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Page SbCTION A TIIE Wedneiday Jaonary 1M3 Readers dispute editorial on need for seatbelts laws I should like answer your editorial and the letter of Marie In reference to scat belt legislation The object of the law is as with most laws to protect the majority and not as you say an In on your free dom choice Scat belts are designed to reduce Injury and there is no question that In the ma of accidents they do Unlike you and your reader I feel that there Is sufficient evidence to suggest that the financial burden of multiple Injur is reduced by the wearing of seat belts Why should the system have to support people who deliberately by their own actions incur great than necessary injury from automobile acci dent a Do you also refuse to wear a seat bell on an airplane upon takeoff or landing The person who throws himself In front of a moving train may well contend that he is only hurting himself but hat about the driver and his passengers can we be sure they will not be affected by the exper ience The point of my letter Is that contrary to what you might believe you do not have the right to lake unnecessary risks which may In the end result in an extra burden on at large Be reasonable and above all think positively that the wearing of seat belts Is not so much an imposition but a technical development which re duces injuries Yours truly Peter Cashmore We all pay for injuries To the editor of The Herald Last week lead editor lal on seat belts failed to mention one minor legal technicality no one In Ontario has the right to drive on our public streets and highways If J recall correctly I had lo take various tests to earn the conditional privilege of driving In driver to the condition of the vehicle One of the current con dl lions to maintain the privilege Is the wear ing of a seat belt By not keeping up your end of the bargain one can hardly expect the ministry of transport a I Ion to extend your driving privilege Perhaps what we need Is a different system of enforcement If one chooses to be Impaired or not buckle up and gets In an accident one should not expect to pay the expenses A temporary increase In subsequent premiums would repay OHIP according to the percent age he was at fault After all why should the real of us pay their way To extend this solution and make even less palatable for those con of seat belt and Impaired driving offen ces maybe should have a larger fine and have portion turned over lo OHIP KltWoode Georgetown Driving is our privilege 1 read a letter In your paper recently from an Irate woman who claimed her freedom of choice was invaded after being charged for falling to wearaseatbelt Although I genuinely sympathize with her emotional Ion being charged for anything Is humiliating I really can t say I agree with her argument God in Heaven knows that our legislative sys tem here on earth is everything short of per feet but surprisingly there are still a few laws designed for our protect Ion and I do think the seat belt law Is one of them Not that Hove to the accursed thing grumble too Its comfortable Its restrict especially over a bulky winter coat The one in my car even leaves its Imprint In my neck Sure It s Irritating But it doesn kill me to wear it In fact might Just kill me not to It has little to do with whether the person behind he wheel Is a good driver or not Many accidents happen which have Utile or no bearing on actual driving techniques What would we choose To bear the discomfort of a restrict ive belt or meet a sudd en unforseen emergency and bear the discomfort of a bloodied head em bedded in a windshield I should think my life is more precious to me than to forfeit it for the sake of freedom of choice Driving is a choice as Marie stated but it Is not a right It is a privilege And to enjoy that privilege we must Dogooders out to save us from evils of pay TV To the editor of The Herald Dogooders ore at it again Now theyre challenging the First Choice Pay TV channels option of offering programming from Playboy Enterprises They say theyre erotic Webster definition of erotic of or causing sexual feelings or desires How terrible The thought of having a sexual feeling Is revolting A local Ha I ton woman Is now asking the board of education to send a letter of complaint Has she nothing better to do Or does she simply want to save us Does she realize she will be able to purchase an electronic device lo attach to her TV to cut off programming at a time This would eliminate children whose parents a I low them to stay up after midnight to watch such a channel Why Is It always women who are against such programming I think they are protecting only themselves Are they in situations where they feel threatened Must be Ive never heard of men complaining of such programming My suggestion to all the dogooders dont buy Pay TV but let me have my freedom of choice you have yours One last thing Ive been scanning the channels to see If Pay TV has been running any haven t found any will all these women please tell me where they saw the programming Surely theyre not going on hearsay MaryHacon Georgetown Applaud school board soft porn only first step I would like to applaud Trustee Bruce for her motion before the Hal ton board of education which formally protests Playboy type program on pay TV Over the past year In the public has many opportunities to Investigate the effects of soft porn on our lety The National Film Boards Not A Love Story presentations by Project P the unit of the OPP dealing with porno graphy and the many articles written by psych ologlsts sociologists and the like make us aware of the real dangers to all members of society of Playboy lype presentat Ions In our media In presenting women as mindless sex objects worthy only of contempt soft porn prepares the public mind for the step In the pornography Industry violence against women Violence with sex Is the predom Inant theme of both films and magazines now ally available In portray Ing women as unworthy of respect as useless except for the pleasures their bodies afford others soft brings us to the of enslavement bondage gang rapes bestiality beatings and even murder and mull la Ion There are four major Influences in a young persons and ail Column on bishops was narrowminded Your Queens Park col umnlsts con of the Canad Ian Conference of Bish ops New Years state ment on unemployment demons Ira ted his narrow- minded Intellectual sloth If Derek Nelson lacks either the wit or the time to properly critique such an important subject I urge a replacement be ought The bishops ore ex pressing the aspiration of the majority of us whose desires are rarely heard We need good paying Jobs for every ablebodied person Wo want work that Is creative and sails fylng not the souldes troying drudgery most of us are forced to endure We want to make things of real value not Junk designed breakdown and be thrown away We want healthy workplaces and a safe environment not a cancer epidemic In a pollution scarred coun try We each want more control over our lives and the Institutions that affect us not to be slaves to corporate machines and bureaucrats The only way well achieve these goals Is thru the community ownership and control In dustries and new forms worker management that the bishops recom mend The bishops message Is very clear but Its not one Nelson and his sponsors want to hear Grant Pattulo Sweeping disabled under rug swallow our pride and our better knowledge way things should be run and submit to the laws which govern It If we maintain such an Im sure well see our freedom of choice in a whole new pespect ive And we wont get so mad when were caught abusing the privilege and yes I have been caught before but I choose to learn from my error Thanks kindly for list Sincerely Mrs Nixon compete to be the moot dominant They are home school peers and the media especially television Provincial leg station refers lo he school as an extension of the home Of the four main Influences only the home and school have the best Interests of the child at heart The school board therefore not only has the right but a duty to take a stand against porno grephy on television This is not censorship but advice and support for parents as well As teach ers who will also have to deal with the effects of soft porn on kids In taking a stand the school board seta an ex ample for students In demonstrating the pub lics right to protest against undesirable media programming This should encourage everyone parents and students alike to practise greater discrimination In their choices In all media areas Trustee Bruce is vlously well Informed about the dangers of soft porn She also fully real lies her responsibility as a trustee to take a Hand in the best Interest of children Let us all supp ort Mrs Bruce In her efforts for the benefit of all our society Yours truly Gail Rutherford Georgetown To the editor of The Herald Recently some declsi on making by town Indicated that priorities regarding the have not changed Could it be that as a minority group two per cent of the national popu lotion arc termed dis abled they hove no voting clout and do not mailer Money is always the key word in government circles Yet there seems to be enough to spend on rcnoviting the appear ance the downtown purchailng land for a new municipal complex or building a new cultural centre 1 In Acton monies were allotted for a fence to beautify a local park That was obviously more Important than a ramp at the arena that everyone couU enjoy that public recreational faclll In Georgetown new deck at the Dltk Memorial Pool tkkes pre cedence over an elevator at the Georgetown arena Coat again is th decid Ing factor However I wonder how original estimates can vary so greatly from the actual costs Original cost for actual cut 18 Original cost for elevator actual costapproximately I might suggest since lite elevator Is so expensive the disabled I sure are not too proud to use a ramp and In a time of recession it would save taxpayers dollars Government is contlnu ally arguing that costs must be eliminated or reduced and In health and social services it appears they have appll cd this premise In March 1962 the budgets for social services were slashed at the same lime the region voted to approve an Increase In chairman Jack car allowance Ironically we vote for our members to servo us and meet our needs Yet very little legislation In the past has been Imple mented to moel the needs of the handicapped in the community In Hal ton Hills there is no leg slat I on Maybe council members hope the hand capped will move to another community when they ore no longer Inde pendent Certainly if one es housing home care they must move to cither Milton or Acton Although a bed nursing home facility had final go- ahead Inst June after eight years of planning no construction has begun I expect we II gel a new municipal complex before we get a nursing home At a recent meeting of the long term committee and seniors information committee Anne Martin Matthews from the department of family studies at the of argued that available services should be supplemented and put Into action to keep more people In tho community Its a proven fact that its far less costly to maintain an Individual at home as compared to an Institution In most cases the person Is happier well but I must rememb er that we re dealing with costs here not feelings On the positive side I want to thank those members of council who supported the purchase or the Ac 1 1 Van a real boon to many and the building of a ramp at the cultural centre I trusl every consideration will bo given to the disabled when designing the new municipal complex as How can the budget makers in all good con science continue to sweep under the rug the needs the disabled in Halton Hills Thty will no longer tolerate being patronized Therefore I urge you council members to plan for Ihe future as It could be you someday facing a set of stairs and wonder ing how youll get your 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