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"Antiâ€"Semite," "antiâ€"Jewish," or "selfâ€"hating Jew," "Holocaust denier," "propagandist," accusaâ€" tions, alienation, and chaos are phrases and tactics used by certain proâ€"Israel groups in different conâ€" texts for one soie purpose: gensorâ€" ship of antiâ€"Israeli policy voices. Finkélstein was a challenge to silence _ Tam a fgtuinding member of Stuâ€" dents for Palestinian, Rights (SFPR), the group that recehitly invited Norâ€" man Pinkelstein to the University of Waterloo (UW). Duting most of our evenits, I have come to witness these kinds of censorship attempts against any person who critically criticized Israel‘s discriminatory and &busive policies towards the Palestinians. _ On one accasion, right before a lecture at UW by Professors Michael Lynk and Peter Eglin on the Israelâ€" You said it Continued from page 2 pools in their homes! Drool is dripâ€" ping from my mouth now as if I was Homer Simpson looking at a pork roast. Having pools at home is posâ€" sible, it‘s just that not many people really enjoy swimming in the rain. As for singing in the rain, that‘s realâ€" ly up to one‘s own opinion and to the quantity of alcohol consumed during the night. & In praise of swimming pools QUESTION WHAT ARE YOU DOING FOR YOUR SUMMER HOLIDAYS? There is a question on my mind. How did free telephone calls hapâ€" pen? If you know how it developed, do you think you could eâ€"mail the trish government? Please? It would really help my dad‘s phone bill. He would honestlyy appreciate it. I‘m always... I mean... my brother is always running up a bill, as is my mum. Really is quite disgraceful. Llook up at a blue sky with fuffy white clouds and, while trying not to blind myself, in the distance I see them â€" hot air balloons. Then I feel the jealousy burning inside me, as do some of my friends, and rage pours out of us like a volcano, until we realize that we are wishing horâ€" HXNUJINES Palestine conflict®handouts aumed at discrediting Prof. Lynk were disâ€" tributed by opposing groups. Dr. Eglin, launching a public discourse against what he felt was intimidaâ€" tion exerted on intellectuals leading into selfâ€"censorship, experienced it first hand. * This éaused him to respond to one protestor in the lecture by sayâ€" ing, "in other words, you want me to shut up!" _ X Censorship in Finkelstein‘s case was, however, problematic. Several proâ€"Israel groups and organizations attempted to prevent him from coming to UW through letters to the president of UW, the Federation of Students (FEDS}, and Waterloo Public Interest Research Group (WPIRG), asking that funding be withdrawn. Being Jewish, the son of rible things to happen to the airâ€" bourne crew. We reprimand ourâ€" selves for it. If we had a hot air balâ€" loon trip (hint hint Corky) then we wouldn‘t do it....as much... maybe. Hmm, we could always establish the Irish Hot Air Balloon Charity, but illegal charities always back fire. You would think that after the flight here we would try to keep our feet on the ground. l;isvrecap in the first few weeks The Waterloo Chronicle welcomes readers‘ apinions in the form of guest columns. Articles should be approximately 600 words in length and should be accompanied by a photo of thé author. Please submit guest columns by eâ€"mail at editorial@waterloochronicle.ca, by fax at 886â€"9383, or by post at 75 King St. S., Suite 201, Waterloo, ON., N2J 1P2. "I‘m still in school." "There is none.I‘m working." ) THE C Guest columnists welcome Kate Harrison COMMENT __â€" Neil Stewart holocaust survivors, as well as heing an authority in his field, Finkelstein was a chalienge to silence. All attempts to stop the event or block funding failed. This reality led opposing groups to the last resort: creating noise at the lecture and *bashing it with unsubssantiated clafms afterwards. Finkelstein may be wrong or he may be right. Instead of calling him names, detractors ought to refute his arguments. * In trying to prevent him from speaking, these people appear threatened. Like Finkelstein said to one student who tried to block funding for the talk: "What are you afraid of?" all I‘ve done is be jealous and enviâ€" ous. It really isn‘t healthy. Six weeks left. I wonder how much more I can be jealous of? Well, I‘ll have to see. In the mean time, I‘m going to pay a visit to the Irish Embassy and see about getting a longer visa. .. Helen Conlon is a participant in the WiderHorizons program, working at the Waterloo Chronicle for eight Mayar Elâ€"Khatib, UW alumnus and post graduate student "Nothing. I‘m staying at home." "Working." HRONICLE (2% Kimberly Pfanner Marilyn Metzger i Housing policy reveals _ two Paul Martins In the early ‘90s, the federal government withdrew frony the funding of affordable housing, making Canada the only indusâ€" trialized country without a national housing program. The withdrawal took place in two steps â€" the first taken by the Mulroney Tories and the final one taken by the Chretien Liberâ€" als, as part of the largest slashing of social programs in Canadiâ€" an history. ' d l0 id h ht idl ns intiliniint Ro i en Clearly some leadership on this issue is needed, and it has to start at the federal level. Luckily, ghere are pegple in Ottawa who understand what needs to be done. Amang those are peoâ€" ple like NDP leader Jack Layton, who wrbte the definitive book on the homelessness crisis, and party housing critic Libby Davies. More surprisingly, one of thase people is Paul Martin (yes the same Paul Martin that made all of those budget cuts and is now slated to take over Jean Chretien‘s job as prime minâ€" ister.) Way back in 1990, Martin showed that he knew what needed to be done when he coâ€"authored Finding Room, the report of the Liberal Task Force on Housing. Here are a few things that he had to say at the time: * "Why a Liberal Task Force on Housing? The answer is simâ€" ple: affordable housing has become an increasingly unobtainâ€" able goal for too many segments of our population." * "The Task Force believes that housing is a fundamental human right: all Canadians have the right to decent housing." * "Though homelessness affects a relatively small percentâ€" age of Canadians, it is a reality which is symptomatic of a broader crisis in the supply of affordable housing." * "Whether the housing unit is on the private market or is a nonâ€"profit or coâ€"operative unit, financing is a critical deterâ€" minant of affordability." * "It is vital that the federal role in housing be strengthened both at the political and administrative levels... The nonâ€"profit sector has a proven ability to provide costâ€"effective affordable housing." i : WIuD .0 d oo e en en s enptanse. * "There is no immediate alternative resolution 10 TNE LMC: rent onâ€"reserve bousing crisis other than that more money be invested in the program. Production must be accelerated." The full report is available online at http://www heusing The full report is again.web.net/ eR t ce aton wne o Not that it‘s unusual for Liberals to say one thing in opposition and do the exact opposite while in government (indeed, the mare cynical critics might even suggest they are doing it on purpose), but that‘s quite the stunning contrast between Martin version 1990 and Martin version 1994. Now that he is finally set to realize his father‘ lifelong ambition, the question remains: which Paul Martin will we be getting when he moves into 24 Sussex? Will it be the harsh, budgetâ€"cutting Paul Martin of 19942 â€" F Mn e d ME ME a Nn inss en ee n se n it Or, will it be the progressive, thoughtful Paul Martin that we heard from in the report of the Liberal Task Force on Housing? Somehow, I have my doubts that it will be the latter scott. piatkowski@rogers.com ‘ ANOTHER | VIEW g _ ‘ | | Tez . N. «k . | § "‘jt ; SsCOTT ; | PIATKOWSKI