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ANGLES MissED
marriage has “been. the lifelong
have many. homosexual friends. I
joining of a man and woman, but
In response. to: Satah Grynpas’
am. of the mindset that a person
I am writing in reference to the
tradition can’t validate discriminaarticle about the discussion with arch- “article:
cannot be judged by their sexual
about same-sex marriage
tion. Not much time. has passed
bishop Michael Peers on same-sex
preference in a secular society.
and Dr. Michael: Peers’ visit to
since marriage was “traditionally”
marriages, I was happy to finally see
I believe thar if any legislative
McGill. The actual debate that
narrowed to members of the same
Someone approach the subject from a
body wants to redefine a terni —
occurred that day was rather onerace and/or religion, and matried
different angle.-I am a student in Dr
well in use by members of its own
sided, as pronounced scholars prowomen were practically the legal
‘Norman Cornett's Religious Studies
society '— than it had better convided valid arguments against
property of their husbands. Civil
class and I was present for the discussult them before making the
Same-sex marriages. It is acceptmarriage is an undeniable and sig- _change
sion that day. It was troubling to'see
. Marriage is. not someable for the media to speak up for
nificant affirmation of love; a
that the vast majority of people: who
thing that lies solely in the hands
the side that was underrepresented
foundat
ion of social recognition
spoke were very much against sameof the lawmakers of this country,
in any sort of debate; yet it does
and authentication, and the legal.
sex marriages. It was refreshing to see
but in every church, synagogue,
not entail undermining or eliminatgates to a diverse amount of pro- - and
that Grynpas was willing to. look
mosque.
ing any of the points made on the
na
tections, responsibilities, and benaround and find people who could
As a socially progressive-socie=
other side, as was done in this artiefits, such as health coverage,
represent the many who do believe in
{written in The McGill Daily
ty. we may not be bound by tradicle. The speakers who argued
September 25. As a student same-sex marriages. Pm sure she did against same-sex matriages did so medical and bereavement leave, tional values, but. this is certainly
child custody, tax benefits, and
not have to look very far. We've had
a this class, I attended the diaa society that should very closely
with their main point being. that
pension plans, to. name a. few. examine
Session with great interest, I many in-class discussions and we stu=
a traditional value before
these unions are damaging to sociMost
of
these
dents
freedom
have
s
‘had the Opportunity to
cannot be
ad that the article covered many
throwing it aside. Tradition [espeety, as the children are inherently
replicated in any other way than
express our thoughts on the topic.
ial points, introducing the
cially
most religious: tradition}
the ones that will suffer in the end.
through marriage, and therefore
My feeling is that the Majority of our
issues discussed as well as the
does not align itself with discrim:
They claimed that the family strucdenying homosexuals the fight to
generation is much: tore pro-sameination, yet there is a mentaliry.
ent scholars involved in this
ture consisting of ‘a father and a- matry
is’ denying. them. these
Sex marriages than ur parents” genssion. I thought, however, that in
that it has. What -we want is
mother is. necessary for the proper
rights. Denial’ of the freedom to
eration. The archbishop: admitted
‘ander to get a complete feel for the
change tempered with. justice.
_aupbringing of the children: of the
marry
destabil
that the world we are living in now.
ises and demoralises
| Session, it would have been a good
This radical ‘turn will not ‘give us
future. “Yet thesé points along with
young, same-sex couples” sense of
has changed considerably since he
‘dea for you to attend our class
that. There.is too much else Boing
many others were not represented
self and dreams of a life together
was a young adult. If society has
after the session (on Tuesday). You
on in this issue.
in your article. I am writing this
with
a partner. We are then denychanged so much, does it not corre| wittild=have® been’ ablé-to get our
Thope religious bodies feel that
because I believe every angle should
ing same-sex. couples? rights, but
Spond that the laws by which we live
responses‘as well as reflections
they can hold their-beliefs in the
be examined when covering a story
‘on
we are simultaneously destroying
should change as well? There should
the meeting. The students in our
freedom that they not only have
_ and that subjective journalism
the. dreams of young same-sex
always be room for adjustment; no
classroom had an interesting -disenjoyed, but helped to establish.
should be made a thing of the past.
couples in love.
law should ever be written in stone.
cussion of our own, on what we
I hope that this will not be an
Professor Elizabeth Elbourne made a
were ‘disappointed with from the
issue which defines or labels anyAisha Khan
very strong argument when she pointJacqui Ipp
session, what we felt was lacking,
body. Thope that this will be an
U3 Microbiology and
ed: out that the woman's role in a
U3 Humanities
and Our-overall feelings toward the
issue which will exemplify our
Immunology.
marriage has evolved as well throughmeeting. Our ‘discussion became
nation, and all groups and peoPRO-Gay, ANTI-MARRIAGE
out history. Modifications must be
quite the “hot” one, and it would
- ples within it ~ their commitment
Equa Ricuts For Aut
made in order for marriage to pertain
have been great to include some of
to justice, and not their weakness
I am pleased. your reporter
to the society we are living in today.
onf thoughts in the article: Having
to stumble under media pressure.
In response to Sarah Grynpas’
« Why should
took the time to contact groups
we be so quick preserve
said this, the article was well writ:
article on-the same-sex marriage
suchas Queer McGill. The viewd included the main issues. It “the tradition of marriage when our
A.D. Sutherland
debate, I believe that Brianna
point of homosexuals was quite
njoyable to read, and_it got” Society has become anything but traTheology Studies
Hersey. has the idea straight on, in
absent from the discussion that
ditional? The one thing that is cerstraight to the ‘point, Thank you for
terms of viewing the denial of
the article was about. At the same
tain in the debate over same-sex marexpressing, these issues to the pubIt’s
a veritable glut of letters!
same-sex marriage as discriminatotime, the statements that came
Tages is that it will continue to raise
The many. other letters we’ve
ty. In accord with Hersey, I as well
from Mr. Hrehoruk — marking perimportant questions of morality.
received will be printed on
am shocked at how this issue has
sons who oppose same-sex marMonday. Send your letters t6 letinitiated such heated debate and
riage as “homophobes’”— is not
Lauren Broad
ters@megilldaily.com.
believe it-to be sheer lunacy. “One
just inflammatory, it is incorrect.
UI Arts
Participate in the .movement.
can’t deny that, “traditionally,”
I oppose same-sex marriage, |
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mentary: “It’s satire, folks. Ha!”
Fucking editors.
Several points:

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itors or its staff. They’re mine.
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1. Just: because I don’t take
myself so seriously, doesn’t mean I
don’t have anything serious to
say.
2. I genuinely hate many people (and many types of people), at
McGill and elsewhere. I genuinely
think that-wars are really, really
exciting. When I feel bad about
myself, I watch World Christian
Fund commercials, and feel better,
because at least I have food and a
bed. I’ve never. stabbed a: class-

mate. Yet.

3. Don’t be such pussies. This
goes for everyone, -not just- the
editor who apologised for my
commentary by dismissively labeling it “satire.” When you: ‘say
something, don’t apologise if people don’t like it or don’t “get” it.
Say it again, louder and slower,
like you. have a speech impedi-

ment or are talking to someone - Stalin.
Other peoplé don’t want
with’ one,
:
you to joke about Africa. Some
4. If people are too stupid. to
people don’t want you to make fun
figure out what’s funny and ~ of
dumb people, dead people, kitwhat’s serious, that’s funny,
“tens, _CEGEPs, the Holocaust,
5. What’s more, Lawrence
mature students, different races,
Cinamon’s
new
column
has
pedophilia. If
appeared twice ~ and has twice. albinos,- women:
you listen to’a: y. of them, you’re
been followed only by the warntheir bitch.
s
ing:
“Spoonful
of Cinamon.
The only. things that you could
appears Mondays” (which, grant=
possibly say which would actually
ed, is warning enough for. me).
deserve to be censored. are:
However, I think that if people
“Honey, ‘remember. that night
can handle his hot topics (like.
when ‘the condom: broke...” or
library lighting and Penguins)
“No, but I used to be a man.” Or
unmitigated
by
special
_dismaybe “Don’t worry, baby, the
claimers, they can handle my sug-doctor said they’re not communigestions. for better “TV. viewing.
cable-anymore.”
Am I that much more: offensive,
7.:Above all, we shouldn’t take
that I would require my Own warnourselves
so seriously. The suggesing?
s
‘ ‘tion that anyone would need to be
6. Regardless, people have
told what’s “satire” to avoid
always tried to tell other people
offense indicates that people: take
what “satire” is, what should be
themselves way too seriously.
funny, and what shouldn't be
Honestly, if we can’t laugh at ourlaughed at whatsoever. Some peoselves, what can we laugh at?
ple don’t want you to make light of
Herewith, a few ideas:

© People - with
really ‘big
American flags.
° Explosions at fireworks factories.
¢ That ugly guy who Says:
“People think I eat a lot of choc-olot bars.”
© The whole Arab/Israeli thing.
* Really crazy homeless ‘people, who dress up in costumes or
sing or cry.
° The
Bloc.
and
Parti
Quebecois.
* Allin the Family.
* People ‘who are really rich
and people who are really poor.

But besides those things (and a
few. other things which won't be
printed), we only have ourselves
to laugh at. And that’s a serious
issue.
Funnier Than Stalin appears
Thursdays. The Daily appears
Mondays and Thursdays, duly
chastised.

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                    <text>Strike Support
parallel I could draw from this
The
To the Dally:
Is: If one Is hypocritical enough to con·
class li!klng
We, the majority of
demn somebody for murder on one hand
History of Anthropological Theory, support
and helps to hide the body on the other.
McGIII's
of
strike
the valid and legal
Mr. O.
Safety
maintenance workers . To show our sup·
To the Dally:
port, we have and will continue to boycott
Due to recent assaults In the public
our class on those days the rotating strike
washrooms at McGIII 11 has become
establishes a picket line at McGill.
necessary to make women aware of the
We vehemently oppose the admlnistra·
possible dangers In · these. and other
lion's lack of respect for the strike, and
Isolated areas around campus. As a
thus refuse to join them In Ignoring this
result, the Senate Subcommltttee on Sale·
necessary and valid action. The
ty for Women commlsslpned a poster to be
maintenance woikers are part of ' fhe
fixed to every cubicle door In all women's
McGIII community; In. support for main·
washrooms. The motlvatlons behind this
talnlng a relatively equitable community,
act are applauded, but constructive
we will support the valid claim for job
criticism must be made.
security of' an Integral part ol that CO/!l·
First, lt must be noted that the illusl(a·
·
munlly. • .
tlon , of the . umkempt male, seemingly
•Nancy Ryder
·
Unda Dawe
perverse and deranged, leering over the
Fernando Claudle
Scott Cerlko
door perpetuates the long·held _myth that •
Lelle Welnsteln
Don Perounend
this Is what assailants look like. In fact an
Lucre Lauzler
June Barrelle
assailant can be anyctne. In addition, the
Naomllndelson
Rachel A. Relln
poster Is unnecessarily Intimidating.
Catherlne Laird
Evelyne Taylor
Secondly, the posting of an emergency
Marnlne Gorlck
Sumec A.
Shannon Keenan · . phone number In a washroom cubicle
Sonla Hewltl
· where no phone Is available Is Ineffectual.
Daniel L. Llrocque
Stephan Kohner
We propose a poster that outlines the
James Mokran
Illegible
following tactics in dealing with a
U. Cherjan
"
Denls Myer
washroom assault:
Term
Illegible
Contracted Studies
1) Breathe deiply - 11 will be easier to
Parfelle Brals
·To the Dally:
Strike Support 11
- think straight In the event of an emergen ..
I intend to cross the picket lines. I want
To the DaUy:
cy.
an education, as do most students, and
. We, the majority ol the class taking.
2) Run If you can.
I've paid tuition, as well as sallslle.d all
"Research Techniques" (Anthropology
3) Yell for helP. as loudly as you can.
academic requirements, In order to attend
461A), support the valid and legal strike
4) If you are trapped, punch or kick your
my classes. This Is a privilege and a right,
of McGill's maintenance workers. To show
assailant with aU your strength to the
contracted with the administration of
our support, we have and will continue to
•
stomach or groin area.
McGIII, for which I've worked haJd. ltls n:. boycott our class on those days the
5) When you. reach safety; find a•
logical for me to boycott classes.
rotating strike establishes a picket line at
telephone and dial 3000.
Implicitly acknowledging their duty to
McGIII.
6) If you need to, call the Sexual Am uti
agreed to re·
do so, the administration
We veheme lly oppose the
24·hour crisis line: 287·9656.
.
malp open-as long as possible.
lion's lack of respect for the strike, and
7) Take note of your assall_ant's clothes,
to sho'!Y my support
If 1boycott
thus refuse to_Joln them.ln Ignoring this
hair, height- any details that can help to
I believe that I have
with the
The
necessary and valid
.Identify him later.
broken my Implicit contract with McGIII · maintenance "
are. part of the
But posters on cubicle doors are not
and deserve no compensation for the
McGIII community; In support for main·
enough! The Installation of alarm systems
missed educational opportunities oflered
talnlng a relatively equitable community,
have proved effective In emergency sllua·
In exchange for my tuition. By boycotting
we will supp'o]l the valid claim for job
and elevators. Perhaps .
lions In
classes, I will, moreover, probably hinder
security of an Integral part of that com·
· this addition can be made to all
the cause of the malrttenance workers by
munity.
waslirooms and isolated areas at McGIII
not using the facilities they. were.employed
As elected representatives of the majorl·
University. Furthermore, the Subcommll·
to maintain, I.e., the university no longer_ ty, we herein sign this petition. Professor
tee must urge women to take the Women's
needs as many workers, can prolong the . Carmen Lambert supports the students'
Seii·Oelense courses to learn effective
strike; and will save money: my tuition
boycott. Class size: 21 students.
and preventative
skills in
and the workers' wages.
Gerard Bergeron
•
measures.
If, however, I demand my education, •
Sophle Charette
We feel we have listed some practical
and Ill Insist on allendlng classes, J'wlll
Carmen Lambert
responses to a potentially dangerous
•·
use the facilities. Then.,and only then, y.tlll
The American Way
slluatlon. Let us lake the matter serlouly
the n'eed for more maintenance become
To the Dally:
• and act with conviction.
Hypocrisy Is .defined as follows In the
apparent. At that point, the University will
lngrld Blrker
nl Sarklr
Oxtord dictionary: "Simulation of virtue or
be shown to have broken Its "contract"
NambyPamby
Suun Gabe
Maureen Cormler
goodness; dlsslm_ulallon; pretence."
with the students.
,
To the DaUy:
Uu Welntraub
Maura Mclntyre
Rumour has 11 that Canada Is con·
are cancelled, If basic ser·
If
As 1closed the last Issue of the McGIII
' Kathy Soutney
Rbbert Lewla
tp Grenada to
templallng sending
vices, sdch as lighting, heating,. ao.d
Magazine, I reflected for a moment on my
Ruth Soward
Uty Singh
"police" the transfer of power between
hygiene are disrupted, students have a
sense of loss.
KayZihn
Chrls Sowton
regimes or administrations of this country.
legitimate 'complaint against the ad·
Ah, the good old days of sc.hool spirit
Mell Sarkar
Peter Freeman
This action will explain the meaning of
mlnlstrallort for not providing a quality of
and boyish fun In the stadium. Remember
hypocrisy perfectly. Nalu@IIY you are go·
educailonal opportunities Implicitly pro·
when girls organized societies to
LemrEvll
lng to wonder how? Especially since
mlsed on payment of tuition. In fact, a
them catch virile young husbands and
To the.DaUy: •
lng,a "police" fotce In Grenada w,.ould
greater, more radical,, and more effective
boYs nicknamed each other Slinky and
While I am opposed to America's "I m· ·
speed up the wllhdrawat)o.f the Invading
pressure, at this point, could be brought
Tiger? The campus was green •and fresh
perlallst" Invasion of Grenada, I·
U.S. troops and help the stablllsatlon of • nonetheless see 11 as the lesser of two
against the McGIII administration by a stu·
then,'and the elm trees had yet to know of
the country.
dent class action llemandlng restoration of
any disease. .
evils - the other being "Communist"
No doubt any governme111 tha! would
services or reslllutlon of tuition. This
Ah, but I grew up In the terrible seven·
(Marxist) Invasion. Kullenbrouwer,
succeed the present situation would be
'might force the University to settle very
lies. · Ruthlessly, my ·naTvet6 was
Nerenberg, Smith In the October 28 Dally
tailor-made to meet U.S. specifications
quickly, Indeed, with Its workers.
destroyed as 1watched the 6 o'clock news·
quote Karl Levlll who was "sure that had
This stance, the stance ol a serlo,Js stu·
thus: 11 would be "democratic."
(when my parents let me, of course). ,
they been letl alone, the Grenadlan people
Democracy for the United States Implies
dent demanding quality education, seems
Watergate, VIetnam, OPEC, ecology crisis,
would have re-established pbpular
the people of the U.S. elect a president
to be the only moral response to a strike
disco and ·nuS)ear bombs. Geez, lt'd be
government." She must 'be either very
between admlnlslratlon and workers. I,
who lr!turn·establlshes the
qlce 11 everyone just got along . .
wise or precognlzant to take such a stan!=e
In other countries, thus rendering them • ·which Is shared by many others. Does the
therefore, urge every student to conlln'ue
You know, J. really can't understand
attending classes. If professors or ad·
"democratic."
why people In other countries don't just let
populus·aHarge assert Itself In East Ger·
The Canadian government protested the
mlnlstrators, because • of falling
the United Stales lead them down the free
many, Poland, Hungary, Rumania, and
u.s. Invasion on the' grounds thalli was
maintenance, curtail services, cancel
enterprise path. !I they could only see the
•
the USSR?
classes, cut ·hours, etc. - then do
unjustified, but If the' Invasion Is un·
benefits of ·Individuals strlvlqg for sue·
What Is' more lmportant·to me beyond
justified how can we justify... helping to
students have an effective tool of protest
cess: the creation of huge companies
the facile descriptions as "Imperialist" or
achieve the major goal of the Invasion,
against an evidently failed
• making millions of dollars, flooding the
"communist" Is a simple phenomenon:
Paul Leverdure
I.e., changing the government In
markets with useful and beneficial
the right to leave, If a person Is
MA 2, Church History
Grenada?
Corppanles like Gulf &amp; Western, Oelmonte,
dissatisfied. Where Is this right In Cuba,
Rockwell lnt'l, and OOW Chemical spring
the Idealized archetype of Com·
to ·mlnd, Institutions of great and lasting
munlsVSoclallst regimes In Catln America
service to the world, based on a free and
and the Carrlbean? And did not Cuba pur·
economy.
: chase some of Its 'progress and prosperity
Ah, unhln'dered, the scourge that Is big
by Its commitment to the Russian "party
government! Taxes, bah, who n_eeds
line" (sphere of Influence)?!
them? Being from a family that makes
_ ·Also, I think it's a naTVe tnlsrepresenta·
$25,000 a year, believe me, we need all
lion to say that "at press time, Grenada's
we make. My mother can't even get a new
people are still lighting the Marines."
refrigerator because we're helping to pay
Who are Grenada's·people? Grenadlans or
the cost of some student we
Cubans? Also, those Cu!jan "workers"
know go through university. And I'm sure
supposMiy helping to build the new
those people, the 10% of the populat!on
Grenada International Airport are
that pay 45% of the taxes, want a new
remarkably quick and adept at jumping In·
fridge too, to go with their three cars; two
to military fatigues and lighting as well as
houses, and the condo In Florida.
professional soldiers.
And the alternative In the McGIII
J. Wiurman, MD
Magazine sounds so good I Don 'I tax the
McGIII Alumnus

Reductio id Absurdum
.
Jo lhe Dally:
I find 11 Ironic - and also ridiculous that Molra Ambrose's article advocating
the refusal of corporate donations comes
In the midst of the McGIII support staff's
agaltatlon for more money. Ambrose Is
begging for astronomlcaltulllon.fees. .
I, like Ms. Ambrose, abhor the very Idea
ol apartheid: Bull also abhor the atrocities
committed In Vlel Nam and Cambodia by
American forces. So maybe we should
refuse admission to McGIII of all American
students. Alter all, they do pay their tul·
lions with American Imperialist dollars.
Since I abhor what the Iranians did to 52
American hostages two years, ago, let's
refuse admission to all Iranian students ••
abhor the holocaust, so no more students
of German extraction. Let's not forget
• Pearl HarbOur. Samuel Bronfman, Frank
Dawson Adams, And Peter Redpath were
all capitalists who exploited the working
class, so let's close doVin and board up
the buildings they donated to McGIII.
Thftlugh exaggeration, I am proving that
Molra Ambrose's association between the
McGIII Board of Governors and South
and this
African racism Is too
vagl}._eness can be applied to many qther
areas ol University operations.
If we told the Royal Bank, the Bank of
Montr.eal, and. the Bank of Commerce to
bug·oll, we wouldn't be· able to stop
there. We would have to scrul!nlze all of
McGIII's groups, 'boards, · and councils, ·
flush out the ones that are remotely
associated with crimes against humanity,
and purge ourselves of them.
We can't single people out In this
regard; it's everyone or no one. Ambrose
Is showing the traditional stance of the
soft Left by going for the well·establlshed
and hlgh·proflle groups like the Board of
•
,.
Governors.
· Corporate endowments are the lifeblood
of this University, and without )hem we
would cease to exist. Using Ambrose's
. reasoning, all corporations· have ques·
llonable alflllalloQs. Ambrose Is ad·
vacating suicide.
The title of the Ambrose article ·was
"BoG' Needs Checks." Well, Ms. Am·
tirose, McGIII needs CHEQUES, so I s.ug·
gest that you thank the powers that be
that Governors Frazee, Webster, and
Hamilton are coming across with those ·
much needed cheques.
ADan liwyer
U1 Arts

great· corporations, such as the one that
sells sugared water, because the tax just
gets passed to the consumer; Instead, ask
the corporations to donate money, which
they'll gladly take from .their profits.
The other allerriallve suggested Is to
ask allumnl to give money·.back to their
beloved alma mater. Thls·way prols, who
know where their bread comes from, will
be more responsive to potential donors.
Thus those few graduates who do get well
paid jobs, such as lawyers, doctors, and
business management students, -wlll be
able .to share thelr. opulence with those
who educated them. I Imagine the
business management department will
have to take over the offices of the An·
History departments with •
thropology
all the money It'll be gelling.
Ah, don'lthe glories just thrill you? Y!e •
·must set about Immediately to ldnore
.world problems,.enclose ourselves 'in en
Ivory toYier of purity, with a Utile "naTVe
ralnklness," and be young carefree sguls
again. You say you're too mature ·and
critical for that sort of tripe? Come on,
everyone llkefthe movie Banlbl.
· Brad Wytynko

Slick to
To the Dally:
I am writing In response to the
nume(ous articles that have recently ap·
peared In The McG/11 Dally referring to the.
American Invasion of Grenada.
First of an; as a university newspaper,
the Dally should deal with Issues affecting
the life of the McGIII student. Yet gross
·generalizations co.ncer!llng the acllons of
the United States are alii read about these
..
days.
Unwarranted comments such as, "ll's
been a long time since the United States
had the Chance to send the boys In for a
'Hollywood·slyle llag·ralslng ... " (October
28) show your obsession with unrealistic
stereotypes of Americans and their way of
life. ·rn addition, comments such as,
"Some American students passed, lden·
tillable by their accents ... " (October 3t)
are both uninformed and unjustified.
These remarks Imply that all Americans
speak alike and share the same man·
nerlsms.
Furthermore, the Canadian who does
nol:know what 11 Is like to live In the
Unllesd Stales should not pass judgment
on the American people 3S a whole, who
do not necessarily agree with the policies
of their government.
Why don't you slick to Issues which you
are qualified to criticize, such as tuition
hikes and strikes by university
employees? As 11 stands, I find The Dally
unquallfllfd to make such harsh
crillclsmas as have been meade •In the
aforementioned articles. You certainly are
entitled to your- biases, but you wil never
get me to.accept your unwarranted allega·
·
lions.
I am an American and I am proud of it.
As such, I hope that in future articles con·
cernlng the United States, The Dally will
demonstrate the objectivity expected of
good jorurnallsm.
Laura Hallahan
Racist Pharmacists UZ Arts·
To the.Dally:
As a"forelgner, I never believed In- the
existence orracism In Canada until recent·
ly alter wltnesslng ·what happened to a
friend of mine. ltlell me frustrated and lr·
rllated since.
11 was seven o'clock on a weekday
night. I went wjtli my friend Into a phar·
macy on Park Menue (the only one close
by which was still open). The pharmacist
was talking happily with two ladles (not
foreigners). The moment my frlend .sald
Hello and handed him the prescription, the
pharJ)laclstturned cold. He then asked my
friend for his Medicare card, but slnce.my
•· friend Is a foreign student, he only had a
Blue Cross card. When the pharmacist
saw the card, he bluntly said, "I said
Medlcare·cardl" My friend explained and
the pharmacist took the card with much
unwillingness. He then · asked,
"Shouldn't eVerything on a Blue Cross be
typed?" My friend's mouth lnfecllon·was
hurtlrlg him so badly then· that he could
not talk. So I answered that that was how
they did 11 at registration and I ollered to
show hiJTI my card. I also told him that
other pharmacies which I have been to ac·
· •
. cept ft.
Persistently, he called upon a man from
the other end ol the pharmacy and asked
the same thing. Then he picked up the
phone to call to check (l"don't know with
whom). My friend got very Irritated and
tried to explain In more details. However,
his attempt to explalnwas cut short by.the
other man's rude statement, ''Be quieti!
you want to be served." This made me
wonder 11 that's ' how these people treat
sick and desperate people? Or Is 11 sick
desperate and ··•foreign" p'eople? ·
The pharmacist hung up and lhstead of
telling us the result of his checking of the
card, he simply told us, "We are out of
one of the Ingredients on your prescrlp·
lion." My friend dld·not believe him and
wanted to argue' bul I thought we were
better oil going somewhere else (although
anywhere else would be a lot further
.
...
away).
Our society nowadays talks so much of
,human rights and equal rights, maybe this
so-called "educated professional" should
be re·educated. Moreover, because I saw
the way these )wo pharmacists treat their
needy" customers, I don 'I think they
deserve to be called "prolessloqal" nor
the simple "educated."
Cynthla Chen
A11s U3

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                    <text>The present employment conclusions. If the
Prof falls to grasp
students could. meet on campus
honestly carried out we
. situation for our ge·neration is
at .givep times !lnd all ·walk
sense
that
In
probably see a healthier
difficult.
would
definitely
Dally:
the
To
the Residences
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people and (ar
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have·
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and
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read
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Wednesday's · Daily · ("Walk plemented by. women, working Partner Jias demonstrated in her general basis and experiment on· fewer victims of selfishness and
Home sery ice - tiegins this in pairs, who would volunteer letter of 1 October is· that · she that, to be able to create new · atrocity.
friday") that some men are star-· to walk others home. Such a has failed to grasp.the gravity of jobs for ourselves, in a stale job
Mark Turner
ting an escort ser.vice for .project would need• organiza- the events which have taken market.
'And by the way, Arts and
tional help: the IRC could in- place.•
women.
No doubt she wanted to be_ ·Science students do hive maAt fll'St glance this seems a itiate and help to run !t.
Graffitlsts should sign
required courses and often ··
Meanwhile there's a lo ·that clever,, as irony can be, but•in
good idea: Certiunly ' it is
their work
·
James
As
min'd.
in
goals
trivihlised
has
she
process
the
at
those
like
men
concerned
are•
heartening to see·meh who
so concerning about violence Douglas Hall can do. They can the magnitude· of events, and Michener said in his novei .The
Dally:
To
against women· that they want be constantly aware 'or the .the· depth of feelings these Drifters:
. Re: "Anti-Zionist Graffiti
..Goddarnmit, I wish you'd
to help with contrete action. threat felt ·bY, women- for in- events have generated.
Her cominents remind me of listen to· my main argument-. hits McGill". "The graffiti
However an escort .service run sianc.e, cross!ng the street to
'found on a wall in '{hirty years from now the serves as a constant reminder of
· reassure a woman that ' he is not a
by men is hot the solution.
Sexulil assault affects all. being followed. they can sen- Kmsterdam:. DON'T ADJUS'Ii · • government, the banks, the im- the massacre because people
. women, because the threat is sitize others to the link between YOUR MIND, THERE IS A port ant businesses, the univer- have forgotten bout the Jews
sities and eveything that counts and the Armenians." She obatways there - at home or on sexism and violence against FAULT IN REALITY.
.in·this world will be run by to- viously was referring to herself
_
- for instance, objecthe street, with strangers or
Peter C. W. Gutldnd aay's .hlp!lanities (A,ts and as an example. Or else "she"
among acqaintances, at night' or . ting to ..jokes" about rape.
would have recalled that the
Professor ,o f Anthropology · Science) majors.''
can also help their own
.in broad daylight. Traditionally
of a nazi swastika will turn
sight
.
by offering to
one way wqmen have been able W&lt;?men
pale. Sire, now "I" won't
Jew
a
be
should
Morton
Jenntrer
.
Reporting
wish,
they
if
home
them
walk
tlie
from
to protect themselves
Ul. forget ... everyday I go to
·less casuil
threat posed by all men, is by and being aware that they may
school I will have an "effective
relying on .none of..them. ;rhis prefer to walk independendyreminder" .. • but effective
Dall1:
hey,.we're
the
To
Hey,
state ot affairs denies us both helping without adopting a
·
in
mean positive.
that-journalism·
doesn't
thought
I
..
•••
monkeys
the
making
or
attitude
paternalistic
the
and
freedom ·of·movement
' A lietter title for your article
every- women feel they owe 'gratitude. tlie form of reporting was sup:in
to
(Anti-Zionist Graffiti hits
Violence against women can posed "'to be unbiased and To-the Dally:
day surroundings. Women mu5t·
the
of
angle
every
McGiU) could have been, "A
·
show
the
should
clarify
to
like
would
I
through
never accept the threat of only be
Buc of
Reminder hits
Ric}Jard
by
niade
situation.
statement
the
In
attitudes.
changes in
violcnce.and the,need for
The article in the September Gold :in the Wednesday-, course it wouldn't be clear just •
protection as a necessary evil. meantime, we ..should not have
29tn issue of, The .Dailjy .. Enrol- September 29th Daily that who was being reminded of
· On the P.Olitical level, we must to relY. on men for prQtection
.
and "evolution itself-is a scientific what. ·
tleman(l the riglit to walk the we must tiegin to protect mcnt up at McGill 'in
and
ugly
be
can
.
a
in
Graffiti
his
of
was
contect
the
Science,"
From
fact.'t
·
streetS alone and feel safe in·our ourselves. .
If
he is defacing, but it isa also ·
I
ty'pically casual
. homes. On 'the practical level,
. anonymouS. Graffitists don't
we must learn -to defend
. wish to be identified with what '
ourselves both physically and
they. wrote. I don't remember
pycnologically, and work With
autographs on my way to ·
seeing
each
_protect
to
other women
If' you want effect you
class.
.
·
stan·d behind . your
to
have
all, though, we must
.
:Nell Grarutz
words. Soconsider our immediate safety,
facing the situation, as 'it is,
Management
while expressing our· anger at
· Dally not ALL bad
the inconvenience - and fear
- we experience all the time. So
To the Dally:
if.a mate•escort service could en.I rarely read the McGi/1 Daily
sure tlie safetY. of · women
it
as I usually
anymore
students they might well
opinionated,
the
represents.
welcome it despite its negative
bigoted view of. a small minori. ' : .
poJitical.implications.
ty. However,.. ! must admit that
But. tliis is not tlie case. It's
the first Science Edition left me
'absura to imagine that a .woinan
very impressed. The' majority of
would 'be safe if escorted by a
were well thought out, ·
articles
man she's never laid •eyes on.
and well written. I was
logical,
According to many studies of
impressed,. with
P.articularly
sexual assault, in almost half;
Peniuk's .. Ethical
Heather
tlie cases the rapist is someone
Contexts in Research" and I van •
the women knows. ' If women
/ •Science IncorSlobod's
cannot even• trust•the men they
writers manag- .
Both
porated."
know, why shoUld they truSt a
to, the supposition that ed to inake. their articles
more
that
appears
it
.....
man wHose only qualifications
are opting for: loftier man has evolved from lower life·· teresting and ·expressed their '
Dally:.
. t e ·
1are•that he's a friend of Douglas T o
l ' when in " ,... the job formsl There is evidence that opinions witHout being overly
..
pursuits
'
·
great·interest
read_.with
have
I
Hall's representative · to · the
..
market, technical trades provide · species have evolved · within opigionated.
interview.
Nerentierg's
Alb.ert
Inter-Residence COuncil?
I congratulate 'editor Ricliard
it must their species but' extrapolating
,"
...
openings
.
rqore
(The
JohnSton
Principal
with
is an expresSexual
Apparent mean that there 1 are other that data to stating that man· Gold, in lifting The Dally to a
sion of the hostility to women Daily, ·OCt. 4,, 1982).
in serious reasons than just evolved from lower life forms much higher level and I will•
believes
still
Johnston
Dr.
ly
prevalent in a sexist society.
- .. hanging-out" due ·· to 'the remains onlY. a theory with no read future Science Editions ·
at
·
collegiality
·of
,
idea
his
·
Rape does nc;»t consist !implY. o!
with much interest;
conclusive proof. ·
I wonder liow ·he z:econ- unemplo)'!!lcnt situation. '
McOill.
'!r
· isolatea iricidehts
A.J.IJ
Many students enroll in Arts . Mr. Gold also makes
'of ·ucollegiality" ·
ideal
his.
just another ·aspect of urban
Se. Ul
.
and Science because they want reference to the scientific
ago
years
two
dismissal
the
with
life. it is Widely believed that .all
ad- to gain a wider knowledge method and tile beneficial ·tool
an
Anvari,
V.
Mrs:
of
• rapists are psychopaths. In fact,
ministrative assistant in tlie which can be applied to every- science can be to ·society. I We welcome letters and
most· rapists are
Faculty' of Medicine who was , day living. It is true. that there wo)lld suggest that if individuals guarantee publication of submal men. So for women every
,by arl&gt;itrary ' decision are jotiS in the technical fields, and societies were to look at the •missions which are (a)typed,
man is a potential rapist, not fired
employers souce of their problems and (b)less tha1J 300 wor(ls, (c)slgnconsultation with any but it Is
without
just those whose appearance is
of the committees which are arc looking for open minds 'then apply the scientific metl}od ed a11d (d)not racist,
·
..
. frightening. · ·
··
to do inuch of the which can look at· problems towards truly and sincerely un- libellous,.
The basic idea ot a ··walk- s_upposed
to Dr. .with a huinanisti.c view ·rather plementing the principles taught You·can •drop off letters at our
according
work
one. It
-hom·c Service is a
they would be;' Qfflces, -B;03 in the Union
by Jesus
than plugging in a
Johnston.
would l5c great if the IRC set \lP ·
able to draw .SQ.me dramatic •building, just about any. time•.
·'
program.
mulated
Werybo
Jan'W,
women
a system •:• wheretiy
..
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.
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April 1981, and in the gymnasium of the CEGEP de Vieux
Montreal just a few blocks from McGill, the Parti
du
Quebec is preparing to celebrate its election victory over the Parti
To the left of the podium are perhaps a hundred journalists. In
a sidefoom off to the right are two dozen-odd party workers
hovering around a phone bank, taking election returns from
riding offices. The PLQ has chosen not to trust the computer
counts and projections of the television networks, and the rally is •
thus always twenty minutes C?r so behind the rest of the pro.vince
in keeping track of the election.
At 7:00p.m. the polls are closed, but there is no one in the gymnasium but journalists, security guards -and a handful of party
The organizers are confident of their victory; "once we
know what' our majority is, the Prime Minister will come in
through those doors, through the crowd screened by security, and
then up those steps·to the microphones,, one explains to a group
of Young Liberal types by the podium.
But for i party confident of victory, the hall is oddly empty.
9:00p.m., and election returns are now beginning to..come in
steadily. The pictUre emerges clearly over the next two hours: the
PQ beats the Liberals by a margin of a point or two under 10 per
cent in the popular vote, and by about a two-to-one margin in
seats.
When Clau(fe Ryan and.some of his Montreal-area candidates
step out into the television lights long after-there is no doubt of
the o'utcome, the hundred-odd journalists cluster around the
podium in a tight knot which fills barely a tenth of the hall. Paid
bureaucrats and a handful of rich-looking matrons stand
off to the
·
Perhaps twenty rank-and-file Liberal party members are there
to share Ryan's defeat with him. The liall st,ays oddly empty the
whole night;What is it about Claude Ryan, ..yho in his happier days as editor
of Le Devoir was one of ·the most respected . intellectuals in
Quebec, which has made him such an abismally uninspiring
leader?
'
WomenJJ' U!llon goo'd
Much of the commercial media . wrote him off following the · .To the Dally:
election defeat for be{ng- flat and
. .Nobody who
In their letter of March "12th,
looks bad on television and
long, dull, boring speeches Lindsay Du Bois ·and Marcy
which run over the editorial deadlines of the major newsP.apers . Vigoda stereotype Women's
could,,or deserves to.be; elected Premier of·Quebec, so_the con- Union members as, among
census seemed to be.
other things,
and
A more interesting analysis is that the man is out.of touch \Vith "sexually frustrated", an asser•
his time •.. In a SQciety where llJUCh of
population still tion not worthy of a response.
remembers the currupt folk-culture regime of Maurice Duplessis, We would, however, like to repand the Qalance was schooled t9 believe that pre-secularized ly to several of their other
Quebec was a prq_vince gripped by "the great darkness", Ryan criticisms.
promises to introduce·a stable society as Prime Minister, guided
Du Bois and \'igoda give the
as' he is and wm·continue to be, directly by God. You don't cam- impression that there is no room
paign on religion in Quebec these days if you expect to be taken . in the Women's Union for
seriously, anywhere. .
.
"moderate feminists",· when in
More likely still, it is not so much the man a5 the party he leads fact, the Women's Union is
which will ensure that Claude Ryan remains a future historical open to all women. We made a
footnote, almost as irrelevant as Joe Clark.
.
concerted effort this year to
What constituency does the PLQ represent? Quebec Federalists reach out; pamphlets were mail·
by and large look to the Trudeau Li6erals in Ottawa to speak for ed out in the .summer to new
them; nationalists, independence-minded or-not, rely on the PQ students and a wide variety of
to defend the interests of Quebec. The state middle class, that discussion meetings and special
huge body of
technicians and professionals events were scheduled.
and the journalists who explain their actions to everyone else,
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the PQ (in that order). An increasingly large segment of the pro- organization is to take part in it.
vince's small and medium-scale entrepreneurs are also falling into This year the Women's Union
line behind the PQ, whic!i is imgling its
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and a shrinking share of the non-state middle class for Claude they will do so in the near future
Ryan, not exactly a winning combination.
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as we would welcome their acThere is little sign that the provincial liberals are developing im- ·tive participation.
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Voters reflecting on the-newly conservative economic gives no·.
of how or
and social policies of the PQ can't help but think that under a why the Women's Union has
Liberal government matters would· be worse.
.made "ignorant generalizations
.
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Lton ttme for the foreseeable future, almost alone with God, and \UYth of female superiority." In
the province will be the worse for it, bereft as"" it is of a viable an effort to destroy generalizapolitical alternative.
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forums to which men were
especially invited. For instance,
we discussed marriage and the
role of .men in the feminist
movement.
Pornography is a real issue,
not one we merely created . .The
degrading images of .women
prevalent in the media and the
alarming incidence of violence
against women are problems
which concern all of us.
.The authors of the letter com·
plain that we ignore the issue of
abortion. But just two months
ago we held a discu'ssion, attended by fifty students on that ·
topic and' last year we invited a
speaker · and held a debate on
abortion. '
It is not true that the_
Wpmen's Union is never constructive or positive, nor is it
correct to say that we only "talk
· of revolution." The d,istribution
of crisis information cards con;
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to

thousands of women must cer·
tainly be considered a realistic
and' constructive project. 'and
what could be .more positive
than our cultural events, such as
our annual film series and
feminist coffee houses? -·
Du Bois and Vigoda accuse
the Women's' Union of being
"nidical" but unfortunately
they do not define this term. If
radicalism means fighting fo r
equality between women · and
men; defending a woman's right ,!,
to control hC'r own reproductive
life; and -opposing all forms 'of
violence against women, be it
rape, wife-battering, pronography at Sadie's 11 or sexual
harrassment on·campus- then
yes, the Women's union is
radical, and prouaof it.
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Dolores Vadcr
· Kathy Morris
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                    <text>4 • THE McGILL DAILY

Wednesday, March 20, 1991

THE MCGILL DAILY
COMMENT

The best kept
secret
McGill, like the military, operates its own justice system.
We all know about the committees set up for students who plagarize or
students who appeal grades they feel they don't deserve. There are no
channels in the real world to handle these kinds of conflicts.
But when a person files asexual assault complaint at McGill they exit the
legal system where violent crimes are normally handled.
While we can find out what happens in the courts, we haven't a clue
what goes on when a student goes through university channels. Files,
reports, precedents and recommendations are kept confidential as are
'verdicts' and punishments, if there are any.
That's why we don't know what happened to McGill's investigation of
defendants in the alleged Zeta Psi gang rape. And it's part of the reason we
didn't hear about the alleged rape at Phi Delta Theta for over a year.
Confidentiality is important to McGill's disciplinary procedures. It is
an important right, and maybe it works in the sexual harassment cases the
policy is designed for. But how does McGill deal with its home-turf rapists?
Not that we can claim McGill's approach to sexual assault cases is
unjust. We simply do not know.
But we know enough to be suspicious. If McGill cared as much for
women's rights as it did for its own reputation, there would be the
reassurance of checks on university decisions. Now, McGill's sexual harassment procedure gives the Principal final say in decisions that cannot be
appealed.
Awoman who takes a sexual assault case to McGill must remember that
her
include legal action in the courts.
On campus these issues are tried in an ivory closet.
Susana Bejar
Heather MacKay

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Stephanie Conway
Kathleen Hickey
Rob Macfarlane

To the Daily:
Daily writer J.C. Rioux mistakenly
attributes to our group the "5000 signature petition" which has brought City
Hall to finally take action against the
ultra-sexist outdoor signs forced on
Montr6llers by the pornography industry.
As I had told your writer, our group
collected 1024 names in front
L'Amour last summer. The 6000+ other
names that really made the difference
were, in fact, collected and sent to City
Hall byalmostevcrywomen's group in
Montr6ll.It is sad that the Daily fails to
acknowledge and applaud a very real
victory for grassroots organizing among
Montr6ll feminists. Distancing issues
from those who raise them is most
unfortunate: another silencing of
women's voices.
· Another misquote is that our group
never "promoted" the proposed byas dissident men, identify and protCiit
the sexism in these displays, along with
enough
to bring City Hall
to become more responsive to citizens
than to corporate interests. It is to the
credit of Ms. Ua Cousineau's tireless
advocacy that the boys on the MCM
Executive finally honoured their party
platform with some degree of action.
But the sexual exploitation and
violation of women are still big business in
with assorted
pseudoliberals defending them as hallowed ground. And women's shelters
go on seeing the effects of all that
"harmless" woman-hating pom that
men are more often buying than fighting.

.

HYDE

PARK

New World Order conference
opinion by Tom Brio and Karen Taylor ofMcGill Troops Out.
The McGill Troops Out Coalition, in conjunction with half
a dozen other groups on campus, urges students and staff to
attend a conference dedicated to the New World Order, next
Tuesday and Wednesday in the Union Ballroom.
Speakers will illuminate the ways in which the New World
Order which George Bush creates in the Middle East is really
just an old world order, at work in Latin America, South Africa,
among First Nations' peoples in Canada and elsewhere.
Today the New World Order is making the people oflraq
lick its boot. The fust week of civil war in Iraq added 30 000
dead to the corpses left on the killing fields by the celebrated
American bomber pilots. The Village Voids Doug Ireland recently compared bombed-out Iraq to Cambodia, which Nix on
flattened with bombs 18 years ago. The bombing of Cambodia
provoked a horrifying civil war which continues today, stoked
by arms sales from the world's rich countries. Never again, they
said ...
And who knows what's going on in the 40 000 square
kilometres oflraq which is occupied by George Bush today. In
Kuwait, dozens ofPalestinians have been gunned down by U.Sorganized death squads and 10 000 more sit in concentration
camps.
You'd think having 1200 foreign journalists in a tiny country like Kuwait would force the New World Order to exercise
some restraint. It makes you wonder who made up that phrase,
'The first casualty of war is truth'. It just ain't so. There's no
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truth during pe2ce either. The war in the Gulf is officially
over, but the truth about how the New World Order works
is still buried under the rubble of Baghdad.
It was briefly rumoured on the night of February 13 that
the truth was in El Amriya, the Baghdad bomb shelter
where 600 civilians died. But George Bush quickly dispelled that illusion. Saddam Hussein was to blame, not the
New World Order. The truth about the New World Order
was elsewhere. In Fclouja, where 130 diedl Najaf? Kerbala,
or Hillahl Nassiriyah? Ub, no.
Truth is said to have put in an appearance in 1920,
when Socal Oil (now Chevron Corp.) paid L50 000 for
rights to all ofSaudi Arabia's oil, plus £5000 more a month
in rent. But authorities dispute that sighting too.
Well, to hell with the authorities. We are hae to bear
witness, Louis Althusser, a great man, once said. "Against
what common sense, the common sense of financiers and
lawyers, tdls us, there are many
that blow away,
but a few words that remain. No doubt because they have
been inscribed in life and history." Let us bring together aU
the famous words inscribed in history in human blood, aU
the truths about all the new world orders. Who will disagrcewith us then?SOWETO.ALAQSA.SOliTH PHILADELPHIA. MY l.AI. KAHNESATAKE. ATIICA ...
There are more, of course. Many more. From now on,
let us bear witness together. None of it must blow away.

contributors
)ens Kohler, Ethan Alien,
Nadine lee, julie Crawford,
John Bentley, Alex Roslin,
Kristen Hutchison, Dan Robins.

Finally, does the "sexual body of
Montr6ll" you are intent on protecting
include frathouses where incapacitated
woffien arc raped and the acquittal of
the rapist is celebrated? Does it include
universities where rape victims are enticed by the administration into signing
away their right to go to the police?
Does the "body" of the city have precedence over the will and lives of its
citizens? The Daily owes its readers a
lesscorporatist viewofthepomography
industry. The "private" is political. And
there is a difference between selling sex
and selling hatred.
Martin Dufresne
Montr6ll Men Against Sexism

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To the Daily:
Being a heterosexual white male
anglophone fraternity member
Torontonian who went to private
school, I am definitely the incarnation
of the Dailys worst nightmare. Even
though I frequently disagree with
opinions expressed in the Daily, this
time I wish to comment the author(s)
of Clippings you may not have notiad
(Daily, Wednesday, March 13). It is
crucial that both sides of a war which is
carefully censored by the US War Machine (&amp; Good Ole Normy
SchwartzkopO be examined. CNN only
gives "all the news that makes America
[look] grot", a.k.a. "George Bush is not
a wimp". War is war, and I want to
know both sides to form an opinion.
The Daily has done a grot job at what
it does best-giving 'the other side'.
Thanks.
John Wales
BSc. U3
To the Daily:
Zionism is not racism but a nationalist movement based on the premise
that the Jews are a nation with a
homeland in Israel. The Law of Return
is not based on race, ideology or religious views but on Nationality. Israel
has given refuge to Jews ofall races from
places like Ethiopia, Eastern Europe,
South America, India, and most Arab
countries.
Under the present international
system there is no inherent right to

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immigrate. All countries arbitrarily set
criteria for nationality and immigration. For example people of non-Japanese origin whether born abroad or in
Japan cannot get Japanese citizenship
while foreign-born Japanese can obtain
citizenship. Among others, countries
like Canada, Kuwait, the USA and Switzerland also have arbitrary immigration policies.
Zionism has been labcled racism by
the supporters of Palestine nationalism. While Zionists deny Palestinian
nationalism, Palestinians deny Jewish
nationalism. In its covenant, the PLO
claims that the Jews are merely a religious group with no national rights.
Furthermore, according to ss. 5 &amp; 6 of
the PLO covenant all Jews who have
arrived or are descendents of people
who arrived after 1917 would have no
right to remain in the proposed secular
state (which would include all of Israel
and the territories).
Therefore, the situation is one of the
mutual denial of national rights by two
peoples who have suffered by their
historical experiences. If there is to be
peace both sides will have to learn to
empathize with the other side's plight
and accept the claims of the other so
that some fair territorial settlement can
be reached. The use oflabels like racist
and terrorist only increase the paranoia
and distrust and maintain the conflict.
Lorne Beiles
BCL2

To the Daily:
As I was crossing the corner of Peel
and Dr. Pen field the morning ofMarch
14, 1991, I could not help but notice
two big swastias spraypainted on the
Jewish Studies building. I am appalled
and disgusted by what I saw yet it made
me think of something quite amusing.
Jews are always accused and bashed for
dwelling on the horrors that happened
to them in the past during the Holocaust, but who indeed is doing the reminding? Could it possibly be the feeble-minded people that go out of their
way to purchase a can ofspray paint for
$4.49l

Susan Levinger
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                    <text>4 The McGill Daily

Wednesday, November 20, 1991

THE MCGILL DAILY
COMMEN T

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We want more than
little red phones
Several cases of sexual assualt and sexual harassment have occurred
around McGilllatelyand nota peep from the administration or the powers
that be.
lt'sabout time McGill reacted to the fact that women are not safe on this
campus, or anywhere for that matter. Reacting to campus cases of sexual
assault would be a good start.
What exactly are McGill administrators doing about the cases that have
already been referred to them? Nothing much that we can see.
So far, the university seems content with installing red "emergency''
phones, increasing lighting, trimming some shrubbery, and its four security patrols. The administration has the resources to do a lot more.
Roy Dalebozik, the man responsible for campus security at McGill,
recently told us no sexual assaults have been reported this year on campus,
and that
police have taken care of the cases which happened near
the campus.
lbe one thing McGill can do, he said, is clarify the campus's boundaries
so the university knows exactly which sexual assaults it's responsible for.
But McGill's approach is hypocritical. When the university does come
across a case of sexual assault or harassment, it strongly encourages
students to keep it within the campus and not go to police, to prevent
embarassment.
If the adminstration really gives a shit about sexual assault, it would
implement special training for security guards to handle cases of sexual
assault. And how about hiring some women for the foot patrol positions?
And, Roy, could you answer us why it takes an average 20 minutes for
a security guard to trot his way across such a tiny campus in response to a
call on one of those "emergency'' phones?
For that matter, the university might show where it stands on sexual
assault by finally implementing a comprehensive policy on sexual assault.
Can anyone remember how long we've waited already?
The policy should be drawn up in concert with campuswomcn'sgroups
and should include:
• a procedure to publicize all reports of sexual assault, including a
physical description of the assailants;
• provide subsidised self-defense courses for women and men;
·a way for students to report sexual assaults anonymously.
Having some security guard ask an assailant for their ID card isn't quite
enough.
The university has a tendency to wait for something to happen before
taking action. McGill's lack of a sexual assault policy reflects this.
We need a policy designed for prevention of sexual assault. If prevention is ignored, the sexual assault policy will be as ineffective as McGill's
policy on sexual harassment.
Kristen Hutchinson
Kate Stewart
DaniColt
Peter Clibbon
Alex Roslin

LETTER

Redman name denies
legitimacy
To the Daily:
In response to )amcs Jordan 's lcttcr,
"Red men Real Winners" that appeared
in lbc Daily on 18 November:
ll1anks to the media, people arc
finally becoming aware of the
derogatory names of many sports teams.
For instance, an astounding number of
people to whom I ha ve spoken did not
understand the harm of a team being
called The Cleveland Indians.
Let me provide an analogy for this
name and logo: imagine that this team
was called ll1e Cleveland Negroes and
their logo depicted a smiling cartoon
rendition of an Afro-Amcrican . How
many people would consider that
offensive? Many other team names

reduce an entire group of culturally
diverse people to a one dimensional
image of aggressive warriors. This
portrayal denies the legitimacy and
depth of various native American
culturc.s.
And, Mr. Jordan, you cannot draw
an analogy between the Canucks, who
were consciously named by people to
describe Ulcmsclvcs, and a name such
as the Red men . This name was given to
a group by another to suit the latter
group's purpose.
I would like to ask Mr. Jordan if, just
because he has been personally ignorant
of attempts in the past 25 years to rid
popularculturc ofoffensivcstcrcot ypcs,
this means th at others should not take
actions to correct tl1em today? TI1c
unfortunate fact remains that without

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media exposure, people such as Native
Americans would not have any voice in
shaping society.
I do not understand the problem Mr.
Jordan has with this use of media, since
he himself does not seem to mind
utilizing the press to his own advantage.
I..eigh Valliere
UJ History

library tips from Winnipeg
To the Daily:
Oooo, I've been waiting forthi issue
to pop up. I was ecstatic when I read
Todd Wilkinson's lcttcr to The Daily,
commenting on those annoying little
libraryduc-datcprint-outs. But, then, I
was crestfallen when I read
Chialut's reply in defence of the present
library circulation system. I'm inclined
to think Ms. Chialut missed the point of
Mr. Wilkinson's letter.
I don't presume to speak for Mr.
Wilkinson, but the solution really is
simple: con tin uc to beep books into the
computer records, but instead of giving
us print-outs of the due date, just use
those nifty rubber stamps on those oldfashioned due-date slips glued to the
inside cover of the books. Perhaps this
is not as 'efficient' as simply tearing
slips of paper out of the computer
printer, but I imagine it co uld still be
prctty quick and painless, and certainly
would be more economical.
'Il1is was, incidcntaly, the procedure
that the Universityof\Vinnipcglibrary
used the last time I was there. We
Winnipcggcrs tend to be rather simpleminded, but if it works ...
Peter Mah
Medicine I

Magic Act on Arsenio
To the Daily:
re: Kate Stcwart and Doug

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drive home the announcement of STD
I saw the Arsenio Hall Show which awareness week at McGill, but you
was referred to in your comment on didn't have to make Earvin )ohnson (a
Magic Johnston and HIV. Correct me if real person with a real disease) your
I'm wrong, but I believe that )ohnson scapegoat.
was responding to a question posed by
I sincerely believe that attempting to
Hall when he said: "I'm far from being monitor and discct other people's words
homosexual-you know that." First of (and thoughts) will ultimately lea veyou
all, I don't think)ohnson "insisted" (as frustrat ed. Magic )ohnson is facing this
you wrote) that he wasn 't gay, he stated virus witl1 positivity anddignity-why
it matter-of-factly. Second, he did not can't you?
say, "don't accuse me ofbcinggay; don't
Jcffrcy Silver tone
think that I'moncofthcm." -you did.
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He said: "I'm far from beinghomoscxual
-you know that."
Get a life
I understood this as meaning ''I'm
not gay,l'm straight." It is my opinion To the Daily:
that )ohnson was not homophobicThe comment by your editors
neither by what he said nor how it was concerning Magic )ohnson was a de
said.
facto accusation that all hctcroscxuals
On the Arscnio Hall Show, )ohnson arc homophobcs. You warped Magic
effectively conveyed a simple message )ohnson's quote, "I am not a
that no one has been able to do before homosexual, you know that," to make
-that hctcrosexuals can contract the it sound like he was homophobic. It is
HJV virus. Within 15 minutes of air remarkable that even a tabloid such as
time, )ohnson opened the eyes of a lot the McGill Daily can find homophobia
of North Americans. Must you blame in a statement such as this.
him for their blindness.
Since when is asscrtingonc'sscxuality
Magic )ohnson is not the American as a heterosexual homophobic?
government. He is not responsible for Obviously in the minds of two of your
lack of funding and education. He is editors, stating one's sexuality to be
not a gay man and should not be something other than that of a
expected to be aspokesperson for them. homosexual makes one a homophobc.
It is obnoxious of you to assume that
Well we arc hctcroscxuals and proud
you know what Johnson thinks and of it. How often do you hear that said?
knows.Howdoyouknowhowmuchof · Arc you trying to push hetcrosexuals
the "true history of AIDS" he knows? such as Magic Joghnson into the closet?
Or how much he has actually By finding homophobia everywhere,
contributed to the fighting of this youroverz.caloushippocraticrcporting
disease? Who do you think you arc to restricts accurate representation of the
sta nd in judcment of a person you news. Get a life!
obviously know little about.
Josh Abiscott
Instead of wishing )ohnson had said
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