Seeking an outlet, he has given me a list of items in common cur- rency that he doesn’t want to hear about. And I am sharing it with you because it deserves the Nobel Prize for Gripes. (In addition to which it gives me a chance to con- template the infinite or to go to the watering hole.)

My friend does not wish to hear:

About women whose biological clocks are ticking.

How women have been the vic- tims of male oppression for sever- al thousand years.

About people engaged in “parenting.”

About any group that has con- cerns that have not been address-

About any politician who at- tempts to address those concerns.

That it is time for Canadians to put aside their differences and come together as a nation,

From TV and radio reporters who say ‘“‘pitcher’’ when they mean ‘‘picture” and ‘‘newculear’’ when they mean ‘‘nuclear.”’

The expressions ... homophobic, redneck, racist, rac- ism, racially-motivated, mean- spirited (are you listening, Rafe Mair?), WASP, non-caring, tight-winger, sexist, elitist, im- perialistic, xenophovic, and ul! the

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other expressions that are never applied to left-wing socialists or to minority cultures.

The term ... journalistic integri- ty. It is a total contradiction, he says. One word has nothing to do with the other.

About anyone who is described as an activist.

Women in films referred to as actors.

How people from other lands enrich our culture with their diverse heritage or enrich our heritage with their diverse culture.

From people who go into cardi-

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ac arrest at the thought of ciga- rette smoke in a public place, but are quite content to unleash their little brats and have them run shrieking at the top of their lungs in restaurants, ferries, airliners, buses and stores.

About the whackos, loonies, drunkards, druggies, drop-outs, dead-beats, panhandlers, and ne’er-do-wells that we are now supposed to call ‘the homeless.’’ He also does not wish to hear that he is somehow responsible for their plight.

About the latest book written by Peter Gzowski, Pierre Berton, June Callwood, Margaret At- wood, David Suzuki, Stephen Lewis or his wife, or anyone else who gets published by McClelland & Stewart.

Any song or dance that some native Indian says he learned from his grandfather or grandmother.

Any TV commercial from Mac-Blo in which they try to convince him how concerned they are about clear-cutting, the pollu- tion of salmon streams and the future of the forests.

Another damned peep out of the Raging Grannies!

The term ‘‘gas ovens”’ used in reference to Second World War German concentration camps. He notes that the crematory ovens were a method of disposing of bodies, not a method of execu- tion. And they did not operate on gas.

About the women who died fighting for Canada in the Second

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Things we don’t want to hear about

THERE'S A chap in Vancouver who must hide his light under a bushel, he being employed by a Crown corpora- tion. So he has become a mass of boiling fed-upness and has taken to identifying the burrs under his saddle.

World War. Obviously, he says, some were killed in accidents and during the London blitz. But feminist propaganda would now have us believe that our girls hit the beaches at Dieppe, stood their watches on North Atlantic con- voys, and flew through the flak of the Ruhr in Lancaster bombers.

The term ... govern- ment-funded or government- sponsored. It should be replaced by the expression, ‘‘paid for by the taxpayers of Canada.”’

The term ... ‘‘bashing’’ whenever someone attacks the beloved icons of the liberal Left, such as ‘‘gay-bashing,”’ ‘‘com- mie-bashing,’’ and ‘‘media- bashing."’

The term ... ‘‘dinosaur”’ or **neanderthal’’ applied to anyone

anymore

who refuses to conform to the stupidities of the metric system.

Plus — he might have added — critics of the immigration fiasco, bilingualism, affirmative action, free lunches in the schools, grants to lesbian and other groups drool- ed over by the likes of Stan Per- sky, and taps on the wrist for po- litically correct criminal nuisances who climb up the anchor chains of American warships that are visiting Vancouver.

As mentioned, my man has to suffer all these things in anony- mous silence. But he shall join the free lunch brigade when I get back from foreign parts, which is where Iam now. (Come to think of it, though, it won’t exactly be a free lunch, will it.)

Eydro project meeting set

AN OPEN house and informa- tion meeting about the propos- ed Capilano Hydropower Pro- ject will be held Thursday evening at Handsworth Sec- ondary School, 1044 Edgewood Rd. in North Vancouver.

Under the project, excess water that now spits over the Cleveland Dam would be used to generate power. Money rais- ed from the sale of that power would then be used to offset increasing water costs.

The project would involve construction of an under- ground chamber to house a power station on the west side of Cleveland Dam.

According to Vancouver Regional

the Greater District

(GVRD), preliminary estimates for the hydropower project in- dicate that it would produce a net annual revenue of $1 mil- lion to $1.7 million.

If approved, the project will take 12 to 17 months to com- plete at a cost of between $10 million to $15 million.

The current work to upgrade Cieveland Dam for earthquake safety is a separate initiative from the Capilano Hydropower Project.

The public meeting about the hydro project is scheduled to run fram ..om 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday. For more information, call 432- 6202.

PaR®O#PeOe8S#E#D

CAPILANO HYDROELECTRIC POWER PROJECT

PUBLIC INFORMATION OPEN HOUSE

f the Greater Vancouver

@ The Greater Vancouver Water District (GVWD), a division of § Regional

District (GVRD), is

considering the installation of an underground power generating f / facility at the existing Cleveland Dam in Capilano River §

Regional Park. The intent of this proposal is to use revenues

from the sale of power to B.C. Hydro to help offset the. present

E cost of supplying water.

THE PROJECT

8 if approved, the project would involve construction of:

an underground chamber to house a power station on the west side of the Cleveland Dam;

a small fenced transformer yard located near the dam § at a site which will be screened from view; : either an above ground or underground transmission line connecting to the existing Glenmore transmission ff

line and substation.

COMMUNITY INPUT

A preliminary impact assessment is being initiated to determine § the possible effects of the proposal and to identify ways to §

B avoid or lessen any negative effects.

You are invited to attend and provide input and we would § f welcome any questions, comments or suggestions you may §

have.

For further information call: Paul Archibald

A Senior Project Engineer, GVRD 432-6473 or fax 432-6297,

: Staff and consultants will be on hand to discuss the 2 : proposed plaas with you. ‘

Greater § Vancouver § Regional §

District