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"I guess it must nave been the Depresâ€" sion," chortled one . ‘"They haven‘ t got over the hard times, and they‘re scared of According to this garbage, the west is only about two jumps ahead of the millenium, the apocalypse. The learned professor who wrote it is obviously a product of the we&llâ€"nourished postâ€"Depresâ€" sion era. It seems that there are all sorts of people out of work in the west. They‘re having a terrible time existing on pogie and various welfare payments. Many of them scarcely know where the next twentyâ€"four of beer is coming from. Despite the black smoke of the profesâ€" sor‘s statistics, he doesn‘t know what he‘s talking about, as any survivor of The Depression in Western Canada will agree. Was listening to a couple of younger (around 40) colleagues of mine recently. They couldn‘t understand why their parents were so <=~ncerned with such things as bargains, and turning off the lights that weren‘t being used. Just read the other day in the Globe that the western provinces are in a cataclysmic state. bordering on that of the The Great Depression of the Thirties. WITH 1983 newly arrived, this is the time for the goom and dloom merchants, and they‘re having a fieldâ€"day. To kick up such a fuss about a manoeuvre that historically has been part and parcel of Pay TV services, the featuring of lateâ€"night softâ€"core adult entertainment that for heavens sakes is already available on regular TV for those who choose to search it out, is however, a misguided crusade that is bound to backfire. Status of Women groups are outstanding contributors to our society, especially in the areas of equality for women in the workforce, caring for the aged and the elimination of sexual stereotyping in all aspects of our society. Along that vein, they have every right to make a statement against pornography, certainly one of the most vile of practices and one that arguably is strongly interrelated to violent crime. Pornography, that is though, not fluffy eroticism. Second Class Mail Registration Number 5540 Well, First Choice may have succeeded in that respect, as figures quoted today out of the Toronto market area show they control 55 per cent of Pay TV sales to this point. But the feeling here is the publicity the women‘s groups have generated is just as responsible, if not more so, for the increased subscriptions. Tuesday, thanks mainly to the organizational skills of Ottawa feminist Maude Barlow, women‘s groups in 19 cities across Canada staged protests against First Choice, not only for allowing the ‘"pornography‘"‘ of Playboy onto their program schedule, but for attempting to grab a larger share of the Pay TV market through a method that supposedly contravenes the principle of homeâ€"grown product exposure. Don‘t they realize what they are doing? In the past few days, various Status of Women groups across the country have voiced outrage at the decision by First Choice Pay TV to strike a $30 million deal with Playboy Enterprises. PAGE 6 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, JA! That transaction means that those who choose to subscribe to First Choice will in the future be able to tune in on weekend late nights to various adult entertainment features and movies as offered by the Playboy channel. Waterfoo Chronicle ~*~*©!_ o e o n in n ooo e n en antohlishoaX 4+AL a MAK . In fact, the numbers show it already has. The wrong way BILL SMILEY legistration Number 5540 established 1854 . published every Wednesday by Fairway Press, a‘u}vision of Kitchenerâ€"Waterioo Record Ltd., owner C 225 Fairway Rd.S., Kitchener, Ont. Waterioo Chronicle office is located in the Harper. Haney and White Law Office Building (rear entrance, upper floor). Parking at the rear ot the building. Open Monday to Friday, 9:00 a m to 5:00 p.m address correspongience to Waterioo office: 45 Erb St. E.. Waterioo, OJnt. N2J 1L.7, telephone 886â€"2830 They will never have to live in secondâ€" hand clothes, or eat potatoâ€"skin hash or pea soup boistered by barley. They‘ll be horrified if they can‘t send out for a pizza, or Chinese. They will never have to ride the rods, looking for nonâ€"existent work, or depend on a goodâ€"hearted housewife to give them a meal, or sleep in jail. In short, these soungish middleâ€"aged men don‘t know wh real Depression is . They don‘t know v. .: a world war is. They‘ll never know the searing reality of *‘*Yabbut, I paid unemployment for years,"‘ they chorus. Right. They paid in about $100 a year, and the minute they‘re fired, they start to withdraw over $100 a week, and there‘s no shame, no humiliaâ€" tion involved. The gummint ‘"owes‘" it to Neither of these chaps, or their wives, or their children, has ever missed a meal, unless by accident. Neither has ever lived under the humiliating cloud of having to "go on relief," the ultimate in soulâ€"deâ€" stroying. *‘*Yeah." smirked another, who makes about as many dollars in three years as his father made in fifty, "they seem to have this thing. They run all over looking for bargains, and worry about keeping up the being destitute when.they‘re old."‘ JANUARY 19 Publisher: Paul Winkler Manager: Bill Karges Editor: Rick Campbell Fiendish forecasts â€"It is written They‘ll miss the warmth in the family circle that is playing parcheesi or monopoâ€" ly or crokinole, instead of competing wildly in a TV pushâ€"button Bar Stars or Outer Space Freaks game where nobody wins except the con men who peddled it at $299.00. They‘ll miss telling their kids stories, because the kids get a better story on TV. They‘ll miss the heartache of the children who want a doll and a pair of skis and have to settle for suits of long underwear. But they‘ll miss the closeâ€"knit loyalty of a family in truly hard times, when everybody accepted the cold fact that there was no money. And everybody chipped in to help. It‘s hardly likely that they‘ll ever see their mothers weeping brokenly over the sewing machine at midnight, which I have. It‘s improbable that they‘ll miss a lot. If things get tighter, and they will, these chaps may have to curtail their daughters‘ dancing or skating or piano lessons. Inflation and the price of gas may forestall them from driving their sons, with sixty dollars worth of hockey equipâ€" ment, to the arena at 5.30 a.m., feeling all good, and a fatherly glow, after they‘ve dumped, or picked up, the kids. $ not knowing where the money is to come They‘ll miss the thrill of children who from to pay the fuel bill. look awed and exalted when they‘re given It‘s hardly likely that they‘ll ever see _ a dime for the matinee, instead of looking their mothers weeping brokenly over the _ surly when their allowance is cut to three sewing machine at midnight, which I have. _ bucks a week. *"*"The cleaners always shrunk my clothes" NX WONDERLAND trouble is, they won‘t. They just go on being happy, and comfortable, and comâ€" plaisant. IT ISN‘T FAIR! youngish middleâ€"aged men and women, many of whom are friends of mine. They are good people. They have all the right ideas. They bring up their children right. They treat their parents (fairly) well. They are not vicious, or nralicious. They have worked hard for the cocoons they have spun. But, dammit, they don‘t know what hard times are. Or they‘ve forgotten, in some cases. I want them to suffer. And the And they‘ll miss perhaps the most important experience of all: the knowlâ€" edge that somehow, despite all adversity, they have kept their pride, have swum against the stream, keeping their heads up and trailing their families safely behind They‘ll miss the often boring, but somehow tenuous experience of having cousins, by the dozens (family connections are outre now.) envy Margaret Parker, prior to joining Weight Watchers