Letter to Editor re: 'Toronto Metropolitan University Law Students Deserve an Apology' op/ed
A friend of mine wrote to the Editor of the Toronto Star
Star Editor:
re: June 12, 2024 op-ed: "TMU law students deserve an apology"
TMU students do deserve an apology from genocide-supporters, but it shouldn't stop there.
I can remember the days when the complaint was: why didn't countries do something when they realized what was happening to those dying in WW II concentration camps?
Who would have thought we would see the day when our governments were not only doing nothing to stop a genocide, but -- along with heads of our universities and corporations -- are actually cheering it on?
They are not only supporting heinous crimes against humanity in occupied Palestine, but they are doing their best to destroy the best and brightest of our own children: those who are knowledgeable enough to recognize unacceptable crimes and have the courage to speak out about our complicity.
While Justin Trudeau has supported the genocide by insulting those opposed to it as "anti-Semites", Queen's Park is eliminating the Charter right of freedom of expression by banning keffiyeh scarves that express symbolic support for the victims.
I believe the majority of Canadians are decent people who feel angry and disenfranchised by the actions that make every Canadian effectively complicit in this genocide.
It is not only the brave students who deserve an apology: we are all owed an apology.
Karin Brothers