Opinion

Monarchy is a mysterious, non-democratic institution

To the editor: Re: "Mayor doesn't deserve councillor's 'insane' attacks," Letters, July 6. Courier letter writer Kathryn Saniuk protests that "Nobody could have foreseen what happened after the Canucks lost." I disagree.

To the editor: Re: "Home sick," July 8. I am not involved in addiction recovery in any way, but I can recognize shoddy journalism.

To the editor: I am the founder and director of an unfunded recovery house in Vancouver and have been in operation for 20 years. I read Mark Hasiuk's story about recovery houses and just wanted to say how much I enjoyed it.

To the editor: Re: "Vandals set fire to steps, school installs deterrent," July 6. Vandalism appears to be a fact of life today in Vancouver.

Corporate 'cool hunters' appropriate trends

Welcome to the Christy Clark Show now broadcasting from Victoria. And, if it is a new day, Christy has a new opinion, which may differ from yesterdays opinion. But what the heck, thats the talk show business.

To the editor: I would add the word pretentious. Reading Wong's column is like eating blotting paper, so I don't do it any more. Come on now, the Courier must be able to afford a better writer than Wong. Thelma Dickman, Vancouver

To the editor: I'm not Chinese, I'm Canadian and I can say that the founder is a good person, I've personally seen him several times. Paul Richards is spreading pretty harsh misinformation about the founder and his teachings.

To the editor: The greatest enemy of knowledge is not even ignorance but it is the illusion of knowledge that creates misunderstanding among people like namecalling, defamation and the persecution of Falun Gong.