“IT IS my hope that the Vancouver guy who is suing a ‘ tobacco company because he lost his legs will also lose his ~ ease. But Lworaldn't bet on it. These days, too many courts ure bip on trendiness und small on common sense... "This affitir-is typical of the - ‘nonsense that now clogs judges’ ' time. Roger Perron, the complai- - nant, claims his habit aggravated | . an affliction called Buerger’s disease, which affects the circula- tion.. His legs had to be,am-: | /. pulated and he therefore wants/ *” sonic dough out af RJR Mac- donald, Inc., the Export makers. The company should have yold him S his limbs were at risk, he says.” ~ He was on television, attended 2 Gna broader front, Judge Collins” — would. obser ve that- the anti-smoking - fanatics are a pain in the neck and’ Go alter A frica\ fanatics compare with: them in ,the exercise of. intolerance. us ., making’ as if their. main interest: “were the betterment of hursanity ‘ They’ re.not in it for gain. Of: ¢ ‘others the physi al effects lie’s ‘ ‘dured!! through ‘smoking. .: “popped up only a week afier a : U.S. court ‘nuttily awarded. 2." 2 $400,000, to a widower. whiose wife had happily puffed away for most of her $8 years? I don’t know? All, | know is that; we are becoming : “;, dottier by the: ‘minute and that.w ‘ar osing our. freedoms i in the Pr ‘ting on the Perron case he’ would _ boy,-and at 35 years of age you “has also been in progress fora long your‘ health. : sames.What you niceded | war a spot ° of, willpower,"* “ ry the anti- Sout Africa fanatics compare with them in the exercise, of intolerance. Onee can accept that smoking is nat conducive te good health — | even though eminent authorities! i question the degree to which the! fanatics say it is harmful. But even if the fanatics are right, they are, still a.menace, Why should they be able to ule: late 10 people dnd cause smokers ta feel tike lepers? Isn't : discrimination supposed to be | bad? And if they can tell people cess. Ottawa, for example, has decided to ban cigarette advertis- ing, and if they ‘can ban that, what will be next?” , If Mr. Justice Collins wire sit- say: “Look, Buster, I'm sorry you lost your Jegs. But you are a big have been a big, boy fora long lime. The anti-smoking campaign in public places, what’s to stop, others from trying to prevent the public consumption of booze, ,) : bacon, and — for all } know — + fried beans?” . % Boore can certainly ‘be fethal.. Yet Ottawa will not ban booze time, and for along time now.’ through taxes, it will continue to make profit.frorn ‘tobacco even ‘the ads have disappear id. How hypocritical can anyont be? There. is no consistency in hese. holy orders, Hasn't medical MN science (eld us that wicked Things 23 ; like eggs caused cholesterol, and pee ee therefore heart attacks? Why nat 1907 | : 5 Come to" think of i it. too much ‘reading can make you blind, Should we therefare suc authors * and publishers if our optics fail). there have been warning messages... “on cigaretic packages, These say > jadlat smoking can be i injurious, to” “You: however, took ne notice of them. So what's the beef? You). doanld and Co. had i it sight when have indeed admiticd you were be said: “s unable to quit. smoking soon... | - | “The decision to: smoke is a enotigh, : But a lot of people have [matter of individual choice and quit, and you'could have done.the., i personal. responsibility. Is it fair {far someone who chooses to l smoke and becomes ill fo put re- “On a broader front. ‘Juidge Col- > | ‘sponsibility on someone else?" lins Would observe that the anti. 0. smoking fanatics ure a pain in ihe. ‘not. Case dismissed @ _ neck ‘and a.menace to socicty..Ont 3 for two-year, ‘terms. are "Norma | Dallas, Pat Vancouver, has been changed from » townhouses, Shan those approved last year so Ft “oh !*The ’ applicant not.to advertise, and not to smake, advertising. Not yet, anyway. And, put egg ads on the forbidden list, “ The spokesman for, RIK Mac. * ! In Judge Collins's opinion, it is 9 > Sunday, June 26. 198% ~ "Nort Shire News. / Hearing set for. wv development A PUBLIC: hearing has been scheduled for 7:45 p.m. July nN (o discuss the newly-revised. proposal for Ancore Inter- “ national’s Cypress Bow! Road property. The subject of several well-at- tended hearings iast year, the An- core development,. which is above the Upper Levels Highway in West In a letter to council, Ancore president Robert Annable. pushed for the earliest possible date for a public hearing. Referrals to the Advisory Plann- jing. Commission and Advisory Design Panel have held up the proposal's approval. : “Understandable as these delays’ may. .be,’* ‘Annable stated, “the carrying costs to us. are cnormous while at the same time West Van- couverites await ‘this alternative form of housing mix.” : three approved apartment huildings to a proposed group”of four. apariment buildings and 16 ‘The apartment buildings’ to be discussed will be smailer in mass combined with the townhouses, there will be no ghange in the ‘site coverage or floor. -area ratio. that, indicates this 'concep!, change is a result, of: a etailed marketing study that con- the units “should .be and. flex. A Place To Go When Seed _ You're. Pregnant And a townhouse alter- we SUDPOE native..." said’ Bob Heastip of Vancouver's planning. department. This proposal, he said at Mon- day, night's council meeting, ° also allows for development. phasing.’* Heaslip said, athe new concept is "site Sensitive” “The smaller apartments will, be Jocated closer to. 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