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These accounts could not suggest a better example of: "you can't judge a book by its cover." I spent over four years in the Bloor-Lansdowne neighbourhood and often home from Dufferin Mall carrying shopping bags through back-alleys and right along Croatia, Brock and Bloor itself, even late at...

You right, not all black people live in crummy neighborhoods. I live in Brampton now where all my immediate neighbors are white and East Indian. It's a very quiet street with respectable homes. However sometimes I feel like I'm the exception to the rule when all you see going out is the...

It's called "White Flight" suburbanization and it's very commonplace right here in the GTA. Any white person with enough money can move into Bridle Path, Kingsway, Forest Hill, Rosedale, the Beaches, Cabbagetown, Baby Point, High Park, Cliffcrest or further afield: Woodbridge, King City...

See who as threats? That anaolgy perpetuates racism and xenophobia. Every possible Muslim in a crowded area isn't strapped to the hilt with TNT. A majority are certainly average everyday citizens trying to buy goods for their families. Also that formulates a false sense of security, as someone...

It wasn't me who said it had to be blacks but rather based on government sanctioned statisitics that prove people of Afro-Canadian background are four times more likely to dropout than their white/Asian couterparts. Four times! That africentricity part comes in precisely to offer a...

Heh, it was bound to trick somebody :o!

What was the point of posting that link if even it demonstrates that blacks before me found it offensive and advocated to have it removed from public view. That you'd be so fecicious to dig that up to post here just to offend me says alot more about your character than mine, wimp or no wimp...

I agree. Their presence just puts you more at ease, especially in crowded situations where anyone could just pounce on you then disappear among other passers-by.

Here, here! Especially when the renos being done are completely unnecessary (station revitalizations for Museum, St Patrick, Osgoode, Pape; 'beautification' of the Cumberland portal for Bay). Several stations have exposed crumbling ceilings (Christie, Sherbourne) and stained wall tiles...

Yeah you're right but Jane Street is largely residential from start to finish though with the only 'major' development occuring at intersections with concession roads (Lawrence, Wilson and Finch). Kipling has more of a mixed use vibe to it. If successful as a LRT line, instead of routing on...

^ Depictions like that also reinforce negative stereotypes. You know, just once I'd like some damn respect around here!

The reaction would've been one, maybe two days of scandalous headlines in the press then business-as-usual collusion and positive spin. Historical context still plays a heavy role in how news is covered in today's world, psychological predispositions related to race-based policy-making. Was...

Of course if you break down my comments into stand-alone sentences as you've done many times now, when it takes the whole paragraph to get the whole fucking gist, scope and concept of said statement of course I'll sound like that :rolleyes:! And now the world knows she's a 'nigger' and will...

Burhamthrope, Bloor AND Rathburn? Too many east-west roadways occuring in the same general vicinity. Burhamthrope alone is what I'd advocate, as it's the most direct path. People love throwing around "BD extension along Dundas E" alot around here, so why not test the viability of...

Yes but GO is still in the business seeking financial pay-off for every trip it routes. Ever see how sparsely occupied the 9:15, 10:15, 12:15 eastbounds from Bramalea Stn are? Transit can only do so much if people are still unwilling to give their cars a rest and give it a try. GO bus services...

GO Transit already is the "Subway of the Suburbs". In fact better than a subway. What subway could get one from Hurontario (Main) and Highway 7 (Queen) in under 45 mins? Your plan makes alot of sense although I don't know how one would go about enforcing it. People fare evade all the time. Both...

I don't speak like that and we all know it :rolleyes:! I never said she as a person overflowed with anonymity, her actions did. Being an asshole is anonymous as any person non-specific to their ad hominen can be called one. Why are you continually asking a question I didn't preposition in...

The streetcar argument some LRT advocates utilize is just ludicrous and makes us all look bad. I don't think it'll matter to anyone that there'll always be a seat available for them on board if it means having to wait every 10 minutes for service. Downtown streetcars really depress me...

You've never taken a detour from your travels to spontaneously shop in a store you saw while commuting on a bus or streetcar because it caught your eye? Potential customer base is reliant on getting seen and noticed, being located on prime, visible real estate. A MT BRT line garners greater...

Be careful now, your prejudice is showing :rolleyes:! I preceive that the general public's attitude about crime and gangs by and large reflects that of rpgr's. We've become so desensitized to the violence, we just dismiss the social issues behind its cause in a "not my problem" summation. It...