The great Canadian debate on capital punistrnent lias cone to an end at least temiporarily. It seemis that Canada is about to abolishi hanging forever and Jamnes Ellis, the officiai hangrnan until 1962, will be out of a job for the rest of his life. Needless to say, lie is disappointed about the new law as introduced by the Trudeau Governnent. However, we shiould reniemiber that ail parties had a say whietlier capital punishiment rernains on the books of the op" ~7 do$s a w," - RESTAURANT 20 BROC* ST. M. WITBY - TIL.: 668-9461 A I MORIGAGES iM 1 T E 0 Sold at Prime Rates cou Peter Kade 668-1.556 ANUBIS INVES TMENTS Ltd. 149 arck st. N.. Whtby law or is stricken off, thus making Canada a more civilized place to ]ive. 1 an aware that nîany, many peoplc-particularly police chiefs across Canada-are extrernely unhappy about the capital punishment vote in th~e Iouse of Commi-ons. They will argue for decades that, froni now on, the country can expect an upsurge of serjous crimie. Criniinals wili have nothing to fear as they will bypass gallows every time they kilI an innocent person. This sort of, theory is now quite popular amiong police chiefs and the so-called retentionists of capital punishrnent, but 1 fail to see the overaîl benefits to this society as a whole everytimie a killer is hanged or sent to a gas chan-ber. By killing the killer you cannot bring back the life that lias been taken in the heat of passion. Statistics bear out that most crimes are commit ted when' a person loses his cool and suddenly hecornes violent. These are NOT premeditated murders. Neverthe- less, a man who resorts to a violent crime (which includes ail types of murders) should be put away in a prison for the rest of his life. That punishrnienî alone is hard enough. 1 question the wisdom of rnany law enforcement officers who say that life-sentences will have littie effect on wouid-be-killers. As 1 said eariier, niost kiliers act first and thiîik later. Hlowever, the present penal systemi, which hiandies ail hard-core crinîinals, înciuding niurderers, sliould be over- iiaule(i. It is incrodille tali ch prisoner should be supported by a td.\ douaij. The uipkeep of somne prisoners is as high as $ 14,000 a tear for a single inniate. Such a price tag is totaliy unacceptabie. Why 0o1 earth can't these prisoners support thernselves ? Many of thern are able to work. Perhiaps, future prisons can be built outside Canada, say on Cinmote islands, wherc secuhîriy masures could be relaxed Xî the saine tinie, the cosl of guarding the prison- crs wvould go dowvî substantiaiiy. Not ail prisoners arc good swimîuners. Isolation couid becomie the miost effective of punislimenîs. t3ven Napoleon dreadcd luis typc of punish- nment, lle (lied a broken mnai. The dca îh of capital puîuishmien t iin Canada signais the birîl of' a nmore civilizcd approach to a raLlier uncivilized prac tice ( ianging) r ha t ias plagucdl th is nation for almnost a Century. 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For more information cali 723-7171. FARES ln Town of Whitby 45 cents To Oshawa (transfer) 75 cents Senior Citizens 25 centsj Children under 54" 25 eents (EFFECTIVE JULY 13, 1976) Dowr, town bus service wilI run on a trial basis for eight weeks. 9:00 am. ta 6:00 p.m. Tues. to Sat. Even in this. day and age 1 find 1'm having trouble com- municating these days. lt's flot serious but I certairily do have rny problems every time I want to buy somnething for my boat. With the warmn weather firmnly entrenched 1 f'gured it was safe to get the boat ready to put in the water for another season of terrorizing the boaters while 1 iearn the "dos" and "don'ts" of boating. 0f course, while getting the boat ready, 1 need parts for repairs and hiere cornes the communication gap. I figured the place to get boat supplies is a ship chandlers because obviously they would know what I needed. So, on' my rirst venture, I explained that I needed a new light for the back of the boat. The clerk informed me that my terminology, "the back of the boat", was just a little vague and asked me if 1 couldn't be more precise. So, like some kind of foreigner, unable to speak the local language, I wound up pointing to what 1 wanted on a big picture of a boat. His reply/ was, "Oh sir, what you ýýant is a stern light, .,why didn't you say s0 in the first place!" There were a couple Pr remnarks 1 was thinking of saying but I bit my longue and off we went to look aI stern lights - the prices of wvhich literaliy made niy wallet light up in fear of being cornpleteiy victimnized. My next tnîp for parts wasn't much more successful. It scerns every time 1 anchored the boat in rough weather the anchor rope would siide up and down along the edge of the boat, causing somne damage, remnoving the odd piece from tlhe boat and representing an absolute hazard for any way- ward toes that came close. Since 1 couldn't even corne close to describing *what I needed, 1 explained the situation to the clerk and ]et him recomrnend what 1 would need. We liad a littie session where he Iried to sel] me a winchî, chain and the fanciest anchor in the shop and I repiied by explaining to hlirn that I didn't own the Queen Mary and 1 vas perfectly happy with the anchor I had. So we event ialiy settled on a §et of four chocks which seemed to be what 1 needed ail along. Feeling a littie more know- ledgeable, I also bouIght a couple of new cleats so 1 would have somnething fairly firmn to fasten the anchor rope 'to rallier than tying it onto the rudder or the bow ring as I had donc in the past. So, with repairs welI underway, 1 began to figure out that tlie biggest probieni I was having was not the time involved in niaking the repairs and getting the boat sea- wvorthy, as they cal] it even though it will neyer see saIt waîer, but thec timie involved in actuaîly purchasing the needed parts wvas rather staggering - flot to mention the cosi. I begaii to suspect the tale was truc that only rich people can afford to have boats. And then one day 1 was leafing tiwouigh a tire store catalogue and Io and behold there was a whoIe section on boat parts. TFie big catch, of' course, was thiat tlie parts were only described, there wvas îiothiing iin the descriptions to indicat.e wlîat the damn parts %vas supposed to do. Oh xvell, hiaîf my problem was soived. 1 looked tlhrough a fewv books hoping to learlo more about boats aiîd the terininology. Eveiitualiy 1 knew enough to go back tu the store anîd ask, iin the right termninology. for what I needed. However, I did îlot go to the ship clianiers but radier I \vent b tthe tire store as tlîey seemied lu have every'liing I thoughit I would need. Tue clerk camne over and i told him I1 needed a new bilge pumIp. 1île looked aI îîîe kind of' blankly, sornewhat the sainie look I uised to get when the clerk at tlîe slip chandiers spoke tu0nme. The clerk asked wîîat the part was uised f'or and tiien repiied "OhI you need a purup that goes ii flie bottom iof fbue boat and pumips the water out and that spiashes and leaks on board and starts and stops autoina- ticaliy. Yes sir, I think xve have one of those things". "Onîe of tiîose things", 1 thought. How about that! I finally fouind a friend who couild talk boatiîîg and parts with ll îe! LAI BEA 119 Gri ~o A New You Nothing lifts the ~r ~ spirits quite like a becomïng new hair style. Coul now for an appointment soon. CONTESSA &&UTY LOIJNGE ,een St. 668-9262 WHITBY TIRANSIT, 1 . 1 WHITB'ý FREE l