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Unlike a toothache or a backache, high blood pressure doesn't produce any symp- trins. People may not veil know that thy have it until it begins to cause trouble with the heart, brain or kidneys. "They don't know what causes high blood pressure in 90 per cent of the cases. But in a few instances the cause can be determin- ed," said Joan Van pen Broeck, Chairman of the Huron County Chapter of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. There are many myths about high blood pressure. Some people think that just because a person is nervous or tense that he or she will have high blood pressure. People also think that just because a person is overweight that he or she will suffer from high blood pressure. However, this is not the case according to Heart Lines, a pamphlet dedicated to informing the public about heart disease. The pamphlet says that overweight people are rnore likely to suffer from high blood pressure than thin people. It also says that just because a person loses weight, does not mean that his or her blood pressure will drop. "Medication is the only sure way to lower clinic on February 11 at the Goderich Public blood pressure. However dieting and reduc- Library. ing one's salt intake, and saturated fat in- The purpose of the clinic was to encourage take, along with exercise will work to pre- people to come out who don't make it out to vent or lower the chances of gettinghigh the regular clinics. It was also to make the blood pressure," said Sheryl Gilbert of theo..community aware of the risks of high blood Huron County Health Unit. pressure and give them a chance to get it The Huron Chapt' r held a blood pressure checked. Area residents took advantage of blood pressure clinic On Friday, March 22 there will be a stress clinic at the Maitland,Golf and Country Club co-sponsored by the Huron County Health Unit and the Huron County Chapter of the Heart Foundation. Dr. Richard Earle, presi- dent of the Canadian Stress Institute, will be the speaker. Regulation is needed against pornography even in democracy BY JACK RIDDEI 1 The time ... now. The locale ... living rooms, recreation rooms, hotel and motel rooms, etc. across the North American Continent. The scenario ... alone, or in groups, people are watching scenes in excruciating detail of human beings being brutalized, by op- pressors. I'm not talking about newscasts of savage warfare in some far off barbaric land, but about commercial videotapes produced and distributed in the name of "entertainment." We live in a civilized society. Yet, there are those among us who find it "entertain- ing" to. • gloat over films which feature :graphic violence, gang-- rape,. bondage, domination, bestiality, the mutilation and degradation of women and children. Of course, films and videotapes are not the only "products" -which,: disseminate the - "new" and violent pornography. They are, however, the most difficult to control, and the most effective invaders of . the homes and minds of the people. They were also, for me, the means of br- inging - about raft .new. and. —appalling understanding , of .why women's groups, in- cluding the Ontario Liberal Women's Perspective Advisory Committee, were demanding that action be taken to restrict the proliferation of what is virtually hate propaganda aimed at women and children. . • Censorship is, of course, anathema ..to those of us who are determined to preserve and protect,our democratic society, and we are ever conscious of its inherent `dangers. Freedom of speech and political expression are, and must, remain sacrosanct. Equally, freedom of artistic expression is vitally im- portant, and must be maintau►eu. wnythen, you may ask, would a Liberal like myself advocate any form of censorship or limita- tion upon publications or other materials. The answer is that at this point in time there is apparently no other method QUEEN'S PARK available to us of controlling the,spread of violent pornography - and its inherent dangers - in North America. Those who are calling for action to be taken against pornography are not prudish "buttoned -up" individuals, anxious to ban erotica and loving depictions of sexuality - even explicit sexuality. We are concerned with the depiction of acts of cruelty and violence which are total- ly offensive to all thinking -men add women. Brutality and subjugation are abhorrent tri reality . "and they are abhorrent in simula- tion, by implication --• the implication that they are permissible and, Heaven help us, entertaining! If the victims in these stories were Black, Chinese, Jewish or, others visible minorities, th i ' vrioulCl" "i lgoin'g p>aiilic outcli`y, and organized protestations would be made by . the protectors of civil liberties. Why then .are there not ongoing and widespread pro- testations about the abuse of the civil liber- ties of women and children which are abus- ed symbolically in violent pornography? Responsible and caring journalists and writers, artists, film-makers; etc. have always been their own censors, as they con- tinue- to- • be,. guided - by- their own.. value judgements, and -careful about -the values of - .the general public. They don't abuse women and children in the name of infortion or art, because they are not "into" abuse. The purveyors of hatred, cruelty and bestiality, masquerading under the guise of entertainment are not concerned with ar- tistic integrity or human interest. They are concerned with one thing only - profit, for CLEARANCE FINAL --.-Dr-es-s-es-. *Jackets • Belts & Handbags MANY MORE SPECIAL SAVINGS! "Where Quality And Service Come First" ilwaSt6 IO 32 Shoppers Square, Goderich 524-9431 OPEN MONDAY -SATURDAY 9-5:30 FRIDAY 9-9 OPEN WEDNESDAY the pornography industry now runs into billions and billions of dollars."If in the pro- cess of acquiring their ill-gotten gains, they succeed in undermining the fabric of our society, . in desensitizing people, making violence and cruelty less repugnant, then this they regard as a bonus, a softening up of the market for their wares. Today's hard-core pornography has `ab- solutely nothing to do with breaking down the old shibboleths of sexual repression, and everything to do with the sexual oppression of women and children. It is anti -woman, anti -child and anti -male, also, because no right-thinking man is in favour of the kind of treatment of haulm beings which is depicted in the publications; films, videos, etc., which are all too easily obtainable. The struggle between my philosophy as a liberal, totally opposed to any form of cen- sorship,. with .all its dangers, and my deep concerti — as a husband, father and elected representative — about the new forms of por- nography, with all its dangers, .Was painful and difficult to resolve. Ultimately, I was guided by the knowledge — indeed the fear' —'that, 'iilkH'; checked, the pornography of today has the potential to have frightening repercussions for all our womenfolk ... for all our children. There have been many studies oi► the ef- fects of violent pornography on groups of "normal" men. While some have been challenged, there is overwhelming evidence that the so-called new pornography has the potential to break down patterns of civilized behaviour, of drastically .affecting,:- in. a . negative . and severely -damaging :WAY, ;male/female relationships. To quote one expert, -John Briere of the University of Manitoba, "When :we asked one group which aspect they found most sex- ually exciting they said it was when the woman begged for mercy and when the sex caused the women pain." Whatever happened to "making love"? If someone can come up with a system other than a form of censorship which will effectively restrict today's pornography, I'll be among the first in line to support that system. In the meantime, our only recourse is to a form of censorship and regulation, as the on- ly measures available to us. At the same time, we must be ever vigilant about the need to protect freedom of information, and freedom of political and real artistic expression. These basic and in- tegral democratic values I have always defended, and will continue to defend at all costs. --1;e7,77 pane /PDLT/Dn/ EpYX. 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