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Jan. 12, 1994 THE OAKVILLE BEAVER ~COMMENT ighting depictions of violence is eve KE P his weekend, the Oakville Beaver carried a front page story on a local store owner selling snowboards with pictures depicting violence and female bondage. Councillor Kathy Graham work‘ on the United Statesâ€"based boards. Is this just a small issue, one easâ€" ily shrugged off as of little imporâ€" rance? Is it, as one 14â€"yearâ€"old fpatron said, a ridiculous issue? Or is t just one more example of the kind of thing we must start speaking out against because it is one of the most disturbing kinds of trends around â€" he type of insidious packaging that an often prove more effective than your average rock video. } But some claim the boards are ie tip of the ice berg. If you are eally serious about combatting vioâ€" ence, they say, then look at the daily diet for most teens â€" televiâ€" sion, movies and videos. Compared to what society and Culture offers your average teen, a few pictures on skateboards aren‘t going to matter much. But I think that‘s a dangerous ttitude to take. ; ) Ironically, the same weekend as ie story on the boards appeared. I vas working on a story about a new study released by the Halton District Health Council on the health conâ€" ns of women in Halton. One of the issues of concern for omen in this area that emerged rom the study is violence. Personal safety emerged as a key concern vith many stating their own fears in heir daily lives. What is most interesting, to my nind, is the aspect of exactly how violence in this area has limited the »ptions for many women. Some say hey don‘t jog â€"" ... After a young oman was abducted on a path I ften used for jogging or riding my pike, I bought a stationary bike ... " aid one woman interviewed as part pf the study. Many are no longer willing to isk doing what was taking for ranted just a few years ago. It is, indeed, a very large issue to The More Wendel Scores The More He Saves "his year, every goal Wendel Clark scores raises money for the fight against liver disease. And that could save lives. You can join Wendel‘s team by giving generously to the Canadian Liver Foundation. Ew CANADIAN . LIVER FOUNDATION Call: 1â€"800â€"363â€"0017 or a donation of $25 or more, you will ceive an 8"x10" picture of Wendel Clark. stated she was appalled by the ‘artâ€" > some people. I mean, clearly, once you start limiting the options of the majority of the population you‘ve got a serious problem. No need to go far afield for alcohol J udzu? Kudzu? Wasn‘t he R the short guy who used to run out of that mansion on Fantasy Island yelling "Da plane, boss! Da plane!" Apparently not. According to a recent study by researchers at Harvard Medical School, kudzu is a weed that often chokes trees to death in forests in the south United States. Until they discovered kudzu, U.S. researthers thought the trees were being choked to death by an up and coming serial killer still doing his apprenticeship. American television movie producers were crushed when the real killer turned out to be a weed. Harvard doctors found that the kudzu extract has been used in China and Japan since AD 200 to treat alcoâ€" holism. We forget that even back Pup U A~" 9 And by closing your eyes to all the little seemingly inconsequential images or instances, you are also closing your eyes to the larger quesâ€" tions of violence and why exactly it sells so well these days. I don‘t buy the argument that an artist has the right to express himâ€" self, an argument also interestingly enough being used in Toronto Mercer Gallery by artist Eli Langer â€" that art excuses everything. This then most chariot and rickshaw acciâ€" dents were alcoholâ€"related. In their studies medical researchers from Harvard did not come across a little known protest group of the day â€" MADDD â€" Mothers Against Drunk Donkey Drivers. I just made that up. Motto: "If you‘re really his friend and he‘s drunk â€" just strap him on backwards!" From the medical paper soon to be published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences comes this quote: "To test its effect on alcohol craving, the researchers used Syrian golden hamsters. They are unique in having a huge appetite and capacity for alcohol, which they drink ‘in preference to water‘." In all scientific study, innovation breeds more questions than it actually answers. You‘RE STANDING, sAmmy! T =Now 60 ALL THE way To MomMy / mm m n sn m w m m mm mm mm m mem mm mm m mm FREE for you a ENOBTRTO friend A GREAT Winter Hobby! L.C.B.0. sticker prices. 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It‘s no wonder kids probably cringe at some of the language ... violence is bad ... we must protect our youth ... For instance, and I‘m sure this question was first on your list as it was mine, why, when the Harvard researchers needed a test group of animals who prefer alcohol to water did they have to go all the way to Syria and not conduct their experiâ€" ments at the Belmont Hotel in nearby downtown Port Colborne, Ontario. At the Belmont you have the added bonus of 10¢ chicken wings and to observe the effects of alcohol under severe nonâ€"laboratory stress they feature a Karaoke contest every Join us Ned Open Private coâ€"educational day school we must be vigilant ... these images are bad for society. All too often, the language comes across as judgemental and pious. But this isn‘t some nonsensical raving from a lunatic bent on wipâ€" ing all selfâ€"expression off the face of the earth. Rather it is a deep concern with the way in which our world is evolving. And I guess I don‘t hapâ€" Thursday and Saturday night. (Writer‘s Note:: For anyone interâ€" ested in seeing bikers in baseball hats and pony tails sing Feelings, the Belmont‘s Karaoke program is now in full swing. The spelling mistakes in the first series of advertisements that led passersâ€"by to believe the Belmont was featuring Carrot Cake every Thursday and Saturday nights have now been corrected.) But seriously, why would a group of scientists from Harvard University go looking for an alcoholic test group in Syria when so many Kennedys live in the greater Boston area? And hamsters that prefer to drink alcohol rather than water? Who do these hamsters belong to anyway? Hunter Thompson? I‘m a little surprised to learn that there is a species of animal, leagues by Steve Nease to tour our newly expanded facilities, ryone‘s duty You and your family are invited pen to like stuff that purports to be one thing and is in fact saying something completely different. If we let this go by as we ofter let other "small" issues go by, we can only be hypocrites. We are lef looking rather foolish as we reminc our sons and daughters to try to use respect with people and animals anc the environment and then remair silent about images that tell them whole different story. study volunteers below human beings on the ladder of evolution, that also think getting royâ€" ally ripped on a Saturday night is a pretty neat idea. Now you know what‘s really hapâ€" pening when you go into a pet shop and you see those hamsters going around and around inside that little ferris wheel. They‘re not playing at all. They‘re drunk as skunks and just trying to get off the damn thing! And what about that hamster starter‘s kit I keep seeing advertised on television for $29.95 with the cage, the wheel, shavings and food pack. Does that include a beginner‘s bottle of Jack Daniels or is that extra? Are there social problems in the hamster world that few of us are aware of? How many houses have burned to the ground as a result of drunk Syrian golden hamsters smoking in bed? Who would breed a strain of hamsters with a huge appetite and capacity for alcohol? Probably the same people who would discover a weed that chokes trees to death and use it to ruin all the hamsters‘ fun. I say set the hamsters free and detain all Harvard researchers under controlled, laboratory conditions allowing them the same privileges as the golden Syrians. Namely, beer with their sunflower seed mix. And to Fernando, Bob and the rest of the boys at the Belmont bar â€" don‘t smoke the kudzo weed. It‘s a trick, I tell you. It‘s a trick. J. 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