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Wednesday, January 8, 1992 - North Shore News - 7

Senseless tragedy deserves commemoration

Dear Editor:

We found the editorial ‘‘Empty
billboards’? of Dec. 18, concern-
ing the CBC’s decision to forbid
their air staff from wearing white
ribbons to commemorate the
Montreal massacre, poorly writ-
ten, illogical and offensive in its
conclusions. _

The writer proclaimed that the
Suggested wearing of white rib-
bons as a symbol of mourning
and remembrance for the victims
of Lepine’s' mad violence some-
how ‘“‘robbed men of their

freedom to express their feelings.

in a way appropriate to them.”*

CBC’s decision to deny their air -

staff exactly this freedom is
doubtless a more appropriate
target to attract this kind of con-
demnation, but. the writer never-
theléss fully endorses it. .
' CBC’s decision, it was argued,
is reflective of its policy of impar-
tiality.. Surely this policy is

| Thank you

Dear Editor: -

On Saturday, Novver 30,

' over 300 residents representing
_ community -groups from
throughout: the Lower Mairiand
participated ‘in the Greater Van-
couver Regional District’s Green
Zone. It was a very. successful
beginning to a very important ini-
tiative. .

I want to thank you and your
co-workers with the Nerth Shore
News for running the advertise-

designed to avoid the expression
of purely political opinions. To
characterize the remembrance of
the senseless tragedy in Montreal
as such an opinion is to deny that
the phenomenon of violence
towards women transcends mere
political’ categories, and strikes
right at the core of. human sen-
sibilities common to us all.

Finally, the argument was made
that, lacking any day or symbol to
cominemorate innumerable ‘‘kill-
ings throughout the world that
merit as much of our sorrow,” we
should refrain .from the reccgni-
tion of this particular onc.

The weakness of such reasoning
is obvious; extrapolating from it,
we could argue equally effectively
that Remembrance Day should be
abandoned in light of the myriad
of wars past and present that we
fail to remember. We doubt
whether the writer would be so

’ quick to advocate that position.

for support

ment letting your community
knew about the cable broadcast
on March 20 on Creating Greater
Vancouver's Green Zone,

Your involvement encourages
focal readers to be informed and
involved in the vitat long-range
decisions concerning green space
in our communities. .

Thank you again for your in-
volvement and support.

Gordon Campbell
GVRD Chairperson

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The reasons for remembering
the Montreal massacre are com-
pelling and simple. On that day,
14 innocent women lost their lives
to a deranged man’s misogynist
aggression. Their murder stands as
a symbol of the very real violence
against women found in our
society.

It was an event that forced the
Canadian public to face the truth
of one of our deepest shames, and
(hopefuliy) examine the attitudes
that breed such violence.

Remembrance of such an event
is, we feel, entirely appropriate
for
about what it revealed, and a

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those who are concerned:

white ribbon is only the smailest
token of that concern. If the
CBC’s policy precludes the display
of such a simple token, perhaps it
requires re-examination.

Tim Howard
Lana Pallister
Vancouver

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