“MAILBOX Collins’ hatred takes up space Dear Fditor: sion. ing that the world is a scary place Can you please explain why These same people love all the — for him. Doug Collins’ column has to be new shops on Robson, nice new He would far rather be angry printed? buildings, the good restaurants and abusive because the alter- LUBE, OIL & :EFLTER > Gompiste ae tube $ * 16 point safety check © Up to 5 L 10W-30 Pennzoil it’s hard enough for people to just get by day to day with ail our own baggage without his adding to the load by fuelling hate and distrust in each other. In Collins’ magical world, we are all white Christians who have a litle woman and two kids at home; we work hard, go to caurch and love the Queen and England. We belcng to clubs and communities where women minorities and gay people are not invited or allowed to participate. The real world is happily very different. Canada is a melting pot of races, cultures, political groups, and others. We gain far more than we lose by having this and our potential for the future is multiplied by the new ways of thinking and doing brought to our country. The problem is that in difficuit economic times it is human nature to look for a face or group to blame. This is when little angry para- noid men like Collins and heegstra flourish. It’s rather funny to talk to the smug people who agree with Col- tins (sort of closet racists); they love to see che success of B.C. and Vancouver compared to the rest of Canada. But they seem to quietly leave out the fact that this is largely due to the influx of financial invest- ment from Asia during the reces- ‘ay North Shore Disability Fesource Centre and such, buc they leave out the fact that almost all of it is from immigrants and, by the way, not from jolly old England. It’s nice to sit warm and com- fortable and look down on those who are different when one is benefiting from the fruit of their labors. I had one white little old lady come into my store one day. She sat down and started to tell me that her son was at UBC and it was because of all “the chinks”’ that he wasn’t at the top of his class. [told her after she ranted some more to get the hell out of my store and tell her lazy son to study. We want to have the world treat us differently because we are white, as though we are somehow blessed and above the fray. Seems the world is changing around us and we can either adapt and learn or lose out and become like Collins and his supporters: small, angry and losers. Even little Doug could do some good if he put his column to work. Collins should offer real- istic ideas on living together and respecting each other. The problem is he is so filled with hate and his own ego that he can't see anything but ugliness and chaos. I've seen him slinking along Marine Drive, a rather small, timid, white man: it's not surpris- The North Shore Disability Resource Centre would like to thank the following Municipalities for their support of cur summer recreation program for children, Ability '92: Native would cause him to just fade away due to his rather nondescript presence. By the way, I’m a white, blue- eyed ‘‘straight’’ male, and Collins makes me ashamed of my skin. 1 just want us all to try to work together on the problems as they arise. We have a very special big country here. Hatred tends to take up a lot of space and we can’t af- ford it any more. Please take the time to answer in your paper why a cretin like Collins has the right to fuel hatred in cur country. The people he so venomously attacks seem to have done little or nothing to him. Why give him space to feed the hatred and paranoia in those that should know better? James W. 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