Editor:
On the morning of Jan. 23, I took the ferry into Vancouver.
I was somewhat startled to see a large sign on the walkway informing that this is a "secure area," and passengers must submit to security checks on demand. The traffic exiting the car deck included a gasoline tank truck and its tank trailer - 200 gallons of explosive liquid seemingly unguarded during passage?
As I disembarked at Horseshoe Bay, I saw a passenger with a high-power compound hunting bow carried across his pack. I thought it peculiar that someone can openly bring the equivalent of a silenced pistol into a "secure" area.
During the past couple years, two homeless guys were electrocuted in Vancouver while attempting to steal copper cable from Hydro sub-stations. Clearly these vital facilities are lacking effective alarm systems, and an enemy could have damaged the transformers, disrupting power to a large area.
Meanwhile Vancouver is considering a huge fine for anyone displaying an anti-Olympic sign on their own lawn. The government obviously does not fear the bogey-man T-word but does fear democratic free speech.
George N. Murray
Gibsons
