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HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday December 8 UN Senate Christmas greetings has teen mentioned in this space before at times I am by not only the source but the wealth of material which finds its way to my little cub byhole at Halloo Hills HeraU courtesy of Canada Post Lately there have been some nice offerings some not so nice some naughty and even some Christmas cards which are always appreciated I am a firm believer in freedom of speech and tbe tights of an in dividual as long as both rail within the realm of relative good taste and do not threaten what 1 perceive to be the common good Everyone has a right to their own opinion and should be allow ed to express themselves in their own unique way Even if the is not quite correct or the spelling needs to be cor Having noted these points regular readers are also aware that I am not afraid to take a stand on an issue or attack things or individuals especially politi clans whom I feel are acting against the common good As with any other citizen in Canada I have this right I am against the about to-be- imposed GST for a number of reasons I feel It is an Inequitable tax that will cause little concern among the haves in Canada while the have nots will be fore ed even deeper Into This will have a downward cascading effect on a economy as less money will be allowed to flow into the small business sector and the com as a whole will feel the pinch also am against the GST because of the despicable way It Is being forced down our col lee the throats by the federal government The other day I received In the mail what might best be termed a Christmas GST warning It came postmarked the Senate Ottawa Ontario It obviously was for warded by those Liberal Senators who are fighting a losing battle against the GST I would like to share the letter with my readers HAVE A MERRY GST CHRISTMAS Charles s ghost of Christmas yet tocome could not have Invented a gloomier picture than what is being inflicted on us by the Mulroney government Our first Christmas under the GST will follow our first full year of paying per cent more dozens of times per day It will apply to everything from the towels and toothpaste in the morning to the children lunch time snacks from paying the utility bills in I he afternoon to turning off bed side lamp at night The monev we usually try to put aside for Christmas will be eaten up day in and out paying thin new tax As if that Isn 1 mean enough the special things we at Christmas will also cost us per cent more Think about it as you pile Hit kids into the station wagon and head off to pick up the Christmas tree just one of the hundreds of things that will cost per a more Stop at the store to pick up the decorations the tree lights per cent more special ornaments per cent more coloured balls per cent more icicles per cent more a star for the top per cent more perhaps some sprayon frost for the windows 7 per cent more some outside lights or a wreath for the door 7 per cent more Drop In at or Harvey on the way back for some hot chocolate per cent more a hot dog or a hamburger for the kids per cent more a cop of coffee per cent more In the freezing weather the car stalls in the parking lot Call a tow truck for a boost per cent As you struggle to set up the tree you accidentally stain the new living room rug Get it clean per cent more Turn on the tree lights Turn them off two minutes later when you realize that it is now costing you per cent more for With the tree in place head to the mall to do some Christmas shopping pull into the parking lot 7 per cent more pick out a nice housecoat for AuntlVlable 7 per cent more slippers for Uncle Bob per cent more a portable typewriter for your teenager per cent more a train set for your youngest child 7 per cent more a teddy bear for the neighbours new baby 7 per cent more a wallet for the paperboy per cent more a copy of Tnvial Pursuit for cousin George 7 per cent more a Bart Simpson shirt for vour vear old 7 per cent more Stop at the bakery for Christmas cookies 7 per cent Pick up some candy for the children stockings 7 per cent more a paper Christmas table percent more Christmas serviettes per cent more candles for the table 7 per cent more paper hats and crackers per cent more Bu a nice new quilt for the spare bed because your parents are coming for the holidays percent more They arrive from the airport In a taxi per cent more for the nde Take a trip to the sporting goods store to pick out some equipment for old superstar skates per cent more stick percent helmut 7 per cent shoulder pads per cent more Because of the GST von don I enough to for it all You take back the shoulder pads wait for the clerk lo calculate the refund it occurs to thai if the GST hid hem around when ivne was would be selling insurinte to instead of scoring his Back home forgot to for father in law so vou huv him a subscription to Macleans are writing out the cheque and adding the per tent vou remember his boast about voting for the Tories amel the subscription Send him tax free copy of the SenaU on the GST instead it is liristmas ve You put out an extra stocking You mark it Michael Wilson just to see what will happen On Christ mat morning you re not surprised o find that all hat is in it is a lump of coal and that costs 7 per cent more loo Later as you sit down to Christmas dinner you offer a toast to the turkey Your family tells you not to talk about the Prime Minister until after dessert Editorial The Halton Hilts HERALD Home Newspaper of Halton Hills Established 866 A Division of Canadian Newspaper Company Limited 45 Guelph Street Georgetown Ontario L7G3Z6 K ROBERT Publisher and General Manager 8772201 editorial Staff W iter CLASSIFIED Joan Manna CIRCULATION Mail Shi a boll ACCOUNT NO Jennie SUBSCRIPTION RATES year TO yea tin mi SIT three The Herald copyright on all original malarial created by lit employees and published In newspaper National office Queen Toronto Ontario 2MB Montreal Quebec Tha adyertleer a greet thai publisher shall not be liable of error In adirertlie- beyond the amount paid lor the apace actually occupied by thai port I on of the In which ror red whether a ror la to genca of Hi or and be no ty lor Inia Hon of any t lament beyond amount paid lor George of Arabia Kashmir has become a killing field It was only a tiny one paragraph item in the newspaper a year old girl accused of being an infor mant was murdered by Muslin separatists The story came from Snngagtr in Kashmir the lovely mountain and valley land tucked into the Himalayan Mountains between In dia Pakistan Afghanistan and China It has become a killing field Somewhere between and 2 people have already died this year alone which makes casualty lotals from the bat tlegrounds the western media have been obsessed with such as the Palestinian pale into in sibnificinu re important Kashmir mild be the trigger for r danger between I Pakistan Ins nil we Pakistan A number of commentators been noting the growing tension in and that this time of is the best for military along the India I border ONI- 1 Jammu and Kashmir to use tin official Indian provincial title I is been a focus for conflict India and in since British India was partitioned into the in Kashmir h id a majority Muslin population a one fifth Hindu minority but a Hindu He opted to join a secular India rather than an Ishmic based Pakistan His people felt otherwise and rebellion has sputtered off and or in the region ever since About six million people live in Indian occupied Kashmir an area lesj than one fifth the size of chewan The remaining extremely mountain us per cent is held b I akist in part by II is lost bv India in Hit Jf2 Sino It ii there is strious shop I up near the ro J of the world I 211 foot Si licit r where the ceasefire lines two earlier IndoPakistani irs Kashmir have never St it is down in the inhabited where the real trigger lor new war lies Muslin separatists some wan tine independence and somi wan ting rger with P hive been conducting increasingly violent upon Indian authorities and Muslin minorities Depending upon the Indian government re is been either forceful or heiw h The Police Force in Kislmir in laic January and almost immediately there was a massacre of curfew breaking Muslin demonstrators at Bridge in Snnagar After Western reporters wrote about it Indian banned Western reporters from Kashmir Since then it has been hard to ascertain what is actually happen mg other than that killings kid nappings and inter communal violence have been on the rise all year 1 In early August however Indian troops captured much of the top leadership of the most important pre independence group I ibention front Whether this downturn in violence is still m open ques tin as some reports from the area lie the com is of the is actually making matters worse And while the release of the story of Ihe 12 year old girl death at the hands of rebels is probabl intend by the Indians to bring censure on Muslin heads there is no reason to doubt its iccuricy Far worse things have been done by both sides when Western reporters have been to verify them Beyond trials and Inbuh lions thai local people must however there is outside world great This is thai which pro bably is Pit if tin Mil I punish lit source of the I in It is India v I the times mimti kistin Unless in goes nuclear