Slouch by Jim Earle “We’re merely testing the waters. Opinion Trudeau lukewarm to U.S. Pierre Trudeau is back in power in Canada, and that doesn’t bode too well for U.S.-Canadian relations. Trudeau is pledged to reduce U.S. ownership of Canadian industry. The Liberal Party leader also is not inclined to increase defense spending; he seems less bothered than (Joe) Clark about the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan; he’s luke warm about President Carter’s proposed boycott of the sum mer Olympics in Moscow. None of that fits well with Presi dent Carter’s new-found firmness in standing up to Soviet aggression. It’s clear that Trudeau has plenty with which to occupy himself in domestic affairs. Canada has serious problems of inflation and energy, which in large part are of Trudeau ’s making. If he returns to the free-spending policies of his previous regimes, the prob lems are likely to be exacerbated. It’s ironic that voters who indicated last May they had had enough of Trudeau have now returned him to leadership, and with a Parliamentary majority that ought to give him more power than before. Trudeau has the advantage of being a shrewd politician, something that the inept Clark lacked. Canada could use some governmental belt-tightening. That’s not Trudeau’s style, but maybe Canada’s growing problems and the comeuppance he got nearly a year ago will have a sobering influence. Scripps-Howard Newspapers the sma society by Brickman lF^Af2T£f£ MS'LL THS- Pf^AFT- Washington Star Syndicate. Inc. 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Viewpoint The Battalion Texas A&M University Monday March 3, 1980 Reader’s Forum Film series was ‘propaganda S P By By DAVID SPRINGER and CELIA KING We would like to express our views on the series of films presented in Rudder Theatre on March 1 and 2 entitled “What ever Happened to the Human Race?’ pro duced by Dr. Frances Schaeffer, respected theologian and philosopher, and Dr. C. Everett Koop, Chief Surgeon at Philadel phia Childrens’ Hospital. The series addressed the controversial issues of abor tion, infanticide, and euthanasia, as well as human dignity and truth and history. The commentator was Dr. Charles Thaxton. Unfortunately, we did not attend the film on abortion, but the films as a whole were very “pro-life.” We would like to point out that one of us is a Christian and the other is not. As a critique to the film, too much time was spent in monotonous repetition of irrelevant symbolism. For example in sev eral minutes of viewing, the audience watched the continual changing of geomet ric figures and symbols during the oration. Also we spent a significant amount of time viewing the rain pouring down upon a de serted banquet table which was devoid of meaning. The movie was inadequate as a visual aid to the oration. The analogies pre sented were inaccurate: black slavery as a parallel to infanticide, Nazi extermination of the Jews as a parallel to euthanasia. Most importantly the films were without documentation; there were no facts. In other words the film was propaganda. On the issue of infanticide we were not in disagreement of the view that disabled and retarded children have the right to life. In the third film Dr. Koop defined eutha nasia as the killing off of the elderly in our society. He blamed this on the economic burden they present. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, euthanasia is defined as “the action of inducing the painless death of a person for reasons assumed to be merciful.” Euthanasia is a broad term not restricted to the elderly. The film implied that our families no longer care about their older members. In cluded in this idea is the assumption that we as a society dump our elders into the nearest nursing home and forget about them. Koop defined this as “passive eutha nasia.” We are not ignorant of this family situation since one of us has encountered it, and have found it to be a time of doubts, suffering and guilt. One of the last scenes in the film pictur ing a monument was abhorrent to us. The monument was a bronze bust of a man hold ing an infant skyward placed on granite blocks overlooking the sea. On the granite blocks was inscribed the following (paraph- ased): To those members of society that were old, unborn, sick, and disabled who died as a result of the madness of the lust, greed, and selfishness that marked the last decades of the twentieth century. We are in the last decades of the twen tieth century now, and we do not feel this justifiable condemnation of our society. If our society has regressed as far as this, we would not be extending a helpin; k yj u , U. the boat people or the Cambodiant* i anc ] in Thailand who are an economictiB cu tting A major analogy presented ir gressiR 311 was drawn between today’s socij At a Sat Nazi Germany’s extenninationottference, f Dr. Koop said that the church was rljifeady 50 sible for the genocide due to thdbudg et * protest. Nazi Germany was a niilili-fe by the time the question ofexteral was an issue. The churches andtlif| had little influence on the decision Reich, and thus their protests woii been of little or no value at this pT German history. It is unfair to fefc. churches for something Hilter aodife. tourage were responsible for. Finally, we question the needfongT’ mentator for the films, and wish to sty we feel the commentator preseiT Charles Thaxton, did not handle iW tion competently. When asked a ipj Dr. Thaxton was quite to our satisiL As a commentatm hr gjimna n give picti Banner. “A CA1 will give perfected instruniei of the bo while the tion < 1980 campaign melodrama contim The me dents wh tenter th inkles, ja toon cole Ben tel H for re' ents sti time, By ARNOLD SAWISLAK United Press International Presidential campaigns are supposed to be serious business, but you can’t prove it by watching what happens in New Hamp shire. There, it is unabashed melodrama, running the gamut from alligator tears to duck jokes. To begin, it is necessary to understand that the New Hampshire primary is a kind of WPA for out-of-work politicians. The first thing a candidate does in New Hamp shire is to sign up a current or former gov ernor to front his campaign. Jimmy Carter nabbed incumbent Gov. Hugh Gallen this year, so Ted Kennedy had to go next door to enlist former Gov. Phil Hoff of Vermont. Jerry Brown brought his own governor. The Republicans had a larger supply. Howard Baker’s ex-governor was Walter Peterson, with Gov. Bob Ray of Iowa on hand for heavy lifting. George Bush’s was Hugh Gregg, which was something of a coup because Gregg played Ronald Reagan’s ex-governor in 1976. Reagan had to settle for an ex-member of the Republican National Committee, Gerald Carmen, probably because the ex governor who might have signed up with him, Meldrim Thomson, is running for president himself this year. Reagan did have an ex-governor once removed: Wesley Powell spent the cam paign writing pro-Reagan commentaries for the Manchester Union Leader, which by itself supplies many of the sound effects of the campaign. With the cast in place, enter the duck. Reagan, who gives the impression that he would be shocked by the cartoons in Our Sunday Visitor, tells a joke that is assured to cause armed uprisings in Poland, Italy and Connecticut, not to speak of a march on campaign headquarters by enraged poul- trymen. At a debate in which none of the candi dates actually debate, a citizen braces Reagan about the story. He denies to play the villian, claiming to be the victim of the piece. Repentant, he pledges to slur no more nationalities except the Irish. The scene changes to a second debate, supposed to be a cataclysmic clash between Reagan and Bush. Reagan has become a hero in this installment, having come to the rescue of the debate with $3,500 when the most popular villain in New Hampshire, the federal government, hogties the origin al sponsors with red tape. Reagan shows what a warm human being he is by inviting the other candidates to join him and George. The sponsors veto this, and the jilted candidates stalk off while Bush grins and gapes. Backstage, the can didates unanimously elect Bush as the new dllain. grandma W'hich ap Medical Reagan comes out of this as here re fault, which should he a good placf(3j ere s ^ music to come up and the conwiipf | ots start. But Reagan won’t leave thew|^ r ' n -| announcing just before the votelr P ro counted that he is cashiering his ca'sjr 60 ’ m manager. Baker, who didnt doallt»® min01 with his governors, offers to give thes®!* 01 ^’ * manager room and board. pnich an garlic ha In real life radio, listeners would Jpy org; horted to tune in next week. ButikHpnisir maries arc moving this week to t Joggin sachusetts and Vermont, and the; Be happ> Yankees just don’t have New Hamf ^ent for theatrical flair. So it may be necessBich ca wait until February of 1984 forfeftte wroi spinctingling episode of this epic, ppsom < P.S. Carter and Reagan won thefTj^ n( ^ cratic and Republican primaries j nan ., Hampshire. ^ st « s tore for THOTZ By Doug Grahd TT l 5 EMRAR.RAS5IVC, FOR. U/QRL'D-R^NOkAJNED Sa£WTlSfj LIKE bAVSELF. .. W Hi TO ADM IT he wit MASTERED CLERICAL SKILLS Vf