As a proud Canadian citizen and a free speech afficionado, I read whenever I can your proud paper of the very similar name, and have noticed that over the years it has grown in quality of its content, especially on Thursdays.
Last Thursday, this paper printed the letter "Standing up for free speech."
Me too! We certainly would not evolved as the free society if free speech has been curbed. The author of this letter writes, "Would you be literate if it were not for residential schools that your forefathers attended? ...(This is) the only way to have aboriginal people transition from stone age hunters to the modern world."
I strongly disagree with the expression of this writer's free speech.
Nevertheless, this letter has a great neighbour: the column by Kathi Travers, Don't feed the animals. She writes of one specific victim of such a misguided action as follows: "Children cannot be replaced. This little girl may be emotionally scared for the rest of her life. My heart goes to her."
And how about the thousands of the victimized aboriginal children? Whose heart goes to them?
And there is another column, worthy of a true educator: Gerry Chidiac's column, titled Truth is a powerful force, lies a powerful weapon. He makes a powerful, vibrant, and very convincing argument. I enjoyed so much his intellectual ability to make this argument great. I almost enjoyed it as much as I enjoy the columns by professor Whitcombe.
Chris Trampauska
Prince George
