ON THE OTHER HAND BARBARA AMIEL is a clever lady who writes for Maclean’s and for The Times. And not long ago she claimed that Canada was the looniest country of the Western world. We are certainly up there in the top rank. But 1 question whether we are any madder than the Brits. A month in England showed me that political correctness and barminess are just as strong in the Sceptred Isle as here. Some of it is hilarious. A male solicitor by the name of Angus Diggle was sentenced to three years for what was described as “a 15-sec- und grope” with a female solicitor (“Miss X"), They had been to a party and got drunk. She invited him back to her flat and stripped off to her panties. She awoke, she said, to find him on top of her, “wearing only his frilly cuffs and a green condom.” He told the police, “This is so ordinary and you people are so bor- ing. You obviously did net go to public school.” That Diggie should have got such a severe sentence outraged the coun- try. On znpeal, the sentence was reduced to two years, and Diggle was released after one year. which was still tough. “Angus Diggle, the lonely fogey, is freed,” read a headline. Columnist Auberon Waugh wrote, “The best advice we can give our sons is to avoid any woman Dear Editor: Catherine Atyeo (Insights, Sept. 23) offers up the same predictable man-hating attack that Doug Collins often refers to. It is no better to call black men pimps (even though they constitute over 90% of those arrests) or Jamaican immigrants criminals, or menstruating women PMS bitches. Statistics bear out each of these, but stereotyping only exacerbates the problem. No healing or under- standing takes place through erect- called Miss X27 If Diggie was out of luck, lots of others were more fortunate. A knife. point rapist was being let out of the clink for bike cides. And it wits reported that “he has a Key to his centrally heated cell with a color TY set” Sounds fanutiar, A 13-year-old boy had committed 81 burglaries and possibly murdered three people (one for sure), The shrinks and social workers joined forces and got him put inte a nice easy home. He walked outand was still missing when we left. Churchmen are just as daft there as here, tov. The deporting of erimi- nals and egal immigrants was described in an official church report as “Nazi-style immigration policies.” A leading cleric said it was “a mod- erm form of crucifixion.” The biggest scandal during our visit was the breakout by IRA erimi- nals from a high-security jail. Biggest, that is, if you ignore a claim by a cad of a guards officer that he had slept with Princess Di, Prison security was just a joke. Semtex explosives were found in the jail and the five escapers (all of whom were caught) were armed with handguns which had been sent in to them and used during the breakout. {t was then found that [RA pris- oners were being handled with kid gloves. Prison guards did their shop- ping for them. One of them “loved lobster.” They cooked their own meals, did steak and chips for visi- tors, and made long-distance phone calls at public expense. Guards were not allowed to search prisoners’ parcels. That would be seen as ‘ta severe measure.” The Daily Express did a story headlined “Barmy Britain.” “We send tearaways on holidays of crime. We give free legal aid to cheats. And we give free, flavored condoms to |3-year-olds.” Young convicted toughs were - being sent on “safari trips” and holi- days in Spain, accompanied by social workers. The idea was “to break their criminal lifestyle.” Faced with public anger the gov- ernment cancelled all safari trips. “Hard labor replaces safari trips for yobs,” read a headline. We shall see. There, as here, the real powers are the bureaucrats and pressure groups. As for British TV, don’t judge it malthox Nian-hating message wrong ing monuments of accusation. Catherine promotes hatred under the guise of victimization and through politics of exclusion. Marc Lepine killed 14 women in Montreal. I did not nor do I appre- ciate being lumped in with those demented few who do kill. Calling Mr. (Ted) White and Mr. Collins names is an all-too-common tactic for those who do not want to hear the message being said. Ted Shandro North Vancouver The office of Registered Physiotherapist Gayle W. Robinson, B. Sc. (P.T.) by the few excellent programs you see on PBS. The run of the mill stuff is truly dreadful. 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