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s- ametrolancl community newspaper r 9 heritage rd markliam dntl3p 1m3 telephone- 905 2942200 4167987624 fax 905 2941538 email newsroomeconsuncom publisher ianproudfoot general manager alvin brouwer editor in chief brenda larson director of advertising debraweller deputy editor classified manager debora kelly ann campbell editor retail sales manager jim mason stephen mathieu production manager inside sales manager pam nichols stacy allen distribution director business manager i barry goodyear roblazurko y online publishing office manager manager vivian oneil 1 margaret fleming letters converting to christianity is hot necessarily a bad thing re the soul man rabbi dedicates his life to a relentless battle over jewish souls jan 9 economist 8isun i read with interest the article about rabbi tovia singer whcf is waging a campaign against the attempts of christian missionaries toconvert jewish youngsters i am not a supporter of missionary work christian or otherwise however with todays free flowjof information via the many different media i am not surprised that such conver- sions happen no one canmake a decision for another human being regarding intensely personal and spirituaussues such as faith belief etc if an individual sturribles onto something that attracts himher it is that persons inalienable right to choose that path without interference from others as the sayjnggoeswewin some we lose u some christianity and all the other faiths have lost people st souls to other religions statistically this is normal 1 also want to make the important observa tidh that if someohvconverts to christianity it is not necessarily a bad thing they are not joining at criminal gang worse hearts just knowing that they were able to give other families a nice dinner at christmas the only puzzling part of the story is that it did not cover the entire front page of your offence laid dismissed withdrawn or a conviction has been or could be obtained in our view this bill may very well be creating a new criminal thursday edition i had to flip to page 13 to see a picture of a kind person and to finish reading a great arti- clebyhannelorevblpe markfockler stouffuille this raises- concerns about the constitu tionality of the bill as the province as we all- know cannot legislate in the area of criminal law v walter fox a criminal lawyer stated its a pretty transparent scheme to create criminal law without the usual safeguards that canadians have always taken for granted things that are now enshrined in the charter and originated in the common law and started way back with the magna carta it seems the ideological winds are blowing so strongly that theyre going to sweep away basic protections that every canadian expects to suntmbune have flying inthis country in the name of some ziiimliiru o nt i ulc ci ui a york region- ideological objective which has no basis in sta- ggg tistiofmankhingtodowiththerealworld p- c to better protect victims of homestic violence fs sending a 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ronoiion ibar martin eloquently tells us we are falling mto idef- the abyss of allowing hysteria to driveour pub- ni stifl i r y- t i- ii svrelcoraesyouriettersallj m f f3sfe- ssi stoufmlle tribune published everyjuesday thursday and saturday is one of themetroland pnnting publishing and i distributing ltdgroup of newspaperswhlclilncludes the ajavpictering news arfrertiser allislon heraldcquner v barrie advance barrys bay this week bolton enterprise brampton guardian burlington shopping news buriington x iposcrrentcollingiw3saga connectioneast york mirror erinadvbcatecounuy routes etoblcoke g guardian- namborough post georgetown independentacton free press kingston this week lindsay this week miotandpenetariguishene mitrortmilton canadian champion milton shopping news mississauga news newmaiket- aurorafgeorglna era banner northumberland news north york mirror oakville beaver oakville shopping news orilliattodayoshawawhitbyclaruigtonport- perry thlsweekj peterborough thlsweek richmond roy green weve reached the ultimate in information overload y ou know youve reached the ultimate in information over load when your refrigerator is also your computer telephone television set and dvd player the lg electronics digital dios refrigerator allows you to surf the inter net send and receive email make videophone calls connect a dvd player or cable tv listen to mp3 music files access a database of recipes and nutri tional information or leave messages for family members i assume it also keeps stuff cold although this freak of a fridge wont be available in canada until later this year you can see it later this month at the metro home show im all in favour of innovation but i have no use for an appliance that is smarter than me ive always believed that asking a refrigerator to do more than keep my beer cold my ice cubes frozen and other foods from developing botullism before i consume them is asking for trouble but a press release from the home show people says i can walk by the screen and see a video text or voice message there will be no more need for mag nets using the builtin digital camera you can even make slide presentations of your childrens artwork and scroll it by on the screen and if you know someone else with a videophone you can videoconference from your kitchen it works on existing canadian net works and requires no software or sec ondary serviciefees you just plug it into an electrical outlet and a telephone jack- not for me thanks first of all i dont like the idea of a builtin digital camera on my refriger- ator j would it be staring at me when i raid the fridge late at night wearing only my underwear v i would it count the number of times 1- open the door to get a beer- s as for the internet how do lknow some hacker isnt going to tap ihtp my fridgecomputer some night and steal my beer j r but the main thing is when i watch tv i want to be lying onthecbuch in riiy jiving room r v y i admit it would be handy justtoj reach into the mdge7jv one rather than going all the way upstairs to the kitchen butisimply canrimagine plunking myself down iii frdnt of i the fridge jowatcri the simpsonsfmaybe they should look into v building a tv sett thatwouldalso keep my beer cold and iny ice cubes frozen