Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 2, 1978, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday May 15 letters to the editor misguided Praise seat belts and Garfet was flabbergasted at a recent report in your paper i was flabbergasted at a recent report in your paper of the reception Given a speech by Premier Sterling Lyon to the Young professional women s club. In that report it was said that the president of the club said that its members empathize with the economic stand taken by the conservative government a state ment i find very difficult to accept. How can members of a group presumably interested in increasing career opportunities for women endorse government policies that will reduce their chances of employment do they not realize that the current restraint policies will mean fewer opportunities for them both in the civil service and in spinoff jobs in private Industry and do they not realize that if unemployment increases As expected they will probably be the first fired in their departments studies have shown again and again that women Are the last hired and first fired and their Luck will Likely be no better. Their Praise seems at least misguided. Alayne Mcgregor Winnipeg what is Best the problem at hand is our Choice or Lack of it in discerning what is Best for us. Faced with the truths and lies of our politicians the Choice is a difficult one when it has to be decided who will govern us. Like sheep being led to the Slaughter so Are we being led to ours. What we have Given up May be a lot More than what we Ever anticipated. Our losses thus far amount to headaches and a fear that we the people of Manitoba Are the pawns in the chess game. The players left to run the show seem to be the Only ones to Benefit. Are we going to have ail the Good and profitable things that our former government gave us pulled out from under us As the magician pulls the Tablecloth without disrupting the dishes i am afraid unlike the dishes in question we the people will be greatly disrupted. Can anyone help me to answer the question we have the pcs now How do we get rid of and if we do get rid of them who will take their place the Money spending nip government or our esteemed prime minister s party the liberals the next Federal election cannot come soon enough for me and the esteemed no longer will be if i have my Way. Mrs. L. Mcconnell Winnipeg exhausting for some being an avid motorcyclist i have had the Chance to experience the unpleasant Ness of travelling behind a metro transit bus. The unpleasantness being that one must fight his Way through the Haze of Black exhaust and try to breath at the same time let alone see. Two wheeled vehicle enthusiasts would not need worry if Only transit Tom would consider improving its exhaust system. The solution is simple. All that is needed is an addition Al piece of pipe welded onto the existing exhaust pipe. This extra Section of pipe would then run up the rear of the bus directly to the top so fumes could be discharged Neepawa an Sci Naci reunion is being planned for former students staff and friends for the weekend of july 7-9, 1978. This year Marks the 50th anniversary of Neepawa collegiate Institute and the 20th anniversary of Neepawa area collegiate Institute. As it is difficult to Trace everyone individually to appreciate this Opportunity to extend an open invitation to All interested persons to write for further information to Sci Naci reunion Box 464, Neepawa Manitoba Roj 1ho. Marjoric Goodwin publicity committee Sci Naci reunion Neepawa Man. Darling Ford a reunion of students teachers caretakers and Van Drivers of the Darling Ford school has been planned for july 28 to 30, 1978. All those attending from 1910-1973 Are Welcome. Details Are available from mrs. D. Mccallum Box 24, Darling Ford Man. Rog olo mrs. D. Rom Bough Darling Ford Man. Rog olo. Mrs. N. Mclean Darling Ford Man. Above ground level. The Cost of such an improvement would be minimal. Guy Perrault Winnipeg by a most curious coincidence a free press editorial writer and i independently constructed almost identical arguments in favor of Mak ing compulsory the wearing of seat belts. The difference was this whereas the free press editor was presumably sincere and believed in the soundness of his argument i had deliberately de signed mine to be fallacious in the Hope of stimulating discussion among students in the ethics and society course that i will be teaching at the University of Manitoba s summer session. Now either i will have to redesign my lectures or the free press is guilty of some dangerously bad reasoning. I would prefer to think that the latter is the Case and i would Welcome the Opportunity to explain Why. The argument in question goes essentially like this the state is justified in criminalizing certain forms of be Havior if but Only if the acts in question Are Likely to in Jure someone other than their agent. Ordinarily then the state would not be Justi fied in saving you from yourself by outlawing some potentially self harming be Havior that you As an adult voluntarily undertake. It would seem to follow then that the wearing of Seatbelt should remain optional since non wearers Hurt Only themselves and the state has no business being paternalistic. But this Only seems to follow since Accident Vic Tims not wearing Seatbelt arc much More Likely to re quire medical care than Are their More prudent bothers and since providing such medical care harms the Public through the imposition of unnecessary costs the free press mistakenly and i provocatively conclude that the state is mandated to legislate seat Belt wearing. The problem with this line of reasoning is that the Citi Zens of a welfare state Are similarly injured by any form of self destructive be Havior their Fellows adopt. Outlawing motorcycles skateboards Hunting and skiing would be an obvious parallel. More significantly your sticking and drinking Are just As Likely to Hurt my pocketbook and thus to harm me should your vices catch up with you. Indeed if the harm to others Princi ple is invoked to justify seat Belt legislation there seems to be no reason at All to suppose that the state should not or would not invoke it to legislate against All too Many of our options. And it is Worth remarking too that in the Case of seat belts we Are not so much forbidding a form of anti so Cial inaction As commanding a pro social action. The precedent Here stimulates invention the state would seem entitled to compel any form of behaviour whose absence would prevent the maximizing of social potential. What is to be done about Seatbelt Wear them i Al ways do. Make other people Wear them too. Here the government could simply and frankly be paternalistic we forbid the use of drugs to save the addict from himself. Alternatively the govern ment might follow the Lead of private insurance companies that seeing the non wearing of Seatbelt As a form of contributory negligence refuse to compensate victims of complacency. Such non legislative compulsion would probably prove As effective As paternalistic Law making though it strikes me for one As less attractive morally. As to the Virtues of criminalizing motorcycling and the like i will know More when summer session ends. Michael Feld philosophy department University of Manitoba. Winnipeg seals and abortions now that the Brouhaha Over the annual Seal Hunt has subsided i wonder if those who protest so vigorously about the Slaughter of Seal pups would care to turn their attention to the killing of the Young of the human species. The Seal Hunt lasts two or three weeks while abortions arc performed ail the year round. The numbers killed from both species Are comparable. The quota for seals is in 1976, according to a recent report released by statistics Canada abortions were carried out in Canada More than in 1975. Why is there no Public outcry about this do we consider baby seals of More value than baby humans James r. Nolan Winnipeg anti Anita Anita Bryant not Only accuses homosexual people of diminishing her income which has not dipped below six but also of wanting to assassinate her free press april what rubbish. We would be asap called by her murder As we Are at any. We Are sensible to the fear of threatened Vio Lence for homosexual men and women have been Vic Tims of it in Western society for centuries. While homosexual people will surely be blamed if any thing unfortunate happens to is. Bryant they Are not the Only people with cause to Dis like her. There Are Many other members of society upon whom is. Bryant has sought to impose her prejudices if amongst these tens of millions of women and men there exists one Patho logical individual who at tempts assassination is. Bryant s own violence to society must be held partly responsible for that attempt. Richard North Winnipeg traffic lights to is amazing How quickly traffic control lights appear on our roads and streets overnight. 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