Disappointed by language
I was very disappointed to find your newspaper using unacceptable language. (“Iqaluit man awaits sentence on vicious wife-beating,” April 18.)
I used to think the CRTC had a code of conduct, and even if it didn’t, as a parent trying to raise decent children in an anything goes society, I’m appalled that you would allow this. I do not see any value in the degradation of women by a wife-beater being communicated in your weekly newspaper.
I should not have to be concerned about going into the local store and finding language of this sort published on the front page. This is demoralizing. I would appreciate a response and your comments.
Stephen Wood
Iqaluit
Editor’s note: The word “fuck” has been part of the English language since the 1500s, when it was likely imported from the Dutch, and is usually considered to be vulgar slang. Nunatsiaq News has been using it in print for years, almost always in direct quotations that reproduce what others have said. In this case, its use was essential to help readers understand the savage brutality of the attack, and the accused person’s attitude toward his victim. We make no apologies.
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