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THE HERALD Wednesday September Page a By Gerry Emotion is the driving forcer that often carries us high on a wave misguided compass ion sympathy and indeed cm pa thy the driving force that often clouds our Judgment and consequently misdirects it The tragic death of rookie police officer Constable Harry Sneddon only years of age is case In point Constable Sneddon was shot to death Friday with his own gun while answering a call to a domestic dispute His tragic death nan once more brought an outcry from police forces across this country for a return to capital punishment The abolishment of capital punishment was written into Societys death wish Canadian law on July 14 1976 wording J He is mist Since that date there has been by the very almost a steady outcry from JP to protect the supporters of tho death In between punishment a life for a lid- Senseless death is always a tragedy and certainly Horry Sneddon s death was a sense less thing but capital punish ment or no capital punishment was not a premeditated affair As harsh as it may seen the old adage those who live pose is death when one carries a gun you automatically run the risk of getting shot In today society a police man has a lonely and unre- aside and consider whether capital punishment la indeed a deferent Constable was tho first police man on the Metro force to be killed In the line of duty since 1973 that was three years before the death penalty was abolished Let us look to other high risk jobs that of a construction worker a race car driver a miner a diver the list could be endless all have a built In world he the waste pur the leftovers the losers those who for whatever reason Just t measure up On the beat or in a patrol car ho is virtually alone facing a hundred thousand different possibilities He never knows what will or from where It will The J could we fool ourselves even for a moment to that the fact that our policemen carry guns deters crime By the same token capital punishment in no way effects crime A tragedy such us the death of Harry Sneddon was a crime of passion a crime of the moment capital punish would hove no effect whatsoever on such a misfor tune We don Wm t to see our police shot down but for the moment we to nut Sponsored silence held on Saturday Pupils from three George- programs around world town pubic schools will take he remaining 25 per cent part in a sponsored silence to local needs tor senior Saturday to raise funds to help citizens the elderly Help the Aged a self help organization based in Toronto is holding the sponsored si lence to raise funds for its programs around he world helping senior citizens Starting at 10 am at Cedar vale Community Centre the sponsored silence takes pled on the length of time a youngster can remain quiet Also featured is a onethird of a mile walkathon and films coordinal or Bob said Help the Aged was start 16 years ago in the United Kingdom help the aged around the world It has been in Canada for three years Prime Minister and former Prime Minister John Del fen baker endorse lis forts Mr said per cent of the funds raised are used In YOUR WEEK AHEAD By ARIES A new alliance is likely or Mar Apr business Make an effort to maintain a pleasant atmosphere TAURUS Developments at the employment level in Apr a change Clean up all loose ends GEMINI time out for re creative MayllJuaezu hobbies or a bit of romance loo Glamorize routine activities MOONCHTLD Changes on the domestic scene may In JuneZIJnlyZ a move It a favorable time for properly dealing LEO Family matters are of prime concern July Aug tZ Short trips and visits help clear the air in settling a thorny situation VIRGO Monday new moon can be fortunate Aug financially providing a mental stimulus for new incomeproducing ideas LIBRA Partnership dealing arc emphasized An Sep influential friend a steer In the right direction SCOHPIO Now is not the time to incur Oct pleasure of an adversary Preserve con fidentiality SAGITTARIUS Get the ground started on a new Nov you ve been mulling over Investiga ttons are helpful CAPRICORN reputation is on the line Pay Dec 1 lion to detail Weigh the pros and cons PISCES Joint assets should be evaluated Study Feb ways of saving money Don t bt when disposing of items CROSSWORD PUZZLE 300 Conservatives attend Mayfield barbecue dinner Special to The Herald MAYMELD About Progressive Conservatives turned out to hear John Me Dermld Saturday evening as he blasted tht Liberal party and rallied Conservative sup port in the Mayfield Secondary School auditorium The PC candidate for Brampton George to vn threw barbs at Prime Minister Pier re and his party He said has just passed down his third restraint pro gram in 10 years and described the and his cabinet as madslashers He also took a shot at the prime ministers family life Who said If you don like it here then why don you go to another country Pierre and only his wife took his advice ho said The speech followed a plate beef barbecue Premier William Davis Conservative MPs Sinclair Stevens and Otto would attend the event Davis cancel led out and did not show up but Stevens arrived late in the evening for a brief ANN LANDERS I Ann Landers 1 J7 male and gay 1 m not unhappy with the way I tuny lout but I do have a problem On weekends I enjoy going to gay bars and discos to meet with my ends Lately I have run Into several straight men from lfl to B0 who ant to find out what It like to fool around with another guy It difficult to distinguish between straights and gays these days and 1 have been tricked several times since January What burns me up Is that most these guys arc married and have families I hope you will print this letter and tell those Jokers who are looking for a cheap thrill that It a dirty trick and we don t appreciate it Thanks a lot Chuck In Florida Dear Chuck Since the tint letter I ever received complaining about who pick up In search of a cheap I did some checking According to the author It lei any male who goes In for this type of cxcilment not so straight Dear Ann Landers Don let the bullies grind you down Just keep on telling those love idiots hat when a woman marries a divorced man she marries his first family whether she likes It or not and I were about each other He told me so much about his miserable wife and how rotten their marriage was I be perfect knew all the things NOT todo He made It clear to his ex wife that she would have complete say about the kids It a what she wanted and he would bo responsible for support and alimony until she remarried if ever In less than a year ex announced she was marrying a man who didn t like kids so we would have lake them Overnight I became the mother of a 13yearold boy and an 11 yearold girl The boys likes me Tho girls docsnl Ozzle takes Junior to ball games and fishing and I stay at home and light with the girl Ho is thrilled to have his kids back and I m running a poor third 1 d like a baby my own but says we ve got enough kids This the way I planned it I know it too late to do anything except bite the bullet so please Ann don give me any advice Just send me a membership blank for your Too Soon Old Too Late Smart Club Bitter Herbs Dear II You quality The membership blink Is in the mall Dear Ann I Plcasestoptelllngslngle women to Join church groups to meet eligible men Our daughter took your and that 5 where she met this lying skunk went for eight months very steady He talked marriage to her and she believed him My cousin met mm and recognized him as a former neighbor He is married and has two children Church can to an Ideal place for scoundrels meet respectable young women Please warn your readers Very Upset Dear Upset Some churches have rats In basement too go Out with them There no substitute foe common sense A girl who goes with a man for eight months and t pick up a clue that he a married is lets bright Got those wedding belt blues over cost guest list what to wear and other details Ann Landers completely new The Bride a Guide will help For a send a dollar bill plus a long self addressed postage to Ann Landers Box Chicago Illinois GOGll address The last barbecue mid held was three years ago At that time Jack Horner was the guest speaker and you know where he is now Mc Derm id said Horner then a Conservative now is Industry trade and commerce minister in the Liberal government McDermid assured the aud with Joe Clark leader the party Is working better than It has In the last years He stressed that everyone should be working together Together we win the rid we win this election he said Fore Mr Bell and his wife ere on the links is first shot sliced across the and hit another woman Her husband was incensed You hit my with your ball he Sorry handing him a golf ball Here have a shot at ON THE HOME FRONT Rising sometimes to the occasion BySUSANDetACLNDIb To be proud or one a children is a perfectly normal maternal desire and upon those occasions when one i as to display them publicly It should also bo normal for her to expect them to rise to he occasion However any who knows her children well suffers certain preoccasion qualms While mine have learned that attacking one another at the table with the bread knife Is a definite nono and while I still have high hopes that by the time they reach years of age they will have slopped addressing each other in public at least as nerd scabface and I am never quite certain if years of nagging is about to pay off or go straight down the tube One such occasion arose recently when a young bachelor friend of ours telephoned and asked if he could bring a very dear lady friend visiting from Switzerland for just one month meet us 1 rashly extended a dinner Invitation for two days later and then had hour for my Imagination lo run wild With this visit from an overseas guest we Immediately became the token Canadian family and on our shoulders alone rested the burden of her Impressions of Canadian family life While one can always sent out an SOS to the local pizzeria in thefaccof knew my token Canadian children had to be headed off at the pass at all costs and every possible eventuality covered To allow young Teresa summon the guests to the winner table was definitely out I could clearly hear her saying OK everybody It pitout time I warned Richard that when I placed the vegetables on the table he was not to exclaim in usual charming manager What s that crud As for Louisa our pernlckily member I was in fear and trembling that she would manage lo find a foreign body in her salad and send everyone scrambling from the table with her screams of Imagined Louisa has been known at times mistake a sprinkling of pepper for a horde of Driver Ants It was only as doorbell ring that I remembered ell them In graph detail what would befall anyone who parked their bubble gum on the table cloth Of course representing Canadian family now so tospcok I was not prepared to gamble too heavily I strategically seated the children so that one of them high risk case I could press one foot firmly on heirs By end of the first course my legs were suffering muscle spasms The children behaved admirably and by next week I should be able lo walk again death factor whether you like it or not if you carry a gun you run the risk of getting shot The risk the heartache the constant hassle is all part of Job Capital punishment wont change It Capital punishment becomes a moral issue In the sense that you cannot condemn the taking of one lite by a Jungle law of the taking of another If murder is wrong that is the wilful taking of the life of a fellow human being then you cannot Justify capita punish which Is wilful taking of the life of another Murder Perhaps the saddest we have listened to in defense of capital punishment is the cost of keeping the criminal confined Here we put equate cost as a factor in the right to take another human Ilk Justice Minister Otto Lang feels the issue should be by a national referendum The polls say that bo to per cent of Canadians support the death penalty But would 80 to per cent of Canadians want to be the one to pull the trapdoor I think not Jails and death penalty are not a deferent to crime Criminal behaviour takes birth have been deprived love of belonging and left are mental Incompetents who perhaps seemed to have it all on the surface but something in process rational thought was lost You take the life of one and another stands ready in his or her place The quick slam of the trapdoor Is not the answer The process of a Just society Is a painfully slow one It is goal that always looms Just beyond our grasp but it is a goal that we must strive for A life for a life is not the answer What Is for one la wrong for society as a whole Vengcnce never brings back those we have loved so dearly and the return to the barbaric ways or the past shall never bring us Justice or peace of mind To Five by the gun Is to die by the gun The answer must for the survival of mankind lie elsewhere Dine at OF MILTON Avenue HOTEL BRAMPTON 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