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A man n dubbed a “gentle giant
. (six-foot-seven, 300 Pounds) | has

his head ungently beaten into...”

“» unrecognizability:in' Prince Rupert,

. allegedly.by five teenage boys ”

. Now charged with second-degree*
murder, A Calgary janitor aged 34
stops to pick up three girls who

.. flag him down on the road; they

“\ try to steal his car and, when he

* ‘resists, stab. him to death. Three" © .

. girls, one. 15, two 14 — that’s.

right, folks;just kids — are subse- ;

quently charged.
“This list could go on and on.

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5 Sometimes the victims are other |)
‘tributed so'much to the decay of |

children — stabbed, beaten, their...
_ heads stomped’ against curbs,

‘'scapegoated by other. children who oS
punishment is retrogressive. That
At destroys self-esteem..." *.
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choose someone to bully out of .
some dark irrational iinpulse. ’
“ Sometimes of ‘course, the vie-
__ tims are women —- raped, mur- :
‘dered — or helpless old men or)”
~ women. Those are the worst. - 4 :
‘5! But-in a ‘sense slayings’ like #
a those i in Prince Rupert and.
“Calgary are the most ominous

:.. because the victims are mut the

weak or women, but strong adult

males. It’s the boldness that’s sig-

nificant. The boldness of bullies.’

Young, young bullies. |
But this colamn will fail if it

merely laments.:1 proposes.

; Here are three proposals,
& Rewrite school. legislation to

a PALER (SENTERO , . ete oe
: — —. 3 ee mews yew pole

by the strap. ‘and the ruler, .
” The “libexals’” who have con-

our:scciety will -yowl, Let them.
hey will say that corpore!” ~

“Know what, folks?-Self-este
may be the: most over-praised 0

"current society’s icons. I'd wager,
backed up by many well-known;
: examples, that almost all of the :.

really inventive builders and cre-

ative people of history felt jow:.

self-esteem much of tie time. *
What sustained them was a
compensating ceurdge, a kind of ;

« inexplicable faith. Some of the
., worid’s biggest bores and second
- raters are rich in self-esteem.”

And how do you like this? An

‘American columnist has cited a

survey indicating that of all the

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HE RECENT cutery at Nerth

‘ Vancouver City hall over raises for the

city’s council members has turned over

‘soine interesting civic rocks — beneaih which

crawl a variety of subjects that would benefit
from the bright light of public scrutiny.

On July 10, city council approved a sizable
raise for its members. It moved the annual
salary for city councillors, from $16,823 to
$18,712; the city mayor’s salary, meanwhile
went from $50,468 to $56,136. ;

“Compared with five other similar-sized
Lower Mainland municipalities, North
Vancouver City now ranks. second overall,
just behind North Vancouver District, which
boasts councillor salaries of $19, 810 and a
mayoral salary of $59,430. i

Lower down the scale are places like Port

Coquitlam, whose mayor is paid $43,902, and |

Port ed whose councillors are paid

ea as ne Deas

PCE CEM”

Nene of these salaries ure’ ‘going to make
anyone rich pursuing decal: wolitics as a
career.

‘But the sting in North: Vancouver City is
affixed to the size of the raise: 11%. And that
sting is made all the more painful when coun-
cil’s increase is compared with the raise given’
the city’s unionized workers: 0%. -. .,

Few would argue that council members are |
often underpaid for the amount of work they
do. Many would also argue that council mem- ;
bers are entitled to annual raises. . ;

But. more than a few people would argue

that council members should not be in charge

of voting themselves raises. Regardless of the.”
intentions undertaken in: ihat process, it sets
the wolf loose in the chicken house. -

‘Council. raises should be -established ‘by
voters when councils. are elected. That way: .:
everyone knows who's going to get what and
wihro is really paying the bills.

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mailbox

in self-esteem was . inner-city

black males.

. Tsay: Nurture the self-esteem i

of the timid. Cool off the cocky. /
And strap (and otherwise disci-:/
pline) the lawless. And always —
under strict rules, including the
presence of at least three teachers.
Esteem should be earned.

Repeal the provision —- not to.

say other provisions shouldn’t be

‘junked’ .too. — of the Young

Offenders Act prohibiting publica-
tion of the names of children con-
victed of crinies, Aud their parents’
names. And addresses. ‘
(I wouldn't Gfrer the media
photos of such children with
police file numbers across their
chests, though. Bui 1 would
release such photos of adult con-
victs and encotrage the media
to run them, If it's good enough

_for baby-faced actor Hugh Grant

after he’ s done, something silly ‘in
acar, it's od enough. for real.
thugs.) you sy,
/ By! now the e “liberals” must be.
riding the fage rocket somewhere

_ over the Big Dipper. What! Bring .
Shame on children! Embarrass *
them! And their parents!

Now you're getting the idea,

berals.” That's precisely »
purpose, As is the intent of my
third recommendation .
B2 After the young person's canvic-

extension of the court process, hold

a mandatory public mecting to.

‘ten behavior. Paresits would. be

/ obliged to attend: Other, family .
members, friends and neighbors -

would be strongly encouraged to

attend, Expert witnesses could be:

- called, 1
The inquiry would be convened
not to impose ariy-additional
penalty on anyone, but to provide
the community with a broader

insight into the background of the ..
crime, to air community concerns, © -

and ideally to point to ways of
preventing other occurrences of »
youthful crime in the community.
“Community” here being defined”
in terms of neighborhood.»
Shame? Embarrassment?

Identification of the guilty?
Exactty, Protection of the g guilty
young. — and, Isuspect, their even
more guilty: parents — through the
Young Offendets Act hasn'i7”
worked, Shame might, No, [tl

= make thata Girnr prediction:

Shame wilt?

oS The | prerequisite for all of this,

“however, is ) an angry.communi-

ty that won't.take this guff any
more and (b) a retin to not only

_ respect for but the power of
authority, especially” neighborhood
power, Corral the oudaw young
and you'll have a lot fewer adult

; thugs than society suffers now,

‘tion for a serious crime, and as an

: rate,

A taxing

‘solution: .

Dear Editor:

Re: Trevor Lautens and flat
tax, July 14. 2As a3)
Chartered Accountant i in pubic” ;
practice - since’ 1946, Lnave.
watched | the | ‘Income Tax’ Act”
degenerate from a fairly simple

-and straightforward statute into .:
‘ something . out of “Alice in’;

Wonderland. \: have advocsted ;

a simplified system for many;
© years without causing a:ripple
“in the system. As policy, chair-,:
‘man: “for

Capilano-Howe
Sound. | submitted a policy on’.
the fat tax for the Reform}.
party’s 1994 convention in.’

Ottawa. Unfortunately, the pol-..

_icy pundits j in Calgary chose to |
_ submit in‘its place a resobitio:

to establish.‘a. task |.ferce! to’ #]
develop a flat-rate tax system. 7
I read Mr. Lautens’ article

“with interest but found mysel

batfled by one paragraph: “His
preference ‘isthat bord. avd ':
stock ,income,- neither ‘digi-
dends !nor | “capital - gains

; wouldn't be taxed.” oe

‘A would be: pleased, if, “you .

‘ could get Mr. Lautens to tans: + |.
“Lute this paragraph: into intelli :

gible English.
C.D.L. Dyke
West Vancouve:

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