To the editor:
Re: "'Anti-gentrification' vandals targeting more restaurants," March 22.
I had to shake my head reading about these "anarchists" (a.k.a. cowardly punks) who have nothing better to do than jump on the bandwagon of whatever the latest trendy cause might be, which apparently, in Vancouver, happens to be picking on businesses/restaurants (Save-on-Meats, Pidgin and Famoso Neapolitano Pizzeria) that are supposedly guilty of gentrification. The businesses in question have absolutely nothing to do with gentrification, and, in the case of Save-on-Meats, go out of their way to help the less fortunate people in the Downtown Eastside.
The anarchists who felt "inspired by the protests outside Pidgin" by the equally ridiculous anti-gentrification activists and smashed the windows of the Famoso Neapoli-tano Pizzeria probably don't even know what gentrification means because it sure doesn't make any sense who they've decided to target.
The individuals on the anar-chistnews.org don't seem to offer solutions to this supposedly new problem of gentrification, yet, they audaciously criticize all the amazing charity and kindness Save On Meats owner, Mark Brand, has selflessly provided to many people of the Downtown Eastside.
These cowards should pull their heads out of their lazy butts and get a job. That way they can contribute to society by paying taxes, which will ultimately help the city and province continue to add the much needed housing that the homeless and less fortunate require.
These lowlifes also don't realize that these nonsensical and misdirected protests and acts of vandalism only incite the opposite reaction from the majority of the population. I, for example, had never heard of Pidgin or Famoso prior to all of the latest negative activity towards them, but now I intend to become a customer.
Paula Corbett, Vancouver
