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PAGE 6 â€"â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 1986 Second Class Mail Registration Number 5540 Bad enough we should open a Toronto paper to read of a brawl between police and youths outside a Kitchener theatre Saturday night. It doesn‘t sit well with us to discover a typical big city incident happening right under our noses. But even more disconcerting was "other side of the story" in Tuesday‘s local press, quoting youths involved as saying reports of 30 of them grappling with police to be erroneous. In fact, they claim the substance of Monday‘s local story, derived from regional police reports, is totally distorted, that only four of them â€" not 30 â€" were involved physically with police, that police action in an original and separate incident sparked a much bigger battle, and that police used unnecessary force in subduing their ringleaders. For their part, the youths â€" they proudly call themselves Headbangers in tribute to heavy metal music worship â€" have the backing of an anonymous 34â€"yearâ€"old Waterloo insurance salesman, who claims that "nothing happened like this" as reported in Monday‘s local story. Not having been on the scene (we passed on the weekend opportunity to take in the movie The Goonies), we can make no claim of verification for either party. The question we ask, however, is would any of this happened had the Headbangers stayed tuned to their Walkmans and minded their own business when the officer in question went about his business of putting a halt to a prime time drunken fight on Kitchener‘s main street? Unlike the Headbangers, we share no sympathy for the opening match combatants, whose lawâ€"breaking conduct warranted whatever police action â€" physical or otherwise â€" was needed to remove them from the scene. * ; P e e 9e e 5 § ’ i romsrss t x ~ i m l e ;,*"'-‘*":‘ ilew .cef :1 ie sns tm s ¢ & 'vw?'sfiwmw’ C o somathion waltiahuue i TuntH l ~$ m I Sies . smmalle g‘v‘ v"Wfi*‘:Wav"*Mm--'m‘»;s'z;:;f-‘em eP it your e "~ * jéw‘ e 5%4.â€"*'&’, "-«“"’?"“” bevernts """“"?m P 9 * es h 2 e "al P vmv.?;"'-.;‘ T 1 i s g& s .»m'f % t io + i sw agsomndimeniinpmprniniy ioi eguer > wl m rimigh. j P * PA e T »Beaete e oo e i l 74X 8e *@??W*fi‘g’}"”fi‘”‘w“ 3 ‘ditawa Ont. Kipr an. _ ‘ t 3 “: ,,, H * [ t s i e e 9 M _ «2 But after an angry crowd became involved with "verbal abuse and aggressive behaviour‘‘ directed at police, others became embroiled in verbal and physical confrontation with the police, prompting the largerâ€"scale incident and resulting front page headlines. Five youths were arrested, and although police invited those with complaints of excessive force by the police to report to the force‘s citizen‘s bureau, none had as of Tuesday press deadline. As such, police have closed the case file. At no time do we condone the use of excessive force by police in carrying out their duties â€" and we do realize that by the nature of the business, the odd case is bound to surface. If this is such a case, and can be proven, then it is the duty of all witnesses to Saturday‘s incident to come forth with their version of the incident, at which point proper channels should be followed to ensure that all the facts are correctly established. But if all we are to hear about are bleeding heart bleatings in the media, then we have no reason to believe that our law enforcement officers used anything more than sufficient force to put a stop to a disorderly situation which no lawâ€"abiding citizen should have to tolerate on a downtown Saturday night. Our suspicions are the Headbangers were culpable through wrongful involvement, and if that is the case, then cry us no tears of banging heads. Whose fault? a division of Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo Record Ltd., owner h 225 Fairway Rd. S., Kitchener, Ont. address correspondence to Waterioo affice: 45 Erb St. E., Waterioo, Ont. N2J 117, telephone 886â€"2830 Waterioo Chronicle office is located in the Haney, White Law Office: Building (rear entrance, upper floor). Parking at the rear of the building. Open Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. published every Wednesday by Fairway Press, Publisher: Paul Winkler Manager: Bill Karges Editor: Rick Campbell 1 Probably the biggest piece of pure poppycock on our calendar is the Sunday in June designated as Father‘s Day. s It is almost as silly as celebrating the birthday of Queen Victoria (on the nearest Monday), or adopting that pretty, but uninspiring thing, the maple leaf, as our flag symbol. That‘s because, like queens‘ birthdays and fMlags, fathers are anachronisms, things that belong to the dear, dead past of empires and gallantry and family solidarity. _ The empire has disappeared, the flag has become something to quibble about, and fathers have turned into cartoon characters. â€" We have become increasingly a motherâ€" dominated society. But in trying to prove that Mom doesn‘t have clay feet, we have casually accepted the theory that father has a dough head. The word "father" is never used any more, as a term of address. The only place it crops up is in sociological and psychological terms, such as ‘"‘father image" or "{father figure." â€"â€"Itf is written It‘s been a wild swing of the pendulum, and it is a sad and bitter thing, this degeneration from Father to Daddy, but I can‘t help pointing out that we have brought it upon ourselves, chaps. The Trojans opened the gates and dragged in that big, wooden horse. The Arab let the camel stick his nose into the tent, to keep warm. Father achieved the same end by relinquishing the purseâ€"strings to that brave, little woman with a heart of gold and a will of iron â€" Mom. Next, he began to listen to a lot of thirdâ€"rate tripe, mostly in the form of articles in women‘s magazines. Thus, he fell prey to such clapâ€"trap as "{family togetherness," and ‘"being a pal‘" to his‘ children, and "talking things out" with his wife. Then, under the bullying of his wife and the relentless heckling of his children, he forsook principles for possessions, and happily hopped aboard the treadmill of proving that he could harassed, coronaryâ€"bound character next door. Slaving like a pit pony, and attacked for it by his family, he was still expected to help with the dishes, mow the lawn, entertain at parties arranged by his wife, and drive 300 miles on the week end to visit relatives. Thus, the comfortable paunch which was a measure of Father‘s success became Dad‘s potbelly, a sign that he wasn‘t doing his SBX. Thus, Father‘s ominous look and cuff on the ear "Gur seonrase or mitlionaires mas TOUCHED THerd, SIR, Triey usmy 10 uoiuutyeE® / " "It‘s all a numbers game with him. Have you ever heard him once speak of the children in the a * Own fault Bill Smiley Syndicated columnist criticizing OSSTF president Malcolm Buchanan â€" SEE PAGE 1 â€"LETTERS became Daddy‘s whine that he would cut off the allowance. Thus Father‘s majestic carving of the family roast became Dad‘s inept spooning out of the meatballs smothered in canned mushroom soup. What‘s that? You agree, and you were going to join the movement on Monday, but you had to help Mom do the shopping? All right. Don‘t say you weren‘t asked. Not a pretty picture? Right. What are you going to do about it, Jack? Will you join me in trying to convert dithering Daddy into fearless Father? _/ Shall we grow beards, get rid of the blubber, pound the kids once a week, and tell the old lady we‘re going fishing when we damn well feel like it? Ziegler volunteers are praised This letter is to say thankâ€"you to the many volunteers who have helped at Elizabeth Ziegler School during the past year. â€" â€" There are over 40 people who come to the school on a regular basis to work with the children. Usually they help with reading and mathematics, but some of them have heiped with anything from sewing wall hangings to tying skates. We have high school students, university students, parent‘s, and senior citizens. Some people have the impression that volunteers make a teacher‘s job easier. In fact, they make it more difficult because they not only have to organize the children‘s activities, but the volunteers‘ work as well. What they do is help the chilâ€" Many children, especially those who need extra help, benefit from the time and assistance donated by the volunteers. From the students and teachers at Elizaâ€" beth Ziegler School, thankâ€"you very much. Yeurs sincerely, Harold S. Martin, Waterioo, Ont.