read vyane dees 4- Sunday, Sanus 26, 986 | OVER THE years, my tolerant (yea, even wimpy) «h hardened ‘towards SJehovah’s Witnesses. - When I- had’.my_ first apartment, 1. used to smile: Politely when they: knocked on the door. I'd reason gent- ly with. them, saying: things dike, ‘ “Yes, I appreciate your. ‘concern about Armageddon, ‘land: yes;- indeed, ‘there: are — many things wicked’ in. the: ‘| world,. but. no’ thanks, . i'm into the Buddha;’’-: or whatever. ° other’. religious system I happened. to be try- ingonatthetime. =“ ‘Aad then, when they kept ‘yattéring .on,.I- would even-. tually have to close the door in their faces. But I‘ would ‘| do it:as. politely as you ‘can . : ~ that’ sort hing, Still ’ Once,- stupidly, a couple * of. - their. Teps. to. -T rank ‘North ‘Shore News - "Bob Hunter * strictly personal to say I had nothing else to lo. ' Theological debates can be fun, of course. In terms of importance in the real world, them | somewhere around hockey as an intel- lectual achievement, since all they ‘ever seem to come down to is one side quoting “THEIR book and the other side quoting THEIRS, or, even. more amusing, inter- preting the same - utterance 20 different ways. - _In retrospect, 1 can ‘see that, as a youth, I was under . the: completely: false ‘impres- sion that because this was - the: 20th “century, people must be’ less superstitious than. they ‘were in. ancient times, when‘ the ravings of desert goat herders, high on paranoid grandiosity, “were ‘duly scribbled down by what _-we would today call groupies and preached as. gospel ever vaftewards. :Religion . would: be | a : harmless. form’ of. mental ‘masturbation’ ‘except. that ‘. people: do: get : sucked into 5 believing one pile of mystical "New Life propaganda or another, giv- ing them delusions of supe-_ riority. “When a child’s life is endan- gered by the’ lunatic: fantasies of its parents the : child. should be rescued by the . state. *” i once worked with a guy who was a: Jehovah’s: Witness. We were quite good ‘friends — we used to date _ girls together — until he tricked me into coming to a ‘party that’ turned out to, bea basement . religious. service. 7 He had‘ ‘acttally lured ‘me in-* to this scene in the hope that —" Special Prices: _ In Effect Until ‘Feb. 45 point [HTT his preacher would be able to brainwash me. _ I don’t know how many times over the years these pathetic devotees of a failed sub-cult have hammered on my door waving their little tabloid, The Watchtower, in my face. But it is almost in- variably’ at the most. inop- " portune times, like when I’m . _ having. breakfast, - bathing, “sleeping in, or -doing . my reproductive thing. - Jehovah’s . Witnesses - are fanatics who would rather let their. children die than . have a. blood transfusion because of some obscure reference in the Bible. ’ Anyone who would do that, as far as I'm concerned, is a. Talk about child - monster. abuse! When a child’s life is en- dangered by the iunatic fan- tasies of its parents the child should be rescued by the state, that’s all there is to it. Even . though’ pinkness when it comes: to the rights of the individual, I ' don’t consider the inflicting 15/86 1 consider ' “myself liberal to the point of - of primitive mystical value systems on helpless children. a right much worth upholding if health (or life) is involved: I have a sign in my front yard, BEWARE. OF DOG sign, that says, ‘NO HUNTING, PEDLARS, NO SOLICI- TORS, NO AGENTS. The: .dog, as it turns out, is big but useless. And,‘ in. any. the’ Witnesses ~ get:. around the likelihood of be-. event, - ing thrown down the’ stairs or chewed: to pieces “by the disgusting .. tactic of sending. * in, as they did the other day, a grandmother,. a. mother, 2 and a little girl. The phrase behind her skirts’? came in- stantly to mind. Without’ doubt, somewhere in a head office, a gaggle of Jehovah’s . Witness church.. leaders ‘fall males, I bet) has devised this classic, if wholly contempt- ible strategy, to get past the: . ‘defences of guys like me: ~ Hey! . I: will, naturally; ‘fight to the death to defend ‘Including 4- wheel balance’ and suspension check Properly aligned front end. e improves handling _® Promotes longer tire life e Helps prevent driver fatigue ..¢ Reduces excessive stress .on Suspension: & steering eee just’ below the . ‘hiding . “the right of anybody in this enlightened and tolerant country to believe any -piffie they choose to believe. Butd what about MY heliefc? For instance,. my ‘belief that. ! should be free from religious harassment” on - my own _ private property. - NO TRESPASSING, NO... The incident the ‘other day was'a. minor thing, except that it wound up costing me money. I had had to get up at-2 a.m..to do a long- distance ‘interview, and only had one afternoon to finish “some work off: before leav- : ing town the next evening. ‘The ‘schedule. was. tight. I : NEEDED to be ableto catch ‘a nap that morning.” But :.1}- had no sooner’ got to’sleep than’ Knock, knock, knock. } Here's. Granny, Mom and[. the. poor little kid being dragged from door to door. Needless to say, I never did get back to ‘sleep, and. I’ ‘Tost the afternoon’s income. Who do I sue? Jehovah? -.: .,Witnessés be warned..Iff you “come. around . to-: -my door again, I'll throw:a pie in your face, Granny or not., ° FOR MOST NORTH AMERICAN BUILT CARS & LIGHT-THUCKS With our Total Service we’ (itpAgust: torsion bars where spiteale a : (12) Inspect pawer stéering fluid level; belt”. - tension'and alt power-steering hoses © ; (13) Adjust tire pressure in all four tires“ +» (14) Dynamically balance all four. tites -- ; (18) Road test vat . 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