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6 economist sun stoubville tribune saturday sept 4 1999 s stouffvifle tribune a metroland community newspaper 37 sandiford dr suite 306 stoufiville ont l4a 7x5 publisher- ian proudfoot general manager- alvin brouwer editorinchief brenda larson deputy editor debora kelly advertising director debra welter classified manager ann campbell business manager margaret fleming office manager vivian oneil editor alan shackleton distribution director barry goodyear a forum for public opinion q stoufiville council has passed a muz- zle bylaw for any dog that has bitten a human or another domestic animal should other towns in the region consid er such a regulation why or why not well itrriuzzles is a move in the right direction with all the attention on all these bites and types of dogs that are perhaps more likely to bite a muzzle just might be the answer miakish society is now quite paranoid of certain dogs and theirowners forced muzzling may lessen the fear if some owners dont take control of their animals and wont stop training therh to deliberately scare or even hurt others then muzzles should definitely be put into law marialuutz they should also muzzle the stupid inconsiderate and irresponsible owners of the dogs johncarino i can think of several dog owners and types of peo ple particularly people with larger dogs who train them to be aggressive and to scare other people and animals for no other reason than the owner thinks its fun although the dogs are not at fault they should be muzzled they are trained deliberately to be public menaces unfortunately these aggressive dogs end up being extensions of their owners aggressive personali ties which stem from the owners lack of esteem margaret carrick obviously stouffville residents are very sensitive to any issue having to do with dogs and humans existing together its probably a wise move but at the same time its anotherexample of how little freedom we actually have in this society and how what freedoms we have left are gradually being eroded due to a few this is a reactionary move caused by a few inconsid erate idiot dog owners once again all of society suf- fersthe consequences what choice do these politi cians have other than outlawing dog ownership com pletely russell waters anyone with young children will feel a sense of relief janice eng this weeks question a towncouncillor in eastern ontario is pushing for the return of the lords prayer in public schools across the province are you in favour of this why or why not submit contributions to views on the news fax 905 6405477 email thetribistarca opinion letters to the editor computer games can help youngsters learn re your article software for young surfers aug 28 it was with great interest that i read this article on the developing education al software industry in the wake of the columbine andtaber high school shoot ings the entertainment and edutainv menf software industry has come under a lot of fife however there is another side to this story i am 23 years old and am in the process of starting my own software company i learned everything i know about computers from playing games you see games have always sat on the harsh side of the technology curve requiring more resources and better hardware than most all other programs i remember back in the days of dos when one- had to free up as much con ventional memory as possible to get games to run i had to learn how to do this and many other little tweaks to be able to play the newest games i have since learned networking hardware the windows operating systems arid much much more and all of it from the pursuit of games as entertainment my message to parents is to be con cerned about the content of what your kids are playing be vigilant they stick to games which reinforce positive values the software industry markets prod ucts to all levels of the population from the youngest child to the oldest adult and like books and movies there are some which are inappropriate for younger players the software industry has made efforts to assist this by the for mation of the esrb which has resulted in the posting of ratings on the front of software packaging from e for everyone to m for mature audiences parents should let children play on the computer for entertainment it can give them skills which are not easily learned and they will not even know they are doing it who knows if they play enough games they may someday be able to help you when you need help fig uring out a computerrelated problem paul morrison unionville theft of giant stuffed buffalo a cowardly act last sunday we held a four family garage sale as an attraction we placed a very large stuffed buffalo at the end of the driveway to draw potential garage sale shoppers what we attracted at the end of the day was a cowardly act by some young men they stopped their green van grabbed the buffalo and took off we tried to follow but were unable to catch up to them if anyone has noticed a very large stuffed buffalo approximate ly fourfeet high and gray in colour we would appreciate a call this was not only a valuable item it had a lot of senti mental value attached to it this was a depressing ending to an enjoyable day if you have any information call 883- 8412 scott lucas richmond hill bwtmhwh k- mmm bsh w ry isshski sb ilejejl w h ii w mm iv 4s1b vr r- dave teetzel scientists busy creating race of super mice the next time youre skimming through the personal ads sec tion and come across someone describing herself as blonde slim intelligent faithful loves to cud dle be careful your dream date could be a mouse i the old scientific goal of building a better mousetrap is passe today science is trying to build a bet ter mouse first geneticists transplanted a gene from a prairie vole the ward cleaver of the rodent world into a common field mouse the bill clinton and came up with a snugly monogamous mouse men were starting to worry whether they would be genetically manipulated to be faithful husbands and wonder whether any shakespearean scientist was experimenting with shrews when a new breakthrough was announced by manipulating the genes of chub by blond mice scientists could cause rapid and significant weight loss this is an exciting trend that could lead us to the worlds first rodent supermodel kate mouse and now the latest bit of petri dish playtime has created highly intelligent mice that can among other things rec ognize a piece of lego and anticipate when they will get a mild electrical shock those may riot seem like mensa qualifications to you but a mouse that knows enough not to stick a knife in a toaster or shake hands after rubbing its feet on a carpet has a leg up on me survivalofthefittest wise all of these experiments raise issues that force us to ask serious questions should we be messing with the stuff of life itself what are the ethical implications of customdesigning humans have these people never seen pinky and the brain are scientists living such lonely and desperate lives that they have been forced to turn mice into their ideal mates ok so according to the scientists they are nowhere near being able to duplicate these experiments on humans and they say the goal of this research is really to find ways to treat genetic dis eases rather than to create stepford spouses but just the same you single women should be asking one important ques tion about all the toogoodtobetrue swms in the personal ads is he a man or is he a mouse stouffvilletribune sewing the community since 1888 the stouffville tribune published every tuc day thursday and saturday is one of the metroland printing publishing and distributing ltd group of newspapers which includes the ajaxpictering news advertiser ailiston heraldcourier barrie advance barrs bay this week bolton enterprise brampton guardian burlington shopping news burlington post city parent coilihgwoodwasaga connection east york mirror erin advocatecountry routes etobicoke guardian rarnborough post georgetown 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