So in the lead up to Remembrance Day, tomorrow, the principal of the Sackville Heights Elementary School, Rachel Webster, sent a note home to parents in November saying, "To maintain a welcoming environment for all, we kindly request that service members wear civilian clothing."
She cannot be serious!
Luckily, the Nova Scotia premier quickly weighed in and said, "the leaders at the school are disgracing themselves while demeaning the people who protect our country."
He went on to say, "our veterans were never ashamed to wear their uniforms while protecting Canada and they should never be made to feel ashamed to wear their uniforms today."
"If the people behind this decision had a shred of the courage that our veterans have, this cowardly insulting idea would have been rejected immediately."
Only now does the principal put out the note saying we're deeply sorry for this. And of course she had to add a "but": "but our high school is extremely diverse...and some students have expressed discomfort with images of war, which include those individuals in military uniforms."
Sweet Mother Mary.
Now the group that oversees this school the Halifax Regional Center for Education didn't take long to weigh in either. But not in the way you would have hoped.
The spokesperson, Lindsay Bunin said, we were aware of the request to wear civilian clothes, but like most HRCE schools, Sackville Heights has a diverse student population, some of who....blah blah blankin' blah.
These deplorable technocrats. Let's remind them not to forget.
Forget what?
The ultimate sacrifice made by thousands of military personnel to fight for and win the freedoms we enjoy today.
Nothing better captures that thought than the famous World War I poem, In Flanders Fields. Written by Canadian Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae in 1915.
Read it again.
6 comments:
I can't believe this crap!
and some students have expressed discomfort with images of war, which include those individuals in military uniforms." WTF bullshit, look at the video games they play and everything they see on tv
Right on, never thought of that.
Really. And on a personal note, as I was ordering the wreath to lay at tomorrow's "lest we forget" event, in honour of my dad pilot officer JE Neelin, I was advised that "due to time limitations" we will no longer be reciting the details of his role and sacrifices in the effort to save our very existence. I mean, to all in attendance at this very meaningful event, what else are they there for? To listen to the mayor drone on? Or the church guy? Not happy in Merrickville.
Good on you Jim, for calling this out!!
Truly unbelievable what is going on. And wait to see tomorrow's post.....
for crisakes, utter bullshit, we can't be silent about this!
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