To the editor,
Re: Neighbour fed up with all the honking for flag-wavers, April 6.
In this article, the resident suggested this was breaching the noise bylaw and if these people were not there waving flags there would be no honking horns.
To begin with we need to discern who is doing the flag-waving and who is doing the honking. I will not get into politics but obviously the Canadian flag wavers are expressing the freedom of expression to embolden others to this idea. I never did see a sign that stated ‘honk your horns’ from these people and more power to them. I guarantee if I was out there waving an American flag a UN flag or a NATO flag I would get no honks and that would be OK. Waving a Canadian flag for whatever reason could be potentially banned because it could stir up feelings of patriotism, excitement and could create noise.
My fear is that we are losing our freedoms because of a few whiners that too often make an impression on our gullible elected officials. Once a new bylaw is passed they say case closed for any arguments against it, just like the bylaw the city passed against roaming cats.
The Nanaimo noise bylaw office did nothing to help me against my neighbours’ horribly noisy heat pump that we had to endure for 17 years straight day and night.
Holden Southward, Nanaimo
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