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Whltby Free Press, WednosdY, Augusi 31, 1994. Page 7 . .. .. .. .. ... Go figureA Today we are going to plulosophY class. We will learn much. We will practice thinking about important topies. We will work bard. We will learn that thinking makes the bead he philosophy of confusion: Remember the old but very deep question about hands clapping? That is, do eigbt ii hands make double the applause of four bands? And four hande double the applause of two? And therefore, d two hands make twice the applause of one hand clapping? Along that line: consider a newspaper which publishes an article that sparks a libel suit. And after two years of legal process, in which many lawyers get rich and parties on both sides get poor, a judgment is rendered. The article, to which we will refer as The Article, is ruled libelous. Payments are made, meostly to lawyers, and the ~ 0f course, the back issues of the newspaper, and the National Archives, and libraries, etc, aIl now still contain copies of the libelous article. Is keeping these archival copies also libelous?___________________________________________ (That is the sound of two hande clapping; the answer is, no.) But what happens when that saine newspaper now keeps ail back issues in an electronic file, to be resold on .~".* compact disk or accessed through a computer bulletin board? Io the newepaper re-publîshing the article each time soecone accesses the database? And are fresh damages add up each time? Or should the effending article be purgod from electronic systems, so that eventually, even the historical fact that such a libelous article exieted disappears? The Cissies at Work A pereon is walking in the park. The person approaches a tree. Now in this tree is a squirrel. The squirrel spies the walker. Being the smart squirrel he is, the animal bides bohind the tree. That is, ho keeps the tree between him and the person. But the person bas spied th e squirrel and now wants a dloser look. So the person starts walking around the tree. The squirrel, eno dummy, continues te move around the tree, always keeping the tree between him and the person. ANNE OTTENBRIT AT BECEPTION AT IROQUOIS PARK, AUGUST 25, 1984 Okay hspy 101 question coming up- does the man Anne Ottenbrite tbanks the Town of Whitby for, naming the Iroquois Park go Pon he ioopby th quirlg ace hemn wimming pool after ber. At left are councillors Rose Batten and ciery Emm and mayor go aoun th eqirrl o th squrre goarond he anBob Attersley. At rigbt are Scott Fennell MP and George Ashe MPP. Anne's Now tbat your head is properly spun, get it around this achievements in swiinming at the Olympics made Witby.internationally-known. one: wib mie ht TLafQ nsptn d sometbing about a government agency (oh,A FR G Like Apple Pie.12YERAG Canadian traditions aren't quite as time-bonoured.12 ERAG When Brampton ewimmer Stephen Clark won gold at the from the Thursday, Auguet 269 1869 edition of the Commonwealth Games last week, he bad one request: WHITBY CHROkIE He wanted a phono caîl from Don Cherry. a Francis Keler bas been suepended as Whitby's Postmaeter because. of irregularitiee in bis reports te the Federal Government.. Ho get it. 0 Charles Clark, tbe firet Master of Composite Làodge No. 30 AF and AM, in 1852*, was I told that story te an American relative. Hie response vresented with a Past Mastor'e Jewel on Aug. 24. w ht a Canadien might exec:0 e rizes for the mideummer examinations were presented te the pupils of the was a exect:town s echoole on Aug. 19. «Who's Don Cherry? 0 C.A. Hopkins is offering a reward of four dollars for the returri of a red milch cow Are wo feeling sour grapes bore? Don Cherry for Prime that strayed from bhis home. Minister. Think about it. w Z