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evening, were cancelled on the advice of the police for fears that children wandering home from these events might be confronted by the protesters. What walking: through suburbia mmmww rich pay!H", and yelling, "You are all going down!", hasto do with a thoughtful protest against the Harris budget cuts is unclear to me. Warning M preschoolers t stay inside for fear of retaliation by marchers smacks more of classâ€"war intimidation than a reasonable protest against the government. My neighbors‘ teenage daughter, a student at WCI whose many Mnduduswdflbcmaficnmhfimm decry the cuts in education,.couldn‘t believe what she was seeing. Making a face as she tucked into yet another dinner of hamburger But that was the perception i sense of selfâ€"righteousness, the small crowd of protesters scowled through the streets in a brisk march through Beechwood that lasted a mere 20 minutes but whose impact polarized our society much more than they will ever know. They marched right by the homes of many teachers, nurses and students whose unions fully supported the day of protest. The sub lime irony is that Thursday night these marchers condemned many of the very people they would walk shoulderâ€"toâ€"shoulder with Friday morning and call Brother. With ideological fervor, the marchers Ma“%imam-t-&,dk;_ inhabitants of their humanity. It was an action that lacked underâ€"" standing or compassion and was counterâ€"productive to any honest mmw-&b&pmhunday Later that evening on a callâ€"in cable television program, Lucy Harrison, coâ€"chair of the Waterloo Region Coalition. for Social Justice, (and one of the marchers through Beechwood) appeared. Ms. Harrison said that the day of protest was about how we view the role of government in our society. Clearly, we do not all agree on what that role is. 1 question how a spite march through suburbia is supâ€" posed to bring us any closer to an answer. « The march on Beechwood accomplished the cancellation of an eleven yearâ€"old‘s science fair and further insulted his already overâ€" worked parents. So much for social justice. ( 5 f Lisa O‘Connell popmmmmn uB s smeisicmmccn 5 n £. . K en ale A u-w}-&*:flnfii@tum Bank, a Sunday school teacher and a foster parent. At the end of the @u-mmk“»um way because 50 members from the Community Action Day marched in front of her home and declared her uncairing, : She is more than a little confused. Frankly, so am L. * In a prelude to the Day of Protest, the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty decided to bring their protest to the suburbs â€" the mortâ€" gageâ€"laden, mostly middleâ€"class, many unionâ€"member neighborâ€" hood where sales flyers are eagerly passed around â€" to make a staieâ€" ment about the provincial government cuts. The soâ€"called Robin Hood march was long planned by the protest organizers but was sprung on the neighborhood at the last minute. It left many in the neighborhood scrambling as the orga 75 King St. South, Suite 201 testers would take to their streets. â€" A longâ€"awaited school science fair out the red carpet in terms of covering the City Hall pool to avert some socialist baptisms. + Thaylhflmscxpeaed.mor:i;; 0“ ly. But maybe any year now there‘ll be one isn‘t. And then perhaps some demonstrators u will do something to rid us of that ugly red stone. Sole Brother: As Thomas Payne didn‘t quite put it, "These are the times that try men‘s soles." That‘d be a fancy way of saying that in shoes reâ€"soled. doing a thriving business, but not so. Our favorite cobbler says that business is terrible, e t but it‘s not because of the recession; it‘s because of astyle. h+ ty In ordinary times, people might be getting their shoes resoled, but not now. The running shoe has ruined the busiâ€" ness, our favorite cobbler says. _ .. Gee, a lot of folks will never know how to test a shoe for possible reâ€"soling: step on a nickel. If you can tell whether it‘s heads or tails, you need new soles. Wrong Numbers: As if it weren‘t enough that we have to m:hdmmmd‘m;« example, a squib in the church bulletin notes: "St. Andrew‘s is on the Net. WMMM!M& come. hem." â€" nwwwummlwm“ works well, technologyâ€"minded St. Andrew‘s will start a Dialâ€" mmhmmmmu,mw Don‘t it make your brown eyes gre «h4 + 4 DirFicult 1o Tell UHo‘s SLEeEPIN‘, OR WHo‘s5 GAWIN‘, w T6 sace / : | Waterloo Chronicle is published The views of our columnists are the views of the newsnaner . â€"â€" 1 confess I‘ve been well paid and 1 make no } apology for it. I was mostly surprised 2: how litâ€" M tle some officials get. However, the $450,000 MB odd for the head of a Toronto Hospital struck M F RRR . |â€" me as a bit much. ~_ n Anyhow, 1 remind you of that old verse:. . M Mere wealth can‘t make us glad, I But we‘l always take a chance, I think, At being rich and sad. > . > â€" Yule Suffer: Perhaps hundreds of Kâ€"W folk are emulat MB ing Boy Scouts and their Be Prepared motto. These folls M are all set for Christmas. Holly wreaths bedeck their front MB doors, their outdoor lighting is all set to glow and at one. g Waterloo home, Santa Claus is poised to scrambie down MB the chimney. * s 4 K: Whakdnyw-y?lh*m ‘ are left ovel from last Christmas? Come on, the winter was brutal, but this . M | is almost May: se 2C I | The folks with Yule lighting still in place must be pro . with a political fair will be forming a Stop Dicientaker [ . vkhlh': u- That‘s why I‘ve been intrigned by the fallou from the recent revelations of person eaming mmwmpmm;q overdue Public Sector Salary Disclosures Act. aaoeye . mswomddulzd Adidh 4“7 wheioe M‘ ho CM Et mm him in office but since he i me also add ; want to join d 1 voted for 19 protest {well, all ty are often ty ‘to take to do the P30