Letter
      to
      the
      Sports
      Maestro,
     
     
      Mr.
      McCarron:
     
    
   
   
    
     
      I
      would
      like
      to
      know
      if
      you
      have
      ever
      watched
      a
      hockey
      game
     
     
      in
      your
      life?
      You
      certainly
      don’t
      know
      much
      about
      the
      game.
     
     
      You
      must
      have
      been
      a
      little
      bit
      out
      to
      lunch
      when
      you
      stated
      Rob
     
     
      Pearson
      could
      take
      Rick
      Tocchet
      in
      a
      battle.
      Tocchet
      could
      spit
     
     
      on
      him,
      and
      then
      flick
      him
      over
      with
      one
      finger.
      I
      suppose
      you
     
     
      think
      Doug
      Gilmour
      could
      beat
      up
      Bob
      Probert.
      You’re
      a
      joker!!!
     
    
   
   
    
     
      What’s
      with
      this
      Toronto
      Maple
      Leaf,
      Wendel
      Clark
      Column.
     
     
      There
      are
      other
      teams
      in
      the
      NHL,
      if
      you
      weren’t
      quite
      sure.
     
     
      Nobody
      wants
      to
      see
      a
      Maple
      Leaf
      article
      every
      week.
      Why
     
     
      don’t
      you
      get
      away
      from
      your
      biased
      attitude,
      and
      do
      something
     
     
      interesting,
      and
      maybe
      a
      little
      realistic.
      Instead
      of
      writing
      an
     
     
      article
      that
      looks
      like
      you
      wrote
      it
      about
      10
      minutes
      before
      press
     
     
      time.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Anyway,
      I
      thought
      it
      was
      time
      somebody
      told
      you
      about
      your
     
     
      misfortunes,
      for
      actually
      gloating
      about
      the
      Leafs.
      Maybe,
      if
     
     
      you
      bang
      your
      head
      on
      your
      Maple
      Leaf
      wagon,
      you
      will
      wake
     
     
      up
      and
      start
      using
      your
      head.
      It
      would
      probably
      be
      better
      if
      you
     
     
      didn’t
      write
      anything
      about
      hockey.
      And
      if
      you
      wish
      to
      write
     
     
      about
      this
      great
      sport,
      ask
      someone
      who
      knows
      it,
      to
      give
      youa
     
     
      hand.
      Rob
      Pearson?
      That
      is
      definitely
      funny.
      What
      a
      joke.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Robbie
      Peters
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dear
      Editor,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      letter
      is
      written
      in
      response
      to
      the
      constant
      harassment
      of
     
     
      women
      and
      men
      on
      this
      campus
      by
      individuals
      who
      call
      them-
     
     
      selves
      Feminists.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      We,
      the
      undersigned,
      are
      Humanists,
      not
      Feminists,
      because
      a
     
     
      gender-specific
      orientations
      automatically
      discriminatory
      and
     
     
      hierarchial.
      No
      more
      proof
      of
      that
      is
      needed
      than
      the
      fact
      that
     
     
      Feminists
      are
      using
      the
      same
      tactics
      against
      women
      (and
      men)
     
     
      who
      don’tagree
      with
      them,
      as
      men
      have
      used
      against
      women
      in
     
     
      male
      dominant
      societies.
      They
      claim
      to
      be
      for
      equality,
      a
     
     
      gentle
      social
      environment,
      and
      harmony;
      but
      they
      are
      fiercely
     
     
      patronizing,
      and
      discriminate
      against
      all
      who
      don’t
      agree
      with
     
     
      them.
      They
      are
      aggressive
      and
      confrontational,
      and
      they
      foster
     
     
      polarization
      between
      groups
      of
      people
      with
      different
      points
      of
     
     
      view.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      most
      recent
      example
      of
      all
      of
      the
      above
      is
      their
      attemp
     
     
      prevent
      students
      (women
      and
      men)
      from
      watching
      a
      PG
      ra
     
     
      film,
      which
      they
      have
      managed
      to
      portray
      as
      controvers
     
     
      Their
      authoritarian
      attempts
      to
      permit
      viewing
      of
      that
      film
      o1
     
     
      on
      the
      condition
      that
      viewers
      be
      enlightened
      by
      a
      femir
     
     
      critique
      of
      it
      states
      that
      a)others
      cannot
      form
      valid
      opinion:
     
     
      their
      own,
      and
      b)
      that
      others
      are
      so
      weak-minded
      that
      tl
     
     
      require
      the
      maternal
      protection
      of
      these
      people
      --
      who
      plai
     
     
      see
      themselves
      as
      moral
      authorities
      and
      everyone
      else’s
      int
     
     
      lectual
      superiors.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      We
      find
      all
      of
      that
      extremely
      insulting,
      and
      object
      to
      su
     
     
      attempted
      violations
      of
      our
      Academic
      Freedom,
      not
      to
      ment
     
     
      violation
      of
      the
      rights
      guaranteed
      to
      us
      in
      The
      Canadian
      Char
     
     
      of
      Rights
      and
      Freedoms.
      However,
      their
      confrontational,
     
     
      gressive,
      paternalistic
      politics,
      can
      be
      thanked
      for
      one
      thing
     
     
      have
      underlined
      for
      us
      all
      why
      Academic
      Freedom
      is
      the
      m
     
     
      basic
      principle
      university,
      and
      just
      how
      important
      this
      is
     
     
      argue
      that
      one
      or
      another
      group
      should
      control
      everyon
     
     
      opportunity
      to
      explore,
      to
      learn,
      and
      to
      teach.
      If
      there
      is:
     
     
      standard
      to
      be
      affirmed
      in
      this
      instance
      it
      is
      respect
      for
      evé!
     
     
      one’s
      right
      to
      freely
      acquire
      knowledge
      and
      to
      develop
      their
      0
     
     
      set
      of
      values.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      And
      this
      principle
      has
      been
      working
      very
      well
      for
      women,
      by
     
     
      accounts.
      Simple
      count
      the
      number
      of
      female
      graduates
      ff
     
     
      Prince
      of
      Wales
      College
      and
      St.
      Dunstan’s
      University
      to
      se¢
     
     
      number
      of
      women
      in
      ‘‘conservative’’
      Prince
      Edward
      Island
     
    

    
     
      have
      managed
      to
      distinguish
      themselves
      without
      adopting
      $
     
     
      base
      tactics
      as
      have
      inspired
      us
      all
      to
      write
      and
      sign
      this
      le!
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Signed,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Gloria
      Duquette,
      Psychology
      George
      Cheverie,
      Religif
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Chris
      McKinnon,
      History
      Studies
     
    

    
     
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