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Re: Memorial ‘bleak and brutal’: Top judge, Jan. 27.
I have followed the strong opinions of renowned architects and, now, Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin on the Memorial to the Victims of Communism.
As a second-generation Ukrainian who lost many relatives, ironically, exactly a century ago, I wholeheartedly agree that memorials are necessary so we never forget.
Indeed, there is not a single “ism,” religious or social, that any of us can think of that is not blood-stained with victims.
I concur that if, indeed, this monument is as bleak and brutal as is communicated to us and the location is so …read more
Source: Ottawa Citizen
