Letter on legion hall turban issue draws response

Dear Editor:

June M. Vos’ letter in your Nov.
28 issue is a typical example of run-
ning off at the mouth without
putting the brain in gear.

From one example of presumed
racial prejudice, she damns all

Thanks for

Dear Editor:

On behalf of the Together
Against Violence planning commit-
tee 1 would like to commend you
and your staff on the excellent cov-
erage of the month-long campaign,

about which we received many pas-
itive comments. ;

The North Shore News deti-

nitely played a major role } in raising >

awareness around this issue and
" making this project a success.

legions, and obviously knows noth-
ing whatsoever of what she speaks.
Legions are definitely not com-
posed solely of “Brits,” and are
more a sedate club than “breeding
holes for racism, drunks, egotists,”
or whatever; and Vos’ rantings

the support

As you know, Together Against
Violence month was only the first
phase of the initiative and we are
now moving into the second phase,
the development of an action plan
for the North Shore,

Thank you again for supporting
this community initiative.

Franca Bertoncin,
project coordinator
Together Against Violence Month

Body-piercing tantamount
to self-directed mutilation

; - Dear Editor: -
Twas filled with disgust and sad-
“y “ness “after reading the article on
body- piercing which appeared in
your Friday, Dec. 17 issue.
Disgust because the practice of

~ Thanks given for
return of wallet
by. theatre staff

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“found my Wallet at Centennial
*, Theatre.on Dec, 3 and. returned it,
to the staff at‘the theatre...
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-am- fortunate that:there are

: honést and kind ‘people i in North
: Vancouver."
"Robyn. Newton §
“North Vancouver

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lized society.
Sadness because of the empti-_

-ness in the lives of the practitioners

who have to go to’ such bizarre
lengths in order to get attention!

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alife!”
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reflect spiteful ignorance verging
on the criminal,

As to the Newton incident, the
invitation for all veterans to attend
the legion was in two news stories,
one of which inadvertently omitted
mention of the headgear bylaw.

The visit by turbanned Sikhs and
the immediate arrival of TV crews
makes one wonder if the event was

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not orchestrated just a bit.

I know of no legion branch that
screens its membership by race or
religion, and, as a matter of fact,
there are Sikh, Canadian [ndian,
black and Oriental members in the
Newton branch,

To visit e Sikh temple you abide
by their rules, and to visit a legion
hall you abide by theirs — and it

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Closed Saturday
January 1st ’94
OPEN SUNDAY NOON to5 P.M.

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should be that simple.

When $ consider the problems in
Northern Ireland, Bosnia-
Herzegovina, and between the
Sikhs and Hindus of India and
Pakistan, [have little respect for the
use of religious symbols to excuse
deviant behavior.

David Muir
North Vancouver