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The Other Press

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I feel strongly that it is time for men to confront this type of intellectual darkness- a quick look at history reveals those civilizations that be- came amoral were destroyed by their own lack of self- control. In societies where anything goes- everything goes. While people have the right to express themselves, the issue of pornography goes far beyond self-express- ion and stops at self-abuse. Do people haye the right to abuse each other, even if they agree to? The law says no- I say no- what do you say?

Yours Truly,

Everett Robinson

Councellor

Dear Editor

In addition to its objection- able content and infantile reasoning, the article entit- led ‘‘Pornography:a Philis- ophical Outlook’’ (Other Press September 30, 1982) displays the author’s poor grasp of English grammar. If Mr. Laine is going to contin-

Jue to enlighten us with his

wisdom, he might well be advised to pursue a course in remedial English. This is, after all, a college news-

paper.

K.A. Sermat

A stroll through your fay- orite record store is becom- ing more like a wild goose chase through a jungle. there has been a phenominal stockpiling of records over the past five years.

Record executives are becoming increasingly con- sc ious that the record market is decreasing due to avail- ability of home taping. Along with limiting the number of albums released, there is also increased speculation regarding commercialism. Record companies invest large amounts of capital in promoting their product and they expect a fair return for the effort.

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Dear Respondents:

Ladies: I would like to thank you for your somewhat ‘quaint’ letter in reference to my article ‘Pornography - A Philosophical Look’. It is indeed refreshing to see an interest on campus in areas other than educational cut- backs.

Sir: Thank you also for your response; irrelevant to the fact that you missed the point of the article entirely. I am open-minded towards criticism, so you may call me anything you wish. Yes, I am male, and not embar- assed, nor apologetic, of my ‘archaic’ philosophy whatso-

ever.

‘K.A. Sermat’: Finally thank you for your letter. f won't touch your first sen- tence,but I do agree that ’t have a definite problem with parallelism in my writing. Thank you again for remind- ing me of this.

Thank you all again!

Warren ‘laine The Other 'press

Dear Editor:

Last April, the Nuclear Awareness Group (NAG) was formed at Douglas College. At that time, we

made definite decisions abou made definite decisions about what our aims should be, namely:

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This promotion controls the playlists of both AM and FM stations. These playlists are directly related to record sales. Concert bookings and requests which are the end result of record company promotion. —

There is less and less pro- motion of musical forms that are not tried and true in the market. This is why, after five albums, Van Halen is earning in excess of seven figures yearly, while XTC is almost flat broke.

‘This directly constricts the public, by limiting their choices and right to listen to various musical forms and restricts musicians who are forced to play what is deem- ed to be ‘‘commercial’’ to the record buying public.

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- To promote, within the community, a rational debate over the arms race.

- To make available information pertinent to that topic. role in nuclear proliferation.

-To support the recom mendations issued by the Canadian Government at the First United Nations Special Session on Disarmament in 1978.

Since that time, we have been involved in circulating a number of petitions, fact sheets, and newsletters. We have been centering our actions over the issue of the Cruise Missile testing within Canada. On Thursday, October 7, we presented two films, ‘‘Prophecy’’ and ‘‘The War Game’”’ at the McBride Campus.

Currently, we are involved in promoting Disarmament

Week which is from October 21 - 31. Calendars of events are posted throughout the campuses of Douglas College.

Yet, this is only the beginning. In the future, we shall present speakers, sponsor group discussions} and distribute _ further materials. In addition, we

plan .to work. with _ other}

organizations favoring nuclear disarmament. Anyone wishing to know, more about the Nuclear Awareness Group. should contact: Michael Lacusta, 536-1285 Barbara Eby, 936-2454 or 591-1111 between 1530 and 1930 hours, Monday to Friday. Newton Kwantlen Campus.

This creates an endless circle because the musicians who are talented enough to play and write songs must do so in a strict style so that they can eat. Those musicians who choose not to play and write top 40 material either starve or leave for England or California.

Where there is a more tolerant attitude towards creativity in its broadest sense. Understandably this is a generalization why over the last fifteen years, the largest percentage of trend- setting musical style has come from England.

by Glen Nazaruk

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Wayne Lacker Lot of work going fine -

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How are your studies going for midterm?

Colette Madsen Late nights, early mornings-

Michelle Ming Hectic! -

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