Letters to the Editor, Sept. 11, 2024

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CRIMINAL CHOICES
The deaths of Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau are a tragedy for certain, killed in their prime. But if not for their status, along with all others, it would be naught but a footnote. Every day … after day after year after year … the heartbreak, pain, deaths are never-ending. Up here, the sentence is head-shaking light, then we give them license to get right back in the saddle. But what to expect from a society that releases gangsters back onto the street after arrest. Car manufacturers installing every conceivable attention-diverting electronic device, increasing horsepower, but alas, no breathalyzer. So, drunk driving is a choice, what I call murder is the result in many instances, yet without the consequences.

Bill Vernon

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(How in this day and age anyone even considers drinking and then driving is madness. Sadly, it is still happening and without more punitive sentencing, behaviour won’t change)

NAME FAIL
Re “PWHL Toronto officially becomes the Toronto Sceptres as league unveils all team names” (Mike Ganter, Sept. 9): This uniform was not worth the wait, nor was the name. However, the worst thing about it is the yellow/gold logo of the Sceptres. All I can think of when I see that is the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Point made? Go Argos go.

Carla Armstrong
Ottawa

(Forget the name and focus on the incredible level of play)

REPEAT OFFENDERS
So much is written these days in the Sun about the use of illegal guns and that governments think something called “gun control” will halt any future killings with them. Well, sorry, but a person can just as easily use, say, a pair of scissors found in any home in the country to kill someone if they really want to. No! The problem is not guns. The problem is people. Why is it that other countries do not have a gun-related or even a very big crime problem of any kind at all? Think of, say, peaceful Saudi Arabia or especially Singapore for just two examples. No repeat offenders there, I can tell you! Why can’t Canada simply copy the crime-prevention methods of countries such as those? Could it be because they simply do not employ criminal huggers?

Roger Lewis
Brampton

(The revolving door of our criminal justice system is in desperate need of reform)