Zurich Citizens News, 1981-04-23, Page 4Page 4
Citisens Nov. Apr* 23, 19.1
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New optimism for post office
It has become a rare occurrence to see the word
"passed" reported from House of Commons debates.
For weeks the pages of Hansard, the printed
transcripts of Commons debates, have been filled with
privilege, points of order and seemingly endless con-
stitutional debate.
On April 14, the House united to pass bill C-42 and,
in effect, established the post office as a crown cor-
poration.
Inevitably, postal rates will probably increase.
They will increase even more if government elects to
attempt to force the new crown corporation into a
position of self sufficiency, by not subsidising it.
And while there will be a hew and cry at yet
another price increase, we don't think Canadians will
be too upset if post office efficiency increases too.
We've all heard stories of letters delayed or miss-
ing entirely; we've all had parcels damaged, or letters
from abroad delayed by strikes.
But the spirit of optimism, with which the bill
passed through the Commons, will hopefully not be
lost on employees of the corporation both union
members and management staff.
The animosity between post office labour and
management badgered the postal service into a cor-
ner, from which some form of parliamentary action
had to be taken. The crown corporation seems to be
the only viable alternative.
We hope the spirit of co-operation in the new post
office will be less rare than it has beeen in parliament
of late.
Car driver is usually at fault
The Ontario Safety League reminds motorists
that motorcycle drivers are given the same
privileges as motorists and are subject to the same
`rules of the road'.
Watch for the motorcycle and treat it like any
other vehicle -- give it room. Watch for mopeds,
bicycles and remember that a moped is a slow -
accelerating vehicle -- some models must be
pedalled before they gain speed and might also
prove a little wobbly at this point.
Be particularly careful of the two wheel driver
when train and streetcar tracks are present.
Negotiating tracks is a hazardous operation with
these vehicles don't crowd them. And when
parking on a street, double check for bicylces,
mopeds and motorcycles before opening your door.
Research into motorcycle accidents indicates
that in most crashes involving an automobile, the
driver of the automobile is at fault. In most in-
stances, the car is making a left turn in front of the
motorcycle when the collsion occurs.
Cars passing motorcycles and cutting in too
quickly is the second most frequent contributing
cause. The same danger is present with the moped
and the Ontario Safety League stresses the need for
motorists to check for all two -wheeled vehicles
before making a left or right turn.
The two wheeler Is with us, sharing the roads.
Motorcyclists, in the main, are responsible in-
dividuals. They need the co-operation of the
motorists.
By
ROB CHESTER
When they kick at your front
How you gonna come?
With your hands on your head
Or on the trigger of your gun?
The Clash
About a yearago, rock group The Clash released a
two record set called London Calling. One of the many
songs was called The Guns of Brixton.
Riots in the Brixton area of -south London last
weekend, left about 200 police and rioters injured and
did an estimated' $2.2 million damage.
Gangs of young blacks, and some whites, maraud -
ed through the rundown business core of Brixton,
smashing windows, overturning cars and pelting
policemen with bricks and molotov cocktails.
Fourteen buildings were reduced to smoldering
rubble and about 1,000 police were mobilized to keep
the peace.
In January, The Clash's new album, a massive
three record set, became available in Canada. Its
title? —Sandinista.
Washington Bullets -was a song predicting an in-
creased American involvement in Central America.
Predicting isn't quite the right word.
Anticipating is more like it. But the point here is
not increased involvement nor a group's anticipation
of it.
Jules Verne's `invention' of the submarine is a
misconception. The Wright brother's building the first
airplane and Ford's discovery of the automobile are
just as bad. These were all logical developments of
work and theory going on before any of these people
began their work.
But the point here is the new political stance of
rock music.
The days of teenagers in love and wailed requests
to hold hands are long gone. While the pop music of AM
radio still wallows in similar themes, the avant guarde
(and I mean avant guarde in the truest sense-- not
those following trendy fads) like The Clash, are advan-
cing into music based on politics.
The Clash began as a punk band, rocking out
primal anthems for the band and the anarchy of the
punk movement.
But the band was different. Their first album had a
song called Police and Thieves. It foreshadowed the
sound and stance of the future Clash.
The music was mellow in its sound quality, but it
didn't pull any punches in its message. The song (and
songs to come) was less self-serving and less an exhor-
tation to embrace anarchy.
Bands like The Clash survived the punk movement in
Britain in the late 1970s. While punk took to heart its
own motto die young, stay pretty (I leave it to you
to argue if the punks ever were pretty.) The Clash
evolved.
I suppose it was the punk background that made
them look behind the problem, not for simple cures
like the anarchy but for causes of the problems.
In a sense though, (with the exception of the anti-
war movement of ther early 70s) rock music in Britain
has always had heavier political overtones.
The youth of England usually don't pass through
fads of sound or dress, they tend to embrace a music
as a lifestyle.
Over the Easter weekend some 6,000 youths
punks, mods, skinheads and rockers camped out
at Britain's seaside resorts in an invasion -like outing.
The groups, separated by different dress, musical
tastes and the lifestyle inherent in each, brawled and
looted.
The Who's movie Quadrophenia documents the
mod -rocker roits in Brighton in 1964. Has anything
changed?
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