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TheReview Wednesday, June 5, 1991 — A8

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Vandalism at
other homes

Editor:

' This letter is in response to your
front page article on vandalism
(Police looking for witnesses to
vandalism, The Review, May 22).

It has been a week now since my
husband, his sister (who came to
visit us from 1,500 miles away)
and I came home to find our home
had been trashed and vandalized.
Up until now, I’ve hardly been
able to talk about this trouble
without a hurting sick feeling
inside.

The first couple of days after we
arrived home to see the senseless
destruction to our home, I went
about my chores at home then to
my work place, in a state of shock,
feeling empty and lost, trying so
hard to find reason for this insan-
ity,
Needless to say I found no

answers, simply because there is
no rhyme or reason to ruthless
vandalism.

To those who are responsible for
vandalizing our home as_well as
other homes on the Saanich Penin-
sula and other places, I would like
to make this statement:

One day when you all have
grown up and some day own your
own home, whether it be by pur-
chase or rent, taking responsibility

for yourself for your family and for
your dwelling place, I pray this
never ever happens to you. It is
devastating — I would not wish
this on anyone, not even my worst
enemy.

Thanks be to our Heavenly
Father who has helped us and
guided us by His Word, my hus-
band and I have managed to work
and work very hard for our home
and family. Our Lord God will
sustain us and help us overcome
and bring Peace once again into
our lives and home.

Back to the news article. I
believe there was some mis-
information, especially in regards
to furniture being thrown out the
windows. Since there were two

know, that were vandalized that
same weekend, the destructive
vandalism of the homes may have
been pooled together and misinter-
preted as one home.

The destruction done to our
home was bad enough; multiple
broken windows — trashing inside
and outside — other minor dam-
age but I do not want your readers
to be misled into believing that the
total reported damage was to our
home alone.

Again, as the police spokesman
in your article stated, such tre-
spassing or private property and
public property causing deliberate
destruction and malicious mis-
chief must stop. Just because indi-
viduals choose to hide in large
numbers. to carry out their mali-
cious, senseless acts of vandalism
does not excuse, justify or glonfy
such deeds.

Even if these individuals are
never brought to justice, each indi-
vidual who has done such acts,
knows who he or she is.

They will carry with them the
same for what they will one day
see aS an inexcusable, iresponsi-
ble act for a very long time, if not
for the rest of their lives.

I believe that on the whole the
youths who participated in these
acts of vandalism and hoop-la are
not totally senseless and unworthy,
but will hopefully some day be
strong upright responsible citizens.

I pray that these individuals will.

have back bone enough to break
away from this “mob syndrome”
before it destroys them.

As one of my daughters com-
mented: Stop being “Trouble”
with a capital “T” looking for a
place to happen.”

Name withheld

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Man acquitted

Editor:

Towards the end of October in
1990 you printed an article about
me. I had an accident with my van
(no claim was made with ICBC)
and you reported that I was con-
victed of impaired driving. Fair
enough.

But on May 14th, 1991 an
appeal court overturned that judg-
ment and acquitted me. I noticed
nothing in your paper May 22nd.
Perhaps an oversight, perhaps
something forthcoming in a future
edition.

But I’m sure that 1f you believe
in honest journalism and fair play
you will point this fact out to the
public with as much prominence

Doug Brietzke
Victoria

Editor’s note: Because
Brietzke was acquitted in a Vic-
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have the ability to report the
specific arguments leading to the
judge’s decision.

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