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Page THE HERALD Wednesday October ISM Arts Ideas Are democracies honorable By JOHN SOMMER A statistic can be a beam of bright light that uncovers a hid den malady Consider this one the United States imports 290 barrels of oil from Iraq and Kuwait every year These same barrels of oil could have been saved had the United States rais their autoefficiency stan dards by 2 75 miles per gallon By not raising their autoefficiency standards the United States set themselves up for blackmail by Saddam Of course just the other year Saddam Hussain was the dear friend of the United States against Iran In those balmy days the capitalist world eagerly sup plied Saddam Hussain with everything he needed for his pre sent holy war against his sup pliers France sold him aircraft Italy sold him equipment to manufac ture Germany sold him poison gas the Americans added food subsidies and export John Summer loan guarantees even the Soviet Union sold him tanks and rifles Now an enormous and very costly effort has to be made to contain Saddam Hussain s ambitions According to President Bush we have to stand up for what is right and condemn what is wrong all in the name of peace I have difficulties with this pro nouncement Why didn he say that we have to stand up and fight order to be able to fill our gas New sculpture to be unveiled tanks with cheap gasoline That is after all the real reason why the United States and the well trained little dog Canada who walks so bravely beside his master s heel has launched this massive expedition to the Per Gulf If Saddam Hussain is not cowed by this display of might and if therefore a major war breaks out in the Middle East what will the American and Canadian boys and girls be dying or For the liberation of Kuwait a country so barbaric that women found adultery are beheaded there Of course not They will die in far away deserts and oceans to guarantee uninterrupted profits for a very few There are by now only two tions on this planet a rich nation and a poor nation The people of the rich nation live in air conditioned towers walled in estates and sybaritic hotels They move from one radiant enclave to another m super fast jets and stretch limousines They are equally at home in New York Pans Hong Kong Toronto and Palm Beach The people of the poor nation comparison dwell the sweltering slums of the Third Fourth and Fifth world where they breed fight and eventually die of hunger and disease We the most fortunate can feel noble at a a plate ban quel that supposed to raise funds for famine relief But by definition money has no cons cience and does not feel To expect love for a particular country from the people who in habit the rich nation who great wealth enables them to shift their operations at a moments notice from one continent to another is naive to say the least The confrontation in the Gulf might turn out to be a nightmare for the little man who sees his savings eaten away by an ever increasing war machine but for the free market operator it will prove to be a delirious windfall A dreadful thought lingers in the mind If the socalled free world can keep it high standard of living only by waging war whenever our energy sources are threatened thereby depriving the poor nation of it share how can we convince the people of the poor nation that democracy is an honorable thing only tint but in comparison to torn a triumph A new sculpture ent tied Mindemova will be unveiled at the Donald Sculpture Park at the Mcdonald Stewart Art Centre on October at i m The unveiling is one of several activities planned for the tre s Annual Open House that day In a reception open to the public from l to 00 cof fee punch and other refreshments will be served Ar tist Ron Chair of the Fine Arts Department at the University of Guelph will speak at 2 about his work currently on exhibit Children aged to are invited to participate in a drawing workshop it or 3 A video The Canadian Col lect on will also be screened throughout the r Canadian sculptor ranees Gage creator of the bronze sculpture Mindemova will speak at the unveiling along with Steven Rhodes Publisher of the Guelph Daily Mercury and Alan Meek Associate Dean of the On Veterinary College at the University of The sculpture was purchased with funds donated by the Dally the Ontario Veterinary Col lege and with the assistance of the Ontario government through the Ministry of Culture and Com Artisans offer childrens course The Credit Valley Artisans are offering a children multi media art course on Saturday mornings starting this Saturday In each of the four sessions students will be introduced to a different art form each representing the four guilds of the Credit Valley tisans In the first session Bev Didur of the Palette and Pencil Club will teach drawing and water col ours Next the students will create a clay sculpture with Mary Ann Martin of the Pottery Guild Joanna Dobbin of the Heritage will show students how to weave on an inkle loom In the final session Mary Rowan will create pseudostained glass windows with the children Students will create and take home an Item in each session This is an introductory course suitable for children aged to For further information con tact Frank Anthony Registrar at between and p m Guest artist Artist Heather stands next to one of her paintings Homage to Jesus Montreal which was on at Gallery House Sol in Georgetown Saturday Many came to see her works which were drawings done in pastel and charcoal along with artist Anne Simmins works which were small bronzes and other works done in a variety of materials The show continues until Nov Herald photo Passive Reducing Exclusive Ladies Salon SUNT AN BEDS 00 Per Session Sessions let SO 8734907 St Rear Entrance Georgetown CORRECTION An error was made in our advertisement last week We advertised a box of Paper Towels with 4 Rolls It tually contained 36 rolls We apologize for this error and any inconvenience it might have caused CASH CARRY HOUSEHOLD SUPPLIES NEW 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