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      Editorial
      09:
      Fire-Trucks
      and
      Midgets
     
    
   
   
    
     
      The
      good
      people
      of
     
     
      earth
      have
      cashed
      their
     
     
      checks.
      Or
      so
      it
      would
     
     
      seem.
      Nothing
      is
      a
     
     
      given
      anymore
      and
      you
     
     
      can
      be
      sure
      that
     
     
      Armageddon
      or
      not,
      the
     
     
      world
      is
      in
      peril,
      as
      ever.
     
     
      There
      will
      be
      some
     
     
      consequences
      of
      this
     
     
      year
      2000
      computer
     
     
      dilemma
      of
      course.
     
     
      Most
      probably
      frequent
     
     
      utility
      loss
      will
      hurt
     
     
      those
      on
      the
      barest
     
     
      margins
      of
      society.
      The
     
     
      poor
      will
      be
      most
     
     
      effected
      from
      social
     
     
      assistance
      interruptions
     
     
      and
      a
      lowering
      of
     
     
      standards,
      and
      a
     
     
      changing
      definition
      of
     
     
      the
      welfare
      state..
      But
     
     
      most
      of
      that
      has
      little
     
    
   
   
    
     
      directly
      to
      do
      with
      the
     
     
      computers.
      The
     
    
   
   
    
     
      computer
      is
      currently
     
     
      the
      catalyst
      for
      the
      pain
     
     
      heaped
      on
      those
      who
     
     
      depend
      on
      it
      in
      a
      way
     
     
      they
      cannot
      influence.
     
     
      The
      rich
      will
      be
      fine.
     
     
      They
      will
      hoard
      their
     
     
      cash
      and
      brandish
     
     
      loaded
      arms.
      The
     
     
      fallout
      will
      not
      be
     
     
      instantaneous,
      but
     
     
      instead
      a
      gradual
     
     
      lowering
      of
      expecta-
     
     
      tions
      witnessed
      by
      an
     
     
      increasingly
     
     
      marginalized
      lower
     
     
      class.
      No
      less
      an
     
     
      authority
      than
      Hunter
     
     
      S.
      Thompson
      said,
     
     
      “There
      will
      not
      be
      a
     
     
      year
      2000,
      at
      least
      not
     
     
      like
      we
      have
      now.”
      And
     
     
      |
      am
      in
      no
      position
      to
     
     
      disagree
      with
      him.
      My
     
     
      own
      view
      of
      the
      future,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      while
      no
      less
      apocalyp-
     
     
      tic,
      is
      not
      without
      hope.
     
     
      |
      think
      it
      won't
      get
      to
     
     
      the
      12
      Monkeys
      stage
     
     
      any
      time
      soon,
      but
     
     
      there
      will
      certainly
      be
      a
     
     
      lot
      more
      fire-trucks
      and
     
     
      midgets,
      and
      a
      dumbing
     
     
      down
      of
      all
      forms
      of
     
     
      entertainment.
      It
      is
     
     
      conceivable
      that
      the
     
     
      world
      can
      get
      no
     
     
      dumber.
      “Rock
      is
     
     
      dead,”
      Matt
      Good
      told
     
     
      me,
      and
      he
      was
      right.
     
     
      And
      so
      is
      pop
      and
      rap,
     
     
      and
      jazz.
      The
      art
      of
     
     
      the
      90's
      is
      a
      kind
      of
     
     
      toxic
      mix
      of
      beat
     
     
      samples,
      and
      sad
     
     
      remixes.
      Television,
     
     
      which
      would
      seem
      to
     
     
      be
      in
      engaged
      in
      a
     
     
      perpetual
      race
      for
     
     
      banality,
      could
      not
     
    
   
   
    
     
      possiblv
      aet
      any
      worse.
     
     
      The
      only
      thing
      that
     
    
   
   
    
     
      makes
      me
      laugh
      is
     
     
      Stephan
      Macleod
      and
     
     
      he’s
      not
      on
      TV
      yet.
     
     
      Apart
      from
      a
      few
     
     
      channels
      in
      the
      40’s
     
     
      the
      dial
      is
      full
      of
      cheap
     
     
      crap,
      and
      lame
      gags.
     
     
      Makes
      one
      want
      to
      go
     
     
      Travis
      Bickle
      on
      the
      old
     
     
      RCA.
      Sports,
      like
      an
     
     
      elaborate
      prostitution
     
     
      ring,
      has
      become
     
     
      admirable
      only
      for
      its
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      \/
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      financial
      possibilities.
     
     
      Loyalty,
      once
      thought
      ta
     
     
      be
      one
      of
      the
      principal
     
     
      reasons
      for
      sport,
      has
     
     
      become
      a
      laughable
     
     
      non-factor
      in
      a
      stock
     
     
      market
      like
      atmosphere
     
     
      where
      the
      rich
      always
     
     
      win.
      Sport
      is
      life;
      the
     
     
      rich
      always
      win
      in
      life
     
     
      too.
      Ken
      Dryden
      once
     
     
      called
      hockey
      our,
     
     
      “National
      Theater”
      and
     
     
      now
      that
      is
      true
      only
      in
     
     
      that
      tickets
      cost
      too
     
     
      much
      and
      the
      attraction
     
     
      usually
      stinks.
      Now,
     
     
      that
      stated,
      |
      can
      only
     
     
      offer
      this
      one
      ray
      of
     
     
      hope:
      Revolution.
      A
     
     
      revolution
      that
      happens
     
     
      maybe
      only
      once
      a
     
     
      century.
      Zack
      de
      la
     
     
      Rocha
      said,
      “what
     
     
      better
      time
      than
      now?”
     
    
   
   
    
     
      and
      its
      an
      excellent
     
     
      question.
      The
      revolu-
     
    
   
   
    
     
      tion
      is
      in
      involvement.
     
     
      Everyone
      can
      do
     
     
      something
      to
      effect
     
     
      change.
      Teach
      someone
     
     
      to
      read
      or
      publish
      your
     
     
      manifesto.
      The
      removal]
     
     
      of
      the
      blindfold
      only
     
     
      works
      if
      the
      denial
      is
     
     
      also
      interrupted.
      Best
     
     
      regards,
      and
      as
      my
      man
     
     
      Dave
      Allen
      used
      to
      say,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “may
      your
      God
      go
      with
     
     
      you.”
      co
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ed
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Stephan
      MacLeod
     
    
   
   
    
     
      UPEI
      stu-
     
     
      dents
      were
      deprived
     
     
      of
      the
      chance
      to
      see
     
     
      large
      men
     
     
      pummeling
      each
     
     
      other
      on
      campus.
      -
     
    

    
     
      A
      locally
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      owned
      wrestling
     
     
      organization
      will
      be
     
     
      touring
      universities
     
     
      throughout
      the
     
     
      Maritimes
      around
     
     
      April.
     
    

    
     
      Dalhousie,
     
     
      Acadia,
      UNB,
      and
     
     
      St
      FX
      have
      all
     
     
      agreed
      to
      bring
      Real
     
     
      Action
      Wrestling
     
     
      (RAW)
      to
      their
     
     
      campuses,
      but
      it
     
     
      will
      not
      be
      coming
     
     
      to
      UPEI.
     
    

    
     
      When
      RAW
     
    
   
   
    
     
      owner,
      Scott
      Gal-
     
     
      lant,
      contacted
     
     
      UPEI
      Student
     
     
      Union,
      he
      was
      told
     
    
   
   
    
     
      that
      they
      did
      not
     
     
      want
      to
      host
      any
     
     
      type
      of
      wrestling
     
     
      and
      that
      they
      do
      not
     
     
      have
      the
      facilities
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
        
     
    
   
   
    
     
      for
      it.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Gallant
      said
     
     
      every
      other
      student
     
     
      union
      he
      phoned
     
     
      was
      glad
      to
      bring
     
     
      this
      event
      in.
     
    

    
     
      “It
      didn’t
      seem
      like
     
     
      they
      (the
      Student
     
     
      Union)
      wanted
      to
     
     
      do
      any
      work
      what-
     
     
      soever,”
      says
     
     
      Gallant.
     
    

    
     
      Kyle
      Hann,
     
     
      UPEI
      Student
     
     
      Union
      Vice
      Presi-
     
     
      dent
      Operations,
     
     
      said
      there
      would
     
     
      have
      been
      difficul-
     
     
      ties
      bringing
      wres-
     
     
      tling
      to
      the
      campus.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “T’d
      have
      to
     
     
      book
      the
      Sports
     
     
      Center,
      and
      there’s
     
     
      too
      much
      adminis-
     
     
      trative
      tape
      to
      go
     
     
      through,”
      Hann
     
     
      says.
      “I’d
      have
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
      continued
      on
      page
      5