A7-Wednesday, June 11, 1980 - North Shore News mailbox ‘Rn Patriarchal approach not the answer Dear Editor: There are still places where patriarchal authority has the final and only word, where women are bound by impossible clothing such as a buttonless black chandra that has to be constantly held together with one hand, where children are taught to be silent and unquestioning and given the strap when disobedicat. Things are as they always have been and the family 1s intact. Yet are these countries models of goodness and perfection? I think not. 1 had hoped that we were entering a new era when thought, understanding and Loose Dear Editor: In the carly mormimg hours of Monday, Junc 2nd, we were awakened by horrifying sounds of a life and death struggle when several dogs were attacking a mother raccoon and her young in a neighbour's back yard. The cries of the anunals were cnough to pive onc night mares and thew thrashing about in 5’ high grass near a fence made sounds hike rushing water only adding to the dreadfal sounds which invaded the oight. It was most fnightening to listen to, let alone imagine the terror of the mother coon trying to protect her young. Several minotes had passed away bcfore my husband rushed oul to sec what he could do aftcr listening to the agomzing cnes and realizing that the neaghbours were about to do nothing. After dashing bach to the house for a coat and upon returming to the scene with his Mashhbght, he found that the dogs were taking off, leaving the badly bat tcred lifeless body of a baby racoon. The mother, who INT, PLAZA HOTEL. planning would enlarge our lives and create a better social and Our present world ts very complex — we have a mobile population, a people who stay alive longer, an economy constantly eroded adverse effects of modern industry and buildmg on the environment, and strife with other countnes over the use was very badly beaten herself, was painfully making her way up the fence and over to the safety of a cedar tree. My husband carned the dead baby over to the base of the tree and the mother coon sat im the tree and cricd in her pam and agony. This s not the first such mnmcadenat (a neighbour's cal and rabbit have been killed by wandering dogs and most recently a duck who was unable to fly) and oor will ut ands price natural resources. The article by Rev. Dougias Knoll about “the cause of all our problems” is simphstic, hmited in vision, and full of faulty reasoning. His examples of the breakdown in family structure are not backed by thought and fact. Who has relegated father to his position as “optional figure head”? Who is this mysterious powerful mover of men? Are those hardworking women who have launched into “competitive careers” the same ones who are in- duiging in frivolous, im- be the last as long as these offenders are on the loose. As a dog owner myscif, I totally agree with Ernie Crist's notice of motion to Council for a bylaw deahng with dog contro! asking that the hours of dog control be extended from 6 a.m. to 10 p-m., ectc. (Sunday News June 1 - Page A5). In my opmion, a 24hour dog watch would be much morc to Une port. To the owners of the dogs responsible, | can only say Survey results depend Dear Editor: tous a) fact) (perhaps unknown to many) that the wording used to pose a queshion for a survey will influence the answers gaven The wording uscd for your recent poll on the topic of Sunday shopping aimost assured oa large ncgative response hhe wide open Sunday shopping eth all stores allowed to be open as they arc on weekdays?” The tngeger word ts of course “wide-open” which conveys the idea of an undisciplined chaotic situation. A much more favorablc response might have bccn garacred by posing the question thusly: “Would you hike to be ablic to have the option of Sunday shopping availabic to youl I would be most intcresicd in the survey resulta of the aes rograms WF progressive hysical conditioning p | me astest and most efficient way to get t results! § oat iiss tis ger CALL NOW! NORTH SHORE moral and _ entertaining living? They must have 36 hour days! Does one really learn to rape, vandalize, and kill from watching TV? Ban- dura, a psychologist who studied role modeling in children, showed that children imitating adults whom they regarded as having power or providing nuturance. Filmed aggres- sion was only copied if the aggressor on film was rewarded. And iastly, Matthew 25:37-38 seems to be a description of ordinary life — most people eat and drink and get married. Perhaps it ogs terrorize wildlife that if tt was one of your dogs that came home the worse for wear, you only have yourself to blame. Just consider yourself tucky that your dog has the advantage of a vet’s services if need be, while the animal in the wild suffers and often dics, on his own. Owners with any sense should realize that a pet (cat or dog) should be kept in at night, protecting both it and from the wild animal needless pain and suffenng. Penclope J). 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