Springdale family removes sign honouring slain son

I think you guys are missing the point. The legion doesn't want to take the sign away, or tear it down or anything, they don't want it in their memory garden which is where the Bouzane family wants it. The garden is meant to honour all of the towns soldiers not just one, which to me says that their is no other signs or memoria in this garden for one specific individual.

Hmmm I feel for the family, but they seem to be unable to get past it. Perhaps it's because for 5 years they've had their 'son' staring out at them from a sign near the road. I think honouring a soldier is a noble thing. Honouring all the fallen soldiers together is a noble thing, too. Having ONE soldier's face there all the time sort of diminishes the 'all' thing.
Sounds like the parents still have some grieving to do...they should seek counseling and closure, since it seems VERY MUCH like they haven't let go.

I think the Legion has done all they can to appease these parents. No signs honouring individuals should be allowed on any Legion property in future. These parents aren't thinking straight at the moment.

In reply to the question "What about the tens of thousands of Canadians who were killed in the two world wars" we do have signs. They are called cenotaphs and most communities have one to honour those who paid the supreme sacrifice.

Public displays of grief have become mandatory in a good chunk of the populaces mind, thanks to sites like Facebook and the media in general. It is almost taken as our right to know how everyone is doing, what their innermost thoughts is on what should be a very private matter. Roadside memorials for car crash victims, personal markers and plaques honoring war heroes, metallic ribbons on cars for each and every disease known to man. Some may find it good therapy, spreading the word, keeping a memory alive, what have you. I find it crass and borderline sensationalistic. I'm sorry if this offends, but grieving is a private matter, to me anyways.

The Legion did not ask them to REMOVE the sign, they asked them to MOVE it, closer to their building, so that it wouldn't be a traffic hazard. It was the family who said that they'd rather take it down. So a group that has done nothing but good is getting negative publicity. I feel sorry for this family because of the loss of their son, but picking a fight with the Legion isn't going to bring him back.

The Legion doesn't deserve ANY bad publicity over this issue. It's the family who have decided to take the sign down instead of work with the Legion to figure out a better location. I feel bad for the family that they lost their son but don't drag the Legion down in this when all they've done is try to help you.

gotta side with the legion on this,
Legion
Definition: A body of foot soldiers and cavalry consisting of different numbers at different periods, from about four thousand to about six thousand men, the cavalry being about one tenth.
Definition: A great number; a multitude.
Definition: a vast multitude
Definition: a large military unit;

nowhere in my search was legion 1 single person, to place 1 person above all others like they are trying to do, is going against the spirit of the organization.
the fact they offered to have the sign was great very nice of them, but for the family to be so dictatorial on placement, and essentually having a temper tantrum when it was not excactly like they wanted, and to move the sign themselves after it had already been put up is pathetic childish behaviour. you had a huge sign very prominant for several years, most of those that died in action, just get thier name carved somewhere, or written in a book. not a huge billboard somewhere.
He died serving his country and should be honored and respected for that. unfortunitly, he will now be remembered by the immature actions of his family rather then what he himself did.
be proud of Cpl. Stephen Bouzane. a fine canadian that died in a selfless manner to protect our freedom,
be ashamed of his family an example of self serving spoiled brats.

Their son and many other sons and daughters had to sacrifice their lives because of people's inability to live in peace and get along with one another in this world. When you see a squabble over something as petty as this then it appears that very little has changed.

Yes, your son died. A tragedy, yes, but something that is known to the soldier before he heads afield. Soldiers aren't forced into the military these days. If you're told not to do something, don't do it. After all, the dead soldier would have followed commands. Put the sign up in another spot and honour him that way, instead of causing a low class drama battle.

I will support the Legion on this issue because if every family wants to put up a memo for their lost ones i think the next war will start there. I will not like the coluor of yours, you will want mine to be shorter, somebody will think that theirs is being blocked by mine etc etc....., that's where a war will surely begin.

Why don't they put the sign in their own front yard?

Grief of this family is understood in reason. What isn't is the family obvious idea that their suffering in the public is greater than anyone else who has lost a child. What if family of a auto accident victim put up an even bigger sign than theirs? It would go on and on......

The Bouzanes have learned the Canadian way. Identify your own rights as they serve you, force them on everybody else, and if they don't agree, then go crying to the media. It is a real shame that Corporal Bouzane who made the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of his country should have his memory sullied by such doofus relatives.

this is what happens when emotion trumps common sense.

kinda like how wars get started in the first place and young good men like Corporal Bouzane pay for the stupidity of the emotional politishuns.

here's a hint to the family: STOP your bullheadedness and remember to honour ALL vets not just your own.

kinda like how he would want it.

What has this world come to, that we now start fighting over a freaking sign honoring a fallen soldier. While I don't personally agree with public displays of grief and if I were grieving I'd do it privately, and wouldn't feel a need to announce it to the whole world, BUT, I do think that the least we can do for a fallen soldier is honor them in death, god knows they don't get much honor in life. Having said that, the family has to understand that their son is not the only one who's ever fallen, plus if the sign is causing a traffic hazard in the town then what honor is there in that. Put the sign somewhere where people can see, remember, and honor the son without putting the lives and safety of others in jeoporady. I agree with the legion this is an embarrassing and uneccessary fight. I just think the world needs to stop creating conflict over every little thing.....the colour of someone's hair in hollywood becomes a "SCANDAL", the crease in a politicians pants becomes a scandal, and now a freaking sign to honro a soldier.....why can't people just stop looking for a fight and creating scandals of every little thing in this world.

Ok. Erect a sign for everyone in the garden. What makes this one dead person so much better than the others?

Maybe a smaller plaque in the garden area would be appropriate as the garden area is meant for all veterans. Place the large sign in another suitable location. I don't think any disrespect was intended on either side of the debate.

The family is not honoring their son with their intransigence. It should not have come to this.

why now after 5 years enough allready