Because he has neither any idea nor the political will to deal with the gangs and guns problem in Toronto, Mayor David Miller has pulled yet another "ban" idea out of his......
However, the responsible gun owners are angry and fighting back. They're circulating Miller's asinine idea throughout Canada and the U.S. (which means the world, thanks to the Internet), to damage Toronto's tourism. They have one site for their association and another called Toronto the Bad.
This latest whim of Miller's will probably seriously damage Toronto's tourism industry, at a time when it's already on the ropes and high gasoline prices will prevent or redirect tourists in autos. DUH.
I'd been toying with the idea of joining a range and learning to shoot - I'd really like to learn how to clean a gun, and make ammunition - and Miller's lamebrained idea will speed up the process.
Meanwhile, Ontario has banned the display of legal tobacco products and is kicking around banning use of cell phones and text devices while driving.
How many bloody useless, optics-only laws do we not need? Are the provincial government and Toronto's city council colluding on how best to strip responsible people of all rights? First the province kills dogs for no good reason other than political ambition and optics to shore up their low approval rating...the province kicks around banning sushi, SUVs and church picnics...now the City of Toronto wants to stop a sport that is an Olympic event?
Is Toronto still handing out clean needles to junkies? Ottawa providing safe injection sites? Hmm, city councillors, where do you think junkies get money for their drugs? Yes, doofuses, they commit crimes. Why is Toronto supporting those with a habit that is maintained by criminal acts - the buying and selling of the drugs, and stealing (B&Es, muggings) to provide money for the drugs?
Is it time to move to a province and a city with some common sense?
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
Another self-proclaimed dog "expert" yaps
Dr. Stanley Coren is yapping again about Goldens being a model breed...ironic that the Canada Post Safety Officer stated that small dogs are a bigger problem.
As to Golden retrievers being so lovey-dovey....yo, Stanley, have you forgotten this?
I'm tired of self-proclaimed experts...Caveat has a great dissection of Dr. Coren (rhetorical, not vivisection). I'd like to see a dog hanging by its teeth off the a$$ of every self-proclaimed dog expert, since most of them wouldn't recognize dog behaviour until it bit them.
As to Golden retrievers being so lovey-dovey....yo, Stanley, have you forgotten this?
I'm tired of self-proclaimed experts...Caveat has a great dissection of Dr. Coren (rhetorical, not vivisection). I'd like to see a dog hanging by its teeth off the a$$ of every self-proclaimed dog expert, since most of them wouldn't recognize dog behaviour until it bit them.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
If you love dogs, DO NOT travel to Nova Scotia or Ohio, USA
The Chronicle Herald in Nova Scotia has written an excellent article about the Nova Scotia provincial government's back-door method of encouraging breed-specific legislation. Read it here.
The dollar talks. Make yours speak for those that can't speak for themselves.
Don't travel to Nova Scotia if this omnibus bill with its buried breed-specific legislation permission passes. And write the provincial premier, Premier Rodney MacDonald, email to premier(at)gov.ns.ca, fax to 902-424-7648, phone 902-424-6600, and let him know that you won't spend a dollar in Nova Scotia while this law stands.
The Ohio State Legislature is looking at something even worse.
They want to seize and kill all "pit bulls", regardless of whether the dog has done anything wrong. Read the bill here.
My God, are they going to beat the dogs to death in the street? What kind of madness is this???
The dollar talks. Make yours speak for those that can't speak for themselves.
Don't travel to Nova Scotia if this omnibus bill with its buried breed-specific legislation permission passes. And write the provincial premier, Premier Rodney MacDonald, email to premier(at)gov.ns.ca, fax to 902-424-7648, phone 902-424-6600, and let him know that you won't spend a dollar in Nova Scotia while this law stands.
The Ohio State Legislature is looking at something even worse.
They want to seize and kill all "pit bulls", regardless of whether the dog has done anything wrong. Read the bill here.
My God, are they going to beat the dogs to death in the street? What kind of madness is this???
SAVE THE "PIT BULL", SAVE THE WORLD.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
More BSL bullshite
Just a few days ago, a friend's leashed dog was savagely mauled by a roaming dog.
The friend could not scare off or beat off the attacking dog, it just kept coming and coming and coming and biting and slashing.
Vet bills for the attacked dog so far are at $400.
Wanna bet the owner of the attacking dog gets a slap on the wrist? Never pays a cent in compensation to my friend?
And we'll never see an article about this attack in the papers?
All because the attacking dog was not a "pit bull".
Great public safety, there, Fiberals.
The friend could not scare off or beat off the attacking dog, it just kept coming and coming and coming and biting and slashing.
Vet bills for the attacked dog so far are at $400.
Wanna bet the owner of the attacking dog gets a slap on the wrist? Never pays a cent in compensation to my friend?
And we'll never see an article about this attack in the papers?
All because the attacking dog was not a "pit bull".
Great public safety, there, Fiberals.
I sincerely think the world has lost it.
APB. Nova Scotia is sneaking through legislation that allows breed-specific legislation, buried in an omnibus bill, despite a ruling in their own provincial court about constitutionality and impossibility of enforcement. Caveat has the goods.
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I'm starting to think that despite our technological advances, or perhaps because of them, humans are getting dumber and dumber.
Jailing animals (read about it here) and condemning animals on the basis of their shape carries the same taint of stupidity and anthropomorphic thinking as the people who hold trials and execute animals for "crimes". The stupidity isn't confined to the Middle Ages, there was a trial in Kentucky in 1926 and a German Shepherd executed in the electric chair.
Don't believe me about animal trials? Read about them here....here...here...Google it yourself if you want more.
There is the question of whether trying animals for crimes is merely a power play, an attempt to convince the great unwashed masses that the leaders of the time are in control. It also brings up the spectre of "not my fault", the standard human refusal to accept responsibility.
Which, of course, leads to asking why there is recurring hysteria about dog breeds, occurring every couple of decades, and the political gamesmanship involved in implementing breed-specific legislation.
Reminds me of the mob with burning torches chasing the monster.
Skeleton of an idea, more later after I get my life under control again.
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I'm starting to think that despite our technological advances, or perhaps because of them, humans are getting dumber and dumber.
Jailing animals (read about it here) and condemning animals on the basis of their shape carries the same taint of stupidity and anthropomorphic thinking as the people who hold trials and execute animals for "crimes". The stupidity isn't confined to the Middle Ages, there was a trial in Kentucky in 1926 and a German Shepherd executed in the electric chair.
Don't believe me about animal trials? Read about them here....here...here...Google it yourself if you want more.
There is the question of whether trying animals for crimes is merely a power play, an attempt to convince the great unwashed masses that the leaders of the time are in control. It also brings up the spectre of "not my fault", the standard human refusal to accept responsibility.
Which, of course, leads to asking why there is recurring hysteria about dog breeds, occurring every couple of decades, and the political gamesmanship involved in implementing breed-specific legislation.
Reminds me of the mob with burning torches chasing the monster.
Skeleton of an idea, more later after I get my life under control again.
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