There are reports in all the major media today of a sad story from Calgary. Three newborn babies have been found dead in a northeast Calgary home, along with a young woman who may or may not have been their mother. The name of the dead woman is Harsimrat Kahlon.
A police spokesman said that the circumstances are still under investigation, but that the death of the young woman is "not suspicious". The question of whether there was some sort of "cultural issue" remains open.
Although reports in the Globe and Mail and other wimpy print media did not mention the ethnicity or religion of the deceased woman, readers evidently made their own assumptions, which were later confirmed in the TV reports.
Comments in the Mop and Pail (as Richard Needham used to call it) have been disabled. Here, in the Glob's own words, is the reason why.
Editor's Note: Comments have been closed on this story because an overwhelming number of readers were making offensive statements about other commenters and/or the individual or individuals mentioned in the story.
Indeed. God (and the Human Rights Commission) forbid that anyone might suggest that the ethnic background (Indian) or religious background (Sikh) of those involved should be mentioned. Doing so might offend someone. That the cultural background (ethnicity + religion = culture) is 100% relevant to an understanding of what happened obviously does not matter.
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