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SD2
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I'd say the world is pretty messed up. Your perception changes a lot when you become a parent.
With that said, it's hard to determine if she's indeed being unreasonable without knowing the age of her children.
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I'd say the world is pretty messed up. Your perception changes a lot when you become a parent.
With that said, it's hard to determine if she's indeed being unreasonable without knowing the age of her children.
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indense
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wasn't there an instance in the last couple of years where a tourist/recent immigrant from a northern european country created quite a fuss by leaving her young child outside a store or restaurant in its stroller? she claimed it's quite normal in sweden or wherever she was from. anybody? anybody?
also, there were no pedophiles or child killers previously? I'm sure that christine jessop's loved ones will find that news surprising.
have there been a spat of child abductions in Whitby recently? i would be willing to wager that Vicky from Whitby has a lovely kitchen overlooking a decent sized fenced yard where her children could (and probably do) play safely.
also, there were no pedophiles or child killers previously? I'm sure that christine jessop's loved ones will find that news surprising.
have there been a spat of child abductions in Whitby recently? i would be willing to wager that Vicky from Whitby has a lovely kitchen overlooking a decent sized fenced yard where her children could (and probably do) play safely.
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andreapalladio
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I do remember that Swedish baby left outside story.
When I was a tot, if it was too nasty to actually go outside, my mother would put me in the baby carriage on the unheated sunporch and open a window so I could nap and get my daily dose of bracing fresh air.
When I was a tot, if it was too nasty to actually go outside, my mother would put me in the baby carriage on the unheated sunporch and open a window so I could nap and get my daily dose of bracing fresh air.
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billonlogan
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^They were from Estonia.
When I was a small child, my dad left us in the car all the time to run quick errands and this never caused a problem. But now-a-days it seems that the quick trips are being equated with the kind of parents that leave their kids in the car while visiting the bingo hall, casino, bar or crack house all night. Where is the line drawn? I think the net has been cast too wide and incidents like this are overreactions and unfairly lumped with serious abandonments.
However, being the father of 2 children, eight and five, I have not left them in the car alone to make quick errards. I'm more concerned with my son pulling a Ricky Bobby and driving away with the car.
When I was a small child, my dad left us in the car all the time to run quick errands and this never caused a problem. But now-a-days it seems that the quick trips are being equated with the kind of parents that leave their kids in the car while visiting the bingo hall, casino, bar or crack house all night. Where is the line drawn? I think the net has been cast too wide and incidents like this are overreactions and unfairly lumped with serious abandonments.
However, being the father of 2 children, eight and five, I have not left them in the car alone to make quick errards. I'm more concerned with my son pulling a Ricky Bobby and driving away with the car.
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Bogtrotter
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"Where is the line drawn? I think the net has been cast too wide and incidents like this are overreactions and unfairly lumped with serious abandonments."
Indeed. I slap my kid on the rump to get the message across therefore I'm a child abuser.
Indeed. I slap my kid on the rump to get the message across therefore I'm a child abuser.
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building babel
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When I outgrew my sturdy early-1950's English pram, I used it to house the snails and slugs which my friend Ruth and I collected in the back garden. I still remember how lovely the slime trails looked against the dark upholstery; funny how the important memories never leave us.
After my parents sold the pram, the new owner was pushing it through a pedestrian underpass in our village ( Horley, Surrey ) that suddenly collapsed just after a British Rail train passed above it. As is often the way with these things, the parent and child miraculously survived. But Babel's baby carriage was, sad to say, a complete writeoff.
bitter babel
After my parents sold the pram, the new owner was pushing it through a pedestrian underpass in our village ( Horley, Surrey ) that suddenly collapsed just after a British Rail train passed above it. As is often the way with these things, the parent and child miraculously survived. But Babel's baby carriage was, sad to say, a complete writeoff.
bitter babel
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indense
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my condolences for your loss, babel. give it time. the wounds will heal.
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cdl42
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Keep chugging
Lorrie Goldstein ("Two cents worth for David Miller," March 4) describes Toronto as "the engine of Ontario's economy." He's wrong; Toronto is the driver's seat. The engine is everywhere else -- in the factories of Windsor, in the software shops of Waterloo, in the logic foundries of Kanata. What we don't need is more money flowing from overtaxed Canadians into Toronto, only to attract more drivers and passengers into an overloaded cabin. What we do need is a freeing up of the economy, and investments in transportation and communications infrastructure, so that those who actually produce useful stuff can grow and prosper.
Marc Thibault
Iroquois, Ont.
(The new economy isn't mining and autos, it's technology, science, and that can and will happen in cities)
Lorrie Goldstein ("Two cents worth for David Miller," March 4) describes Toronto as "the engine of Ontario's economy." He's wrong; Toronto is the driver's seat. The engine is everywhere else -- in the factories of Windsor, in the software shops of Waterloo, in the logic foundries of Kanata. What we don't need is more money flowing from overtaxed Canadians into Toronto, only to attract more drivers and passengers into an overloaded cabin. What we do need is a freeing up of the economy, and investments in transportation and communications infrastructure, so that those who actually produce useful stuff can grow and prosper.
Marc Thibault
Iroquois, Ont.
(The new economy isn't mining and autos, it's technology, science, and that can and will happen in cities)
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TdotTrickyRicky
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If a child or baby was left on the street while the mother went in to do shopping I would reckon the chances of someone abducting, harming or sexually exploiting that child would approach zero percent. The likelihood of someone stopping and trying to find out who the hell left their kid unattended on the street and perhaps even overeacting and calling authorities, maybe just under 50 percent.
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ganjavih
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:lol
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spmarshall
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Here's a Sun-worthy letter in the Star:
Bicyclists aren't paragons of virtue
Mar 12, 2007 04:30 AM
Motorists put cyclists at risk
Letter, March 9.
I find it very interesting that most cyclists who write in stress their right to use public roads with very little regard to their own safety and that of the public. They stress the fact that cycling is healthy and non-polluting. This is true, but cycling should be done in designated areas where safety is paramount.
How many cyclists obey all the rules of the road? How many use hiking trails, where bicycles are prohibited? How many cyclists weave in and out of traffic? How many stop at stop signs?
Edward Palys, Pickering
Bicyclists aren't paragons of virtue
Mar 12, 2007 04:30 AM
Motorists put cyclists at risk
Letter, March 9.
I find it very interesting that most cyclists who write in stress their right to use public roads with very little regard to their own safety and that of the public. They stress the fact that cycling is healthy and non-polluting. This is true, but cycling should be done in designated areas where safety is paramount.
How many cyclists obey all the rules of the road? How many use hiking trails, where bicycles are prohibited? How many cyclists weave in and out of traffic? How many stop at stop signs?
Edward Palys, Pickering
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Brighter Hell
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and the factories of Toronto...
and the software shops of Toronto...
and the logic foundries of Toronto...
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Darkstar416
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I'm convinced the people who write to the editors of the Toronto Sun are the exact same people who call City-TV's City Online show everyday.
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cdl42
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Stupidity begets stupidity. Here's today's editorial cartoon from he Sun.
Personal intrepretation: This is the way to interpret the budget and government taxation if you're a 'dummy'.
Personal intrepretation: This is the way to interpret the budget and government taxation if you're a 'dummy'.
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bizorky
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So we free up the economy by reducing taxes, but then use tax revenue to invest in communications and infrastructure - which is heavily located in major cities - like Toronto.
never mind.