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Refusal to accept responsibility
The Toronto Star
July 21, 2006 Friday
A mother's hope turns to anguish
July 20.
Lately, we have been inundated with stories about the Lebanese
evacuations, and in particular, complaints from evacuees. Your latest
story about Lara Tcholakian fit this pattern.
Tcholakian and her husband work for U.S.-based firms and live
year-round in Armenia. They went to Beirut to visit her husband's
family at a time when the U.S. and Canada were warning its citizens
not to travel there. Suddenly, having put themselves in harm's way,
Tcholakian discovers her Canadian roots and demands immediate service
from the Canadian government (not the Armenian government, nor the
U.S. government).
Her mother is blaming the government and Stephen Harper for her
daughter's dilemma. It seems that if anything goes wrong with any
Canadian citizen, the government and, by extension, the Prime Minister
are responsible.
What has happened to our society, where we complain about and make
demands of our government whenever we get ourselves into trouble? We
have turned into a bunch of crybabies, refusing to take responsibility
for our own welfare.
Sigmund Roseth, Mississauga
The Toronto Star
July 21, 2006 Friday
A mother's hope turns to anguish
July 20.
Lately, we have been inundated with stories about the Lebanese
evacuations, and in particular, complaints from evacuees. Your latest
story about Lara Tcholakian fit this pattern.
Tcholakian and her husband work for U.S.-based firms and live
year-round in Armenia. They went to Beirut to visit her husband's
family at a time when the U.S. and Canada were warning its citizens
not to travel there. Suddenly, having put themselves in harm's way,
Tcholakian discovers her Canadian roots and demands immediate service
from the Canadian government (not the Armenian government, nor the
U.S. government).
Her mother is blaming the government and Stephen Harper for her
daughter's dilemma. It seems that if anything goes wrong with any
Canadian citizen, the government and, by extension, the Prime Minister
are responsible.
What has happened to our society, where we complain about and make
demands of our government whenever we get ourselves into trouble? We
have turned into a bunch of crybabies, refusing to take responsibility
for our own welfare.
Sigmund Roseth, Mississauga