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i til- i p4 tribune march 10 1993 rst stouffville mtmrnmt in spite of cynics our future is in recycling j ecent events in stouffville and uxbridge prove that an environmental conscience will be mandatory rather than optional to residents of the future uxbridge has been chosen to take part in a global environ mental project aiming at changing the ways we run our homes toward a healthier earth stouffville has just been given a provincial grant of 64000 toward the blue box recycling program its clear in both cases that the objective of recycling reusing and reducing is the home while household waste doesnt account for as much landfill space as does corporate and industrial it appears environ- mentalism like charity begins at home people who practise earthfriendly cleaning food prepara tion and disposal are more likely to carry those same princi ples into the workplace already businesses are undergoing waste audits to deter mine what if anything can be diverted from landfill sites those who believed the interest in green issues would go away with the recession have been proven wrong in ontario government initiatives like the blue box grant and environmentallysound legislation are putting financial and legal backing behind ideas which sustain the earth last year more than 400000 tonnes of garbage was diverted from landfills for recycling and while markets for recyclables are scarce now innovative ideas about how to use these mate rials are being developed for the next upturn in the economy perhaps by then well all be looking for labels which suit our reduce reuse recycle philosophy grocery shopping wouldl never be the same t et me get this straight a womans bare breast is not considered sexual tell that to my husband but if an unwelcome man touches one or both i guess he can still be found guilty of sexu al assault yeah this makes sense and im going to balance my cheque book and reverse the tides a female judge ruled last week that five women who bared their breasts in public in 1991 would be acquitted for going topless at a guelpharea protest feminists were worried the ruling would cancel their longstanding efforts to have uninvited breast- touching classified as sexual and not general assault judge katie mcgowan of the ontario court said she believes men and women for that matter are willing to tolerate women going topless in public as long as their breasts arent being exposed in an erotic or nonharmful manner well i beg to differ i say if you ask 100 men im sure 99 of them would say just looking at a breast is erotic it wouldnt take much else just looking this comes from a woman whose husband and most of his friends watch fashion televi sion just to catch a glimpse of mod els breasts under skimpily- designed fabrics fishnets prefer ably seeing women walking bending kibbles bits kibble over or heaven forbid jumping rope topless would send most men iknow into complete dithering idiocy men would be banging into lampposts driving into ditches and hiding behind trees in parks to catch a glimpse of bare breasts your teen boys would never be home erotic is an individual matter of taste is it not what one man considers erotic another might consider neurotic but who are we trying to kid here our culture is not ready nor will it ever be to accept women baring their breasts in public can you imagine how this would change the simple task of grocery shopping i can see the young male appli cants now lining up at the frozen food section for parttime jobs heck half the management would be hanging out there too breasts are erotic and they are sensual and they are natural and they are private it doesnt matter if women dont expose them in a nonerotic fash ion becaiise men in our society will view them as erotic ho matter how they are displayed and the only person i can think of who could display her breasts in a harmful manner would be dolly parton i guess this whole breastbaring issue has me confused because i cant imagine why women who have been fighting to be treated equal to men for hundreds of years would want to bare their breasts in the first place is that antifemi nism stouffville tribune publisher general manager editorinchief advertising director business manager distribution manager operations manager patricia pappas andrew mair jo ann stevenson debra weller vivian oneil jennifer hutt pamela nichols family outings brinf tears to eyes staff reporters tracy kibble julie caspersen roger bolgravo photographers sjoerd witteveen steve somerville real estate joan marshman classified doreen deacon debbie amundson uxbridge retail sales joan marshman doreen deacon heather hill gibson uxbridge distribu tion arlene maddock canadian publications mail sales product agreement 439010 published every wednesday by metroland printing publishing and distributing at 9 herltago rd markham ontario l3p 1m3 tel 2942200 the stouffville tribune published every wednesday at 6244 main st stouffville is one of the metroland printing 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should have taught me was hope lessly unrealistic my son got things rolling nicely when he came back from skiing that afternoon with a badly sprained thumb being of the male persuasion his suffering was not silent we suffered with him struggling with manful agony into his posh clothes he accompa nied us to our seats half way through the first act my contact lenses began to dry out kates corner i closed my eyes in a vain attempt to moisten them with out much hope i searched through my purse and to my amazement unearthed a bottle of eyedrops my selfcongratulation quickly vanished the bottle was empty by the time we reached intermis sion i was desperate rushing to the washroom i was greeted by the womens washroom lineup syndrome id be lucky to get to the sink before the end of act ii blinking my way into the lobby i found my husband who gallantly offered me his club soda have you ever tried dunking your finger delicately into some ones drink and then surrepti tiously moistening your eye with the liquid let me assure you its impossible to accomplish without some exceedingly peculiar contor tions the words elegant and suave do not spring to mind while i was dabbing frantically at my eyes i became aware that my daughter was strangely silent my inquiries as to her state of health were met with a noncom mittal grunt and an icy glare it turned out that i had inadver tently caught her fingers in my chair as i fled to the bathroom happily act ii was so engross- ing that we quite forgot our assorted health and interpersonal problems best of all the ending was so moving i felt tears welling up and tears are a big improve ment on club soda