This hate-filled article is about Ella and Julien, both wonderful people who many of you know. Here's a copy of the letter to the editor that I sent:
Dear Editor,
Bill Brownstein disgusts me. Congratulations for having hired one of the more closed-minded writers in this country. He may be ashamed that Ella and Julien live in Montreal because they have fit and attractive decorated bodies -- but I am equally ashamed that he lives in Canada (and it has nothing to do with his unattractive old man body or his bizarre face-width fish grin).
Whatever happened to Pierre Trudeau's Canada where what we did in our bedrooms was our right to enjoy as we see fit?
When I go to Montreal I'm proud to be in a city that's got a rich and diverse culture with people living in a myriad of different ways and expressing themselves in a radiant tapestry that makes Canada the wonderful place it is. As a people, most of us understand that it's important that we foster these arts, rather than just discarding them as "mutilation". It's sad that Bill Brownstein doesn't think much of these Canadian values, and it's even sadder than a reputable newspaper would print his hatred.
Canada isn't about old men's onanism over "mud rasslin'" and the "Victoria's Secret catalogue" that Brownstein opines for. Canada is about a wide mix of people helping each other to create a great country that all individuals are able to be themselves in, without fear of being attacked for simply saying "hey, this is me, and this makes me happy".
Shannon Larratt
To: letters@thegazette.canwest.com
From: Shannon Larratt
Subject: Re: "Lashings of Love" (March 25, 2004)
Cc: bbrownst@thegazette.canwest.com
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