Editor:
The names given to things and ideas are very important. They can obfuscate reality and truth.
“A rose by any other name” smells sweet only to a person who has experienced its fragrance. Call the rose a skunk cabbage and only a few independent thinkers would bury their noses in it.
The aerodrome in Sechelt is not regional or an airport. A sign doesn’t change the reality. A sewage treatment plant does recycle dirty water, but it is still a sewage treatment plant for all its fancy name.
Is paving a few roads, improving drainage and replacing a mouldering dock really innovation or is it simply maintenance or upgrading?
Appearances are important, but a roadside hedge can hide an ugly scar on the land. And is long-lasting makeup on an intersection that will probably suffer future disruption a sound use of our real, work-produced (not fiat) money?
Can there be zero-waste when most everything contains some form of plastic, which comes from oil and never biodegrades?
What does “sustainable” mean?
Don’t be dazzled by words and superficialities. Try to find the underlying reality and truth yourself.
Nancy Leathley, West Sechelt
