picard102
Senior Member
I thought it was an odd statement. Hell John, maybe because we don't have the guts to make bold decisions like tearing down the Gardiner?!
Would hardly call it bold.
I thought it was an odd statement. Hell John, maybe because we don't have the guts to make bold decisions like tearing down the Gardiner?!
Don Peat
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John Tory will greet Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi & Prime Minister Stephen Harper when they come to #Toronto tomorrow #TOpoli
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#BREAKING: Latest draft of carding policy passes on a vote of 5-2. Mayor Tory in favour. #TOpoli #Toronto
Really dumb of him to vote in favor of it...
Carding is a practice in which Toronto police officers arbitrarily stop citizens, who are disproportionately black males, and ask them questions about what they’re up to, even if they’re not doing anything wrong. The moment that happens, the liberty many of us enjoy in a free and open city evaporates. Most of us who have that liberty don’t even know we have it: it’s just normal.
But a person who has been carded knows. They no longer own the city; the city owns them. It’s a civic relationship that is warped, wrong and racist.
Very good column by Shawn Micallef on this:
http://www.thestar.com/life/2015/04...icy-has-made-this-column-a-sham-micallef.html
It would be interesting to see if these people who say it isn't bad if you have nothing to hide change their tunes if we made it a requirement for police to randomly stop and card one white guy for every black guy they stop.
As I rarely carry ID, it would be interesting to see what the response would be if I was stopped and carded.
It would be interesting to see if these people who say it isn't bad if you have nothing to hide change their tunes if we made it a requirement for police to randomly stop and card one white guy for every black guy they stop.
As I rarely carry ID, it would be interesting to see what the response would be if I was stopped and carded.
Let's check back with you if/when it ever happens to see if your opinion has changed.I couldn't care less when a cop stops me to ask a question.
You'd likely just walk away and continue with your life, as you're not being detained.
You'd likely just walk away and continue with your life, as you're not being detained.
Let's check back with you if/when it ever happens to see if your opinion has changed.