Jan 17
Mayor David Miller has repeated his call for a handgun ban. This is completely unecessary, misdirected, mischevious and will in no way result in any reduction of the shootings taking place on our streets. Keep in mind that although the person who shot another last weekend was in possession of a legally-registered firearm he was [...] [...more]
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Mayor David Miller has repeated his call for a handgun ban. This is completely unecessary, misdirected, mischevious and will in no way result in any reduction of the shootings taking place on our streets. Keep in mind that although the person who shot another last weekend was in possession of a legally-registered firearm he was carrying it ILLEGALLY and therefore engaging in criminal behaviour.
I would like to weigh in with a couple of my own bans, specifically strip clubs and alcohol. This would have an immediate impact for good on the streets of Toronto, if not in the pocketbooks of those who demean, use and abuse women and our illustrious Liquor Control Board of Ontario.
I venture to say it would also have a healthy impact on families.
If we are going to go to all the trouble and cost of enforcement of a ban, let’s at least ensure there will be some positive results at the end of the day.
Jan 09
So my 18-year-old son is looking for an apartment. We go on a site that has pictures of apartments and see one that is of interest. It looks bright, clean, spacious.
He makes an appointment, goes downstairs, and finds the apartment is the size of a dollhouse.
On the one hand, the ability to put pictures online [...] [...more]
Posted: under general.
So my 18-year-old son is looking for an apartment. We go on a site that has pictures of apartments and see one that is of interest. It looks bright, clean, spacious.
He makes an appointment, goes downstairs, and finds the apartment is the size of a dollhouse.
On the one hand, the ability to put pictures online enhances the user experience of searching for a place to rent. On the other hand, he and I will never look at apartment pictures online again without wondering just how wide was the wide-angle lens that took the picture. The benefit of a technology is rarely as strraighforward a proposition as it seems.