WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1987, PAGE 9 PAUL MOTT plays with Tippy, a temporary guest at the Mott home until a new owner can be found. Free Press photo Resident outraged at treatment of dogs A Whitby resident who recently "rescued" an aban- doned puppy, the sixth she has found, says she is outraged at how owners treat unwanted dogs. All of Sophie Mott's rescues over the years have taken place at the Oshawa Centre shopping mall. But she says it's a problem that occurs anywhere. "When I found him he was so dehydrated," she says of her latest find, a six-week-old pup she and son Paul call Tip- py because of a white patch on the tip of his black paw. The pup is now at her home on Watson St. W. until a new owner can be found. "I've found a home for all of them," says Mott of the dogs she has previously rescued. "All except one - he was a vicious one." Mott says if people dont want dogs, they should take them to the humane society, which is where she would go if a new owner can't be found. "I can't keep him because I've already got a little dog. But I'l keep him until I find somebody. "This really bothers me...to the point it upsets me," she says. "There's enough mean- ness in the world, but to do that to an innocent pup? " Capital punishment FROM PAGE 6 society with their life's freedom, not with their life. The parole system is the problem area. Everything, of course comes back to the almighty dollar and the cost to keep a person in prison for life and from this comes the parole system. Parole has its place within the prison systems, but should not be related to or granted under any circumstances, to a convicted murderer. That is what the appeal within the justice system is for. Only someone who can prove that they are innocent of the crime of murder, therefore are not a threat to society, should be allowed their freedom. Sincerely, Dawn Russell Whitby Homework not done:reader FROM PAGE 6 vious talents could benefit from some research. Her civic-minded research could begin with teenage pregnancy, (e.g. one local school here had six pregnancies out of a graduating class of 10. I have reason to believe many schools share frightening statistics such as these.) Somehow, we have all failed to teach these young women that they will be in the workforce- or on mother's allowance or welfare for the next 40-50 years of their lives, most often in what is known as the pink collar ghetto of low-paying jobs. Unless taught to be educated and independent, they will become part of the old proverb "A woman is only a man away from poverty" and inevitably part of another:" Scratch any woman and you'll find one thousand years of anger." Some choice, some future for these young women and their babies, eh? Some sharing of responsibility, eh? Had Mrs. Reveler checked statistics on rape or wife and child abuse or men running out on sup- port payments, she might have Volunteer night A YMCA volunteer "Ap- preciation Night" will be held Wed- nesday, June 10 at Cullen Gardens and Miniature Village. Call668-6868 for more information. chosen not to use the odious exam- ple of the relieved cave woman being happily carried to a cave to be looked after forever by a big strong brute of a man. Is she aware that in the first couple of years af- ter a divorce the man's income rises • substantially and the woman's - hence the family income - takes a drastie fall? Has Mrs. Reveler ever spent time with poor mother living on welfare in substandard housing? If so, did she suggest that they get in their car the;: way she does and use their cheque books and charge cards to feed and, clothe their hungry children?, Somehow, I doubt they would commend her Marie An- toinette solution to their misery. Mrs. Reveler's last paragravb might be laughable if it wasn't pathetic: "Unless we stop making equality noises, men might wake up and realize what they have been missing. God help us then!" For heaven's sake, what does that even mean? How many men has Mrs. Reveler asked whether they would be willing to stay home and be "house husbands" with no income except that which they must ask for from the main wage earner? History has shown that men have little desire tó swap roles. I suspect this might change if society began to value this impor- tant role and changed its name to something like Primary Caretaker and Household Engineer. And made it a salaried position. Say, $30,000 a year to start? Tlm sorry, Mrs. Reveler, the bat- tle is not about dishpan hands, it is about politics and power. It's about men and women working together - or against - building a humanist world. It is particularly troubling to read a woman's denigrating at- titude toward feminist principles which some day will be properly acknowledged as the beginning of the long, long road toward a truly humanistic society. I really hope Mrs. Reveler will do some soul-searching and write some empathetic and helpful pieces such as Mabel McCabe has done in Reflections of a Golden Age. Wrapping herself in the trappings of smug, self-centred "I'm Alright Jack" bourgeois thinking serves no one but herself. And enlightens no one. Sincerely, Patricia Anne Hennessey Thru The Grapevine Lindsay Post Vision EDITOR'S NOTE - Columnist Roxanne Reveler says the letter writer didn't appreciate the "tongue-in-cheek" manner in which the column was written, having not read the columnist's previous material on the issues mentioned in the letter. 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