To the editor:

Re: "Reduction plant counts cash while spreading 'stench,'" Letters, Aug. 31.

I must say that I found the Courier reader letter criticizing West Coast Reduction highly offensive in that it mentions the Diamond family in a most negative way.

There was no necessity to bring their well-respected family name into that criticism of the company.

I notice your proviso that you would edit letters for reasons of legality, taste, etc. I'm sorry you did not do so in this case.

The headline was also offensive.

Ronald Appleton, Vancouver