Letters to the Editor
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rachel marsden
Dear Editor,
This is an interesting article. Actually, despite being a political scientist and living in Canada all my life, I'd never heard of Rachel Marsden. Of course, the Sun newspapers are absolute trash and I don't read them, so that probably explains it. However, I do remember the Simon Fraser University case very well - at the time, it was portrayed as an example of political correctness gone mad. I did not know that the woman involved was Ms. Marsden, and that is a fact that really does call a lot of things into question. I certainly support the idea of giving people a second chance, but Ms. Marsden seems to have a long-established pattern of stalking. She clearly needs help. I can only hope that she has found some kind of serious therapy and that she really won't be appearing before some criminal court ever again. But, quite honestly, I suspect that this is not the last that we've heard of this kind of behaviour coming from her. (And isn't Ms. Marsden referring to Presidnent Ahmadinejad of Iran as "crazy" a bit rich, given her history?)
At any rate, one less scary conservative in Canada can't be a bad thing. Sorry for foisting these people on you Americans, but better you than us. Besides they fit in better south of the border.
One last point: her co-hosts did not know what the Gulf of Tonkin was? And the fact that Ms. Marsden did makes her a political expert? I would say that's stretching things a bit, but then Fox is not known for the quality of its news coverage, so I guess that's par for the course.
Sincerely,
Shaun Narine