Mayor Rob Ford's Toronto

**GenerationW** · 2012-Jan-03, 05:05

Originally Posted by nfitz

Not sure why you feel the need to violate the forum guidelines to post that ...

Making a joke is a violation?

**voxpopulicosmicum** · 2012-Jan-03, 12:23

Originally Posted by voxpopulicosmicum

I write all my own material, thanks, but really the credit should all go to Rob Fu*king Ford his-self. In this way (and this way alone) he is truly a self-made man.

I feel I owe everybody -- most especially Rob Ford -- an apology: the litany of personal failings that constitutes Rob Ford's public persona are not his only self-made qualities. He is also morbidly obese, and given that I have never heard him claim that people are forcing him to eat against his will, I would have to conclude that he is a self-made man in that respect, too.

**spider** · 2012-Jan-03, 19:50

Making a joke is a violation?

Apparently the first human sensibility one loses on the trek to self appointed Oracle status is a sense of humour. Pity.

**nfitz** · 2012-Jan-03, 21:56

Originally Posted by GenerationW

Making a joke is a violation?

I didn't think a joke was a violation. I simply thought it violated "Make sure your posts contribute something meaningful to the thread.". Not sure why that wasn't self-evident, and then requires several more off-topic posts.

But enough of playing wannabe mod ... let's get back to the core of the thread.

Originally Posted by spider

Apparently the first human sensibility one loses on the trek to self appointed Oracle status is a sense of humour. Pity.

I think you'll find that would be spelled "self-appointed" oracle, not "self appointed".

**CDL.TO** · 2012-Jan-03, 22:01

Glass houses, nfitz.

**Danielinthecity** · 2012-Jan-03, 23:09

Originally Posted by voxpopulicosmicum

EDIT: This is BS. Why should I post a bland, relatively kind description of Ford that lets him off the hook?

Rob Ford is a shamefully fat and stupid, drunk driving, wife-beating, hypocritical alcoholic bigot who has been arrested on criminal charges ranging from drug possession to assaulting and threatening to kill his wife. He has been publicly accused of physically assaulting not just his wife (on many occasions) but also children on a high-school football team; he has never successfully rebutted those accusations. He drunkenly threatened fellow patrons at a Leafs game and then lied about it only to fess up after being confronted with the business cards he handed out to his victims. He's a loser of sub-average intelligence, and his election as mayor of Toronto will forever mark this city as deserving of the worst the world has to offer.

Thank you voxpop!

It's wonderful how you've summarized him so succinctly and accurately. Reading this awesome post gives me some enjoyment and more importantly hope that next time around Torontonians will give greater consideration and thoughtfulness when considering who should be entrusted to run Toronto.

**neubilder** · 2012-Jan-04, 00:49

Originally Posted by voxpopulicosmicum

I knew a Ford mayoralty would be a disaster, but for the first few months after the election I told everyone I could that I was willing to grant Ford the benefit of the doubt if he would hold firm on two particular campaign policies:

1. Control of the police budget
2. Fixing the taxi licensing system

My rationale, at the time, was that Ford was clearly going to do many, many horrible things regarding transit, the budget, etc., but he could still have done these two things as a "maverick outsider unbeholden to special interests", which, IIRC, was what he purported to be.

So far he's zero-for-two on even the kindest of anti-Ford scorecards.

EDIT: This is BS. Why should I post a bland, relatively kind description of Ford that lets him off the hook?

Rob Ford is a shamefully fat and stupid, drunk driving, wife-beating, hypocritical alcoholic bigot who has been arrested on criminal charges ranging from drug possession to assaulting and threatening to kill his wife. He has been publicly accused of physically assaulting not just his wife (on many occasions) but also children on a high-school football team; he has never successfully rebutted those accusations. He drunkenly threatened fellow patrons at a Leafs game and then lied about it only to fess up after being confronted with the business cards he handed out to his victims. He's a loser of sub-average intelligence, and his election as mayor of Toronto will forever mark this city as deserving of the worst the world has to offer.

Yup

**k10ery** · 2012-Jan-04, 02:53

Originally Posted by voxpopulicosmicum

Rob Ford is a shamefully fat and stupid, drunk driving, wife-beating, hypocritical alcoholic bigot who has been arrested on criminal charges ranging from drug possession to assaulting and threatening to kill his wife. He has been publicly accused of physically assaulting not just his wife (on many occasions) but also children on a high-school football team; he has never successfully rebutted those accusations. He drunkenly threatened fellow patrons at a Leafs game and then lied about it only to fess up after being confronted with the business cards he handed out to his victims. He's a loser of sub-average intelligence, and his election as mayor of Toronto will forever mark this city as deserving of the worst the world has to offer.

Such vitriol! I see Ford as more of a friendly buffoon, a lovable oaf, a charming scoundrel. Think of Falstaff. Sure, Prince Hal might make a better king, but which one would you rather hang out with?

**AlvinofDiaspar** · 2012-Jan-04, 09:16

k10ery:

A friendly buffoon don't get drunk and let out an expletive laden tirade in public.

AoD

**Juan_Lennon416** · 2012-Jan-04, 09:39

So we can personally attack Ford but not UT members? I thought any personal attacks were not allowed?

**Register123** · 2012-Jan-04, 09:52

It's not personal if he's not participating in the discussion.

**Juan_Lennon416** · 2012-Jan-04, 10:14

Originally Posted by Register123

It's not personal if he's not participating in the discussion.

That is simply not true.

**toto** · 2012-Jan-04, 10:28

Originally Posted by Juan_Lennon416

So we can personally attack Ford but not UT members? I thought any personal attacks were not allowed?

That's not an attack on Ford. It's an accurate description of him and his behaviour.

gabe · 2012-Jan-04, 10:50

Originally Posted by k10ery

Such vitriol! I see Ford as more of a friendly buffoon, a lovable oaf, a charming scoundrel. Think of Falstaff. Sure, Prince Hal might make a better king, but which one would you rather hang out with?

Are we talking about the same Rob Ford in these youtube vids? He should have gotten some anger management therapy before running for mayor. He is the kind of person i like to avoid having conversations with, you say wrong thing and he flies off the rails, also his attention span is about 30 seconds.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOi2wIUCTnA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z8EpSdyB0zY