL Box Collins dangles by shorter rope Dear Editor: Re: “Fighting for frankness,” by Doug Collins, June 30 North Shore News, The blurb above Mordechai Richler’s monthly column in the February 1996 issue of Sanurday Night (“Trouble in Tinseltown,” p. 32) neatly sums up the drift of the entire article, rendered ina tone halfvay between prickliness and gloating: “Okay, says our prickly columnist, so the Jews run Hollywood, We ought to, We invented it.” It’s certainly celltale that Mordechai Richler is able to under- score big Jewish influence in Hollywood with impunity, seeming- ly, while Doug Collins gets hauled before a so-called human-rights tribunal at the behest of the Canadian Jewish Congress for having written, anong other things, that “Jewish influence is the most powerful in Hollywood.” Different strokes for different folks, 1 guess, The scope for selexpression afforded Mordechai Richler is evidently a lot greater than what was allowed Doug, Collins, Is it because Richler happens to be Jewish, while Collins is not? Which brings me to the topic of anti-Semitic hate-mongering. As someone who's read avidly for over 40 years, 1 can count only one book that struck me as ‘being unabashedly anti-Semitic: ‘ Portnoy’s Complaint, a novel by Philip Roth. The bouk isa | Savage attack on Jewish motherhood, yet regarded by some critics as a ‘comic masterpiece. ,-° Nothing, but nothing, Doug Collins has written relative to Jews can even begin to compare with the savagery of the Roth novel, Nonetheless-the book is freely and easily available, Roth himself is still a very respected man of letters. Oh, did [ mention he was Jewish? Orest Slepokura slepokuo@cadvision.com believe any money spent on the enhancement of the 14th Dear Editor: | St. corridor is’ completely unnecessary in these’ so-called restraint. Ethel Kenny Alan Kenny North Vancouver know where the decisions about spending our tax dollars ‘SAVE-ONFOODS | “NOW ON SALE” __hitpilewrmnsnews.com ays of Friday, July 11, 1997 ~ North Shore News ~ 9 7AYLORMOTIVE , BRAKE SPECIALISTS SERVICE LTO, B.C.A.A. - A.R.A. - APPROVED BRAKES - LIFETIME WARRANTY (on shoes or pads) OUR 39TH YEAR = & CONSULTATION 176 PEMBERTON AVE.N.VAN. 985-7455 TALKI Feber 299-9000 (2141515. AW BIFAIBHESONDTHESNE Ty @ As seen in Western Living @ Painted or stained @ Weatherproof hardware @ Scaled down version / great for balconies oe 980 Marine Drive” At Mackay Ave. North Vancouver CANADIAN HERITAGE DESIGNS . "Don't ret the cute face fool your the Neon _ is one competent, car. In two years it ‘has’ _tacked up more racing victories than any “other. vehicle i in production. Chrysler took — the Japanese formula of quality, construction, good performance and - nimble handling than added a low price & more power." " Shawn: _ Zanganehpour a , Neon Expert” ‘SAVE-ON-FOODS Believe it. Park & Tilford and Pemberton locations only. .