Dear Santy Claus,

        My name is Othello and last Christmas, I was very unhappy with the gifts that I received. I don't believe I have been a bad boy this year, so I have no reason to assume that this years offerings will be below expected. This year Desdemona and I have experienced some typical relationship difficulties. I don't mean to blame anybody in particular, but I've come to a conclusion that Iago is the source of my complications. I need to somehow deal with Iago in a pre-cautious but harsh way. So without further adieu, here is what I'm asking for this Christmas.

-2L hydrochloride acid
-Old rusty chair
-Duct tape
-Handcuffs 
-Old used dish cloth

                                                                                                                                                           From, Othello


Dear Othello,
        
       I understand your reasonings of revenge against Iago. However, with the gifts that you are asking for, I have reason to believe that your plan is to torture Iago. So I regret to inform you that If I provide you with these gifts, and i see Iago with any sort of bruises or burns, that I will have to report you to the police. And just remember, I SEE EVERYTHING. I trust you will do the right thing and talk it out with Iago. 


                                                                                                                                    From, your one and only, Santa Claus

 
           Across Canada, hundreds of minor hockey athletes above the peewee level, receive head injuries from dangerous hockey plays everyday. Brian Taylor, 54, has played hockey all his life. Admittedly being a a grinder when he was young, Brian believes the game has made a change for the worse. Currently, Brian coaches his sons peewee hockey team in Calgary. Hockey Canada has imposed a rule change that makes hitting not allowed in house hockey or anything below bantam. The debate is, being introduced to hitting at a young age will reduce injuries that occur at a higher level; where kids are bigger and stronger, and the hits are heavier. 
 
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          Stephen Fry, an English writer/actor, recently wrote an open letter to the British Prime Minister, M Rogge, Lord Coe and Members of the International Olympic Committee stating his concerns about the up and coming Winter Olympics held in Sochi, Russia. Putin is characteristically repeating the same crime that was present in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany. Except this time, he's " against LGBT Russians. Beatings, murders and humiliations are ignored by the police. Any defence or sane discussion of homosexuality is against the law." There is popular demand from civilians in both Britain and the United States of America to Boycott the Olympics.

          Being an athlete, I believe that having same sex propaganda bans in Russia while the Olympics are ongoing is completely wrong. I agree with Stephen Fry's opinion when he states how "An absolute ban on the Russian Winter Olympics of 2014 on Sochi is simply essential." The Olympic Games are about the world celebrating peace through sport. Russia should not be allowed to treat people like this.