Opinion

I would like to express my dismay with the front page photos in Monday's paper.

"Treat others as you would like to be treated." It's really a simple concept that I guess some of our mothers have not been able to get across to us.

Re: Murder in the VLA The scenario of witnessing violent crime and witnesses being fearful of providing information to help prosecute the guilty is an all too common scenario in gang-related crimes.

The front page picture on Monday's Citizen was disrespectful and inappropriate.

I am shocked at the Citizen's brazen lack of publishing standards.

No matter the circumstances of the recent event on Oak Street, I strongly disagree with the picture of the murder victim being shown on the front page of Monday's edition of the paper.

Paul Willcocks In Victoria The controversy over interim chief electoral officer Craig James's decision on the anti-HST initiative is another self-inflicted wound for the Liberals.

As a mother who lost a son to a violent murder here in Prince George, I am extremely disappointed and distraught for the loved ones who had to see their son on the front page of The Citizen.

When I first saw the front page photo I was blown away that that photo would make the paper and knew there would be some backlash from the public, but then it hit me that as grotesque as the photo was, it needed to be shown and I will explain why.

Good or bad, no one deserves to be gunned down. In the forest, an animal dies and some good comes of it. The maggots eat the carcass and the nutrients are returned to renew life. Human maggots are not so useful. The VLA is home to many good people.