So, I get the news this morning when I woke up that we had lost another Canadian Soldier in Afghanistan. Trooper Karen Blais, 21 years old.

I go to the CBC & CTV links that someone had sent me and reading the comments made me sick to my stomach.

CBC NEWS
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/04/13/afghan.html#socialcomments

CTV:
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090414/afghan_death_090414/20090414?hub=TopStories

To read such things as :

antiNWO wrote: "Another stupid minion killed. Stop joining the army, it's a scam. There is no war on terror. The real terrorists are the Americans and every country who participates in the genocide of Arabs."

or

"What a waste of a beautiful young woman who should have her whole life ahead of her!
It truly angers me that our establishment and that of the United States (who manufactured this conflict in Afghanistan and Iraq) sends our young people to such armpits of the world to die in the name of Profit, Oil and Power! "

I understand we have free speech in this country but aren't these forums and comments moderated. Why not open up a forum on CBC's site for "Your opinion on Afghanistan" or something like that. The families and friends of our fallen soldiers should not have to read comments like this.

By signing the above petition you are asking CBC & CTV to moderate these comments and remove inappropriate comments on what should work as a condolence page for the families and friends of our military.

Sincerely,
The undersigned