To the Editor,
Re: Opinion pages should reflect diverse views, Letters, Feb. 16.
I had to chuckle at the heading your editor chose for a recent opinion page letter. It seems to me the opinion in that letter was the very opposite, that no opinions should be published that the letter writer disagrees with. I suppose if you agreed with the standard progressive definition of free speech being any speech that supports your viewpoint. If you think that an exaggeration, just look at the writer’s criticism of the letters page – apparently the folks writing in are “laughable” if they disagree with the writer’s orthodoxy. So I guess in conclusion, keep up the good work. Your page in the same edition with an editorial supporting the Throne Speech and an editorial cartoon criticizing it is an example of the balance we need.
James WatsonNanoose Bay
To the Editor,
Re: Opinion pages should reflect diverse views, Letters, Feb. 16.
All political leaders have been fodder for cartoons, usually for valid reasons. Much more annoying are people with the humourless hubris to suggest that their views reflect diversity.
It’s even worse when they take it upon themselves to speak for “most Canadians and most local residents.” They are entitled to their own opinions but not their own facts, especially on controversial subjects like anthropogenic global warming.
And if I were a political cartoonist, I think I’d find Justin Trudeau a rather easy target.
Jim CorderNanaimo
