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Letter: Drinking and driving

Article Origin

Author

Letter to the Editor

Volume

15

Issue

6

Year

2011

Dear Editor

Drinking and driving is real admirable.
Quote: It is nice to see our leadership struggle because it makes them appear more human.”

Let us lower the standards and make excuses for someone who knew they had a problem with alcohol and chose to get behind a wheel. Someone who chose to run from the cops and someone who chose to refuse to take a breathalyzer test, and was lucky that he did not run over and kill someone.

The audacity of Lonechild up in the public eye, pointing out other Native leaders and their so-called faults as part of his campaign to get into FSIN, when he was hiding this.

Lonechild should tend to the virtue of responsibility and deal with the betrayal of the peoples’ trust.

Furthermore, I suspect that Lonechild had to provide an apology only because he couldn’t hide it any longer. What else could he be hiding or will hide from us?

And in response to a comment made on John Gormely (Feb. 18) about how we should focus on who Lonechild is and the job he has done, not his personal life. Isn’t it a fact that Lonechild ran from the cops impaired, what else will he run from if he is confronted, personal or not?
Let this be a lesson in a now public matter.

I like the way people use drinking and driving as an excuse to build character in others. Drinking and driving is a serious matter and I believe in the laws set in place pertaining to it.

Drinking and driving laws need to be respected and it is why they are strictly enforced. These laws are there to protect lives. We cannot be too lenient.

I give my support to MADD, Mothers Against Drinking and Driving and to the Canadian Police Association, Cops for Kids Safety program, an interactive school program designed to teach kids about safety on the streets (impaired driving).

May their efforts not be in vain.
Lauren Knustvik
Leoville, SK