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. holiday for me, and probably a welcome - meanderings every week. ITN A ET RE Eas) AE AHERN ENE, PR BT Nid wh & 3s IX TRAY . WE TE RT EY HOSS TRIS A UY AS LE editoriol comments oe SNL NAN Fe Ne A mT LT Ae ee et 35 AR ARLE AR PE GER SRB IDEN Teo rd $s PING LAAT ELEN rg AT Fob RIOR A AF LEVES rane sl ALR han WG i 4 VRAIS ak ARO SRY, REY iL I i SRV rv Fi Join The Protest Those who saw the movie "Network" a couple of years ago will recall the marvellous scene when the . newscaster told his audience that 'he is mad, mad as hell, and he's not going to take it any longer." Before the scene In the movie was over, half the people of the city were shouting from their windows that they are mad as hell and they aren't going to . fake it any more. Homeowners in this country are taking a cue from that movie. They are getting mad over soaring interest and morigage rates, and everywhere, including Port Perry, groups are being formed with one object in mind: tell the federal government in no uncertain terms that the rates must tothe down or the country will slide info an even worse economic - and social mess than It's in how. . By throwing the battle against inflation on the backs of hard-working Canadians, the federal government is showing - total insensitivity to the problems that 20 per cent mortgage rates are creating. 'Tom Lockett of Port Perry is organizing a protest meeting in this area and surely he hits the nail on the 'head when he asks how losing his home will help bring down inflation. Double digit inflation in Canada is a serious problem, make no mistake about that, and very stern measures are needed to bring it under control. But what Is the government doing about its own house? Our national debt is now $80 billion and growing. The government is forced to borrow just to pay off the interest, and massive sums are being spent to shore up the dollar. Mr. Lockett is asking homeowners in the Port Perry area for support in organizing the protest meeting planned for early in October. Whether this meeting and others like it around the country will have much effect on the federal government's policies remains to be seen, of course. However, we believe that Canadians have been led by the nose for too long, and it is time to at least stand and be counted. | If you're mad as hell and you don't want to take it anymore, join the protest and let Trudeau- MacEachen and Her cohorts in Ottawa know where Alcohol Abuse The Canadian Medical Association is quite right in drawing attention to the fact that alcohol is a major health hazard which "has caused more medical problems and human grief than any other drug that has ever affected mankind." But the CMA's call for a government Royal Commission into the problem probably is not the way PAPER'S LATE / F THE GOVERN- | NEWSPAPERS « 9 ¢ iy AN' HE WAS GRANTED /7 WEEKS PATERNITY CL veave 7 Tie abipor's WIFE HAD A-BABY. to get at the heart of the issue. / In the first place, Royal commissions are very "time consuming and costly (the four-year study of RCMP. wrongdoings for example, gobbled an estimated $10 million in tax-payers dollars). Secondly, the public is getting tired of Royal commissions, and while they usually create a bit of a stir when the report is released, there are literally dozens of them lying forgotten in the dust of government offices across the country. Besides, if them ge is to be aimed primarily at young people to make them more aware of the results of alcohol abuse, something a little more graphic than a lengthy Royal commission report is needed. If the so-called "'life-style" beer ads on TV, which are so very clever and slick, are indeed inducing young people to drink more and at an earlier age, why not use the same medium, television, to illustrate in no uncertain terms ust what can happen "when alcohol is abused. Why not make it mandatory for every high school student to pay a visit to the drunk tank at the local jail on a Friday night? ; What about visits to a pathology lab to view the damage that can be done to parts of the human body by alcohol abuse? What about a colour slide show of the victims of car accidents caused by drunk drivers? Police depart- ments in every province have plenty of evidence of this nature on their files. A ban on the "lifestyle" TV beer ads might be effective, but several provinces already prohibit these kinds of ads, and It might be interesting to see whether alcohol abuse is less of a problem there. We suspect that it is not. Advertisers know that just about the only way to get a message through to today's young people is to be slick, sensational, and highly repetitive. A Royal commission into the problems probably won't tell us anything we don't already know. A hard hitting, graphic ad campaign using images and language that young people understand might yield better results. A few years ago, youthful law-breakers headed for a life of crime were taken into the guts of maximum security prisons where cons dajng fife scared the hell out of the young toughs with stories of what it's like on the "inside." 1t was gimmicky to be sure, but apparently in some cases, it had the desired effect. A similar approach"™d young people and alcohol abuse might also be effective. Forget about long- winded Royal commissions. And oh, yes, how about putting the legal drinking age back up to 21, where it should be. } COUNTRIES CRISES I don't know about you but for me it was some bummer of a summer. Oh, the weather was great, and I hope you and yours had a super holiday. But nothing else was much good, nationally and y. Now, I'm not going to say one word about the postal strike. If I started to write about it, the paper I'm writing on would go up in flames. I'll just take a positive attitude and observe that because of the strike, I didn't have to write a column for six weeks. A nice relief for those Win) fesl forced to read my Nor will I fly into a rage because our | members of parila ment, Just' 'before, .. fry n ry promi lL cong ) i bl yoke 2 in which Canadians completely ignore the i crisis. I'm not. Must admit I was a bit perieed when I it's too late." about tomorrow beca one. It's a sort of fat: human spirit, which - ae Sagling that & grat iARY pooplG had during World War II. No use worrying might not be thatisfataliothe there the old lady droped to kill. Bride's vadents old friends. Bride a former student. Many of her guests other former students. Delighted to see and talk with them. Excellent reception afterwards. Dined like' Roman senator and his consort. Music. Bride and friends 4 2fierwards discoed, the girls like creations. Superb. jon Sunday morning to scream of horror. Wife had gone to basement to do one of her twice-daily laundries. Thought there must be a rattlesnake. Tottered down. BE ca Cellar full of water 8 o -- aad SRN rm | H | i J { 3? 3