Letters to the Editor, Aug. 27, 2024
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VOTTO NEXT JAYS MANAGER
Hey, Blue Jays. You should look at Joey Votto for a manager’s job for 2025. He would be the ideal manager being a good Toronto boy. Think about it.
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Alex Ritchie
Scarborough
(The Jays have a lot to consider for next season.)
UNDERAGE CRIME
When I was at school in Windsor in the 1980s, the drug industry created a new weapon: Young Boys Inc. Since kids under 12 could not be charged with any offences, the dealers recruited 10- and 11-year-olds to peddle and deliver drugs to school kids. The recruits received leather jackets with a “Young Boys Inc.” logo, and plenty of spending money — which served as recruitment tools. No matter what happened, the kids could never be charged. The story stays the same. Anyone employing a person under the age of 18 to commit offences needs to be charged with human trafficking and face a mandatory minimum.
Tom Curran
Prince Edward County
(With catch-and-release, no bail, revolving door of so-called justice — there is no penalty these criminals need to take seriously.)
HAHN THE HATER
Re “Hit the road, Hahn!” (Bryan Passifiume, Aug. 24): Who determines what is anti-Semitic, the author of the comment or the recipient? So, when Hahn says his remarks are not anti-Semitic, shouldn’t it be my decision as a Jew whether they are or not? In the same vein, if I started to call Black people using that despicable, hateful term, the “N” word, saying it is all right because it was common practice in the South 100 ago, wouldn’t Black people be calling me a racist? So, Fred Hahn, Jews everywhere, including your own union members, declare that your comments over the past 10 months about Israel are definitely anti-Semitic. Enough with the hate already!
Joel Rosenberg
Scarborough
(He’s despicable. How he is still in the position he’s in does not bode well for some parts of the labour movement.)
PREACHING HATE
Re “Islamic preacher spreading anti-Semitism across Canada” (Brian Lilley, Aug. 24): That’s the thing with bigots. They begin with the Jews and end with everyone else.
Paul MacDonald
Etobicoke
(That’s true. Equally unacceptable and has no place here.)
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