To the Editor:
Professor Kevin Flynn of the University of Saskatchewan faculty is to be commended for doing what every university's primary role is: promoting critical thinking and stirring debate. His recent "On-Campus-News" article rightly questions an ancient Cree First Nation custom that excludes menstruating women from participation in a traditional pipe ceremony.
Not surprisingly, Flynn's assertions were used as fodder for "wannabees" on campus desperate for anything they can manufacture into a platform from which they can get the names and faces into the news.
There's an excellent Cree term that the pathetic arguments of Flynn's detractors deserve. It's "KIYAM," which when translated disdainfully declares "who the heck cares?"
While I support the efforts of Flynn's detractors to debate, they must do better to have me care. I think the large majority in society agrees with me about this.
Dr. Dennis Hall, Saskatoon, SK.
