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In the message, Jensen also stated his understanding of the station‘s mandate. "We are running the station as a business ... survival is the name of the game." This attitude was ridiculed by at least one other community radio activist, David Lewis of CFMU in Hamilton: "So when it comes down to it, we walk in fear of the shadow of the megaâ€" Corporation. Whatever you report or choose not to report serves some political agenda or other. This decision makes it very clear whom you are supporting," Lewis has hit the nail on the head. By preventing Marc Xuereb (and, by implication, other hosts) from making political statements on the air, CKWR is in fact making a huge political statement of its own: "Speak out against corporate injustice at your peril." The station should reverse its decision. Supporting Marc‘s continued right to free speech would be a firting way to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. * proof that the remarks caused any damage to Shell. Xuereb responded to the cancellation by posting an alert on the internet, leading to a Nurry of phone calls and eâ€"mail messages to the station and Board members. Board member Scott Jensen replied to the appeals with a message to the internet listserver of the National Campus and Community Radio Association (a public forum). He statâ€" ed that Xuereb was being punished for making "negative economic statements that could impact on local business people ... As the host of the program, (Xuereb) put the Board, the station or other members at risk by editorializing and making unsubstantiated comments." 1 suppose that CKWR will never be able to run restaurant reviews or movie reviews, now that its hosts are banned for making "negative econormc statements that could impact on local business people". Article 19, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1947 As we approach the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (on Dec. 10), some people in Waterloo Region have apparently decided that it does not apply here. Those that run community radio station CKWR have cancelled a show called Special Interest Radio, hosted until last week by Marc Xuereb, a popâ€" ular educator with Global Community Centre. The show drew its name from a speech given in Kitchener by Maude Barlow, who urged progressive activists to reclaim the term "special interest group". If you are accused of belonging to a special interest group, she suggested replying: "Yes, 1 do belong to a special interest group. My special interest is health care. My special interest is education. My special interest is democracy." issues from a perspective that is not readily available in the mainâ€" stream media. The station‘s Board of Directors briefly pulled his show earlier this year when he advocated a boycott of The Princess Cinema. It did so again after his Nov. 10 broadâ€" cast in which he gave information m about atrocities in Nigeria and supportâ€" To * TVE ed a boycort of Shell Oil. This time, Waterioo Town Square 75 King St. South, Suite 201 AnotnEr VIEwW prod< sXÂ¥ s +A i+ N2 nor malicious (in fact the Board didn‘t allege that they were); and there is no remarks about a person that cause damâ€" age". There are three major flaws in their argument: Shell Oil is not a perâ€" son; the remarks were neither untrue The Board cites Xuereb‘s "slanderous comments against Shell Oil Company" as the reason for axing the show, calling this "his second offense". Slander is a according to the Board‘s in to t 0 1 0 t m t t t t 1 96 P i 4 4 4 4 4 M P e t i 44 p n s Jennifer Bettke Tim Gardner Bob Vrbanac Deborah Crandall letter to Lynn Mitchell Shannion Blacker Denise Tucker Bill Karges Granted, most folks would like to see some genuine discus sion instead of folks hooting and hollering, waving signs, sitâ€" ting in and walking out, and the shredding of the air with hyperbole. On ahiother matter, Liz hasn‘t jumped from the government‘s bandwagon on Bill 160, but she has at least one foot dragging. Her cabinet status notwithstanding, she has called for more discussion on the legislation. I suppose that if you wanted to be crude, you could say that souvenirs the horses would leave behind would be reminders of the new health minister‘s observation. He notes that it wasn‘t "the sexy stuff of marching to Queen‘s Park ... but 1 suppose actions speak louder than words." Gosh, I supâ€" pose that as an attentionâ€"getter they should have circled Queen‘s Park in conestoga wagâ€" Saving Grace: Never let it be said that Liz Witmer isn‘t a canny politician. With the Harris government under heavy fire, she has made a couple of statements aimed at salving the voters and saving her For one, as health minister, she said Waterloo Region is underserviced in health m care because the community hasn‘t lobbied hard enough. That statement came as a startler to the likes of Gavin Grimson, executive director of the Waterloo Region Health Council: "We‘ve said s for years and years we need services. We‘ve sent them 17 years‘ worth of reports." q Maybe it‘s just that I‘m an old grouch, but 1 got really steamed at the pair of TV talking heads chuckling and chortling over the season‘s first big snowfall. It‘s as if it weren‘t causing misery to a lot of people. By the way, you can tell that winter has officially come to Kâ€"W. All the pizzerias have changed to winterâ€"weight olive oil. I‘d forgotten how pleasant a mail strike is uz'.nodigllnmdlnvdmdknowshowhrslkanuny Jerry Fischer Evan Mitchell Matthew Haves Millic Martin Darlene Royle The Waterloo Chronicle is published by The Fairway Group, The wdwvdm&uml&km-‘fia the views of the newspaper. n E" a .d i’“&. PHls s T 75 King St. S., Suite 201, Waterloo ON. N2J IP2 886â€"2830 Waterloo Chronicle is published every Wednesday by Once over LIGHTLY G‘moming and welcome to Donuts Donuts.... Would you like to try our new "Ant! RoadRage special ? One large dacal ___â€" with double valium. Publisher: McMenemy mu@whum The Fairway Group A division of Southam Inc Take this as an article of faith: No good news ever came in an envelope with a window. And say, do you ever get the feeling that fast efficient mail service is an idea whose time has gone? Thanks to all the techâ€" nological innovations, the loss is scarcely missed. And anybody who believes differently would send 2 gallon of ice cream by parcel post. h _ Bury the Junk: Gosh, 1 didn‘t remember until the other day just how pleasant a mail strike can be. Gone were the fistful of pizza specials, the comeâ€"ons for RRSPs, the preâ€"Christmas catâ€" alogues and oh those envelopes with the windows in them. M _| The fact is the news appeal of bank holdups has been cheapened by the frequency with : which a loony with a note tries to make an unauâ€" thorized withdrawal. Incidentally, why are there bank robbers? The bank ads make it seem that it‘s easier to just walk in and get a loan posed â€" and still lost ® Truancy Time: By the way, you have to question the logic of some parents who hate Bill 160. At least 175 parents in Barrie and area decided to take their kids out of school for a day to + * "WÂ¥er You have to wonder how taking kids out of school aids the cause. A brilliant move like that merely confirms that improved education is richly to be desired. f Taking Ways: To show you how times have changed, let‘s look at how the media treats local bank robberies. The last one rated about three inches of type. Woweee! In days of yore, when I still had an. car in newspaper coverage, we used to treat bank robberies as big deals. 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