To the Editor:
The Globe and Mail reported on April 20 that "Jonathan Lu, a Canadian studying at Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., wrote to the Globe and Mail to express his rage at the way students at the college treated the news of the loss of Canadian lives in Afghanistan."
"Although some have expressed sympathy and feel ashamed at the incompetence of the military, by far the more common reaction is to treat it as a joke," he wrote.
"Moreover, there have been incidents where I have been met with hostility for bringing up the topic on one occasion I was simply told to shut up," he added.
I am a Canadian citizen. I was utterly shocked and dismayed to read about the abuse that Mr. Lu is being subjected at your institution. The disrespectful reaction of his fellow students to the death of Canadian soldiers, by a bomb dropped from a U.S. warplane, sickens me to the core.
Your students should be required to take a course in "sensitivity" regarding the death of those brave Canadian soldiers.
I hope and pray that your institution is doing its best to ensure the safety of Mr. Lu.
