Dim driver disturbs good driver Dear Editor: Open letter to the lady in the very small red car: I hope that you realize what you almost did this wet and rainy morning at 7:30 a.m. You turned left on to Brooksbank while travelling north on Keith Road. The only problem for me and my wife was that we were travelling south on Keith Road through the same intersection. As 1 braked and swerved to the right to avoid a head-on collision with your very small car by my much larger and much heavier mid-size car, you continued on a colli- sion course with us with- Out appearing to slow down. When our car finally halted about five feet from a light standard and your car halted abour two feet from my driver’s door, you quickly manocuvred around our car and drove off. You can be thankful for an alert, attentive driver with defensive driving skills honed from 25 years of driving the mean streets of Greater Vancouver. Should” you have encountered a less experi- enced driver, you proba- bly would now be in Lions Gate Hospital with life-threatening injuries as a result of your immediate need ‘to get to wherever you were going. . - Please, take the time to think about the potential consequences of your actions and slow down. The moments you saved by driving like an idiot- were almost your last. Wayne Fritz projinfo@direct.ca se death with dignity Dear Editor: I am responding to Will Sanderson's article, “Planet Earth is becoming a crowded house,” in the March 9 issue of the North Shore News. For a Grade 1] student, his insight on the “real” problem in this world is impressive. [ rorally agree with Will. Compared to overpopulation, disease, starvation and the Greenhouse Effect are truly minor issues. As long as births contin- ue to be “unrestricted,” and “deaths” continue to be “denied,” world popu- Jation shall continue to grew more rapidly than society and Earth can sus- tain it. Our continued fight against the natural order of things (i.e. death by disease of starvation) results in death by naturai disasters and death by peo- ple killing people (murders, warfare) as the only means of “populatian con- trol.” However, modern technology anJ advanced medical science continue - to reduce death rates from nature's forces and human acts of violence. I believe the only solution we may consider (without violating *human rights”) is the adoption of euthanasia practice in our society. | strong!yv believe that individuals should have che right to choase to die and individuals should have the right to choose to abort a pregnancy (as a result of rape or various health reasons). Unfortunately, unlimited births continue to be condoned; incapacitar- ed people (paralysed from stroke, comatose from various Causes or termi- nally ill) continue co be denied the right to dic; very premature babies continue to be artificially sustained. As human population balloons, the resulting stress on Earth's resources and on society's resources can only lead to violent natural disasters (nature fighting back) and massive warfare worldwide (socio-ecanomic reasons). So, do we allow dignified deaths now ur indiscriminate deaths later? Julie Dixon North Vancouver Despairing of Dog Dung alley Dear Editor: Bylaw 6791 of North Vancouver District’s Dog and Tax Regulation states that dog owners must clean up their dog’s excrement or face a $50 fine. T have a house on Hoskins Road with an unfenced yard that borders on a sidewalk. We have two children in the house and a small baby. We don’t have a dog because none of us wish to clean up after one, and I am, frankly, sick of cleaning the dog waste from my yard. I've seen people taking their dogs for walks, stop at my yard, then stand there while. their dogs defecate. .When asked to remove their waste I’ve had owners pretend not to understand English, run off or flatly refuse. Kilkenny Road west of Dear Editor: Hoskins, towards Ross Road elementary is particularly bad and we reter to it as dog-dung alley. One of the neighbors has erected a marker stating: “This is not your dog’s toilet. Please clean up your mess!” Another neighbor has taken to pushing the deposits from his lawn on to the sidewalk. Untortunately the kids on their way to school walk or ride their bikes through this mess. Furthermore all the drains in the neighborhood are clear- ly marked with the yellow fish, which means that the water travels to a fish habitat. Feces entering here directly affect fish by increasing the coliform count. The rudeness and arro- gance of these people is appalling. They obviously ‘Another dose of operatic horrors Horrors! We're about to be subjected to another haunting by the hackneyed old Phantom of the Opera. Bringing his end- tess banal barking commercials tuned to repetitive snatches of Lloyd-Webber’s dismal self-plagiarized themes to be inflicted on all of us. Surely one interminable session of this and other antique drearyville musicals is more than adequate for even our most avid “standing ovation” audiences. Denis Mason West Vancouver Robertson's Asst. Jams and Smart Choice Ketchup 1 liter 4 Rs don't wish to clean up after their pets so by their actions they ensure others must. It’s not the right of a dog owner co leave their mess for others to clean. It’s against the law, It’s time these people begin to act responsibly and clean up after their canine companions. Marlene Morton North Vancouver [4 DAYS. | ONLY... 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