To the editor,
There is way, way too much violence on our streets, and most of it is coming from those who are repeat violent offenders, and many are mentally ill drug abusers who turn to crime because they cannot cope and no longer know right from wrong.
Just look at the latest violent incidents in B.C. This is giving a bad name to those born with or who have succumbed legitimately to mental health issues. The provincial government must be pressured to release the numbers of those on our streets who at any point have been given housing and on-street care and how much it is costing British Columbians. Any of those on our streets who have refused need to be put immediately into care or institutionalized. We are wasting way, way too much tax money on those who do not want help but are repeatedly offered everything, stay on the street and cause problems for themselves and the rest of us.
As a parent, I am responsible for bringing my children into the world and teaching them to be upstanding citizens. Where are the parents of those on the streets? If they have tried and cannot get their children on the straight and narrow, quit forcing it on the rest of society. The parents are responsible and if they cannot handle their own children, then the province is the only other choice to step in with compulsory care. The ongoing talk and more talk of what to do is insanity.
Ben Vries, Nanaimo
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