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r tiwi v t c eii c t w v ciu p6 the tribune tuesday ma1 9 1 98 f v to v i p fn dh jvf tcvjinv 19 1 3 tuesday may 19 1998 vol 110 no 39 the tribune is a member of the ontario press council thetribune comment opinions i st send your letters to the editor to the address below editorial time to bring the hammer down the debate of whether we should toughen up the toothless young offenders act has been in the news since it was enacted in 1984 the yoa was supposed to protect teens in trouble and to ensure they received a fair shake from the law a sort of kid glove approach to punishment but in effect the act has been nothing more than a laughable excuse for kids to commit crimes and get away with it with little more than a slap on the wrist despite what some people say teen crime is on the rise and society is fed up with kids who break the law overand over again society is actually making it easier for kids to thumb their noses at authority and it is becoming more and more obvious that the hammer must come down parents are not blameless in this kiddy crime age and need to be held accountable for what their children are doing and where they are spending their time most parents today are far more lenient than those of the past when it comes to discipline and lets face it its not working its time to put the fear of god back in our kids so they know if they do something wrong theyll be punished if parents cant do the job then society will have to do it for them its tirrieto start protecting the victims of crimes and if that means being tougher on kids then so be it i had to visit my first true love mickey the first time i laid eyes on mickey was the christmas of 49 mickey was driving a red car made entirely of rubber i had to love my mickey from afar he wasnt mine santa claus had given my lit tle brother the mickey mouse car i got a doll i didnt like dolls let the record show my love for mick ey has passed the test of time two weeks ago i decided to pay my first love a per- j sonal visit i packed my bags along with the old boyfriend and headed for disney world and oh want a world it is children dont have a monopoly on dis- fney world if the truth be known disney was designed for me while there i kicked up my heels whistled happy tunes and marvelled at the power of magic yes mickey mouse is living the good life his disney world is a happy place our first stop was animal kingdom the centre piece of this park is the tree of life this spectacular tree stands 14 stories high handcarved animals adorn the mighty trunk and branches deep inside the giant trunk is a 3d theatre showing a film on life from a bugs perspective while at animal kingdom we visited africa when boarding an openair safari bus the guide told us to hold onto our hats off the record joan rdnsberry it was wise advice soon we were caught in a jungle war involving poachers we were shot at we were chased i was scared i was fooled when i saw the many freeroaming lions elephants zebras and giraffes i won dered do they know theyre living on too crash course on seinfeld r 1 01 when the question of where i was on the night of seinfelds last stand came up i imagined myself loftily replying nowhere near a television from the amount of pregame coverage i was beginning to think i was the only person on the planet who had not seen a single episode of the aforementioned show this fact has nothing to do with the subject mat- ter or whether or not i regard seinfeld as a good thing its just that my addiction to the printed word and strange foreign movies means i hardly ever get around to watching the tube and i avoid commercial stations in much the same way i avoid buying garments bearing corporate logos the way i see it is that if im going to walk around promoting a cor poration they should be paying me for chest rental as it happened two of my girlfriends had invited mc out to dinneronthe night of seinfelds swan song to celebrate the fact that i had just survived yet another birthday and that they were still younger than mc- one called mc on the morning of our assig nation and suggested that instead of going out we should have a takeout at her place i h kates corner mm kate gilderdale immediately sensed that seinfeld was deeply implicated in this sudden change of plans its the last show she said plead ingly before i had a chance to articulate my brilliant theory- there was no need to elaborate lynn loves seinfeld and to have forced her out to a restaurant on the night of his demise at her expense would have been an act of extreme insensitivity the kind of thing seinfeld kramer george and elaine would do without blinking im a fast learn er i just have a problem retaining stuff besides lynn lives in a gorgeous house in the city where i could fall straight into bed without the bother of taking a cab should the festivities become a trifle ovcr-enthusi- astic you could bring a book she suggested tentatively or 1 could record it and watch it later no i said expansively now secretly fascinated by the unexpected opportunity to watch the show about noth ing it wouldnt be the same you have to be able to discuss it around the water cooler tomorrow besides i reasoned since hilary and lynn had the good taste to choose me as a friend it was bound to follow that their taste in tv would also be beyond reproach with a bottle of wine on standby and the mute button close at hand my pals gave me a crash course in seinfeld 101 during com mercial breaks i was introduced to the backgrounds of guch veteran characters as the soup nazi the virgin and the late envelope licker and by the time the program was over i felt confi dent that i could hold forth at the water cool er myself without fear of ridicule it was a wonderful evening enjoyed the show upgraded my education and ate too much curry things were so splendid in fact that we ended up phoning another pal who recently moved to new zealand and leaving an incoherent message on her answering machine it was all i could do to stop myselffrom hugging my friends acres just outside of orlando florida magic kingdom welcomed me with a parade disney classics including the lion king cinderella snow white and the seven dwarfs aladdin and the little mer maid were decked out in the most vibrant of colours you could feel magic in the air when mickey passed by i waved threw him a kiss and wiped a tear from my eye a little boy gave me a dirty look i stuck my tongue out at him in magic kingdom disney fantasies and characters come to life while strolling along mainstreet usa i nearly forgot i was a canadian the best of disney world is epcot its a class act the cats pajamas and the cherry on the top ill never forget honey i shrunk the audience an amazing 3d movie im still trying to figure out how they got a mouse to run up my pant leg the old boyfriend liked the antique cars parked at mgm studios and when he fell 13 stories in thetwilight zone tower of terror he smiled at the same time i felt all warm and fuzzy watching jim hensons muppet done in 3 d we were both awed by the indiana jones stunt men and women epcot combines fun and imagination with the wonders of the real world we went for a stroll around the world i regained my canadian pride when i visited canadas pavilion the world showcase includes mexico japan norway ger- many us morocco france china italy and the united kingdom of course besides mickey disney world offers great live shows great music and the finest of global food disney world is squeaky clean also the staff likes peo ple knows the meaning of service and as a bonus they smile time did not permit a visit to disneys three water parks or downtown disney theres always next time so if i was asked to describe disney world in one word the word would be go stouffville ribune ian proudfoot publisher alvin brouwer general manager andrew mair editorinchief tracy kibble editor debraweller director of advertising mike rogerson retail advertising manager stacey allen classified manager barry 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