Balancing concerns of political correctness

To the editor:

I ask you with total sincerity, where does one begin to balance the concerns – or should I say, the politically correct grievances.

History to me is basically the great victories, the horrific events, the records of the civilization we call the race of men.

I don’t know if genetically we were all geared up to be contrary, cantankerous or angelic beings.

I would say it’s a question we still can’t answer today. All the people’s hurt feelings over, say, the statue of Cornwallis or the monuments of the southern states, it’s history, not relegated to dusty old books but in a physical firm, such as statues or granite faces on mountains of grandeur.

Should we wipe out the monuments of great men, such as Thomas Jefferson or George Washington, the founders of the great United States.

If one dug deep enough the great men of our time all have done questionable things we may not be proud of today. Sir John A. Macdonald, a founder of Canada may have used unsavoury methods to create this country, but create it he did.

Wise up everyone, we can’t tear down everything we think is out of line today from what has become historical fact, whether we love it or hate it. Just learn from it. No society will ever be a utopian paradise. Grow up, please.

I’d love for people who see human rights being trampled on to go to China and tear down Mao’s statues – lots of luck there.

We only whine and complain, when it should have been done many different times in our historical lives.

Why now? Wait a few years and we’ll complain about something else. The list of things will always continue to grow.

Wilfred McNutt,

Bible Hill