bout de papier, Vol. 10, No. 4 (1993) — Fall/Winter 1993 // Automne/Hiver 1993, p. 3
Editor:
I was stopped by someone who had read “Borders” and asked, “What kind of rope have you been smoking, Fred?” The comment confirmed my opinion of the modern age.
Readers of my article in the Middle Ages would have understood that “Borders” is a parable in which one person is rational and scientific while someone else is traditional and intuitive. Someone pursues the profane that involves objectivity, restraint and order; someone else looks for the sacred in the family, community and nature.
I hope this clears up any misunderstanding.
Fred E. Haack
Editor:
Like many others in the Department, I was shocked and deeply saddened to learn of the accidental death of Derrick Haro earlier this year in the course of his posting to Tehran, Iran. Derrick was one of those friendly, gentle and capable colleagues with whom you could be proud to serve Canada both at headquarters and abroad. I know that he will be missed by many in the Department, particularly those of us who joined the foreign service with Derrick in the summer of 1982.
Many EAITC employees are regularly called upon to work in areas of the world where the risk of death or injury is higher than is the case in Canada. Among these dangers are car and plane accidents, higher crime rates and disease.
Derrick’s untimely death in the line of duty prompts me to suggest that PAFSO and the Department’s personnel management establish a permanent memorial in the Pearson Building lobby to commemorate those EAITC staff who have been killed while serving Canada overseas. This year Canada’s peacekeepers were justly remembered with the unveiling of a monument on Sussex Drive in the nation’s capital. It would be most appropriate for us to set aside part of a wall in our headquarters building for a plaque bearing the names of those killed in the line of duty. Such an acknowledgment would be in good company with the existing Pearson Nobel Prize exhibit and nearby Peacekeeping Monument.
I would urge PAFSO members and your other readers to write or phone PAFSO in support of this proposal.
Peter MacArthur
Exchange Officer
Australian DFAT, Canberra
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