Huron Expositor, 2006-09-20, Page 4Page 4 September 20, 2006 • The Huron Expositor
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As Huron East councillors continue a year-old
debate about the location of Seaforth's compost
facility, an essential question is still not being
addressed. -
F .. How can Huron East create a site that is truly
about composting, where burning waste is neither
intended or necessary?
While council: decided a year ago to move the
facility after a fire at the Harpurhey site engulfed
the village with smoke, the debate has reignited
after local seniors have complained that a six -mile
drive to the Tuckersmith gravel pit is WO far to go.
And, while the new location likely doubles the
distance for many, convenience should probably
come second to any environmental arguments.
While it can be argued that more driving will def-
initely add greenhouse gases to the atmosphere
during a time when most of the world is trying to
reduce its emissions and cease global warming, the
need for controlled burns of large tree limbs and
brush has the same effect, no matter what the loca-
tion.
Huron East council has gone a long way to get-
ting its budget under control and as we move into
campaigning for the upcoming municipal election,
incumbents are boasting one of the most responsi-
bly -managed municipalities in the county.
Still, as investment in a potential beef processing
plant in Brussels attests, council understands the
need to spend money to improve its community.
Investment in a chipper to aid the quick deterio-
ration of yard waste and even create a marketable
product - be it wood chips or compost - could help
both the environment and the municipality's bud-
get
And, once the problem of fire, whether controlled
or accidental, is dealt with, location should no
longer be such a hot issue.
As Huron East looks for ways to get itself recog-
nized as a place to live and visit, any lig
that create better environmentalractices can only
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be added to its selling features.
Susan Hundertmark
Video games not to blame
for Dawson College shooting
The recent tragedy at
Dawson College in
Montreal, that left one
dead and 19 injured, has
left the same sick feeling
inside many of us.
Once again, questions of
safety at school is thrown
into the spotlight.
And, as was the case
after the Columbine mas-
sacre in 1999, people want answers as to why
someone would enter a school and open fire on
a crowd of innocent students.
- However, as was also the case back then,
many people - in their urgent need to have
some closure - are pointing the blame in the
- wrong direction.
Since the shooting last week, we've been
informed that the shooter, 25 -year-old
Kimveer Gill, of Laval, was a frequent user of
violent video games, namely one called Super
Columbine Massacre, in which players recre-
ate the tragedy that left 13 people dead.
Another game he enjoyed is Postal 2: Share
the Pain, in which the player goes on a shoot-
ing rampage inside a post office.
Many people are quick to blame these
games as the reason behind the shooting, as if
Gill, once playing these games had the urge to
play out in real life some kind of sick fantasy.
But this explanation fails to make note of
the thousands of people who play these kinds
of games every day and never once imagine
committing such a heinous crime.
But some will say that if even one person is
By Jeff
Heuchert
inspired from a violent
video game to commit a
crime, isn't that enough?
Well, if that could be
proven, then yes that
might be enough to ban
certain games.
However, the fact that
most will play these kinds
of game and never imagine
committing a crime, proves
that it takes other elements in a person's life
to push them to a certain breaking point.
So where then, does the blame lie?
Or, is it a situation where - as comforting as
it would be to know what caused a tragedy
like this - there isn't one person or one thing
to point our fingers at.
Some people will say it's the parents' fault.
I've read comments saying the parents should
have been more affectionate with him growing
up, or that they should have picked up- on
some kind of warning signs.
Then there are those that will lump all
mediums together. It was violence in films
and television and in music and video games
that inspired him to go on a shooting ram-
page.
While those explanations would be conve-
nient, they fail to provide any real answers -
which only builds on the grief of those affected
by this latest school shooting.
And, with no clear solution, sadly, the door
is left open for similar tragedies to happen
again.
Gaon & Dave
"Tensions Increase in
the Middle East"....
"India and Pakistan Edge
Closer to War"....
"Third World Poverty
on the Rise"
So... What's,
new
today?
1"Tensions Increase in
the Middle East"....
"India and Pakistan Edge
Closer to War"....
"Third World Poverty
on the Rise"
by David Lacey
Lucy pulled out the football
just before Charlie Brown
was about to kick it.
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