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flakeloaf posted:Speaking of things that aren't fair: Who are the non-murderers on that list?
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Vintersorg posted:Are they really paying $350K for half a house? lol. Lordy, don't ever look at Toronto real estate. Your head will spin. You're lucky to get a 450sq. ft. condo for $350k.
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infernal machines posted:lol. Lordy, don't ever look at Toronto real estate. Your head will spin. You're lucky to get a 450sq. ft. condo for $350k. Yeah, being from Winnipeg and spending the last two months in BC has been eye opening. Relative to the Winnipeg market though that seems really high for duplex in Transcona. Proximity to Costco seems more like a warning than a perk.
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ExecuDork posted:ALL of Oak Bay is top of the loot-pillage-burn list. Eugh, I'm having flashbacks... Victoria has way too much of that poo poo.
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zapplez posted:Who are the non-murderers on that list? They're not murderers because a court found them not criminally responsible for the crime of murder.
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At least you guys don't have to deal with your senator selling her soul to summon a rapist to the highest court.
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Health Services posted:They're not murderers because a court found them not criminally responsible for the crime of murder. Being “not criminally responsible” for a murder you committed is not quite equal to “not a” murderer.
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Oct 6, 2018 01:23
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They are not guilty of murder
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ocrumsprug posted:Being “not criminally responsible” for a murder you committed is not quite equal to “not a” murderer. It's not equal but equivalent because they did not commit murder, it's factually incorrect to call them "murderers" and really irresponsible to conflate Vince Li with Karla Homolka. The only reason CTV could've had for doing that is to try to stir up public anger at sick people for having the nerve to go to a hospital, get treatment and then be sent home once they're well. flakeloaf fucked around with this message at 01:31 on Oct 6, 2018 |
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flakeloaf posted:... really irresponsible to conflate Vince Li with Karla Homolka. 100% agree with you.
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The justice system does and should justify between killings in general and the specific act of murder, which implies much more than "has killed someone".
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flakeloaf posted:It's not equal but equivalent because they did not commit murder, it's factually incorrect to call them "murderers" and really irresponsible to conflate Vince Li with Karla Homolka. The only reason CTV could've had for doing that is to try to stir up public anger at sick people for having the nerve to go to a hospital, get treatment and then be sent home once they're well. Karla also wasn't convicted of murder.
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Postess with the Mostest posted:Karla also wasn't convicted of murder. I.... er.... well yes, that's not what I was looking for but it's very also true.
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Grouchio posted:At least you guys don't have to deal with your senator selling her soul to summon a rapist to the highest court.
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Grouchio posted:At least you guys don't have to deal with your senator selling her soul to summon a rapist to the highest court. Our senators are lifetime appointments that keep trying to convince everyone that Canada’s genocidal past wasn’t actually that bad
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Jury's still out on who the rapist will be, but his first female supporter in the Senate will definitely be Beyak.
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Why are they putting the sidewalk so far up the driveway? I mean, they are huge driveways but that seems excessive... Growing up in the suburbs of Montreal, the sidewalk at my house was up against the street and my current house in Kitchener has a small boulevard in front of the sidewalk (granted, they driveways are fairly small to begin with).
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DariusLikewise posted:Our senators are lifetime appointments that keep trying to convince everyone that Canada’s genocidal past wasn’t actually that bad Brazeau is somehow still a senator. On the plus side they don’t have the ability to pick the Supreme Court.
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EngineerJoe posted:Why are they putting the sidewalk so far up the driveway? I mean, they are huge driveways but that seems excessive... Everything from the new sidewalk to the road is city property. When the lots were laid out they planned to put a wider divided bike path, and may still do so in the future. The excuse the city is using is that the area between the sidewalk and the road will be used for snow storage in winter, but I bet it is at least partly so the homeowners won't start to think of the extra bit as their own property.
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https://twitter.com/Goons_TXT/status/1048392491857268736
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True, also roads. Really, almost any kind of contiguous surface. Moats are your only protection.
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Jordan7hm posted:Brazeau is somehow still a senator. On the double plus side our judges are in 99% of cases former lawyers who become judges and aren’t elected as Liberals or Conservatives so they tend to be apolitical in decision making.
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DariusLikewise posted:Our senators are lifetime appointments that keep trying to convince everyone that Canada’s genocidal past wasn’t actually that bad
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infernal machines posted:True, also roads. As sad as it sounds, a friend of ours says that the lowest their neighborhood crime rate ever dropped was the period when the bridge between them and north Point Douglas was completely closed due to repairs. Moats, or in this case a river, really do protect against crime. But still LOL@suburbanites being mad about bike paths.
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infernal machines posted:True, also roads. That only serves to open you up to piracy I'm afraid. The only possible solution could be a gate and paying a security guard
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Squibbles posted:That only serves to open you up to piracy I'm afraid. The only possible solution could be a gate and paying a security guard No no no... If Sid Meyer ever taught me anything- you hire the pirates as privateers to raid the silver train and stick it to those dastardly Spaniards.
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flakeloaf posted:Jury's still out on who the rapist will be, but his first female supporter in the Senate will definitely be Beyak. My odds are on Batters first.
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Does anyone have strong opinions about the Vancouver municipal election? I'm trying to do research but everyone's platform seems to be "something must be done about housing prices."
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TheOtherContraGuy posted:Does anyone have strong opinions about the Vancouver municipal election? I'm trying to do research but everyone's platform seems to be "something must be done about housing prices." Nope, it's just a case of "vote for whoever is least bad and at least has a chance of winning". Just don't vote for anyone NPA or Coalition Vancouver. You won't find any info really about the school trustee candidates (yawn), so I'd just go with the Vancouver Secondary Teacher's Association endorsements: http://vsta.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/EndorsedCandidates-handout-HalfSheetpub.pdf
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TheOtherContraGuy posted:Does anyone have strong opinions about the Vancouver municipal election? I'm trying to do research but everyone's platform seems to be "something must be done about housing prices." Kennedy Stewart for mayor; COPE, Greens and OneCity for council; and COPE, Greens, OneCity and Vision for school board and parks
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That's essentially what I have. Are there any independents that stand a chance?
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Idk. I like Sarah Blyth and will vote for her but I don’t expect she will outperform any of the party candidates.
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How did the slates even happen? You have, what, 4 Greens, 3 COPE, 2 OneCity + 5 Vision running for 10 seats on the ~progressive~ side, and 8 NPA + 7 Coalition + 5 Yes Vancouver on the right? It looks like imperfect coordination, like all the parties voluntarily fielded less than a full slate in order to avoid vote splitting, but then still made it so that each of the sides nominated more than 10 candidates to make it so vote splits still happen? It's bizarre - either cooperate or don't!
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THC posted:Greens Municipal Greens bad. Very NIMBY and obstructionist. Not even environment focused, all about SFH and never changing anything.
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That’s true. I guess I thought they’d play along with COPE et al. You could vote for Vision or ProVancouver candidates instead. The main thing is that COPE is poised for a big comeback.
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Oct 6, 2018 22:32
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I get to vote for District of North Vancouver candidates. The most important district of North Vancouver!
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Voting in Victoria municipal elections gives me flashbacks to high school exams. One mayor, up to eight councillors, three CRD councillors (some city council candidates also put their name in for CRD council but not all), up to nine school trustees, plus a referendum on whether we should create a committee to study possible amalgamation. We also don't traditionally have parties although there are two this year. NewCouncil (right) has a mayoral candidate and four or five council candidates. Together Victoria (left) has three council candidates. Are you allowed to bring cheat sheets into the polling booth? Because I'm going to have trouble remembering twenty names.
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THC posted:The main thing is that COPE is poised for a big comeback. This is good! I did vote for all the COPE candidates. Unless they had one in the mayors race, threw the vote in the for Stewart there just because it seems like a two way between him and the NPA guy.
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COPE was running someone for mayor but he decided to withdraw after he had a stroke.
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Kibayasu posted:I get to vote for District of North Vancouver candidates. The most important district of North Vancouver! I'm in New West where the incumbent mayor is so popular I'll be shocked he doesn't win with 80%+. The only other candidate has publicly whined about discrimination against older white men 
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