This morning I became outraged when I heard the news story on CBC radio one (click title link.) The way it came to me I immediately realized this was an issue which touches us all in many ways."One condo owner said most residents in the building are of Asian descent and believe living close to a hospice will bring bad luck."In Chinese culture, we are against having dying people in your backyard," said Janet Fan, who has signed a petition against the hospice.
"We cannot accept this. It's against our belief, against our culture. It's not culturally sensitive." One condo owner said most residents in the building are of Asian descent and believe living close to a hospice will bring bad luck.
"In Chinese culture, we are against having dying people in your backyard," said Janet Fan, who has signed a petition against the hospice. "We cannot accept this. It's against our belief, against our culture. It's not culturally sensitive."
This is a sad lie. The Chinese have no such cultural fears of the elderly. The likely cause for this charade is the greedy property owners thinking they can dictate housing surrounding them to the extent that they can exclude a center for learning and the art of gentle passing.
The thought of allowing people's unreasonable fear to determine what happens surrounding them as is the case here, is to allow elitism and should not be tolerated. How dare these snobs and money grubbers try to control the peaceful lives of others to secure their real estate value. Screw off.
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