ae eee, UG COLLINS © get this straight ® THE EDITOR of this newspaper disappointed me the other day, by placing that item headed ‘‘North Van City Council condemns News columnist’’ on an inside page when it should have been on the front page. When a fellow works as hard as I do in the interests of humanity, he deserves some recognition. tions to council. | ama hatemonger, etc., and council should do something about it. For all } know, he may have written to the cops, too. itis hatemongering. apparently, to question the official version of history regarding the Holocaust, Who is Bill Bell? He is the little and one must not say that Jewish socialist wet who used to work for — groups bring pressure to bear on this newspaper and now sits on city the media. Of course not. They council, Not under the socialist wouldn't dream of it. And Dr. flag, of course, that would never Ehterman and his buddies are all Yes, your man Doug was the guy being ‘‘condemned,”’ which is re a good word in this context. One ‘ of these days there will be an auto ie da fe, Spanish Inquisition style, featuring my humble self, with Bill Bell and other democrats tossing more wood on the fire. do. great believers in freedom of 7 . With the exception of Ald. = Rod Clark, who mentioned narrow-mindedness, our local elected geniuses thought it was safer to go along with the CJC than to tell it to get lost.’’ im speech.... BUT. Which, I suppose, thing called The Community Elec- is why we have had two great tors’ Association. Then he was an freedom of speech tials in this “dndependent.’’ But a socialist isa country. socialist is a socialist, and most of Apart from the fact that they them believe in freedom of speech — simply don’t comprehend what about as much as I believe that freedom of speech means, I do not Gorbachev is God. blame the pressure groups. In this The occasion of this foray world, everyone grabs whatever against your humble servant was slice of the pic he likes best, and the column of Aug. 7 in which | hopes that the other guy won't listed evidence that had not been notice. It is nothing less than as- covered in the second Zundel trial — tounding, indeed, that freedom of as a result of pressure from Jewish speech lasted as long as it did in pressure groups. this country. on Dr. Michael Elterman of the (I use the past tense because un- me Canadian Jewish Congress, Pacific ti} these issues are decided by the Region, took exception to that and Supreme Court of Canada, we wrote the usual brilliant observa- don’t have our ancient freedoms. we, He was originally with some- At SKYLINE SPORTS we start every ski season with a September ski sale. This year we once again have great savings on ski equipment and ski clothing for you to choose from. Examples are: Lange TSI (87-88) SALE 279% Salomon 747 SALE 119% SALE 99% Shop early to get the best selection and remem- ber...winter is just around the corner. Sale starts Thurs., Sept. 1, 9:30 AM In race relations and even religious matters, talk is risky. If you don’t believe me, look at the shocking case of the New Brunswick teacher whose civil rights have been taken away because he too was un- popular with these pressure groups.) Elterman’s Ietler was meat and drink for Bill Bell, naturally, and Bell’s modest proposal was that because it uses Collins, council should cancel its advertising with this newspaper. Yes, that would show them. Which, ef course, is the equivalent of book-burning, although Bell, college teacher, is much too dim to understand that. Council as a whole couldn’t swallow that one, however, if only because it probably needs the News more than the News needs it. With the exception of A’. Rod Clark, who mentioned narrow- mindedness, our local elected geniuses thought it was safer to go along with the CJC than to tell it to get lost. But I have yet to see any elected body — tocal, provin- cial-or national — opt for courage rather than cowardice when such chips are down. Although I haven't dined out on it yet, this event has been worth a number of free drinks in the famous watering hole, thus prov- ing that Shakespeare was right when he said ’tis an ill wind that blows no good. Onc learned boozer, a lawyer, thinks I should complain to the human rights folk. Experienced in civic affairs, he also says that under the Municipal Act, city councils are supposed to look after roads and stray dogs, etc. and not waste taxpayers time and moncy yelling about what columnists say on such subjects as the theory of relativity. Others say council should announce a ‘‘Frying-Doug Day” at which free beer would be dispensed. One gathers that copies of coun- cil’s motion are to be sent to the other North Shore municipalities. Gov |. The more interest that is sparked in how freedom of speech is under attack, the better@ aera a we Rae 9 - Wednesday, August 31, 1988 ~ North Shore News ‘fe FINE WOODWORKING TOOLS | JX & MACHINERY | » \ for the discriminating woodworker. 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