To the editor,
Further to the news reports about the killing of an innocent senior out for a walk and the severing of the hand of a passerby by a machete-wielding psychopath with 60 previous convictions loose on the streets, herewith my reaction as a law-abiding senior becoming more and more fearful of being anywhere outside my now increasingly fortified domicile. These rampant criminal assaults are the result of the pontifications of bleeding-heart apologists, made from the safety of their posh, well-policed neighbourhoods and gated enclaves. For the safety, security, and simple decent quality of life of the 99 per cent of B.C. citizens, the one per cent should not be the tail wagging the dog.
The opioid crisis was manufactured by politicians pandering to bleeding hearts both of whom propose massively costly but useless Band-Aid solutions while exposing we of the peasantry to violent assaults, theft, vandalism, and arson. Meanwhile, critical emergency services are sidelined by constant calls for life-saving. So long as solutions are proposed by people either totally isolated from or profiting by this manufactured crisis, we are doomed to see it destroy what’s left of civilized life in our city.
Yes, we need treatment for people who are addicted to drugs – not if and when they prefer, but mandatory treatment until they are clean, and then drug-free support so they can return to normal life without reverting to the old habit and the crimes necessary to support it.
Freeman A. Dryden
Nanaimo
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