This morning I received an email from my friend Csaba, who had written a great letter to Premier Gordon Campbell protesting the 10 month jail sentence imposed on environmental activist Betty Krawczyk.
The front pages of several local newspapers showed a picture of this shining elder and 78-year-old great grandmother, with her upraised fist.
If you would like to communicate your thoughts to Premier Cambell via email you can do so via this link:
premier@gov.bc.ca
Thank you Csaba for your heads up on this issue which is really a huge mistake, in my opinion, on the part of the Liberal Government and our court system.
Below is a copy of my letter:
Dear Mr Premier:
Betty Krawczyk should not be in jail.
She is a community activist and no criminal.
In fact, she is a local legend to many who have supported environmental and green activities long before such a thing was politically correct.
By putting her in jail you send the wrong message to many in this province.
She is elderly and a jail sentence will do nothing to make her change her mind and only hurt her health. And, as a wise elder, it is her civil right (and duty) to be speaking out, imparting her truths and lessons, and we should not be inflicting a punishment on her that will do nothing to "rehabilitate" her.
She is not a danger to society but a shining example of what it means to stick to principles that are honorable.
What if something happens to her while in custody? It would be a slur on the Liberal Government and one that could be difficult to forgive or forget.
As it is, our Government will have a hard time living her incarceration (and at her age) down.
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They are clamping down everywhere, aren't they? But we will prevail.
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