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Dwayne Weidendort Gerry Mattice Group Sales Director . Retail Sales Manager, ; The WaterIoo Chronicle welcomes ‘fetters to the Editor. They should be isigned with name, address and phone number and will be verified for accuracy. No unsigned letters will be published Submissions may be edited for length. so please be brief. Copyright in letters and other mate tials submitted to the Publisher and accepted for publication remains with the author, but the publisher and its licensees may freely reproâ€" duce them in print, electronmic ar other forms. Our mailing address is 75 King St. 5... Suite 201, Waterloo N2L IP2. our eâ€"mail address is editonal@waterloochronicle ca, and our fax number is R86â€"9383 ‘( WATERLOO CHRONICLE ’fl\e views of our columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent those of the newspaper. The Waterloo Chronicle is published every Wednesday by The Fairway Group, a division of Southâ€" ern Ontario Community Newspapers ’ Inc., a division of Southam Publicaâ€" tions. a CanWest Company. ‘ 886â€"2830 Fax: 886â€"9383 editorial@waterloochronicle.ca sales@waterloochronicle.ca composing@waterloochronicle.ca Regional Classified _ Classified _ Manager Sales, 623â€"6617 Ken Bosveld _ Deborah Crandall Associate Publisher _ Editor, Ext. 215 Andrea Bailey Reporter, Ext. 227 Circulation Circulation Manager, Ext. 225 Assistant Sales, Ext. 223 _ Sales, Ext. 222 40050478 International Standard Serial Number 1SSN 0832â€"3410 Letters Policy 75 King St. South, Suite 201 Waterloo, Ontario N2J 1P2 Associate Publisher: Ken Bosveld 905â€"523â€"5800, Ext. 239 Norma Cyca Deb Duffield Circulation Lynn Bartol Canadian Publications Mail Sales Product Agreement Number Audited circulation: 26,056 Bob Vrbanac Sports Editor, Ext Melissa Hounslow Laurie Ridgway Katen Dwyer The only sane, logical reason for this continued militant activity is that wars make money. Most of We in general are a thriving country and would be much better if it was not for the terrorists. The terrorists, as in any country, are a minority which serve as a parasite on the populace and economy. The eyeâ€"forâ€"eye, toothâ€"forâ€"tooth policy has ravâ€" aged this island for generations and it has been made worse, due to the efforts of doâ€"good politiâ€" cians who would rather cash in on the tyranny and line their avid pockets than actually perform something worthwhile and productive in relation to "the troubles". My rhetoric may be lost on some, but the vast majority of people in my country voted officially for peace a few years ago. This ended in the most expensive roll of toilet paper the world has ever seen â€" The Good Friday Agreeâ€" ment. This involved setting up a Northern freland Government which would run the country from Stormont (Belfast), rather than Westminster. This ended recently basically because politicians are politicians. People in my country will soon realize that the problem is power, not prejudice. And that money is power and that money is colour blind. The lies about religious differences causing friction is for the sheep â€" keep them squabbling, stabbing each other, blowing up stuff, then lock them up â€" teach the scum a lesson. The people here CUIEPLEIEOUCT UE UR3 although gentle and _ G parasite On understanding, have a few delusions about my the POPulace native land. We are not a developing, Thirdâ€"World and economy. country. Nor do we have to put on our grandfathers‘ Second World War helâ€" mets and dart across courtyards littered with debris and sand bags to fetch a loaf of bread or litre of milk in the morning. The only distress expeâ€" rienced so far has been by rogue taxi drivers, who pick up on your accent, and decide to take you the scenic route. This usually ends in us, knowâ€" ing our rights, reporting these evil thieves to the police bylaw authority after refusing to pay them for the journey. In my opinion this is an absolutely astounding program. Initially participants are expected to fulâ€" fill criteria to an acceptable level. Then once this is completed participants are put on an allâ€"expenses paid trip here to Kâ€"W. We ioi are accommodated by |f C o dren | ‘host families‘ who in turn [ GUESI | se COLUMNIST | extent by the organizaâ€" | tions which fund the proâ€" . |f C ‘ gram. For those who take | & | advantage of the opportuâ€" } A m | nity, the sky is the limit, § C H ‘ not only for work experiâ€" ( §~ * P i ence but for emigration i .k uU purposes, further educaâ€" ho ul ( tion aspirations and ez . sightâ€"seeing. is In the hope of opening these people‘s eyes to a world of unlimited favourable circumstance, the project is creatively entitled ‘Wider Horizons‘ and gives participants the opportunity to come and set aside their differences, and experience the way productive communities work because, to be frank, many places in Ireland do not exactly proâ€" vide productive communities. s part of an Irish, crossâ€"boarder partnership, A: group of 21 people aged 18â€"26, have travâ€" lled here to Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo to embark upon a work experience project. We have been positioned in many different companies throughâ€" out the area, mine being here with the Waterloo Chronicle. As long as I gaze on a Waterloo sunset, I am in paradise Continued on page 10 minority which serve as a parasite on the populace and economy. The terrorists, as in any country, are a VIEWPOIN It‘s no wonder they claim that the computâ€" ers at Waterloo City Hall are confused. Eight of the machines have ulcers, three of them have So far, the other folks who‘ve testified seem to have bobbed, weaved and ducked when it came to accepting any blame. An exception, sort of, was Mayor Iynne Woolstencroft. She wasn‘t mayor when the deal developed and, as she has pointed out again and again, she wasâ€" n‘t close to the negotiations. But her comâ€" ments have been so contradictory, it‘s hard to know where she‘s at. She wants to see Chief Administrator Tom Stockie fired; she doesn‘t want to see Stockie fired... And here we go round the mulberry bush, the mulberry That‘s because there are conâ€" tradictions scattered throughout the piece, and confusion here and there. And there‘s the continâ€" uing oddity: Perhaps only exâ€" treasurer John Ford has been willâ€" ing to accept any reasonsibility for the way things turned out. A small problem, however, is the matter of continuity. If someâ€" one tunes in now, they‘re apt to find the plot tough to follow. Even if they‘ve followed it from the start, they‘re apt to find it tough to follow. I suspect if enough taxpayers took to attending the sessions, they‘d be playing to soldâ€"out houses within weeks. ie Not too many shouts of "Bravo," but no matter. (@ Take the handful of Water{oo ratepayers who sampled the hearings and swiftly got addicted to them. It was like a soapâ€"opera seriâ€" al with tomorrow always promising an even bigger drama. Riding the RIM: We‘ve had accounts aplenty of the RIM probe, and somehow they mostly have a macabre ring. But, hey, the hearings have entertainment value. Honest! You remember Draculaâ€"with the two little holes that drain you dry. We have the same things in our homes.They‘re called electrical outlets. l The oldâ€"timers used to tell us that they put electricity in the house because it was clean. Now you‘re cleaned because you put electriciâ€" ty in your house. ever did we think Ontario residents Nwould be wailing about the price of Hydro, but the nonâ€"glorious day is here. Gosh, Ernie Eves had better do someâ€" thing about the rates, or the voters will remember come voting day. The lights could go out for Ernie Eves CHRONICLE |@ Peace and freedom are bigâ€"ticket items. Defence sure is costly. 1 mean defence of our country, not the legal defence of our elected officials. Typical of the change in public attitude was the reception accorded the four Princess Pat victims in the "mistaken" Afghanistan bombâ€" ing by American aerial cowboys. _ Throngs turned out for the solemn obserâ€" vances, and it may be â€" we can hope â€" the benchmark of such gatherings yet to be held. But, miracle of miracles, J Canadians came to their and senses, and belatedly Rememâ€" Py brance Day and its trappings has been given the kind of signifiâ€" RD cance it deserves. We veterans are particularly heartened by 2: attention that is being paid to school children and the interest they are nowmldngintbedecisiveeventsinthewam They will remernber them, or at least a portion of them. I There was a time, not so many years ago, when it looked as if the remembrance effort would better be abandoned for lack of effort. > While thousands of vets were KÂ¥ ‘ dying or infirm, the turnouts at )\ I R j the Cenotaphs were dwindling, TLY ; and public response was mostly h | apathetic. Better Late...: It‘s too bad that so many â€" so terribly, terribly thousands too many â€" have breathed their last just when Canada is paying more tribute to its war veterans. Let‘s hope the drivers‘ spasm is over for this winter. And, gosh, it‘s been chilly out. So much so that a Miami Beach radio station is again featuring on an hourly basis the Happy Holiâ€" day Minute. It‘s the broadcast of the Toronto weather forecast. Snow Job: Swish! Boom! The first Kitchenâ€" erâ€"Waterloo snow of the season perhaps didn‘t crunch as many fenders as is customary. The snow wasn‘t heavy, and a lot of drivers perâ€" formed reasonably well. In the average year, the initial dusting sees motorists wrapping themselves around rival cars, trucks and hydro poles. You‘d think they‘d never seen snow before, judging by how they wheeled their vehicles. "nerves" and two of them are given to cringâ€" THIS 15 A HOLD â€" UP! School children, taught preâ€" cious little of this nation‘s proud struggles, cared very little. The usual crowd of peacenicks were still extant, happy to applaud any cuts in the defence budget.