Lethbridge residents suffer from a perception problem

By Lethbridge Herald on May 25, 2022.

Editor:

I’m new to Lethbridge and did some research on crime and drug abuse statistics prior to taking up residency.  So I wasn’t surprised to see the shuffling addicts actively using in the downtown core. 

There’s a perception problem that contrasts the majority vs minority.  And the unbalanced nature of how the majority fails or chooses not to seek an explanation for the divisions.  But I would say this we, the majority are too civilized.  Too repressed and individualistic. 

I live without a car and contend that Lethbridge takes their vehicles to bed with them.  Such a love affair with a toxic partner! And you wonder as you gain weight why the minority of citizens are ambling along apparently thin?

 So maybe we can learn something about how the majority hide their addictions unconsciously, and project a fantasy of causation onto the minority.  

Religious people like myself find that we need to understand or at least tolerate what we don’t know and find commonality in our shared experience.

B. Paproski 

Lethbridge