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wy" 12 -- Scugog Citizen ~ Tuesday, July 18, 1995 : DAVID BISHOP Your Weekly Astre Advisor July 18 - July 25 Cancer: (June 22 - Jul, You may lose touch with friends and family. Be careful not to daydream too much, for friends may rely on you. Romance and the opportunity to express affections is high. You may begin a new relationship, particularly one of a physical loving nature. Your powers of creativity are utstanding. Leo: (July 23 - August 22) It is time for a great deal of reflection, especially regarding your place of employment. There may be a tremendous desire to cut loose and try something completely different. Try to keep a sense of reality in your interactions with friends. Virgo: (August 23 - September 22) You may face troubles at work if you have engaged ifl a romantic relation with a co-worker. There may be some new revelations or an interest in an office romance. You may see the family circle increase through marriage or a new birth. You will spend a great deal of time involved in intell | Letter to the editor Reply to Bradburn letter To the Editor: "...It was a dark and rainy Wednesday night when I trudged home from a long day at work eagerly anticipating the Scugog Citizen to see the response to my tirade that was published the week previous. I hastily read M.W. Bradburn's letter and thought 'My God! A fully realised rebuttal!' I then had a good night's rest and a good breakfast, re-read the letter and realised that I was most mistaken." Does it sound like a dramatic tale? Well, not really. But then again what can be expected by a bumbling schoolboy such as - myself? Wild melodramatics? Terse insults? Maybe, but I'll promise to keep the gloves on as long as I can while I address a few points that Mr. Bradburn pursuits. Libra: (September 23 - October 22) Try to keep some sense of reality in your interactions with friends and family, as they may have little understanding of why you are creating changes in your life directions. Friends are paramount to you, and with their help you discover many more accomplishments that you have yet to fulfill. Scorplo: (October 23 - November 22) Conflicts between your personal desires and those of a relative or compatriot develop. You may find yourself indulging in negative escapism. Beware, as new opportunities will surface and you may miss them. Solidify your existing friendships while gaining the affections of acquaintances. Seize the day! Sagittarius: (November 23 - December 21) You should be taking full "advantage of your position as it is an excellent time to solicit the help of others, though it's important that you truly know the needs of your company or business before asking. Hardship will be experienced at work, especially if you puj yourself out physically. Capricorn: (December 23 - January 20) Jupiter foretells dramatic changes in your goals and ambitions, perhaps marking a turning point in your life. Now is the time to make those changes that you have put off too long. You find a great spirituality instilled and an active desire to be helpful to others. Volunteerism is rewarding and satisfying. Aquarius: (January 21 - February 19) You are apt to spend a vast amount of time communicating with co-workers and people outside of work. It's also time to think seriously about your career or work up until now and take stock. Additionally, you may find it advantageous to voice new ideas to others in hopes of winning them over. Pisces: (February 20 - March 19) It promises to be an exciting time between partners. Romance is heightened and there is a great desire to try something new or go somewhere previously 'unexplored'. Your thirst for freedom and excitement, while a definite baon to any relationship, should not letely domi your decision making. Aries: (March 19 - April 20) Your imaginative capabilities are strengthened, making it a most advantageous time to dream of new ideas or projects for the future. However, be way of making any complete decisions for the present unless they are well-considered. Changes at home should be taken to secure your peace of mind. Taurus: (April 21 - May 21) You may be irritable and grouchy in your place of work. It's important to lighten up and try to enjoy the week and your work as much as possible. Care should be exercised if investments are made at this time. This is a time to use your energy constructively; being slow to anger is a good idea. Gemini: (May 22 - June 21) ptible to partake in which may not be conducive to success at the workplace. Try to avoid any romantic intrigues at the office and keep your mind on work. You are gracious and understanding to friends and relatives. It's a superb period for successful ventures with the opposite EMMERSON INSURANCE BROKERS LIMITED 193 QUEEN STREET, PORT PERRY ONTARIO L9L 1B9 005 985-7306 All Types of Insurance You are ught up. Firstly, a word on the birth of the United States and Canada-- The U.S. was initially instigated not by angry masses but by angry wealthy landowners who didn't feel like playing taxes (gee whiz, aa TTA PAV Sa PAI son APN the more things change the more they stay the same). Canada was created in part out of fear of annexation by the United States. The wealthy landowners known as the Fathers of Confederation weren't as angry as their American cousins because they stood to make great piles of money through Confederation. History's funny that way--great things sometimes come about from stupid beginnings. But I digress. Secondly, Mr. Bradburn seems to have shot himself in the foot on the issue of morals. Even gun control can't stop every accident. After vehemently opposing any attempt to define family values he almost magically raises the spectre of Moral Law. When there is "democratic intrusion" into Moral Law, democracy "crosses its boundaries" into totalitarianism. When can there be any "intrusion" unless you ~.have boundaries for Moral Law? How can you have boundaries if you don't have a definition Mr. | THOMAS . MARACLE { July 22nd from 11 AM to 5 PM July 23rd from 12 Noon to 5 PM 191 QUEEN STREET, PORT PERRY 985-4977 Hwy. 7A & Water St., PORT PERRY PREEP PER) TRADER SAM'S TAKE OUT PIZZA P= i fo Tl I Mo) V0 od = [eo =} 3 Toppings or Less on each". or Unlimited Toppings MEDIUM PIZZAS 3 Topping SP Less on each or Unlimit Toppings .... LARGE PIZZAS 3 Toppings or Less on each or Unlimited Toppings . PARTY ANIMAL PIZZAS 3 Toppings or Less on each or Unlimited Toppings "the dburn? ated in my. previous ©) loudest proponents of i alues" seem the most reNictant to state their case. I hava my own conception of family valugs that I have no problem sharing if asked, and the important words here are 'my own gonception'. on't see the need to inflict them on others so I don't..very much unlike the moral crusaders who seem to get a lot of media attention attacking things like the communist conspiracy, .homosexuals, Muslims, rock music and Disney as a threat to their family values. I say this with no repentance: if things like evil nasty movies you have never seen are indeed destroying your family, your family values need reassessment, not society's. I am not denying that there is a lot of stupidity out there, but people seem to forget that they still have choice. The true crime against society arises when choice is taken away, whether by the relentless victim politics of Political Correctness militants or by the "Moral Majority" warriors and self-styled populists. Mr. Bradburn, you certainly did plot out the plang of the family values-orientated activities--"Once we define, categorize and, stratify..we will then legislate it and litigate it." Are the days gone when people could choose to ignore things they don't necessarily like instead of lobbying to force their view down everyone's throats by assuming to be the mouthpiece for the 'silent majority"? Premier Mike Harris, echoing the sentiment of Ralph Klein in Alberta has said that anyone protesting the government of Ontario will be protesting against the people of Ontario Harris was referring to a motley group of social protesters when Klein was referring to the official Provincial opposition. In this statement he perfectly sums up what I believe Mr. Bradburn was saying in his letter: a minority deserves no legitimacy. Dissent from 'popular opinion' is inexcusable. Hmmm. Perhaps it is that myprofessors were a bunch of "corfinie pinkos" corrupting my young impressionable mind, but does this idea not strike anyone else as being not only the antithesis of democracy, but also a regression to simpler times of rule-by-fear. If so, will society mirror politics? Will this be the triumph of the "life, liberty and equality" of which you spoke Mr. Bradburn? Rationality, like family values, lies in what you make of it, not what you make others believe. Gleeful like a schoolboy, Andy Broadworth Port Perry 'rePYTATY /ON AS" [ RenovATIONS « REPAIRS P blared Cheslaé vical § Phong Sra foc OA (905) 242-0075 985-2386