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themselves or sell it [0 others (IV!) the Internet. (Inc of the main issues an the heart of this type of crime is disclov sure. In interviewing a former infor- mation thief. CTV learned that many financial institutions don't shred their clients' confidential documents when they throw them away. Continued from page 10 Writings promote double-standard University women today are not blushing flowers. The vast majority were raised on Sex and the City and similar shows. I would not be sur- prised if such young women saw men as sex objects too. Though. I would not be surprised if anyone complained about it. The usual atti- tude is that it is only bad if men do It. Don't ttttttnt ttrt lads tttr mNtttttttl'ort The initial Chronicle column regarding the WLU Card's article on "A Gentlemen's Guide To Getting Laid At WLU" (Oct. 6. 2005) was bad enough. Young men with a healthy inter- est in the opposite sex are no reason for the offense and indignation dis- played by Andrea Bailey. What is wrong with men having a sex drive? it has been essential to the survival of the human race: it is not some sun of crime against women. As u 3:0ng woman. I enjoyed knowing that I was attractive and dvsirahlc In mmL I don't think much of the husyhudies who would like In deny mv daughters that oxpcrk-nrr. They're simply tossed into the This will link? you. if ynu'n' old vnough, to Im-nur nos ot when Christmus wax 50 simple that um- harua (Llaus muld work an (-nlirr cortrmurtity, [his has In do with a "rwc-propular gift that t an nu lung” he glvrn. I rvler, of (nurw. lo the "Oat CAF, wlm h tvaul In hr gin-n In all manm-r of wrumrs. ‘1 lu. "GO". as vwryunv know II. was huh ()N a humln'd (igelrvlll's. and um did” I hau- LI In worrv uhuul colour, suv or th'Iml hark [ht-n © llwn ramr 1hr an“ (ignrvln- n-vnluunn. [hr [mm-mom that madv ushlmvs as likvlv as cvlhMid :‘nllnrs. I confess that I duln'l Ihlnk [hr ham would and. I figured thc Iaprnum lmupv would saddle up thvir chums of lug mun-s and doom the mow- at the first balloting. Wrong. wrong. wrong. lhe publir was all for the ban. the council held tough, and the smokers were left to Puffin vain. Now WP have countries and cities everywhere fol lowing the Waterloo example. Wutesrltrrrllep',ion madl- " ”flit ial wlwn " [mum-d sutOirog almost (-vu-rvwhc-n' hm thes havkyard. Gearing up for green Christmas Yes sir, many hanks have a new kind of Christmas Stiii. every Christmas keems to bring something LETTERQTO THE CHRONICLE I However. my reaction to the col- umn was mild compared to my feelings on seeing Wendy Wood- hall's letter in respbnse. This womadused the normal and harmless Cord article as an excuse to campaign for feminism. She exhorts young women to be vigilant. the implication being that men ought to be treated with fear and suspicion. According to her, men are just waiting for a chance to take away all of women's rights. This is absurd, Most men are nice guys who would like women to be happy and safe. The point is that real equality is not possible if we only consider women's needs. Even worse, as W-rive pointed out, many of these businesses dis- cover their clients" privacy may be compromised v by either hands- on obtainmenl of files or a comput- er system hack job __ but are not obligated In inform their clients. leaving them open prey for the thieves. Other businesses. where thieves then use the information to make large purchases, aren't the wiser. Feminism assumes that men's cup is running over with power and privilege and they just keep filling and filling the womeris cup in the name ofequality. back dumpster - in tact and ready to he picked up all night by thieves. We have ttt think about ways to help both women and men. Reject feminism. Men and women ought In Inu- and trust each other and m work Ingelhcr " justice for cvcrynmx SANDY BAIRD COMMENT Jayne Kulikauskas Waterloo (In!) in operation This new Club helps, you saw Innm-y In pay " last year's gifts. (If rnurw, Christmas shopping is still a ran- In su- which givvsuul first -__ yum mnnt'ynr your feet. And, oh yes. nothing dostmys the ( Ihrixtmus spirit .-.-- fastcr thvn [uniting for a placv In Still, Thought one ofthe kids in the family an edu. cational lay that will help him make it through life No matter how you could put it together. it's wrong. 31165 I Thas heel Christmas gift of all is the prrscnrc of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. To return to the social change the toharcn ban represents, it may be that the number of such alter- ations is limited. You should always mail you gins Early to givv the rvccivvr limo In rcci, pmmlc. You man but 0n it, it's the [inu- of you: when Sauna Hum-s down the rhimm'v. and wmr bankroll gum down the drain. Slill. the way you spa-"d Christmas is more important than how much you sprrnd. This yi-nr (unmimns aw planning on spvmling tlw higgq-sl ('hrismmx they have vvz-r rhurgl-tl. \\ ll m m armoxuilh - As long as the buyer has all the right answers to u couple of half- hearted security questions, the deal is done. So where docs that leave us? Who do we trust with our financial aKairs? Apparently not the Canadian government. Suddenly the old mattress isn't looking so bad. Through Kitchener and Waterloo runs a great two-section walking and biking path known as the Iron Horse Trail. One section of the trail is interrupted by a three-block area on Caroline Street between William and Erb Streets. In the block between Father David Bauer Drive and Alexandra Avenue bike lanes have been placed between parked vehicles and heavy tranic. Since the adjacent sidewalk runs along city land it seems the sidewalk in this section could easily be widened to accommodate bike traffic. v According l0 CTV, the issue of identity theft is barely on Prime Minister Paul Martin?, radar screen. Uptown walkways should be widened The creation of street parking on both sides of the street seems wrong. especially since a IOU-car parking lot beside the Barrel Ware- house Park usually sits empty reserved for C class vehicle permits. Hopefully this is all a temporary situation and the cyclists. hikers and walkers can have a widened walkway as is the case between Allen and William Streets when- safety is not vompromiscd. Gerald A. Fischer Waterloo here is an old proverb that speaks lo the persuasivencss I of popular opinion and that is "speak the truth and then run." People generally don'l like to hear the truth, espe- cially if they know it to be true but wish it wasn't. Former prime minister Kim Campbell learned this when running [or election in the middle of an economic downturn when she said said it wasn't the federal govemment's responsi- hility for job creation but rather job creation was best left to the private sector. This is common wisdom today but back in 1993 the public wanted to know the federal government was at least interested in job creation. Many economically depressed areas of Canada were hoping the federal government would do something, anything, about creating jobs. The Conservatives and Ms. Campbell spoke the truth but misread the mood of the public and were vitified at the polls. partly because they seemed to be callous. Ms. Camp- bell tried to correct her misstep, but by then it was too late; she spoke the truth but had nowhere to run and paid heavily for it at the polls. Pesticide bylaw Speaking the truth about pesticides is a dangerous pursuit for local politicians. Common sense would tell most of us that if you are applying something to your lawn that instructs you to not spray on windy days and keep your kids and pets off the lawn for 24 V, . t re ft hours, you have to figure the sub- 5] RI(,I\I\ stance can't be too good for you. I . . I When you see commercial lawn- company employees applying pesti- cides with their bodies protected and wearingdacemasks, you would think, 'Hey, maybe breathing this stuff in isn't such a good idea.' Maybe, just maybe, we need to think a little bit more seriously about these chemicals we are spraying on our lawns. I believe it to be true that the non- - essential use of pesticides needs to be SEAN restricted and that a bvlaw needs to be implemented to control their applica- STRICKLAND tion. Exemptions would be allowed to deal with big infestations that threaten property values and public health. but generally there are far less intrusive ways to care for our lawns than applying pesticides. Arid in ihe ébsvncés of overwhelmingly public support, most politicians are going to be reluctant to support public policy that has the potential to anger a lot of people. This acute sense of political survival is heightened when we go into an election year. Don’t expect a pesticide bylaw to he passed at regional council in the next few weeks. Regional council will likely step up a puhlic education campaign. and spend more money on promoting alternatives to pesticide use. liven though most local politicians believe a pesticide bylaw would he a good instrument of public policy. they understand the lesson of speaking the truth in public office. Speak the truth when the majority of the public is ready to hear the truth. or speak the truth when you must. but he ready to run... Doin' the right thing I believe this to he Inn-e; anUmany people in Waterloo also believe this It) be true-- but I'm afraid there is not a strong enough majority ofthe public who believe this to be true. Zero tolerance for hazing McGill University did the right [hing win-n it mndurtt-d an invesligatiun into thv hazirog ullogalinm "fan Hl-yt'ilr old rank iv football plavvn llniw-rsiw provost Anlhuny Maui gm " right when hc said."llazirtp, is based [In humiliation and tlcgradatiorr, " has nn place at McGill. " will not hr Inlvmlvtl in any torttt. No CXCilu'h. No (mu-plums? Bravo In Mcditt and also to thc Unmrin Hilda-y Ivngm- [or the suspvnsinns and fines they hawk-d out In the Windsor Spitfire for a similar inddrnt. I The ritual of hazing (m malt' spnns Ivams is a w-stigr of " different era that has long outlived any usefulness it may have nnu- had. "This hvhaviottr ol thc Inmhall ll'am has mum-(I thc rl‘pula [Inn of thc McGill lh-nlmvn. McGill Athlvtu s. and the uniwrs: Ky." the uniwrsilv said in " press rl'll-aw. True team building notches involve activities that build trust, co-operation and hard work, Working hard in pursuit ofa common goal is a truer sign of loam toughness and cama- raderie than being able to dish out and withstand the humilia- tion of hazing. li-mail yJur comments/questions to seanOscanstrlck- land.com.