Letters to the Editor

There is No God

Tm sure if you're religious, the title
of this article “There is No God” got
you pretty angry. I’m also sure that
you're very likely to now send threat-
ening hate mail to me. Why?

It’s my personal opinion. Just as a
Jchovah’s Witness’s opinion is offered
to you from door to door, or a
Christian’s opinion is offered to you on
a pamphlet, I’m offering you mine.
There is no God.

There was no Jesus.

Im_-not forcing the opinion on you.
You could have simply stopped read-
ing after ‘the “There is No God” title,
but you kept reading. It’s cither
because you’re open to other opinions,
you agree with me, or you enjoy being
angry.

There is no God. I’m sure of it.

Editorial Cartoon

Im writting this because I think and
fecl the cartoon of the couple in you
Jan 19th edition pg7 is full of bigotry
and hatred towards me as a person. I
am a believer in the teachings of Jesus
the Christ, I also believe the Bible to
be a truc historical document inspired
by God himself. Although there are
radicals who misinterpret it for their
own purposes, such*as the author of
your cartoon, who depicts people who
pray as homophohie, bigoted and full
of hatred.

I feel the Editor should actually
think of the legal/moral ramifications
when it chooses to publish such
hatred; if the cartoon said something
about Jews praying, would it be anti-
semitism? Hold it, Jews do pray so this
could be anti-semitic?

Although the paper has a disclaimer
stating it’s not its opinions or those of

Several times I’ve given this so called
lord a chance to prove his cxistencc;
but as I sat there, a short, unattractive,
small-penised man with. no winning
lottery ticket in my hand, I couldn't
force myself to believe in such a deity.

Other pcople have had “visions” or
related religious experiences. I say,
good for ‘you! Believe whatever you
want to. Just don’t force me to believe
in what you do, or think of me as less
of a person because I don’t.

Vl admit, religion can be a very
good thing. It helps people straighten
out their lives. It helps people with
moral issucs. I’m not saying I don’t
agree in religion; I’m saying it’s not the
thing for me. k

PS. God, if you’re real, I’m sorry.
TILER CLARKE AND MAT SME

Spreads Hatred

UNBGC, the editor has a responibility
to all its readers as to not spread
hatred cither to those who choose to
fall in love with someone of the same
scx or to those who don't believe it’s
correct for those two to be acting sex-
ually on those feelings.

Tam not homophohie, I do not hate
people who choose the homesexual
lifestyle, aud Im not bigoted. My
Savior teaches (paraphrased) “If you
Love me do my commandments”
which he also states as “love your
neighbour as yoursclf, If you cannot
love your brother how can you love
God who is Love”.

We all have a responsibility to stop
hatred and your choosing to publish
this cartoon just spread more hatred
towards me because I do talk to the
same God as Abraham and Issaac do.
CLAYTON Dick

An Alternate Meaning to the Word Snail

“T snail you,” I said to a friend from
Manitoba last night on MSN.

Right now you're probably wonder-
ing what kind of drug I’m on, or
whether or not I suffer from some kind
of a mental instability. The answer is
only the latter, as the word snail has
taken on a new meaning to both me
and many of my Manitoban counter-.
parts. ;

You sce, a half year ago, when I was
living in Manitoba while my parents
lived in Prince George, I would talk to
my mom on msn. She’d end every
conversation with “I [heart cmoticon]
you.” To be an ass I'd always put “I
[Snail emoticon] you.”

I, being the kind of person who
finds their self to be a comic-God,

thought this was the most hilarious
thing to happen to the world. As such,
Thad to inform all of my friends about
my new meaning to the word snail.

For some reason it stuck, so my
friends and I had to come up with a
meaning for this newly evolving word.
The only definition we could come up
with for snail was “It’s like love, only
more fricndic and snailic,”

Our justification for using this new
word was that we were jaded, and the
word love was overused, which is truc.

So the next time somconce says they.
love you, tell them in return that you
snail them, if not just to confuse them.
TILER CLARKE

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FEBRUARY 2, 2005

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PGPIRG says: Rock the Vote

This year. the Board of Governors
will not be talking about tuition
issues specifically. Instead, the matter
at stake is avoiding political sink-
holes. Education is a subject candi-
dates would rather avoid, while stu-
dents remain trustrated about the
lack of sensitivity regarding tuition
increases and related provincial

spending.
The Canadian Federation of
Students |C.FS,j, dedicated to

improving the state of such issucs,
will be voicing concerns though
“Rock the Vote B.C.”, rather than
the traditional National Students
Day of Action. The “Bring Tuition
Fees Back to Earth” tour is ongoing,
The 2004 tour, which happened
alongside the National Students Day
of Action at U.N.B.C. was a tremen-
dous success. The opinions expressed
at our video booth, as well as others
throughout the country, were both
viewed and discussed by MLAs. A
DVD will be released by the C.ES.
during up and coming
throughout the province.
The first tuition-related event in
Prince George will be a fun, awarc-
ness-promoting game show, happen-
ing at-the College of New Caledonia
(C.N.C.) on Wednesday Feb. 9th.
The Student’s Association {rep re-
senting the C.FS.) will be hosting

events

politically-oriented lunch hours and
movic nights leading up to the clec-
tion on May 17th. The Prince
Georg Public Interest Rescarh
Group (PG P.LR.G.} will be support-
ing “Rock the Vote B.C.”. Voter reg-
istration tables will be set up at
UN.B.C..

“Rock the Vote B.C.” will include
various student-driven actions to
achieve a better voter turnout this
election. 99.3 The Fox in Vancouver
will be bringing “Hip Hop the Vote”
and “Rock the Vote” to Prince
George, with musical acts, such as:
DJ Chaos, Sweatshop Union,
Matthew Good and Bif. The
Federation of Post-Secondary
Educators of B.C. is also putting on
a spokcu word contest that answers
the question “Why Vote on May 17,
2005”. The winner will reccive
$1500.

The nieans of change available to
most concerned citizeus and students
is political reform through casting a
vote. The hopes of current tuition-
related campaigns rest on the theory
that by submitting an informed vote,
a majority can support a (more hon-
ourahle) political platform that
cucourages constructive policies,
including: funding towards cduca-
tonal institutions and student debt
reduction. Increased student loans

feasible answers!
Nonetheless, whispers throughout
the hallway forecast that U.N.B.C.
studeuts will face yct another institu-
tionally-driven tuition increase in the
2005-2006 term. According to the
C.N.C. tuition fee fact sheet, (and
based on Maclean's university sur-

are not

vey), ‘since fees began to. increase,
BC students haven't scen the quality
of their education increase propor-
tionally to the percentage imerease in
their fees’. In addition Statistics
Canacla reports show that enrollment
numbers from middle and low
income families decreases significant-
ly as tuition fees increase, further
widening already disparate class dis-
tinctions. :

The Active Voice Coalition, also
involved in an education campaign,
is presently organizing an all candi-
dates meeting with a separate debate
about post-secondary education.

If you would like to find out morc
information, please contact the
Tuition Action Group at U.N.B.C.
via flynnj@unbe.ca. The Recycling
Action Committee and the PG
PILR.G. Media Board are also scck-
ing volunteers. Those interested
should e-mail: pgpirg@unbe.ca.
JAMIE FLINS; BOARD OF DIRECTORS,
PG PLRG.

“9 may not agree with what you have to say, but 1 will defend to the death your right to say 16?

- Voltaire