Dear editor:
Congratulations to you, your reporters and associated staff, for standing by what you believe to be right and for pointing out wrongs when you see them.
In this era of dictators and would-be dictators there have been far too many institutions, companies, etc. that have simply lacked the spirit to fight back against the bullying, lies and half-truths.
Instead, they shrug their collective shoulders and hope, just hope, that better days will come back.
However, as Prime Minister Mark Carney intimated in his recent memorable speech in Davos, don’t just look the other way when you see bullying and other unacceptable behaviours — the old days are not coming back.
We have to call it out when we observe people who should be our role models involved in questionable behaviour, otherwise that behaviour will simply continue.
While we citizens don’t all have your platform to present our views, we should still make our voices heard and our intentions known. Obviously our best opportunity is at the ballot box, but that does not mean we should remain mute between elections.
To mangle the well-known quote by Rev. Charles Aked: “The only thing necessary for bad outcomes is for good men to do nothing.” The truth of his message is all too obvious in our neighbour to the south.
Keep up the good work.
Al Sproule
NOTL
