Chief Louie bang on about team names

Dear Editor:

Re: Chief Clarence Louie of the Osoyoos Indian Band responds to the names of sports teams, whether major or minor leagues ( Herald, Page A3, Aug. 28).

This was the most intelligent approach to the current controversy surrounding all the team names that are being subjected to those who seem to think certain names are racist or otherwise not suitable today. It makes me wonder why these names have stood as complimentary and proud emblems of the image they project for so many years and suddenly there are those who want to take these logos and names, which as Chief Louie has stated, are “signs of the highest honour and respect” which I and millions of others are in complete agreement.

It makes me wonder if those who are offended by these names and logos have in fact some deep-rooted racism of their own that needs an outlet and this is the route they have taken.

I am in no way condoning racism of any form, but in my opinion, Chief Louie has once again shown he has the guts and common sense to take the high road while so many only tend to fan the flames of hate and division by their obsessive and twisted concept of what these names and logos actually stand for.

Harry DeRosier

Summerland

• Life is hard but it’s harder if you’re stupid.

• If we’re looking for the source of society’s troubles, we shouldn’t test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity.

• God must love stupid people — he made so many of them.

Watching the Republicans gathered together on the White House lawn, fawning over their asinine leader, I would have thought that most Canadians had more common sense than that, but the Kelowna protest group would have fit right in with them.

As Agatha Christie said in one of her novels, “Use that fluff of yours you call a brain.”

Frank Martens

Summerland