Backlash Over Lake Toews Begins To Swell

[IPostedWhat]

ESPN - The decision to name a lake after Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews in his native Manitoba was not met with complete approval.

The mother of a fallen soldier believes her son should have received the honor before the hockey star.

Shirley Seggie, whose son Michael Seggie was killed in Afghanistan in 2008, said that while she harbors no ill will toward Toews.

"My son went to war to fight for freedom so he [Toews] could do what he's doing," Seggie told ESPNChicago.com.

"No ill feeling towards Jonathan at all. The government has put him in a position where it's backfired on them. My son's life is just as important as anyone out there."

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[miamiforlife81]

I have to agree with her. Giving your life is more important than succeeding at a game.

 

[jojoh07]

I have to agree with her. Giving your life is more important than succeeding at a game.

+1

 

[PhillyPhaithful48]

amen to that

 

[ELYEAH82]

I don't think either deserve the honor. Several people are killed in battle and several more are in or have been in the NHL. I guess it is all dependent on how the soldier was killed. I would probably have criteria like CMH or their equivilant and HOF NHL players. Just my take, and I am in the military so it is not that I am unaware of the sacrifice.

 

[Dupster]

From the snippets I've read, it's a timing issue. Province of Manitoba gave Toews a lake. The fallen soldier has his done by the Feds in Ottawa, and they have a mandatory two or three year wait on the naming.

 

[h X c Chris]

I named my toilet Lake Toews.

 

[Jimmy_the_Tongue]

I named my toilet Lake Toews.

Lake Titicaca wan't working for you anymore?....

 

[Comeds]

I am OK with them naming the lake after Toews.

I don't think it in any way diminishes what that soldier sacrificed nor does it imply that being an athlete is more important that a soldier. Or teacher, or policeman, or firefighter, etc.

 

[Destroydacre]

Come on people it's the name of a lake. There's much more important stuff to be worried about.

 

[Slimpikins]

When did they start naming lakes after people? I thought that is what bridges and streets are for.

 

[IPostedWhat]

When did they start naming lakes after people? I thought that is what bridges and streets are for.

When they realized that they could.

List of lakes named after people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Slimpikins]

The best one on there is:

John Wesley Waughop former superintendent of the state hospital for the insane.