Posted on 12/14/2005 7:54:20 PM PST by Stoat
Remember the case in NYC years ago where a woman was being attacked on the street and no one called the police .. yes it happens.
Read the posts by that self-proclaimed Canadian here and you'll find that your opinion is certainly not hyperbole.
What "rabble"? We're not talking about ordinary citizens here
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You're right! Let's get the DNR to sell tags and open a season! //sarc//
What is this? Angry Seinfeld cast members? Are they angry with the stoat or are they angry with Canada?
Interesting premise, probably true.
Yes I do.
I don't think there's anything wrong with making someone who is down and out a little more comfortable on a cold night.
By the way are you an old style Methodist?
For a second I thought you meant "Do Not Resuscitate" tags. I would, given the number of drug overdoses, be most certianly supportive of that.
"Am I on FreeRepublic or DU here?"
Good luck tring to figure that out. I'm sure you'll find the answer one day.
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On "DU" someone would have said it's Bush's fault.
Last time a hard rain washed off all the scum of the earth
there was only one family and a few animals left....
Everyone:
"Whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers, as you do unto Me".
And:
"There but for the grace of God, go I."
It's hard to fathom the callousness of some of the comments.
"Granville"
Granville is going the way of 100 block Hastings.
The non druggie street people are moving into the West End to get away form the mayhem.
On the bright side Yale Town developement is slowly getting rid of the down town blight.
BTW Canada is not socialist heaven for steet people. It's socialist hell.
Next time park your car in the car park on the corner of Thurlow and Alberni next to the liquour store.
There is extra car park security because of the liquour store.
Just take a five dollar cab ride to your car and Bob's your uncle.
Hotel and high end car parks are the worst hit.
"It's hard to fathom the callousness of some of the comments."
Well said, Friend......
On a happier note, may this joyous season bring you many blessings. Merry Christmas.
In rare instances there are cases where people will take action. This is because these people are either not 'in tune' with the group or because they have a very strong level of personal responsibility. I believe in liberal areas there is a very strong level of group-think and a very weak level of personal responsibility, which is why the greatest atrocities in history have been committed by leftists (because noone would speak up).
BUMP and repeated for poignancy!
That might be one of the clearest explanations/rationale for Liberal mass psychosis I have ever seen...BRAVO!
I do have one nit to pick....while I believe your explanation about group-think is spot on, unfortunately it also applies to (unfortunately) Right-Wing Statists who believe in total Gub'Mint authority.
It is innate to all Liberals, and it happens (occasionally) to one-time Conservatives that begin to believe their own hype and press releases, and feel that THEY are the best Moral Authority.
I HATE that any Conservative could become this way, but it is an ultimate reflection of weak character (as you point out) and the inability to resist temptation, matched to the idea that they need to do "something", which eventually becomes complete dominance and control.
It is also the result of the belief that "they know better" than the public that elect them...just look around Free Republic and you can spot them.
Anyway, again, your nicely distilled explanation is fantastic.
Lemme guess. You're a twelve stepper.
"Lemme guess. You're a twelve stepper."
Got anything other than Ad hominems?
Agreed. Such is the nature of the internet, and the anonymity it provides. I wonder if some of the posters would be saying the same things if they were in a room full of people, and everyone could see one another?
It's one thing to say something when you are hidden; it's quite another to say the same thing in full view of all.
The good weather just prolongs the agony.
And yes other Canadian cities dump their homeless here.
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