— WAS base KS <7 truth a according psychologist. "He is right. * Society elevates “the hero because the “heroic individual embodies ideal. qualities. The’ hero is: decisive, courageous, selfless, “ humble, and noble. Arguably. it: is. easier: to. be elevated to heroic’. status - given, a. social climate in which™ “passivity . and © self-interested dissociation are defining behaviors. The North Shore has Just witnessed the West YES MA. mHRONEY ~— WE CAN STILL EE IN A FEW He eroic acts EROES SIMPLY act. That is the of the ‘heroic achievement to a North . Shore actions of several remarkable tocal people ‘who rose to the occasion. Sherwood Park elementary school vice- principal Brad’ Lund saved the life of a choking student on June 2. Lions Bay resident Troy. Gienger pulled aman from a burning car on June 3. Vancouver Schulte saved the lives of. two people adrift in the ocean on June 5. restaurateur. Jurgen Their actions speak of individuals who - place a high value on life. They are heroes. LETTER OF T THE DAY Griticizing the “‘bigot-in- chief” of bigotry? “Dear Editor:, Vve been’. tempted ‘to ‘star’ eading ‘Collins again‘ after. more ‘than’ a year,’ but. suspect: that: he ‘has changed as little'as I... “It-is entertainment enough just to read the letters his column elic- ‘it; and much easier’on the blood pressure.” .-.. “One recent ; letter accused - us critics of the man of being bigots. . Come ‘now, criticizing the bigot-in-chief of the entire North i ‘| Publisher’ ‘Managing Editor . ‘Associate Editor. “Comptroller: le Peter, Speck . Timothy Renshaw . ..Noel Wright ° Sales & Marketing Director Linda Stewart Doug Foot . Shore’ is ‘bigotry?’ That has to be ridiculous. : . Another . claims that’ we ‘are i “heterophobes.”? That is: probably. just as accu- ‘rate, but there is no. way I can . telly, My.. computer does not recognize the word and Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary hasn’t any listing. If you are going to criticize, please use words we simple folk can understand. The same letter makes a_ big 4 _ \ 1 } Display Advertising 980-0511 Real Estate Advertising 985-6982 Classified Advertising . 986-6222 | Newsroom 985-2131 Distribution : Subscriptions 986-1997 3 Fax Administration 985-2131 issue of whether homosexuals make up 2% or 10% of the popu- lation. . Frankly, it doesn’ t matter a damn. Until people begin . analyzing that situation rationally instead of emotionally we’re not going to get anywhere on that one, so let’s quit butting our heads against the wall and wait for time to:work on the condition. David Muir . North Vancouver c rr, ma Bae This newspaper | coniaing tecycled fibre ; 986-1337 G9 986-3227 a Enjoy the race but don’t waste © betting money! — AFTER 10 years chasing the 6/49 jackpot I still haven't caught up, but one thing at least is clear: winning the big. one is a cinch compared to forecasting the resutt of Sun- .,. day’s Tory leadership race. If you keep purely to the numbers, last week's Financial. Post/Sun poll pointed to a photo finish too close for the camera to catch. The survey of 454 of the 3,875 delegates gave Kim Campbell 46% on the first ballot, Jean Charest 41% and the three also-runs 13% f — much of which was expected to go to Charest on the second ballot. Later, the weekend” s cTV/ Maclean’s poll comforted Camp- bell with 43% to Charest's 31% of the DECIDED first-ballot vote — but there’s obviously something "fishy here. It's unlikely that the three also-runs garnered anything like the remaining 26% of the decided vote. -Even if they did, where would it go on the second bailot, after they | dropped off? And what about the genuinely undecided delegates to ‘ date, who have been estimated at, anything from 15% to 25%? “With lots more new numbers expected this week, the only faint- ly useful clues to the outcome are still the personal factors helping or hindering the front-runners./ Starting with a couple of weaknesses that Campbell and Charest share equally.” a Both their policy positions, especially on the debt, are vague,- evasive and non-specific — / assembly-line electioneering prom-. .. ises with no details on how they can be kept. As well, neither can. : claim any really noteworthy achievemenis during their limited cabinet stints. That said, Campbel!’ s main assets are her western background, her feminist support and — at least for some — the restless tongue of a refreshingly candid and ‘‘different’’ breed of politi- ‘cian. For others, her irreverent one-liners come over as arrogant and a sign of faulty judgment that - makes 32% of the delegates polled : “uncomfortable.”