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editors mail reader still backs day care subsidies weefkenbfift jamthmi ft opinion on russia not a pastors job dear editor s the glory of a free press is that any citizen may express public opinions as long as they arent libelous that said i was surprised to read reverend dave petrescues march 4 column world control is their objective the charge that the chief goal of communism is world domination bears about as much relation to reality as the belief that amer icans have a manifest destiny while both dogmas have their defenders most informed obser vers would laugh at the notion that either the soviet or american empire is capable of world con trol rev petrescues citation of marx chernenko and gor bachev is essentially similar to a socialist quoting adam smith hoover and reagan the quotes are accurate but meaningless its similar to harold ballard saying the leafs intend to win the stanley cup this year of course they do but does anyone else in the real world believe them naturally communists want their system to prevail so do americans why else would each contend with the other in every trouble spot around the world however for a christian pastor to single out communism seems at odds with the bibles teaching that jesus christ stands in judg ment over every system rev petrescue lives in a fa vored community he may be un aware that other canadians are not so blessed as his is when canadas regions have double digit unemployment when 20 per cent or more of ontar ios farmers face bankruptcy with tacit acceptance by govern ments when markham can find 4q million to spend on self indulg ences then it behooves all confes sing christians to penetrate beyond cliches like world dominion because rev petrescue and i claim allegiance to the same jesus christ i want to be charit able to him but i really think christian pas tors would better serve their com munities by recognizing injus tices in their midst than by dis tracting us with russian bogeymen im inclined to think theres plenty of evil to fight in canadian society lets save our worries ab out the soviets for the rink lawrence burkholder reverend realistic dear sir re mar 4 world control is their objective by dave petrescue how refreshing to see a minis ter of the church who can see real ity instead of the permissive illu sions of the peacenicks many hundreds of thousands of canadians from eastern europe can testify by experience to the words of dave petrescues arti cle they learned the hard way lets hope the rest of us dont also have to learn it the hard way peter jackson unionville dear sir in sally shearmans reply march 14 to my letter feb 28 regarding subsidized day care she seems to be propos ing a new philosophy if you pay for what you get ie day care youre being penalized yes i would have the day care users pay for the start up cost of their centre just as any private day care centre would have to incur an initial cost we could drop the tax payers money from an air plane and to paraphrase mrs shearman the statistical likelihood that some of those who pick it up would be single parents is very likely we know oh the other hand that any money channeled through the child tax credit system will be received by lower income families with young children regardless of whether one or two parents have incomes an alterna tive on which she failed to make any comment surely any social stigma which is attached to the single parent staying at home and collecting welfare should more appropriately be applied to the relatively welloff who collect this type of wel fare marilyn carswell unionville we love letters if you have a beef or want to pat someone on the back sit down and write a letter to the weekender deadline is noon thursday prior to publication names may be withheld on request at the discretion of the editor under no circumstances will anonymous letters be pub lished the editor also reserves the right due to space require ments and in the interest of conciseness to edit letters the address is 9 heritage rd markham ontario l3p 1m3 up to factory rebate 350 offer expires mar 3187 ask about our extended warranty all work performed by government licensed technicians we guarantee everything wsel b555 m cowan rd markham i 8w nenh d hny 7 hwtagc plaa unitac- mon wed thurs frl issb hpuho 930 6 v 9309 9530 new 5 glen cameron place thornhill 7640698 s rjust north m steeles east sidofyonge v r 1130430 family owned operated business serving markham unionville surrounding areas for over 30 years uthberts0n heating air conditioning 4714097 15 heritage road no 21 markham located across from markville