Veterans Memorials...DO NOT GATE THEM !!

The following is a letter I sent to the Veterans Affairs Minister and Harper and some Veterans Associations and others. Just to point out that it is my understanding that most Veterans Associations do not want gates or fencing at these locations. I just hope that the people who make the decisions....and we all know how that usually works.....don't say...'just throw up some pretty fences. Beautiful from far but far from beautiful. Not appropriate whatsoever for our Military memorials to be secured like that in our own country. Not at all just because a random idiot sicko decided to take a leak or have a bukake party (right word ?) on a memorial. If anything, I would hope there would be some monumental fine other than 'disturbing the peace' or 'public mischief' for defacing a Canadian War Memorial in any way. I think it should be law....now if only I could get that thought into someones head.....hmmmm. Letter time !


Mr. Thompson,

After reading the news with regards to urinating and other defacement practices at the National War Memorial and then about the Korean War Memorial, it obviously depresses and disgusts you. Some people are uneducated with regards to the importance of these monuments. But you have to think who would wipe crap all over a monument ? Some drunken or stoned boor most likely. People peeing on the War Memorial ? Dumb kids who don't know better.

Please please don't let idiots like this cause gated access or some other type of overdone security controls that will keep people from actually walking right up to the monuments. They are very powerful when you are close. It would be even more depressing to see gates or fences, no matter how 'tastefully' done, set up due to uncalled for 'panic' caused by a couple of morons who made bad decisions. It is good that the issue is being raised to bring attention to it, but lets not go the paranoia route and shut them off from the public please. We the general public have more than enough respect in majority for veterans, than the few who don't care, and in as much want to keep our memorials from being turned into 'security zones'.