Letters to the editor

While I have come to expect a certain level of literary license from the Manitoban not common to professional publications, in a recent issue, amid the usual obscenities and vulgar sexual references, I found to my distress a rather shocking commentary. In an article entitled “The conservative virus” (04/01/2006), author Carson Jerema expends a great deal of effort denouncing several world-views, including conservatism and Christianity, “referring to those beliefs as “sad, pathetic, misguided” and “a virus to be immunized against.”

While I can recognize the author’s attempt at sarcastic humour, the article nonetheless falls tragically short of its mark, sinking from the realm of wit into that of derogation. From a newspaper that publishes such a wealth of material decrying discrimination, I find this article to be sadly inappropriate.

Paul Blair
University of Manitoba