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38 - PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, February 16, 1993 Letters to the editor Boys will be misguided To the Editor: Responding to "Misguided and Misinformed" in Jan. 26 paper, I sense the source of an- er the up rt volunteer" rom the Committee of Durham is feeling is due to the fact thatits "gay" pamphlets ad- vocating "Boys Having Sex With Men" as "natural" and their homosexual publications like "KTRA" advertising where to meet the "hottest" men, ex- poses who this "new kid on the block" really is; a Gay/Lesbian organization! Unfortunately, it will be our young boys who will. be "mis- guided" and "misinformed" should they be exposed to their counsel or solicitated with their pamphlets. And what are these pamphlets? One startling ex- plicit brochure shows how to have oral sex, using gutter lan- guage and four letter vulgari- ties. Another discusses anal sex and runs a photo of a naked man face down. "Generation At Risk" depicts young clean-cut - boys of various races, smiling happily endorsing sex with men; "For us having safer-sex means feeling good about who we are as gay men," says a little halo around the head of one youngster. "Having sex with men 18 natural." "It's a natural part oflife. Positive living." Positive living? Or a guaran- tee to test positive for ? Eve- ryone knows and health offi- cials agree that homosexual (rectal) sex is the most efficient way to transmit the disease. Health and Welfare Canada stated in its brochure "The New Facts Of Life" that Canada has one of the highest rates of infec- tion in the developed world and " that 77.6 per cent of patients had contracted AIDS through homosexual sex. Heterosexual sex accounted for 7.7 per cent of AIDS cases. Why, then is the AIDS Committee of Durham not warning people against ho- mosexual sex as it appears to be a "lifestyle" disease or "self- induced." If the committee's mission statement is 'truly' to prevent the spread of AIDS as Tobin declares, then why is gay propaganda handed out? -- bro- chures that glamorize a life- style which fosters the dis- ease?!!! I have to agree with Peter Worthington who stated in the Toronto Sun (Nov./92) "Instead of simply fighting AIDS and preventing spread of the dis- ease these publications seem more intent on persuading oung people to experiment in homosexuality and adopt it as a lifestyle." Does the AIDS Committee of Durham really have nothing to do with the S Committee of Toronto? Then, why are they distributing their publications (newspapers, etc.) and why does ACTS logo appear on the back of their brochures and pamphlets? The Toronto Sun reported Nov. 3/92 that ACT also puts out a "how to" leaflet on safe- sado-masochistic sex complete with details on electric torture, whipping, knife-branding and other assorted perversions. ACT is sponsored by the Board of Health ($280,000 of taxpay- ers money last year) and sup- orted by public funds as well. he AIDS Committee of Dur- ham distributor of ACTS mate- rial is also funded by the prov- ince and supported now by our donations. Donations may I 8 st, that were possibly made in ignorance. Many phone callers expressed to me their an- ger that they were unaware that this was a Gay/Lesbian or- ganization. No one minds mon- ey spent on sex education and AIDS prevention. What con- senting adults do is their own business. Preying on young teens is quite another. Doing it at taxpayer's expense is unfor- givable. Ed Jackson associated with a homosexual publication called Body Politic owned by Pink Tri- angel was charged for using the mail to transmit indecent mate- rial. The article in question, as reported by the Toronto Sun was tilted "Men Loving Boys Loving Men" advocating sex be- tween men and boys between the ages of seven and 14. People of Toronto were appalled at what they saw as blantant pro- selytization by homosexuals but Ed Jackson was acquitted and now serves as director for the AIDS Committee of Toron- to! Jackson reportedly wants "gay sex and AIDS pamphlets distributed in the schools." The uncanny truth is, we were told exactly the same thing by a Syopart volunteer" from the AIDS Committee of Durham just last October. The AIDS Committee wanted "to get into the schools in Oshawa but they felt the students weren't ready for the pamphlets.....yet! Scarry news for parents in Durham Re- gion. The anonymous lady at the Trillium Valley AIDS Infor- mation Night will have good reason to hit the roof. Carol Switzer, Port Perry, Ont. Chemicals not needed To the Editor: A recent' Canadian Press news item (Vancouver Sun Oct. 27/92) reports the devastating problem of toxic chemicals dumped into the environment, with the result that "body sys- tems do not develop properly, therefore they don't function properly." The report stated that the ability to reproduce and to grow 18 at risk through "the irrespon- sible use of chemicals," which include dioxin and polychlori- nated biphenyls (PCBs) in the air, water and food from pesti- cides, car exhaust, sewage and industrial pollution. Last year in B.C., an 11-year- old girl died of a massive brain tumor. She had been drenched with chemicals by aerial spray- ing of blueberry fields near her school. Daily I hear from people who have been chemically poisoned by pesticide sprays. Those I hear from are all very ill, unable to work or function normally and suffer devastating effects from a wide range of symptoms. The US Environmental Pro- tection Agency (EPA) lists over 1,400 chemicals it allows manu- facturers to add to pesticide for- mulations as "inert" ingre- dients. The "inerts," like those used in B.t. sprays, include sol- vents, stabilizers emulsifiers and preservatives. Many prod- ucts are 80 to 99 per cent inert ingredients, but the term is mis- leading. Many of these sub- stances are known to be hazard- ous. (T.V. program "Marketplace, Dec. 1992). The EPA admits it has ade- quate data to characterize the toxicity of only 29 per cent of these chemicals, and in some cases they allow pesticides to be manufactured using "recycled" hazardous wastes, or to contain etontaminants such as DDT or dioxins. The ingredients are - trade secrets that do not have to be made public. DDT is not to- tally banned. Forty per cent of inert ingre- dients allowed in pesticides are classified by the EPA as having "toxicological concern," mean- ing they are probable human carcinogens, animal carcino- gens, brain or nervous system toxins, capable of causing chronic or adverse reproductive effects or are acutely toxic. Sixty-four inerts are listed as "potentially toxic." None of them are required to be listed on product labels. It is a terrify- ing scenario, and most people are not asking questions be- cause they don't know what questions to ask. Chemicals are part of our cul- ture. Health Action Network Society (BC) says many chemi- cals used on golf courses carn cause cancer, birth defects, nerve damage and heart dis- ease. A 1990 health study in Ja- pan showed caddies suffering from all of the above. Green keepers also reported becoming ill during or after pesticide ap- plications. An 18 hole golf course requires three - four tons of pesticide annually (weed kill- ers, insecticides and fungi- cides)! There are alternatives farms, golf courses, parks and school grounds can be main- tained without chemicals - and many now are. Start with your own yard and create awareness by writing to your local govern- ment representatives so that we all can live in chemical-free communities. Pam Beadle, Prince Albert Volunteers needed for hospice program Hospice Durham is a non- profit community based volun- teer program providing free in- home support to individuals and families facing life- threateningillness. In order to expand the pro- pram to Scugog, Hospice Dur- am needs to recruit volunteers from the Scugog area. Hospice volunteers are re- quired to complete a 15 hour training program, which may be held on weekends or in the evening. The training address- es techniques of care, communi- cation skills, stress workshops and other support and bereave- ment services. A $20 registra- tion fee is requested to cover course materials. For more information on how to become a volunteer, please call Hospice Durham at 435- 5242. "Scugog's Community Newspaper of Choice " Path of destruction To the Editor: The Tories have started on a new path of destruction for themselves and working Cana- dians. I am referring specifical- ly to the proposed changes to the U.I.C. act. The Tories have allowed the creation of our present high un- employment. However, they seem determined to blame the consequences of their actions on Canadians by this proposal. Many more inequities will be created in our society with this flawed approach. I want U.I.C. to accomplish its' mandate and also since it is an insurance plan, then it should be feasible, financially. It must also be so- cially acceptable. I suggest that: -Eliminating benefits if a per- son quits or is fired, except in a very narrow set of circumstanc- es starts the process of pitting employer against employee. I say .it hurts both parties be- cause the worker is forced to stay at a job but the employer is stuck with an unmotivated worker; a bad idea for any busi- ness. -It creates more bureaucracy in the form of increased dis- putes over employer/employeo relation situations. We do not need more regulations that complicate our lives. -The "Snitch Provision" smacks of government telling us that neighbours should not build "walkways of trust" any- more but put up walls that sep- arate and divide our neighbor- hoods. I think-that if the purpose of UIC. benefits are to help bridge workers' incomes be- tween jobs then the thrust should be to éxtend benefit peri- ods but also lower the percent- age pay out until there is no def- aT offer this idea because itis a solution that reflects our present economic situation where jobs are harder to find and also it would tend to en- courage a worker to find an- other job sooner. Come on Tories have a heart! There are better ways to run a government than by dividing the very people you govern. peo Yours truly, Glenn L.. 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