Today is December 6th ...
... in 1989, I was a student at McMaster University in Hamilton ... I still remember coming into the cafeteria on the morning of December 6th to the news that a gun man had shot numerous people at a University in Montreal ... We pondered - "what kind of idiot does something like that?"
The next morning when we gathered in the cafeteria for coffee and cards, we knew the full extent of the horror that had unfolded at Ecole Polytechinque in Montreal ... a horror that left 14 young women dead ...
... In time our Government wisely stepped up to the plate and set aside December 6th as the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women ...
... in some communities across Canada, and on most University campuses, services are being held to remember the 14 young women who died that day, and to remember women everywhere who are victims of violence ...
... today for many communities, including mine, it is simply another day ...
... as the father of two beatiful daughters, I find that unacceptable ...
... this coming year, I WILL work to change that ... Violence will not cease until people of conscience act to stop it ...
Today, pause to remember ... Remember the 14 beautiful young women who 17 years ago died at Ecole Polytechnique ... and remember the countless other women who in the years before and the years since have suffered and died because of violence ... and in our pause, perhaps will come the stirring that says - "Enough !!" ...
Today is December 6th ... for some, it is just another day ... for others it IS a day of Remembrance and Action ... the choice is yours ...
1 comment:
Great Blog...
God Bless.
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