Protesters, piss off
To the professional victims who deem it appropriate to start with the bullhorn, drums and protest at 6:30am each Sunday morning recently: You are misguided morons who are showing total disrespect for your community! I don’t even know what your cause is, nor, I doubt, does anyone else, as who is out on the street to see you at 630am. You are scum who delight in exercising what you think is power by destroying the peace and tranquility of people who might otherwise support your cause. I can tell you, next time I hear you Sunday morning, I will find you, find out who you are, and make sure I harass the shit out of you. Also, to the police: When called, at least pretend that differential policing does not exist and shut these assholes down – say, by pretending they are in Shaughnessy, where I’m damn sure they would be shut down in five minutes, not 90 minutes.
–Anonymous
Stock response
Here’s a request to Shoppers, London Drugs, Safeway, Superstore, and all big retailers: Please give us a few hours when we can shop without having to cope with your staff stocking shelves. It used to be done at night, but for some reason the big stores think it’s OK to block up the aisles and stock shelves during the day. It isn’t OK; it’s a big inconvenience to your customers. Remember them? Supposedly they are the ones you are there to serve.
–N. Smith
Harley harassment
The recent dialogue regarding loud, decibel-generating motorcycles in our neighbourhoods has arisen yet again. Recall this political issue a decade ago, and the law has done little to address it. Loud pipes do not save lives – they destroy and invade our expectations of civility. I reunited with an old high-school friend who bragged to me about his loud Harley and [how] its noisy effect worked to keep him from being hit. A year later, he is now incapacitated due to a collision that was not his fault. Time to rethink that one. The police have full authority to issue a demand that a suspected loud bike get tested, thus inconveniencing the law breaker enough times to address the illegally generated noise.
–Paul Richards
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