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Editorial...

Canada is truly blessed. How many
countries can boast of having the Pope

‘and the Queen on their soil within a

month of each other. What more could
a country ask for? Well, there are alot
of things, but let’s not get into that.

The Queen, contrary to popular
belief, does serve a purpose. She binds
the Commonwealth together allowing
us to feel a kinship with other nations.
Many will argue that this just makes
us remember our colonial beginnings.
Well, what’s wrong with that?

We could have staged a revolution
and killed our way to self government,
but then we would end up like the U.S.
and who wants that? Militarism has its
place, but only in the arcades. We
have had a quiet history so far, we
don’t need war and revolution to prove
our existance.

The Queen and her family give us a
sense of history and the Americans
really get a kick out of Royalty (It’s

always good to keep the Americans
amused). The amount of money. we
spend on the Queen could be spent on
the poor or unemployed, but what’s
the use of that? Isn’t our sense of pride
and nationhood worth more than the
empty stomachs of a few of thenation’s
pqor?

The Queen is a basically powerless
figurehead. She doesn’t harm anyone
of importance and brings joy to those
who can afford it. So quit worrying
about the Queen and start worrying

_ about someone whose voice counts,
: like Ronald Reagan. It’s leaders with

big mouths and small brains that you
‘have to watch out for.

Thought for the day: If the T.V.
generation elects a president who falls
asleep in meetings and has an admit- -
ted short attention span (both, we are
told, can be caused by excessive T.V.
watching), what type of leader will the
arcade-video game generation elect?

The kitty speaks

As your crusading publisher for The
Other Press, I’d like to welcome you to
another issue. A few of you may be
surprised to find that the publisher is a
cat and wonder how he can possibly
manage it. Well, it’s not really all that
different from when | was hunting
rats. I’m still hunting ‘rats, the only
difference being that these ones are a
lot bigger and-make a hell of a lot
bigger stink when | find them out.

The reason | became publisher was
because of the paper’s last issue. I’d
just left my psychology class and saw a
copy of The Other Press lying outside
on the grass. By looking it over, it was
obvious why the paper was there. The
grass needed fertilizer - more than |
could ever supply. So | went down to
the O.P. office and offered my
services as a fellow student, only to
find myself drafted as the publisher. I
can hear your next question. ‘’How
can a cat be a college student?’’
Simple. By registering. At present,
I’m majoring in languages and am
learning how to bark.

Personally, what I’m doing now is
much more satisfying than my prev-
ious life. It was the usual housecat
stuff. Singing on fences, climbing
trees, catching mice. | was a little
more ingenious than my fellowcats
when it came to catching mice. The
average cat would run all over the
house trying to get the .mouse,
becoming exhausted in the process.
Me, | just ate some cheese and waited
by the mouseholes with baited breath.
Anyways, after 10 long years. of
working for this family, keeping their
pest problem down, how did they
reward me? By giving me a rubber
mouse! How would you feel if some-
body gave you a rubber mouse? So |
ignored their little present (it was later
eaten by a rubber cat) and vowed to do
better next time around.

Looking back, | realize that there
was one really bright moment in that
past life. That was when the mice
decided they needed a warning system

for when | was around, so. they
acquired a bell to attach to my collar.
The mice then asked for someone to
bell me. One young female volunteer-
ed and | must say, | thoroughly
enjoyed it. Poor girl, she thought they
said ‘‘Ball.’’

But what I’m doing now is so much
more satisfying (except maybe for that
little incident with the mouse), what
with not having to chase rodents. Of
course, that doesn’t mean life is all fun
and tuna. there’s a lot of work to be
done putting this paper together,
especially when you consider the type
of staff I’m stuck with. Sometimes they
act so...so bloody human! A good
example would be the other day when
one of the staff poured a film
developing chemical down the sink
without realizing it was still good. As a
result, everyone was moaning for
hours afterwards. Humans are always
crying over spilt milk. We cats never
cry over spilt milk, we just lap it up. |
try to run a taut ship though, and make
sure there’s no pussyfooting around
(with the exception of yours truly).
That doesn’t mean to say I’m some
kind of dictator. A person can indulge
in a little catnip now and then, but not
on production night. | put my paw
down then. Basically, we have a give
and take relationship. You lick my fur
and I'll lick yours.

So, for my final comments, |’d like
to say The Other Press will always do’
its best for you by fighting for the
undercat. We’ll sniff out stories and
anybody who gets in our way will get
their eyes scratched out. At this very
moment, the paper is fighting to get a
dangerous and deadly weapon banned
from the face of the Earth. These
instruments of horror are diminishing
in number, but as long as a single one
exists no one is safe! Write to your
MLA and tell him you want the rocking
chair outlawed!

Write now! Before it’s too late! .

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