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Grand Bend Holiday, 1966-08-11, Page 2eNtozial The Young Try Hard Fr from being the "underdog"1 young people of to-dey seem to be able to run their awn affairs fairly competently. Even in magistrate's court, though they have fallen prey to the exhuberence of youth, and found themselves on the wrong side of the law, it seems thet more and more young folk are dispensing with the services of lewyers, ard are conducting their awn defence. This week's sitting of the court dealt with nearly 100 crises of one kind or another, and there was only one lawyer in the courtroom. He brindled one of the seven charges being contested. In other instances, the young men entered into the give ard take of the adversary system, and came off quite creditably. One young lad, though not too wise in some of the finer points, maneged to get dismissal on a cherge of common assault, and also on one of consuming while under age. He put witnesses into the box, questioned them diligently, required only minimal direction from the bench nbout the way in which the questions were phrased - was never once accused of "leading" his wit- nesses, end won the two quite handily. As n. side -line he nlso put one of his witnesses in serious danger of being charged with perjury, but this is considered nnother situation by the law, and is out- side of the fact that the boy WRS successful in his presentation to the courts. One could consider whether in fact, this youth was "too familiar" with the workings of the law, end one could conjecture that he had been in court before. But even if this were true - and even if one could *atilt the "cockiness" with which he carried out his defence, nevertheless, the job wes cepably done. He vs not the only one who on Monday carried out his awn defence. Some of the others were not as succes- sful. We think Biel -Lard Needhnm would have like to watch the courtroom proceeding. He would have been impressed that there were 'teens who were Individuel enoegh to beee thelr strevivel ee their ewe Philities. rether than terning to the ejelt merld for hale. Perhnpe this le n. 5nd commentary on the adults to mifem those perticeler young mon ehoeld he elde te turn, l!aybe it merely means tht they have in the past found their adult relatives wanting, endhave given up ex- pecting help from that quarter. In eny case, it is Pn interesting sidelight on our modern world. Best Year for Picnics This summer is. apt to be remembered as the finest within memory as far as weather goes. You hear about rain in other sectiors ef Ontario - but if does not rein in Grand Bend. 'Ater when it reins in Lerobton County, often it does not come down here. The result has been day after perfect day, with the odd occnsion when the wird roughs up the lake nnd the red fleg Fete, up to warn swieeers to stny en leed. ‘'t,0 peees erews, thFreezes blew, and summer activities van go on as planned witheet cancel1- ntions rd postponements. Probably more picnics have gone off "on time" this year than any year in recent history. Grand Bend HOLIDAY Grand Bend, Ontario EDITOR and PUBLISHER — WILMA D. DINNIN Telephone 238-2335 Established in 1957 Page 2 Grand Bend Helidmy August 11,1966 SOME ARE MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS remember -only you can PREVENT FOREST FIRES! yr ' • q/. • 14 WO, ,1°,4440447-903/KCM {4710'41101.4 3'4 441 •;• I i AAA/ iiatia.14141 IIJA.11,11/ AAA it/ dL floi(Ey Do People Really Want to be Free? By Richard J. Needham, The Globe and Mail In one of the Saturday columns this summer. I rem en observation of my own: "Five centuries ago, peop- le were burned alive in the name of truth, today they are burned alive in the name of freedom."This draws e'response from Nial Keeford, of Windsor, who says,"In the pest, people were enslaved in- tellectually in the name of truth, today they are enslaved politically in the name of freedom." I wouldn't argue with thet. The emount of indiv- idual freedom (ard res- ponsibility end dignity) eppeers to be shrinking repidly in the so-called free countries. Very few people care thnt this is happening, which endorses the view of Albert Jny Nock that the MRSS of hemens do not want free- dom. They prefer tee sec- urity (for what it mRy be worth) of slevery to the insecurity of liberty.And here are some thoughts on various other topics: A man snatches the first kiss, pleads for the second, demands the third, tnkes the fourth, eccepts the fifth are en- dures all the rest. Everything worthwhile today in the contemporary spirit is locatedin the irretional. And yet every- thing that prevails in politics professes, kills and dominates in the name of reason No man in his senses would try to make his children ell alike, and would mercifully exting- uish them nt birth if he thought they would resem- ble him when they grew Up. Some women ere born chic and thin. Cthers, surrounded by calories, hove to settle for love end n lifetime of happi- ness. It is by not believing people thnt you turn them into liers. Men wish to be snved from the consequences of their vices, but not from their vices. It is elmeys an eller- ing prospect to drop any.. thing - n job, n love ef- fair; to creep out into the darkness from n piny just before the certain rises, You %elk out thr- ough those swing -doors never to return; you bey n ticket at thnt counter and go elsewhere; you shut n door behind you, leev- ing forever unenid bills, eeeeswered letters. ..1.-nc-mt- leted rre,:eets, 4tied Api dead desires.Ar 111- esory v;sta of re2eese presents itse14'; on each voyege the senor has the same sense nt semiag lttni diserpenr from eight,het PS sone as he cell see it no more, he is eagerly scanning the horizon into which he is selling for something to breek its empty monotony. Ideelism increases in direct proportion to ones distance from the prob- lem. A person seldom fells sick, but the bystanders are animated with the feint hope that he will Women are the supreme renlists of the race, Women decide the lerger questions of life correc- tly end quickly. They see st a glnnce whet most men could not see with search lights nrd telescopes; they are at grips with the essentials of a prob- lem before men have fin- ished debating its mere externals. Apparently -Sorry, Ed, Yin going to a lecture. Helen's mother has invited us o'er! illogical, they are the possessers of a rare and super -logic. It heppens in life, es in grammer, that the exceptions outnumber the rules. There is only one suc- cess . to be able to spend your life in your 'AnY. An experienced women says things with her eyes that others waste time putting into words. Whet is a friend? It is a person with whom you dare to be yourself. Your soul can go naked with him. He seems to ask of you to put on nothing, only to be what you are. He does not want you to be better or worse. When you are with him you feel as a prisoner feels who has been declared innoc- ent. You do not have to be on your guard. You can say what you think, so long as it is geruinely you. He understands those contrndictions in your nature that lead others to IliejAgr voe. With him you breathe free. You cen take off your coat ard loosen your collar. You can nvaw your little van- ities and envies and hates and vicious sparks, your meannesses and absurdit- ies, and in opening them up to his they are lost, dissolved on the white oceen of his loyelty.Yoe cnn abuse him, neglect him, tolerate him. Best of all you ran keep still with him. It makes no met - ter. Be likes yeu. He is like fire that purges all you do. He is like weter thst cieenses all thnt you say. He is like wine that werms you to the bone. He understands. You can weep with him, laugh with him, sin with him, and pray with him. Throu- gh it all he sees, knows end loves you. In order to live in peace one has to take al- most as much trouble as one would to govern the world. It's better to give than to lend, and it costs about the same.