The Wryno Party

Once again, I am dismayed by the absolute lack of respect some people have for our young people and the concept of fairness in team play. Once again, a resident of the great and glorious GTA is fighting back against the sneaky tactics of the conservatives - or is that the Conservatives, one must ask? - to undermine the fundamental right for everyone to be special.

Dalius Butrimas was just trying to help his little boy with his hockey equipment when the nasty Novice White team officials got ugly. Team officials suspended Brendan in October 2002, then demoted him to a less skilled team - an announcement made publicly, and that made Brendan feel sad, quite mad, and motivated enough to sue the hockey association for $10,000. We must doff our caps to a ten-year-old who knows enough about the legal system to engage the services of a lawyer and to initiate $10,000 proceedings.

I am appalled, as I am sure you are, gentle reader. Imagine. A seven-year-old who can't get in and out of his hockey equipment is moved to a league more suitable for his limited abilities - I mean, what were these officials thinking? Don't they know that everyone deserves the same rights, the same recognition, the same opportunities no matter how others must be hampered in the process? Don't these officials get the message yet? In November 2002, New Brunswick resident Micheal Croteau sued the league because the league didn't name his son the league's most valuable player. This case, good and kind reader, is on its way to the Supreme Court of Canada, where all is made right and nothing is sacred.

Let us send all sorts of strength and power to the hockey players of tomorrow, who deserve to play professionally no matter how inept they may be.