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A a fe fe FY Viti DVRS TIR GLEN LAG Eh ALPES = 0 ° | [ Listen to the kids Say your piece ~~, |. We wrote an editorial last week about one Perhaps one of the most over-rated powers is that ounstior y opposinoy fo fie Chima h oh Home sor of the Press, and to prove it one needs only to look at surprise, the reaction was quick eT he Yack regord of some of ie lavas; newspapers ; : who have taken s ' ; a il eqursging el Suis of, Sher. . Too often, the press simply reflects the views of - 5 of this week's STAR Ning, appeari pag the public and In so doing, claims influence. Perhaps we adult ; ight tak Speaking from this end, we have often been P ulls mig ja hole, frustrated -at-the lack. of public reaction to local... }.. coset that se etis Bte pore occurrences and Issues we feel are important to every citizen. At times, we've even taken an unpopular stand against a widespread and emotional . issue. Pro or con, we like reaction. It is the only means by which a_.community newspaper can measure its impact on the community. Whether the reaction is in favour'or opposed to our stand is irrelevant. The part that matters is that people care enough for the community to participate. A letter to the editor may P not be running for municipal office, but it does indicate a willingness to get involved at least to a point where we want to be heard. 5 There is, of course, those of us who feel that talk comes cheap. That it accomplishes nothing. We've probably all run into the fellow who, failing to get involved in a discussion, simply states yy the old cop-out about being powerless to do anything about it. ) : Seems to us that if we've nothing to say about the community, we're not a part of it. A Work: A new look The work ethic is something that has appealed to. __ generations of Canadians as an example of what is | ~ .right. It is quite simple, if you don't work, you really shouldn't eat. Nations that have invested 4 heavily in various forms of welfare are often regarded as having a slightly rotten core. Examples of thrift, frugality and hard work are held up as a model for human progress. The work ethic, that almost indefineable concept that the fruits of a person's labour is what they are ne TEEN LA AS ge most generally judged by, is an honorable ethic and ® Sli 4 of itself requires no real defense. But, as unrelieved welfare has proven to be almost more destructive of HARD SEAL A pant ~ people than the ills it was designed to mitigate, so does blind devotion to the work ethic foster simple ~ answers to the complexities of modern life. TS na es Instead of less welfare and more work, perhaps RN need to define what work means. The mindless, v soul-numbing drudgery "of the assembly 'line or C hatt @ r ii )) X "garment factory Is work but it does little for the " - A = Bm "A "Innate creativity that lies in each human beings [ LE by John Mack personality. = Is it so- decadent for a person to bo | allowed to dream a little or write a gentle sonnet or "Secretary of State Vance to see you, Mr. Presi- "Yes, Mr. President, New York is one of ours. But look at the leaves just for the sheer uplifting of the L dent." : remember, Quebec is not." soul? Yet too often work, whether it be for wages or "Come on in, Cy; come right in. I'm glad you could "I wish I'd paid more attention to geography in for self-aggrandizement, destroys that essential part make it. I have some questions for you." school, but I'm certainly getting a crash course now. of mankind's being, his soul." "Right, Mr. President. Shoot with your questions." While we're talking about this Pierre fellow, I Perhaps, rather than merely returning to the ophag this fellow, Pierre, that was here the other Eoin he Voie) THe to fo; Jomdthing Shout some work ethic as a solution to our ills we need to find a w wo . n somewhere, y y use you ) ' - i, sia Godda dt id shindig wn rir og who rn + | " of all, where exac Kanada?" . ; t, isn' ? "Not Kanada, Mr. President, It's Canada." "Well, it's not exactly right, Mr. President. You ii return perhaps to that ancient vi ~ '"Whatever. Now, is it north or south? I always get See, Mr. Trudeau...that's that Pierre fellow...was y rn perhaps 10 ihat ancient vision it mixed up with Mexico. I know one of them is at the talking about the dam." of humanity that saw us as multi-dimensional top of the map and the other one at the bottom." "The damn what?" beings, not simply narrow. economic creatures fated "Canada is at the top, Mr. President. It's just "The damn dam, Mr. President. I mean, the dam forever to work In order to merely survive. .above the states of Washington and Michigan and the in North Dakota. That's the Garrison he was talking Certainly work Is part of that multi-dimensional . t Ea about." ; ! view, but it must never be the whole view and that - | "I think I've got it now, Cy. These states, "This Pierre fellow was talking about our damn - 2 perhaps Is the failure of technological man more i Michigan, and..what was that other name you 8arrison in North Dakota?" | than any other. pein § sgn? id Co on go at LT No, yr Prosigent. He was talking about our Technological man has forgotten that he is a 4 , Washington? : . Garrison Dakota, qi "Yeah, that's the one. You tell me these are "You explain things so well, Mr. Vance. But what Whele crastvre, va American states, huh?" : does this Pierre fellow want us to do about this Unchurched Editorials A i, "Yes, Mr. President. Those are all northern states, Quebec place," = A, and just above them is Canada." ° 'He doesn't waht us to do anything. He just wants oS "Now I know I've got it. But what exactly does this ~~ @ little support from the American people." t Pierre fellow want?" os , "Well, we will just have to tell him that if we won't "But you had a long conversation with him. give anything to New York we're certainly not going Several in fact. And I thought you were quite taken to give anything to him." Job with his wife, Margaret," "That's right, Mr. President. But that's not really "Oh, that's the fellow you mean. The one who the kind of support he wanted. I believe he wanted a ¥ made that speech about France." : kind of moral support." "No, Mr. President, that was about Quebec, one of "I guess we can give him a whole lot of that. As a the Canadian provinces," ~~ matter of fact, let's give some of that to everybody, i "One of the Canadian Provinces? I thought Quebec especially Kanada." ¥ was one of our states, maybe a northern one." "You've got to remember, Mr. President, it's . % "No, Quebec is definitely a Canadian province. As Canada. Just remember that's where Port Perry is." 2 a matter of fact, it's right next to New York." "Why didn't you say that in the first place. You / { "On, I know New York! That's one of ours, isn't mean this Pierre Trudeau is Prime Minister of Port a ie ! 4 Zi A Perry too?" pr ae ART SAEs "You could say that, Mr, President." - "Most politicians just throw out the first ball. a SAA SARA, He's gone six innings," - 1 1