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Entertainment Outlook Keep children out of the polling booths View Of course It rocs without saying both you and are deeply commuted to democratic principles Democracy is synonymous with free fairness and equality It Is lhat Ideal system under which any boy or girl can dream of growing up to be defence minister and buying till Ion worth of submarines with other peo ples money On the other hand you and I are also aware that moderation Is a cardinal virtue As such we know that there are certain situations in which democracy a bit like horseradish splendid stuff but a Utile goes a fairly long way This thought came to mind upon reading about the democratic crusade of a Vancouver Journalist named Ian Hunter Mr Hunter bless him is spearheading a campaign to give the right to vole Apparently Mr Hunters first notion was to lower the voting age to On sober second thought he decided to re vise the voting age right down to Its not likely that babies would want to vote he is quoted as saying but thats no reason to deprive them of a constitutional right At this point one is tempted to be New Home Video WALL STREET B CBSFox American worship of capitalism brought an Oscar to lead actor Mi chael Douglas The lanternjawed star plays ruthless multimillionaire Speculator Gordon Gekko who takes a young broker Charlie Sheen under his slimy A perverse father figure to this cal low kid preaches the seductive ethic of greed Countering Gekko is the Sheen characters natural father played by Charlies real dad Martin a union rep and machinist or an SPECIAL PRICE cynical One is tempted to say show me an Infant who has the to vote and Ill show you an Infant who can damn well change his own nappies Still Mr Hunter makes some valid arguments Children he observes are the only Identifiable group in Canada without the right to vote Indeed he claims children can be seen Fewer rights than a child This is undeniably true Children have It must be admitted fairly few rights This is what makes them In short Mr Hunters views enable us make three general assumptions about him One Mr Hunter is an Idealist Two Mr Hunter Is profoundly committed lo equality Three Mr Hunter does not have kids There Is a technical term for the stale in which children arc denied an equal say in household decisions It is called sanity To be sure there arc a few parents who try to run their homes on a truly democratic basis These are the parents who never eat anywhere except the virtues of benign despotism When for instance the dear little ones clamor for The Care Bears when the Expos are playing on another channel most fathers are wise enough lo take a deep breath count to 10 smile gently and then ask themselves What would the Sheriff of Nottingham have done at a time like this airline company who stands for the decency of the common man and stresses the value of things that mon ey cant buy The contemporary Wall Street of corporate raiders and wild Insider trading a ripe subject for skewer ing and Stone and his cowriter Stan ley have come up with some choice hardboiled satire Chillingly however Mr Hunters crusade may be on solid legal To begin with the Charter of Rights guarantees the vole for all citizens wl a mention age restriction And besides Mr Hunter notes Canada has already extended the vote to the three other groups which were formerly dis first women and then criminals and lunatics Well Once again Mr Hunter facts are correct We have Indeed ended the discrimination against these three groups Weve the women weve elected the criminals and 4 5 24exp 8 36expll FREE Double Flint 23Ax5 or Double Size CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS color enlargement for as low a S3 per picture including film developing Only at LIONS CHARITY BASEBALL GAME Sunday August 21 1 988 at 1 pm ACTON LIONS vs GEORGETOWN UONS Smith Middle School Many Draws including a Propane Tickets Available at Acton Automotive Acton SttN Bull Acton Carpet Banr Georgetown lunatics But surely this Is enough fairness for one century Lets be realistic Children are sim ply unequipped to weigh complicated political Issues And worse yet remember how many children there are in this country What If those millions of kid got In their head lo cast a block vote for the date of ihel choice Try to Imagine waking up the morn Ing after next election and discover that our new prime minister Is Mr Now let me hasten to add that this I not an attack on poor Mr There are undoubtedly many persons who are less fit to govern than tie is and over the yean weve elected most But there is a sacred principle at stake here Children have their place and this place Is the polling booth Allow children lo vote and they re most certain to elect lousy govern And Is a job thai should be left to adults GEORGETOWN CINEMAS STREET 8776232 2nd Great Week FUNNIEST IVIOViE THISYEAR wand CINEMA 2nd Great Week 1HE Of BRUCE WILL DIE HAM Evenings at pm CINEMA 1 Matlnae Sat Sun at 200 pm ALL SEATS CINEMA 2 Matinee Saturday Sunday at 200 pm CINEMA 3 Starts Today 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