Inflamed rhetoric ill-informed

Re: RCMP blasted for hijabs, Letters, Aug. 26

Apparently George Pearson just emerged from the soundproof bunker he’s been living in for the last 20 years as he is unaware the RCMP recruits gays and lesbians. Also, his belief that Canada is in a defined conflict with Islam is misinformed, to put it mildly. This kind of inflamed rhetoric is not helpful in an otherwise interesting debate on religious freedom versus Canadian traditions regarding the wearing of hijabs by RCMP members. Eric Ellemo, Chilliwack