Dear Editor:
RE: ‘Stand for life,’ Sept. 8.
Since we all view the world and the important issues within it through the lens of our own early teachings, upbringing and experiences, I feel compelled to offer an opposing point of view to that espoused by Anne Jones.
She praises two local councilors based on their respect for human life. And yet, in my view, which is as valid and worthy as hers, I am not seeing such respect in wanting to open up, prematurely in the midst of a pandemic, and contrary to the wisdom and wishes of the majority of medical authorities.
Similarly, I do not see these vaunted principles from the administrators of faith-based institutions, who willingly accept tax dollars with one hand and then, in hypocritical fashion, use the other to expel vulnerable people from their premises who are righteously in need of dignity and an end to their interminable suffering.
Further, I would say to the writer that not everyone has the good fortune to “slip away,” as she idealistically states. Many require a medical intervention, which is their right under current Canadian law, as long as they meet the criteria.
Finally, the totalitarian spectre of being euthanized against our will seems to me an illogical stretch.
Allan Berry,
Fergus