ON THE OTHER HAND ‘NOW THAT their hero Nelson Mandela has told those nincompoops in Ottawa it’s OK, we shall ‘soon be able to sip on South African wines again. Yes, they will be available any day now, so it will be down to the ., liquor store even though it means ~ giving our revolting rulers a Jew more tax bucks. ff Pcoutd buy a huge vat of Paari Roodeburg Red or KWV. brady and make the said nincompoups roll it from coast to coast, [ would. . What a sight that would make. Apart from two trips to South Africa during which [ loaded up on “as much of the stuff as poss fbte, I “haven’t been able to get any of it “for years: Compared with that, the rigors of the Second World War were nothing.» : . Sanctions were an atrocity com-" mitted by the disgusting Tories to the cheers of the disgusting Libera!s and the disgusting NDP. But | got my own back in the end. That’s * why the Tories and NDP were deci- mated in the last election. |. ; If | had been able to forma *- South African Wines Party, the Liberals would have got their just .. desserts, too. ‘Standard Equipment « 1.8 Litre DOHC 138 BHP * 4 wheel ABS disc brakes * Power windows, locks & mirrors + AM/FM six speaker stereo $27,9 P.S. THE NEW 318i CONVERTIBLES HAVE JUST ARRIVED! The politicians who banned such gifts of the gods were hypocrites. There should be another, more expressive word to describe them but {couldn't find one. Let ime know if you can. The veto on wines and other harmless stuff, you see, was no more than a moral figleal, Ottawa dida't mind importing what fT nee'ted from those white suprema- cist racist monsters in South Africa. lt didn’t mind letting in man- ganese, ferrochrame, platinum, ete. that were essential to Canadian industry, Bul it did stop the wines, plus wheat sales to South Africa. Result? The Australians were happy to sell THEIR wheal to the said monsters while we gave our farmers another handout. We danced to the tune of the communist African National Congress and its wonderful leader, but the Brits told the ANC to get lost as far as sanctions were con- cerned, (Good old Maggie!) ’ And why aot? | attended the Commonwealth (Commonrot) Conference that was held in Vancouver in 1987 and while Comrade Bob Mugabe of — Zimbabwe and Comrade Kenneth -Kauida of Zambia were telling us to put the screws on the South Africans they were themselves trad- ing with the country round the clock. : Of course, The leper republic was the economic engine that kept southern Africa going. Our world-savers were all in ‘KEN BAXTER LAWYER: 24 Years Experience favac of sanctions, naturally. Archbishop Ted Scait tramped the land, exhorting the faithful. Rosemary Brown, Emery Barnes aad ilk jumped up and down demanding that we sip no more of the tainted ambrosias, In 1986, | think it was, Stan Persky, our local leftist. barged imo a liquor store and smashed a boutle of South African wine for the benefit of the TV cameras, A politi- cally correct judge let him off with a caution. Persky's “sen- lence” enraged me. | announced to friends and family that ] was going to do the same : thing with a bottle of Russiat vodka and demand the same treat- ment. . ' Alas, | allowed Grey Eyes and Co, to dissuade me. The sanctions issue was proof that this country is bonkers. Ever loyal ta the leaders of the Commonrat, mast of whom number among the biggest pirates and scoundrels on earth, Ottawa wore its bleeding heart on its sleeve to the end,’ The Americans gave up on sanc- tions in 1991. The 12 countries of the European Community followed. But we waited, us [ say, untif “Mandela and his gang gave us the LONSDALE QUAY ‘ NORTH VANCOUVER 988-6321 Park Shore Notors 1500 FELL AVENUE 985-9344 THE ULTIMATE DRIVING EXPERIENCE. Brian Buloney. Joe Clark, Ed Broadbent (naw enjoying his role as a double-dipping, bloated bureaucrat who wastes bis time and our dollars on iaternational human $6 Sanctions were an atrocity commit- ed by the disgusting Tories to the cheers of the disgusting Liberals and the disgusting NDP.99 rights) plus Sheila Copps and Jean Chretien were all involved in this {rivesty, What about our human right to buy a bottle from any country we please, Ed? Are you the Pope or something? ‘The media were just as bad, The holy souls of the Vancouver Sun pel their shoulders to the sanctions wheel and in 1988 the Globe & Mail sponsored an anti-South African conference. _ Will they sponsor another conference when the blacks of South Africa chop up one another good and proper? For you can het on one thing: if the old South Africa was a tyranny, it is about to be replaced by anoth- er, Worse tyranny, We've seen it all before: fools applaud- ed while the Tsar of Russia was replaced by Lenin and Stalin; in Iran the Shah was replaced by the crazy ayatollahs; in former colony after - former colony, killers prosper where once order ruled. And you know the story in Vietnam, In South Africa, too, the future will be darker than the past. Must go now. There may be’ something in the liquor store. DRAPERIES BY S. LAURSEN : ‘& SON ff : CUSTOM BEDSPREADS, TRACKS AND VALANCES Labour $6.50 per panel unlined, $9.50 lined. CUSTOM DRAPERIES & BL NDS At low, low prices. - | . For FREE Estimates call 987-2966 (Ask about Seniors’ Discounts) Serving the North Shore for 23 years’. “DANIEL JARVIS North Vancouver-Seymour Constituency : DANIEL JARVIS my lf you have concerns? , REGARDING ANY PROVINCIAL MATTER ie ¢ SENIORS ISSUES ICBC e HEALTH * EDUCATION e BUSINESS PRACTICES © ETC. 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