YOU SAID IT: Nothing wrong with pint in a park

NOTHING WRONG WITH PINT IN A PARK

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Re: YOU SAID IT: Keep booze out of our parks, letter to the editor, online, June 12

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I’m curious why the letter-writer didn’t post any objection to the intravenous drug users rampant in our parks, with used needles all over the place. Ottawa actually has a staff whose job it is to pick them up.

I’ve been all over the world and it’s quite common to see people having a pint in a park (or even walking down a street). Take Paris, for example; pick up a bottle of wine, a baguette, some ham and cheese and have a picnic in a park.

Time to grow up.

TIM BAKOS

MISSISSIPPI MILLS

NOTHING ‘MODEST’ ABOUT IT

Re: B.C. man’s ‘relatively modest’ child porn collection doesn’t merit jail time, judge rules, online, June 11

Any serious judicial system has, as its top priority, protection of the most vulnerable members of society, the elderly and young children. Recently, Toronto police arrested 36 individuals after a child luring investigation. Almost every one of them was quickly back on the street (and scheduled to appear in court in the coming months), showing how the pathetic justice system is failing to protect our children.

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Now this social warrior judge decides not to send a message to others by claiming this collection of child pornography was only “modest.” When it comes to abusing children to serve a depraved sexual need, nothing can be termed modest!

Is it any wonder child exploitation by depraved individuals keeps escalating, aided by the internet? The current justice system is upside down, with far too much attention focused on perpetrators of crime and zero attention on the harms caused to crime victims, especially helpless young children, as is the case here.

LARRY COMEAU

OTTAWA

TRUMP SHOULDN’T BE HERE

President Donald Trump wants Canada to secure our border better.

As far as I know, Trump is a convicted felon in the United States. Our laws do not permit felons to come into our country. Therefore, I think the vice-president, J.D. Vance, should have been the U.S. representative at the G7 meeting. Or do we change our laws and admit anyone with a felony charge into the country?

There should be no exceptions.

FRED LAWS

SMITHS FALLS

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