Marcu
      8,
      2005
     
    
   
   
    
     
      THE
      CADRE
      e
      73
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      LETTERS
      TO
      THE
      EDITOR
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Dear
      Ray
      Keating
      and
      Staff:
     
     
      I
      congratulate
      you
      on
      your
      (rare)
     
     
      courage
      in
      attempting
      to
      publish
      the
     
     
      news
      as
      you
      saw
      fit.
      I
      have
      already
     
     
      condemned
      (in
      the
      National
      Post)
      the
     
     
      repression
      conducted
      on
      your
      campus
     
     
      and
      the
      infantilism
      it
      represents.
     
     
      Here’s
      an
      idea.
      Why
      not
      let
      one
      great
     
     
      writer
      be
      your
      spokesman.
      I’m
      thinking
     
     
      here
      of
      Czeslaw
      Milosz,
      Nobel
      Laureate
     
     
      for
      Poetry
      in
      1980.
      Oa
     
     
      Milosz
      lived
      through,
      and
      wrote
     
     
      about,
      the
      Nazi
      _
      destruction
     
     
      of
      Poland
      and
      its
      people,
      and
      was
      a
     
     
      constant
      witness
      for
      freedom.
      Here’s
     
     
      one
      of
      his
      most
      memorable
      poems.
      I
     
     
      think
      it
      well
      expresses
      the
      spirit
      of
      your
     
     
      struggle.
      Perhaps
      publishing
      it
      in
      the
     
     
      Cadre
      will
      enlighten
      your
      community
     
     
      and
      provide
      your
      administration
      with
     
     
      something
      to
      think
      about.
     
     
      -Walter
      Bruno,
      Calgary,
      Alberta
     
    
   
   
    
     
      INCANTATION
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Human
      reason
      is
      beautiful
      and
      invincible.
     
    

    
     
      No
      bats,
      no
      barbed
      wire,
      no
      pulping
      of
      books
     
     
      No
      sentence
      of
      banishment
      can
      prevail
      against
     
     
      it.
     
    

    
     
      It
      establishes
      the
      universal
      ideas
      in
      language
     
    
   
   
    
     
      And
      guides
      our
      hand
      so
      we
      write
      Truth
      and
     
     
      Justice
     
    

    
     
      With
      capital
      letters,
      lie
      and
      oppression
      with
     
     
      small.
      :
     
    

    
     
      It
      puts
      what
      should
      be
      above
      things
      as
      they
     
     
      ate,
     
    

    
     
      Is
      an
      enemy
      of
      despair
      and
      a
      friend
      of
      hope.
     
     
      It
      does
      not
      know
      Jew
      from
      Greek
      or
      slave
      from
     
     
      master,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Giving
      us
      the
      estate
      of
      the
      world
      to
      manage.
      —
     
    
   
   
    
     
      It
      saves
      austere
      and
      transparent
      phrases
     
    

    
     
      From
      the
      filthy
      discord
      of
      tortured
      words.
     
    

    
     
      It
      says
      that
      everything
      is
      new
      under
      the
      sun,
     
     
      Opens
      the
      congealed
      fist
      of
      the
      past.
     
     
      Beautiful
      and
      very
      young
      are
      Philo-sophia
     
     
      And
      Poetry,
      her
      ally
      in
      the
      service
      of
      the
      good.
     
     
      As
      late
      as
      yesterday
      Natute
      celebrated
      their
      birth.
     
     
      The
      news
      was
      brought
      to
      the
      mountains
      by
      a
     
     
      unicorn
      and
      an
      echo.
     
    

    
     
      Their
      friendsip
      will
      be
      glorious,
      their
      time
      has
     
     
      no
      limit.
     
    

    
     
      Their
      enemies
      have
      delivered
      themselves
      to
     
     
      destruction.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      from
      City
      Without
      a
      Name,
      1969
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Editor:
     
    

    
     
      This
      letter
      is
      in
      reply
      to
      material
      that
     
     
      ran
      in
      the
      Feb.
      22
      edition
      of
      The
      Cadre.
     
     
      First
      of
      all,
      let
      me
      comment
      on
      the
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Millennium
     
     
      Scholarships
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Les
      bourses
     
     
      du
      millénaire
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Making
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      it’s
      your
      core
      value.
      Are
      you
     
     
      someone
      who's
      an
      inspiring
      leader,
      an
      innovative
     
     
      thinker
      and
      who's
      involved
      in
      his
      or
      her
      community?
     
     
      Someone
      who
      wants
      to
      make
      the
      world
      a
      better
      place
     
     
      for
      all
      the
      right
      reasons?
      And
      someone
      who,
      through
     
    
   
   
    
     
      letter
      to
      the
      editor
      from
      K.
      Benoit-
     
     
      Evans.
      This
      letter
      makes
      a
      crucial
     
     
      mistake
      in
      attempting
      to
      dissect
      the
     
     
      cartoon
      controversy.
      The
      author
     
     
      claims
      that
      the
      controversial
      cartoons
     
     
      are
      no
      different
      than
      running
      a
      cartoon
     
     
      making
      fun
      of
      Jews.
      Since
      the
      press
     
     
      does
      not
      do
      this,
      the
      author
     
     
      (mysteriously
      known
      simply
      as
      “K.’’)
     
     
      complains
      of
      a
      double
      standard.
     
    

    
     
      The
      author,
      though,
      misses
      a
     
     
      vital
      point
      here.
      A
      Jew
      is
      a
      Jew
      because
     
     
      of
      unchangeable
      ethnic
      identity.
      A
     
     
      suicide
      bomber
      is
      a
      suicide
      bomber
     
     
      because
      of
      a
      changeable,
      dangerous
     
     
      ideology.
     
    

    
     
      I
      would
      also
      like
      to
      address
      the
     
     
      article
      on
      pg.
      4
      by
      Will
      Cooper.
      This
     
     
      article
      asks
      why
      UPEI
      should
      have
      a
     
     
      Chaplaincy
      Centre.
      Cooper
      claims
     
     
      universities
      should
      be
      unbiassed
     
     
      institutions
      embracing
      all
      beliefs,
      yet
     
     
      uses
      the
      university
      newspaper
      to
     
     
      betray
      his
      own
      bias
      towards
      those
      with
     
     
      certain
      religious
      beliefs.
     
    

    
     
      Furthermore,
      Cooper
      seems
      to
     
     
      miss
      the
      point
      of
      a
      Chaplaincy
      Centre.
     
     
      Many
      of
      UPEI’s
      students
      are
      away
     
     
      from
      home.
      For
      this
      reason,
      there
      are
     
     
      several
      facilities
      in
      place
      for
      them
      on
     
    
   
   
    
     
      IT’S
      NOT
      ABOUT
      BEING
      DIFFERENT...
      IT’S
      ABOUT
      MAKING
      A
      DIFFERENCE.
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      ACA
     
    
   
   
    
     
      campus,
      including
      the
      Wave
      and
      the
     
     
      CARI
      facility.
      The
      Chaplaincy
      Centre
     
     
      is
      no
      more
      out
      of
      place
      than
      these.
      In
     
     
      fact,
      for
      those
      of
      you
      who
      find
      the
     
     
      Chaplaincy
      Centre
      offensive
      on
      moral
     
     
      grounds,
      remember
      that
      institutions
     
     
      like
      the
      Wave
      offend
      people
      as
      well.
     
     
      Mote
      than
      one
      religion
      on
      campus
     
     
      objects
      to
      alcohol.
     
    

    
     
      The
      end
      of
      Cooper’s
      article
      is
     
     
      the
      most
      galling
      part.
      Cooper
      states
     
     
      that
      the
      Chaplaincy
      Centre
      isn’t
      a
     
     
      “scary
      or
      negative”
      place.
      Why?
     
     
      Because
      the
      few
      “fundamentalist-
     
     
      type”
      believers
      on
      campus
      avoid
      it.
      In
     
     
      this
      paragraph,
      Cooper
      reveals
      his
     
     
      apalling
      misunderstanding
      of
      the
      word
     
     
      “fundamentalist”
      and
      also
      betrays
      what
     
     
      appears
      to
      be
      his
      real
      motivation
      in
     
     
      writing
      the
      article.
      This
      also
      raises
     
     
      interesting
      questions.
      Which
     
     
      fundamental
      belief
      of
      Christianity
      does
     
     
      Cooper
      find
      scary
      and
      negative?
      Is
      it
     
     
      that
      of
      caring
      for
      the
      poor
      and
      needy,
     
     
      or
      perhaps
      the
      forbiddance
      of
      stealing
     
     
      or
      murder?
      Cooper
      should
      keep
      in
     
     
      mind
      that
      Christianity
      was
      actually
      the
     
     
      start
      of
      most
      beneficial
      social
      programs
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Continued
      on
      page
      14
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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