Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 16, 1995, Winnipeg, Manitoba Editor John 6977044 focus Winnipeg free press a 7 january ignorant remarks about women i must comment on your article addictive Deal free on the i Felt that it was a very interesting the card games sound like great fun and i cant see any harm in i was appalled by some comments made by Bruce Thomp son with regard to the game Thompson said that this game would Appeal to women More than the other games which come with complicated rules and foreign terminology and that it gives girls something to do with their boy friends and not feel Thompson obviously is not aware that we women Are quite capable of following complicated rules and understanding difficult i was outraged when i read his second statement because i could not be Lieve that someone in the 1990s could make such an ignorant re Mark in private much less have it quoted in a this is the same rhetoric that i heard growing up in the sixties when girls were told that they were not expected to be As Good As the boys in and other difficult i showed the offending Para graphs to my 11yearold daughter and told her that there were still people living in the dark Ages and what to say to these people should she Ever be unfortunate enough to meet would not be Lauren Mcarthur Winnipeg blatantly sexist we wish to respond to part of an article published on 7 entitled addictive Deal new role playing card games test the following two paragraphs seem blatantly sexist magic also appeals to women More than other role playing which come with complicated rules and foreign he the game is bringing girls into says it gives girls something to do with their boy friends and not feel connecting the games Appeal to women with the Lack of Complex rules and terminology implies that women Lack the skills to perform such tasks whereas men Are the comment about women now not needing to feel Stu pid is patronizing in that it again implies a different Standard for women and for these two paragraphs were not Only sexist in nature but also unnecessary for the thesis of the article and would thus have been better left so for future remember the virtue of Equality of the Christie Keith fun Froese Winnipeg no Quality of life Saul Zitzerman misses a very important Point in his critique of Carl rides views about the Manitoba entertainment Zitzerman stresses that Winnipeg requires the jets in order to enhance our Quality of Zitzerman analysis begs the question Quality of life for whom my answer is that the jets enhance the Quality of life for the players who Are paid outrageous salaries and for the game goers who can afford to buy certainly the Many women in need of single mothers caught in a trap Between no child care and no meaningful employment and All Manitoban living in poverty do not their qual Ity of life is diminished because of the choices made by government and big business to subsidize exorbitant hockey does our government have the courage to support people centred programs i encourage both Munici pal and provincial governments to cancel the agreement to support the jets losses and to redirect this million into programs for people who Only dream of an enhanced Quality of Charlene Lipka Winnipeg scare tactics i read Carl rides article on the Arena debate free 29 with interest and i read the article with interest because i am a proponent of a new Arena for Winni i read it with dismay for a num Ber of two of which deserve special the tone of the article betrays rides obvious single minded and reactionary opposition to a new Arena for our the illiberal approach will not serve Well the Stu letters to the editor the free press welcomes letters from letters must be signed and should include a clearly printed address and Telephone names will be published but not All letters maybe edited for style and Short letters Are less Likely to be please address letters to letters to the Winnipeg free 1355 Mountain Winnipeg r2x letters can be sent to our fax number letters maybe submitted through the internet at . Letters sent via the internet obviously cannot be but must include Home address and Telephone dents in his religious studies class and certainly it prevents and others of his from consider ing the substantive issues surround ing the proposed rides cynicism regarding Busi Ness leaders who attempt to move the City and May be willing to take some is not our City was not founded and did not and once without the willingness of at least some of our citizens to strive to do and to beat Back the inevitable his article contains numerous thinly veiled and Homine comments about those Ridd should be chastised for dragging the Public debate to that Low my second cause for concern is rides belief that under no Circum stances should government funding be involved in the building of a new and the fanaticism with which he expounds that a cer Tain level of government funding May indeed be As it has been in other cities which have been in better financial condition than Winnipeg now finds govern ment in return for relatively greater financial Benefit to the is a Good unlimited or open ended government involvement is not a Good no matter what the As Long As Ridd and members of his coalition persist with their scare Winni Eggers May not be Able to judge the reasonableness of some form of commitment from our City Charles Sherbo Winnipeg a note of appreciation its time for a note of appreciation for your column i was raised in the kind of average Canadian family that is becoming my parents were sen sible citizens of Good kind of people who form the Core of any successful we be longed to the United Church and i have the certificate of seven years perfect attendance at sunday school to prove the Jesus i grew up with was the great moral teacher who taught love and service to we heard Little about walking on water turning into wine and life eve last it was pretty predictable like Many of my when i began my own search for a better world i turned to left Wing politics rather than now in Middle i find Many of the things which once provided inspiration for this child of the sixties no longer hold the same today i find evidence for my belief that Progress will prevail appears in Many i find Hope and Faith in the goodness of life wherever i can get i also find myself Reading Karen tool Mitchells column every Richard North Winnipeg a word that inspired id like to comment on Karen tool Mitchells new word Spiri entail free Faith this word inspires and empowers Ordinary folks to reach out to Ordi nary you dont need to be an expert or a professional counsellor to reach out and listen encourage and understand someone who each of us has experienced some form of betrayal or emotional As we struggle to grow in the face of negative we acquire a depth of spiritual Wisdom that Only experience can the wealth of empathetic skills gained can support someone else in a personal spiritual Alviera Plett Winter australian found a Home in the North Winnipeg Booster loves our weather by Jenny Gates special to the free press two months i moved to no no red no welcoming not a big i had thought about coming to Canada for about 10 but then when the Opportunity finally i guess i panicked and almost changed my despite the surprising number of people encouraging me to just go for i knew it would be difficult leaving behind my most of my a great my and one of the Best countries in the in the i just packed up everything and did kind of astonishing since i had hardly even heard of Winnipeg until this time last year and had been warned about even visiting like it i have Learned not to pay any attention to other folks from most places across Canada when they talk about wind Peg or whatever else they Call i like it Here so everything is going Why Winnipeg the distinct the summer the autumn falling outdoor skiing on Golf c wind Northern lights in the Huron making Angels in the Christmas in the Northern hemisphere with All the trimmings that just for very different in where 1 we Golf spend much of Christmas at the our Prairies Are mostly we rarely even hear of temperatures below and would be Lucky to have 20 ice rinks across the entire dont get me i love my Home for 35 Canada has always captivated and when i experienced Winnipeg last i guess that was the i love going to the Parks and especially the zoo this time of and it is so peaceful in the Early morning when the Snow is i traipse through the Snow at every walk or go by bus and am the Only one i know who actually asks to shovel the maybe in a few years or by late february the Novelty May Start to Wear but somehow i dont think tons to offer from my Point of Winnipeg has tons to the Ballet and the symphony orchestra Are highly acclaimed throughout the world the Blue bombers and the jets have fans As far afield As Australia and the crash test Sarah Neil Bryan Adams and Many other Canadian musicians have big f followings Down the theatre Here is and in looking Forward to the new music festival and festival do Voyageur Over the next two last summer i took in the Folk and fringe spent time at Lake of the and unbaked on grand last Winter i went to Calgary for the Grey saw some of Southern skied and skated in almost absurd and even saw some professional hockey at the no event these i dont know much about the Money those players the conflict Over the new or salary but i love hockey and to the Only one i know who actually asks to shovel the i response would love to see the jets Back on the either while the big guns Are sorting themselves in just As Happy watching the bosons u of m hockey and the lakers for the relative isolation of Winnipeg is a coming from a City As widespread and populated As the compact smaller population and slower Pace Here is very people Are Friendly and and most everyone seems interested and involved in whatever is going i considered buying a car but i dont understand the wintry Road conditions Well enough yet in any the transit system is so its easy to get around the if i need to go out of i can always rent a and in really brutal ill get a the Cost of living is compared to but the Standard of living has not been cars and travel Are More and some things like services and fresh muffins Are there is plenty to write Home so its just As Well postage costs less of Winnipeg is not but it seems to be doing Winnipeg childrens wish goals for big Ronald Mcdonald and other societies and its reassuring to know they Are out id like to get out to the Northern extremes of Manitoba and into the Arctic i want to see Black Polar and especially Moose in the and i Hope to find out about the native Peoples of Canada and the frenc Canadian but for no in Happy just being Here and experiencing everyday life As a most things i am coping switches steering wheels on the wrong Side of the cars on the wrong Side of the Power traffic dial Cantaloupe and peppers instead of Rock Melon and and some of the Canadian i think it will take some time to get used to both mosquitoes and mind it Hast All been smooth sailing but nothing compared to the problems faced by Joanne Rowland free 24 what a disaster for her i have permanent residence status and am working with a trustworthy and reputable Winnipeg Mclean is longstanding in this City and not Only offered me a Job but promised to stay in business Joe Bryks Winnipeg free press for at least another Hundred years or news for us i wonder if its the staff or the grand pianos i enjoy being with the i had a ton of support from Good friends Here before i even got in not sure i could have come this far without after hearing of Joannes i feel very on a More personal i believe that most things work out the Way they Are supposed but it has been almost too easy for me so in not taking anything for there is a lot i want to do and work out while i am and Winnipeg is just perfect for my Chance to get away from it All in a place where i feel at if youve always lived that might not mean a whole if youve chosen to come you will know exactly what i this response then is for the Many people who asked me for friends who wondered if i was doing this for the right and for everyone who has helped its also for my Matthew Samantha Anna 9 weeks and the rest of my family and who were very difficult to leave dont in doing just i guess i dont really need to Tell you Why just that it is i know you can figure the rest out for Jenny Gates is a new resident of doonesbury i by Garry Trudeau ;