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EDITORIAL
Never forget their sacrifice
he horrors of war have come to -be symbol-
ized by a small red flower, thai>ks to John
• McCrae's poem. In Flanders Fields...
I'oppies-reallyy do grow between the White
crosses, fields and fields of thein. in Flanders.
• Once viewed. it is a scene impossible to forget -
brea.ttitli,king in its beauty, and at the same time ..
.horrifying. :
Canti4ians-have only a vague concept of how
mals' crosses there are, rout' 'upon row of small
siiiiple white grave markers. Here, each small
toWn .ham. its war memorial, with a. handful -6f -
preciousnames, still mourned by the comsnuni-
• ty: There, one can taw acre upon acxe of red
• .poppies among white -crosses. Each truss is
engraved With aname: too many. of those names
are. Canadian. Some have only 'a simple word,
.
• t u1ly down" . Those are the most poignant of all:
. -The graves are lovingly cared for bj the.locai
residents. The people of Flanders and the rest of
- Europe still feel a sense- of kinship with these
• Heroes trona a foreign land, young leen and
women who left- the safety and Comfort of their
lic►utes, left their loved ones: to light fur freedom.
They shared with thin 1I the- xwserti' and pain,
the horror and death: of war..Oh vett, they
3 ez ieiiil,t r: = We Must remetuber, besca.use .ei en though we
navenever experienced the stench, the eridless wires who -own the teams decided they want-
i- ►Ll- f droll lir d the •La.rit r21v►• (gid more money so- to increase television rev -
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Editorial&Opinion
Wednesday. November 11. 19911
Confessions of a hockey addict
No*' that I've been in Exeter for about five months • For those who don't know, the Canadiens are
•
I think it's time 1 made a confession. . : owned by brewing giants Molson, a company that
Fin a hockey junkie. Specifically (and these days; . would seemingly have.. all the money in the world.
regret):ul y) I'm a Montreal Canadiens fan. Not so, if you believe what the company -says
These aren't Happy times for hockey. fans. (and why would you?). For the past. year
Play is dull, scoring- is down -and the talent Molson has been .claiming the team isn't
puol.hab been -diluted to such a point that making much money anynlore and must
most teams are lucky to have one skilled keep its payroll in check. All of which..of
hockey player, • course, is a bunch of hogwash.
•Of course this dertlopment• is- the- result of The real_ reason Molson won't let GM
overNxparision in the NHL.. The. multi-million• ` � - Kejean .11oule spend money to bring super-
stars to. -the team ,is because winning or '
losing oesn't make any difference in
Montreal anymore. The team's new.
arena, nauseatingly- named the Molson
runt e u pry' e: an a long _ .
• f.:tir of war, we, too•havt' suf3ereid. - enuN the league -began expanding into such- SCOTT
• Buried iti those iorrign graves arN_tJae young • (gas•p') 'iashvil)e Apparently fans ar't•so . ANDANOTHERTHING Centre., has -the league's highest •atten-
tni- rl-61'liti would have tuarri-id -their. sweettic :iris ignorant ►3f the'rules of .the garnet in '�ar�hville dance capacity and attracts over 20 t)0()
• troll cart -id tor their -aging aging pdre'uts. liurif+d 351 that they don't• go home" when the third period is over fans evcsry game, win or lose.. do why should the
ti►cise. g! ci e s are the .doctors wliu would lldt'e because .they thisik each game has four quarters. owners spend the money on dressing a winning team
- treated ut.trilluesses, the authors who' would liuv,►,'5 that for hockey knowledge? -. - when fans are dumb enough to pay to watch a losing
have written iuttsterpieces.fir:ub to read.. the . Ignorant as 'they :nay he, southerners have the team'! It's the sinus problem that has plagued the
les arc'ttt'r5 win would hour' made -unbelievable :honey to support -the escalating salaries among Toronto Maple Leafs organfiation for the last 25, '
hockey hotbedh ab Sen Jose, Anaheim and NIXON
setelitifle disewvei•ie~rs, the artists. fanners, Bosley players. (.anadiarl cities and owners inc:reas years.
•
brothers and t.sa friends. ,ug)) du riot and instead are -forced-with having.to ice
MolsU:i's treatment of their team is an insult tu. the
lttyt'vter� . "trt►t hers. ro ears ata _ 3 b. rte:1 s. .
. ' Vit. Nr ti .ttie• dtiy .14,ju :obit:• v ls.,1) then, is no young. inexperiemed; "bard -working" 'team); who team s history and to the people o1' Quebec. whit haw' .
, don't have, a frozen puck's chap, e in he11 .tt playoff lived and breathed- hockey e,v,er since tilt. sj,ort
• need for tlu cotuitry to :wild y'ul lrig'in'�n) :lid . suce:155 Witness Calgary, Edmonton ,:ind Ottawa_ a5 began.
titi ()taut) tc, by l-tl We pray the dd.j" will min whe-3) teams ,w1io have, a0 superstars." Sure; (:alga)'y has And by. the way, it's 111) for.31re to aectise Montreal '
--• _people of -all 1ae,es acid crieods may live tui fx'dce.. Theo Fleury, but litY11 be pile at the end 01 this year •(:anatdie315 furls of being dutch for putting up with a
That dti_1 54*1145 S0 ‘Ory fat° a.v►'ay. 1:31111 it -.vvlien, his 4ontra.0 ib up for 34314 wal,Is (use Calgary boring-,.heartle••,•,, incompetent team, because I hap-
• can't a1ford hien - pen t0 1)i nue of 1hu51 (1(11111) fans 1 watch every
This )ravers '1oron,to, Montreal well Vancouver a5 game 1 can, nieuauriie all the stitIS toed hope for the
-*tel the only •(:a -radian 1A -..ants who ranranrealisticallyrealisticallyy afford : best even, though I know whining Lord Stanley's cup
up to t1)€ dicaali�i'S and i3i��3ist. J . • to dress a 5ue,�.e-•Ssful team. The odds 'are against the at the end Of the yl44 is noth(1eg aware than it' pipe ,.
Maple Leafs because. • , well, because they're thedream lluw did Leafy fans du it all those veal's'?
5'
-ww
• i►u utald delta Oy • villages. cities and even .
tylaplel.fafs. tin whiles Canadian,'Canadian,'love (new' hockel the gamee
cuutitrie�s to a'ini 1 e their 4.11015. V:4,1;) would 11(Jl'- 'flaill leaveb thrt" Calm. cks', .Who have been, IIIislman- hasn't hien good to them the. treat few ye•,,r5 There's
r'ilili 1'iulaLF the rlgllts of 01111-' s: aged for •sevrrial years and have' very littler depth or too much money involved and bu5ine5•, decisions,
cutttt+.. W4' pray th art• are.
" i;1) os'• strong enough and
enough - ' brave htV brad
it1,Mc(..1-we s immortal %ordd , w+r iliust talks' ul) , ye)w)g talent, and the lllahs, a (ince-proud oi•};allita fi.ave bee ours Imo a important ll)itnk spot ting ll.ec•i-•
.1{1tru. gtlarr'fl- With the tor, 1'11' will. not break • ' non whose year; Of tradition are increasingly being , 510315 White!) 1111 i5 a e 4511 tow devoid of furl, enter
1tl.t h tArL01 them) sullied by (-heap owners and'a11 inrolnpetent }genleral . tainnient or er1►otl„L► ,
We will retti4- (LIJ.(:..r, • Ilut I can't stop wall lion;
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