Dear Sir:

_ With regard to a vow to ‘burn the Canadian flag ‘(The Terrace Standard, ‘Dec. 15, 1999), shame on > Mr. Bill Christiansen. Per- ‘haps he should examine, a ‘little. more closely, what that precious piece of

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‘cloth actually symbolizes

‘before he would callously « but flame to it.

‘Would he as quickly -

‘bum the endless list of ‘tights and freedoms that

“a are all part of the same ~

s Package? Does he thumb s his hose at our heritage or : 4t the countless true Cana- sHians (past and present)

"Who are proud of this em-

sblem and have given, or : Would. give, their all to

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preserve what it repre-

. sents? Further, we must ‘assume, that by doing this,

Mr. Christiansen, in good conscience, could never accept any part of a Cana- da Pension Plan. Admittedly, na system is perfect. For Mr. Christ- iansen, and others: like him, (yes, we have all

been truly frustrated by something in our system at one time or another),

suggest a visit ‘abroad. Per-~

haps when you get a closer look at what true poverty is, or what true citizen abuse and lack of family skills is in some countries, you will return home and kiss that piece of cloth and

Flag burning vow is wrong

thank your lucky stars or whatever God you may worship (cops. Worship? | think if you look closely you may find yet another freedom here — not so everywhere) that you are part of what thai flag re- presents. Bill, you are a smart man. You can find a better way | am sure. There yet remains a small amount of shame to The Terrace Standard

Surely we ‘are not:so‘isola-"

ted that there is nothing

more newsworthy for the front page.

: R.M. (Mike) Rass,

‘Canadian Armed

Forces (Ret’d),

Terrace, B.C,

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: Dear Sir: This is addressed to the lady, that came onto our »properly very early one morning this week and stole two strings of Christmas icicle lights from our chain link fence. It started Dec. 12, when three strings of lights -were stolen. « We bought and installed replacement lights to main- etain the Christmas spirit in our area. The lady then re- sturned and stole two of the new strings, for a total of “five. She only took two of the new strings, because in her haste to cut the straps that secured the lights, she cut a wire on the lights, That string gol left behind because She obviously did not want damaged goods,

We know wha and when this happened because she was caught on video tape which had been set up and left

Merry Christmas, light thief

to record all night. The tape shows she entered our yard at 3:40 a.m. and took six minutes to remove and leave with the lights in her hands. She came. prepared as she had a utensil with her that she used to cut the straps that were used to secure the lights.

How can a person afford to pay for the hydro to runa set of Christmas lights if they are so broke that they have to steal the lights? We hope this lady and her fa- mily are still able to enjoy the lights and the Christmas spirit they convey, knowing how they obtained them. We would appreciale prompt return of the icicle lights as this would make an easier decision of whether or not to turu the tape over to the police. Merry Christmas!

Elaine Sangster, Terrace, B.C.

The i irony of eating road kill

Dear § Sir: «. It's winter again and you know what that means. Un- ulates slithering about on our highways, being struck vand killed by motorists. From time to time this paper has tit is sab articles explaining how, when possible, road ill is salvaged, cut up, and distributed to the town's less fortunate citizens. = Nice gesture, huh? So go ask the chef at your favour- ute restaurant if he would feature “Filet of Road Kill ‘Moose aux Champignons” as the daily special. Has the

Jrony of one of the worlds! wealthiest countries feeding |

its poor on road Kill struck anyone besides myself? While road kill may be perfectly safe to eat, and bet- ter than no meat at all, my point is, our country’s social policy has failed so badly that although the UN still ranks us as the No.1 country in which to live,-and in

spite of our enormous wealth, our poorer citizens are

sometimes forced to cat something that most of us would

rather leave where it falls.

Last week’s announcement of $750 million over three years ta help the homeless is a drop in the bucket com- pared to the billions of dollars in corporate welfare in the form of tax deferrals and loopholes handed out by Mulro- ney and Chretien governments.

A goodly portion’ of this corporate welfare money must be diverted to upgrading our social programs if all our citizens are to have an equal opportunity to reach their full potential. For the opposing points of view check out www. fraserinstitute.ca and Mel Hurlig's ex- cellent new book “Pay the Rent or Feed the Kids”, available in local bookstores, or the public library.

Anneke van Keulen, Terrace, B.C.

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