4- Sunday, June 26, 1994 - North Shore News Some value freedom of the press, some don’t Doug Collins fe Pn ? . et ON THE OTHER HAND Freedom is the greatest toy in the world. ... But it don't work so good in practice as it does in speeches, — Will Rogers. WHAT WOULD happen it some right-wing or religious group tried to put newspa- pers out of action, prevented people from speaking at meetings, or was vole to pet national media to suppress stories? There would be shock head- lines. Open-liners would flap their lips to bits. Parsons would salt their soup with tears, Jewish groups in Canada have done all of the above. Is it “anti-Semitic” to say so? Only if facts are. Besides, it's not hard to be an anti-Semite. When the Hebron massacre occurred a reader complained to the Times: Colonist in Victoria that it was anti- Semitic to report that a Jew did the deed. | Media folk are usually discreet where: Jewish doings are con- cerned. It's a byproduct of the inflated six million story. That's why there was no fuss when David Irving was jailed and dé ported for being a “holocaust denier." Yes, Ottawa can be tough with a dissident historian, but immigrant killers, crooks and big- time welfare cheats roam our streets unmoiested. Speakers whose views don’t suit Jewish groups often find that their hall and hotel bookings are can- celled. That happened to Irving and the Canadian Jewish Congress and B’Nai B’rith took credit for it in the Jewish press. Paul Fromm of Citizens for Foreign Aid Reform and Ron Gostick of the Canadian League of Rights have been given similar treatment. In New Brunswick, teacher Malcolm Ross was removed from the classroom because Jews didn’t like his pri- vately published books. And now iet's take a look at the campaign to squelch The Daily Victorian. It is a novelty paper that runs stories from Victoria's past. And contrary to its title it came out weekly, not daily. Until it made the mistake af picking up my column, that is. A Jewish city councillor who said he believed in freedom of expression (but not in city hall, obviously) proposed that the paper be banned from those precincts. And it was, The vecasion was all the spittle that was flying over my “Swindler's List" piece on Steven Spielberg's propaganda movie — and never mind that the film had been denounced by some Jewish writers, too. Leading the mob was a meg- amouth called Howie Siegel, described in the Times-Colonist as “a prominent Jewish spokesman.” Siegel was quoted as saying: “Ltold him (the Victorian 's edi- tor) that if he did not stop running Collins’ stuff 1 was going to take it upon myself to go to every one of his advertisers .... and 1 will do everything in my power to see that this paper stops publishing, is destroyed.” Didn't the Nazis also destroy newspapers? Bundles of the offending sheet were whipped out of hotels and restaurants and heaped, one sup- poses, on Heil Siegel's fires. Advertisers were subjected to round-the-clock harassment and Siegel told one who refused to be bullied that he — the advertiser — was “an out-and-out Nazi.” Last week, boasting about his exploits in Victoria's left-wing Monday magazine, Sicgel described himself as “a yappy little Jew.” But he’s more than that. The Victorian now totters along with one edition a month. Such intimidation is not con- fined to Canada. An American pro- fessor, Daniel R. Vining, wrote recently in the highbrow Chronicles magazine that to ques- tion the six million story is a good way for ¢cademics to lose their jobs. In Australia, radio commentator Terry Lane stated in the Australian Jewish News, which presumably is not anti-Semitic: “Lhave said publicly that | will never write or speak on the subject of Israel or Palestine ever again. Here is why: “The Zionist lobby in this coun- try is malicious, implacable, men- Cates expands tug services NORTH VANCOUVER'S C.H. Cates & Sons has expanded its ship-berthing capabilities and added two enormous new 5,600- horsepower Z-Peller ship-berthing tugs to its fleet. The tugs will serve the needs of Roberts Bank coal ships and the new Deltaport container facility. “We’ve been the ship-berthing leaders in the inner harbor for over a century,” said Cates president and general manager Claire Johnston. “But we also recognize the business — and our customers’ needs — are changing. “That’s why we're expanding our fleet, and bringing our services to Roberts Bank and Deltaport. We think there’s 4 good future in ship- berthing on B.C.'s coast, and we intend to be strong players in that future.” The largest pair of ship-berthing tugs in Canada, Cates’ boats will have a combined capability of berthing vessels of 250,000 dead- weight tonnes. The tugs, which are slated to be in service early in 1995, are being designed by Vancouver naval architects Robert Allen Lid. The shipbuilding contract, valued at $13.5 milion, will be awarded soon. C.H. Cates & Sons has been in business for 108 years. The compa- ny operates 15 tugs, ranging from 700 to 2,400 horsepower, 24 hours a day, every day of the year. The company claims to have berthed more ships than any other on the west coast of North America. Its facility is located on the North Vancouver waterfront beside Lonsdale Quay. dacious and dangerous... “What's more, once the expres: sion ‘anti-Semite’ hits the air, or, heaven forfend, the sacred ‘sia mil- lion’ ts uttered .., not one manager or editor will defend an underling, We are.thrown to the jackals. “LT surrender. To the Zionists | say, ‘You win.’ To the Palestinians, forgive my cowardice.” Phillip Adams of The Australian alse had his woes. He thought he had a let of friends in the Jewish conmmunity until he reportedly said something out of tine. Then: “J suddenly became the Jews worst enemy. ... 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