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Childhoods ruined upon release
of new ‘Ghostbusters’ reboot

> Many claim that the first decade of their life has been distorted

Chandler Walter goer, Andrew Hopkins. “Distant 14, he had been looking through

 

  

Humour Editor memories of my life, falling into some of his old photo albums.
shadow. Only darkness remains, “I wanted to make sure it was all

n what many claim to be the only anger and fear.” Hopkins’ still there, because the memories
Doinete most damning thing to eyes were red, and his voice were gone... | couldn't believe it.”
have happened to their childhood seemed hollow. Cheeny found that in every photo
selves since discovering the truth Not even those who avoided he had of himself as a child, his
about Santa Claus, fully grown watching the new release were eyes had been blacked out, as if
adults are filing lawsuits against free from its evil spell, as reports burned from the photographs.
the makers of the Ghostbusters are spilling in of childhoods “I called my mom and she
reboot for stealing away their being distorted in the minds of said the same had happened to
childhoods. thousands across America. the pictures she had as well,”

The controversial remake “We were warned, and we Cheeny explained. “I was also
that released mid-July had been did nothing,” said Justin Cheeny, fading away, as if the life I once
plagued with ill favour from its a 35-year-old car salesman who lived was being erased.”
initial conception. Many fans loved the original Ghostbusters While it is clear that only
of the original 1984 film touted movie as a child. “The men who fragile male adult fans of the

whined on the Internet, they were original Ghostbusters movie are

their disapproval of the female-
right about all of this. They tried being affected by this strong

driven remake by stating that

Image by www.ghostbusters.com

the new movie would “ruin to warn us about what would force of evil, only time will tell if

their childhoods” in the months ; ae happen when a movie dared to their childhoods will ever recover,

leading up to the film’s release. ee SN oe =a feature funny female leads in an or if they have been destroyed
Most saw this as merely organs of those who would be would have on those who already established franchise, and completely by fictional ghosts

an exaggeration made by a busting ghosts. Little did the watched the summer thriller. we didn't listen... we didn't listen!” being busted by a group of

small group of men being overly public know of the very real “I could feel it as I sat in Cheeny states that on theday empowered women.

concerned about the sexual repercussions that the remake the theater,” said one movie- of the Ghostbusters release, July

New 15 per cent tax on all goods and services for foreigners

> Government says new tax will strengthen the economy, and all that

isolationist cesspool,” she added.
Rudolph Zinc, assistant
professor at UBC’s School
of Economics, said ina
phone interview that the
new tax is absurd.
“It is certainly fair to say that
large sums of foreign money
are having an adverse effect on
the local economy, but this tax
doesn’t really address that issue.
The problem here is not the
nationality of the buyers, it’s the
origin of the money, so taxing
buyers based on their nationality
makes no sense,” Zinc said.
“Myself and my colleagues
have drafted a variety of
alternative taxes aimed
specifically at people who
don’t earn income in BC. We

Jake Wray
Senior Columnist

 

Aes 15 per cent
property transfer tax for

foreign nationals will now
apply to all goods and services
within BC, the provincial
government has announced.
The initial property transfer
tax was introduced last month
in an attempt to correct Metro
Vancouver’s piping-hot housing
market. Ina press conference
Friday, Premier Christy Clark
said her administration
quickly realized the tax could
be expanded to help other
markets within the economy.
“If the foreigners can
come over here with their

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money and drive up housing fat chunk of money. In fact, we're — old teacher from Belgium who pay. Not every foreigner in this would have gladly shared these
prices, they must be making already making vague election has just arrived in Vancouver province is rich, so we can’t all strategies with the Liberals if
food, liquor, and gas prices promises about what we're going —_ for a summer vacation. Her afford this massive price hike. It’s they had bothered to consult
go up as well,” Clark said. to do with that imaginary fund! flight home isn’t until 12 days almost as though discrimination _ literally anyone at all during
“We've decided that All of this will allow us to put after the tax will take effect, against people based on their the policy-making process.”
foreigners should pay anextrai5 _—_ hard-working British Columbians _ and she voiced concerns that country of origin is wrong, At press time, reports are
per cent on everything they buy and their families first.” she will run out of money or something,” said Varga. showing that actually identifying
in this great province. We haven't The Other Press went before her trip is over. “The provincial government _—_ foreigners in the checkout
received any of that tax revenue to the streets to see how “When you add up the hotel, — should have implemented the line is problematic, so the BC
yet, but we're claiming that those _ British Columbians feel about the meals, the bus tickets, andall _ tax gradually, so people like government has extended the tax
revenues will end up being anice the new tax measure. the other little things you realize = me would have time to avoid to “anyone who looks foreign.”

Andrea Varga is a 32-year- that 15 per cent is a lot extra to this backwards, fear-driven,