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Comment on Retro Squizz: “Oscar Report 2009″ by tai chi blog

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Comment on Dreaming of the transit that could have been by squizz

squizz — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:00:26 +0000

A lot of what you’re dreaming about will (supposedly) be addressed in the Transit City plans (Queen line, Eglinton line, Jane line… plus there’s a new east lakeshore streetcar line in the works). But even so, this is all years into the future, and will only bring the city’s transit system to the level of usefulness it should have reached decades ago. Sigh.

Comment on Dreaming of the transit that could have been by Grant

Grant — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:43:54 +0000

My dream Toronto subway system.

An east-west Queen line (this will never get built but would probably do more than anything to make the subway system more useful).

An east-west Eglinton line that connects to Pearson (Toronto is the only “world” city I’ve been to with no high-volume public transit connected to the airport).

The Sheppard extension.

A Bathurst line that starts at Bloor station and runs south to BMO Field

A line that hugs the lakeshore from way out in the western part of the GTA, rolls past the CNE grounds, connects through Union station, and then runs up through cabbagetown and hits the Bloor line somewhere.

A line that runs from the Sheppard line (or even further north) down through Don Mills, crosses the Bloor line around Pape and connects with my imaginary Queen line.

A north-south line along Jane that runs from somewhere up north down to my imagined lakeshore line in the west.

Comment on I ask again: What’s my moral obligation to a homeless person? by squizz

squizz — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 16:02:57 +0000

One of the big reasons people can become so callous towards the homeless is the perception that they somehow brought the situation upon themselves. When we see TV images of young children starving, or villages destroyed by some natural disaster, the reaction is “oh, those poor people, they didn’t do anything to deserve that!” Yet somehow we perceive destitute people on our own doorsteps as having “chose” that path, as if mental illness or physical addiction are “choices”. It’s why getting a dog is such a coup for a homeless person — passersby may not care about the person themselves, but they might say “oh, that poor dog, it didn’t do anything to be in this situation” and toss some change.

Comment on I ask again: What’s my moral obligation to a homeless person? by @MirMir3000

@MirMir3000 — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:33:26 +0000

When I first came to spend significant time in the city for the first time, I was so shocked at how easy it was for people to walk by homeless people, some sprawled out awkwardly on sewer grates. My sister, who had been living here for about a month, said you just get used to it and since you can’t help them all, you can only walk by. I was certain that I’d never be able to ignore a desperate human asking for help, even if I lived in the city for years. And now, just to get to the closest subway I walk by at least two men asking for help and I don’t always offer anything. I would be homeless myself if I gave money every time I’m asked.
It may be our morale obligation to help them (I am mostly religionless, but one thing they all seem to agree on is is to help those in need) but we say things like, They will just spend the money on booze and drugs, or, Someone else will help them, to make it easier to walk by without guilt. And most of us are more likely to send money to desperate people around the world than to any homeless person in our city.

Comment on I ask again: What’s my moral obligation to a homeless person? by @MirMir3000

@MirMir3000 — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:12:09 +0000

Like.

Comment on What’s my moral obligation to a homeless person? by I ask again: What’s my moral obligation to a homeless person? « The Daily* Squizz

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 16:53:57 +0000

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Comment on It’s been a shitty week for… by squizz

squizz — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:09:40 +0000

Fair enough. But Thomson has no real hope of winning, while Ford is, according to some polls, up there with Smitherman at the front of the pack. That’s not to say that Thomson et. al. can get away with saying whatever they please, but the closer you are to winning, the stronger the microscope on every remark. (Or, in this case, not.)

Comment on It’s been a shitty week for… by Dinkle

Dinkle — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:32:33 +0000

Re: Ford vs. Thomson.

You forgot to mention why Ford addressed Thomson in the first place. In a series of rude, inaccurate and ridiculously personal attacks she leaned across the table and said he was wearing a cheap suit and he should invest in a new one… “Will you invest in a new suit, Mr. Ford.”

Then, came Ford’s reply prefaced by “You know, Ms. Thomson… “

Comment on Let’s boldly go where no governor general has gone before by Leonard Nimoy

Leonard Nimoy — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:29:51 +0000

Please stop stealing my sayings.