Dear Editor:
It’s a beautiful warm, sunny Sunday morning. The time is 10:30 a.m. and I’m sitting on my deck with the North Shore News, my toast and a delicious cup of coffee while enjoying the warmth and the sounds of chirping birds … Uh oh … leaf blower time. Rats! There goes the serenity!
I wish there was just one day per week where we are not forced to listen to sanding machines, circular saws, drills, hammers, weed whackers, lawn mowers and the horrifically annoying leaf blowers that go on and on and on blowing debris all over into someone else’s area. Please! Use an old-fashioned rake and broom!
Sun-day (the day the alleged lord rested) would be the perfect day for such eventless activity. Neighbours could relax and enjoy the connectivity of listening to natural sounds without imposing their will on one another.
Why is it that the person who does not want something has no right to be not imposed upon? Meanwhile, the person perpetrating the crime has every right to do so. Modern society (if one can even call it modern) seems to have no sense of consideration, empathy, compassion or any other common sense morality when it comes to forcing others to comply with unnecessary noise.
It’s time for a new noise bylaw to be written for Sunday.
People do not seem to have any common sense themselves.
They need to be told what to do, and more importantly, what not to do.
Serenity now!
John Moore
West Vancouver
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