Dear editor,

Concerning two readers that are taking umbrage to Tom Fletchers columns, especially that published last Sept. 24 (School officials join 鈥榝act free鈥� climate strike): It appears that they want him fired or reassigned because they find his column offensive.

To them I say: For heaven鈥檚 sake if you find his writings offensive and really upset you, don鈥檛 read his columns!

I am not a fan of David Suzuki but I skim his column and sometimes pick up some new information but most of the content is usually about lambasting the oil companies, drastically cutting carbon emissions tomorrow or even yesterday etc. Yes, emissions and pollution must be cut dramatically but it cannot be done overnight without utter chaos reigning. I may disagree with him but I don鈥檛 demand that his columns be discontinued in this paper.

This is a free country and we citizens are fortunate to enjoy a democracy and free speech. If Mr. Fletcher utters provocative or misleading statements about anyone or any organization without supporting facts, he and his employers will be sued, without question.

Mr. Fletcher obviously does a lot of research and investigation, digging up gems of information that I was not aware of and in doing so, embarrasses a lot of people. He is also a contrarian, has no sacred cows and often 鈥減okes the bear鈥� to get his point across. If he offends some readers, so be it.

Len Paulovich,

Courtenay