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Senior Member
imo, if they arrest a just-out-of-rehab Rob Ford for just crack, it would be the worst PR disaster in the history of TPS, and that's saying something.
I'd love if they arrested him for any reason... but I can't see that one happening.
I disagree with this. The public is absolutely ripe for this to go down now. There really doesn't seem to be that goodwill from people who previously tried desperately to muster empathy and compassion from the most remote parts of their being. The "comeback" has been less of a reacharound than Ford expected: The apology speech segueing into a campaign speech, #shirtlessjogger, flopping interviews, etc. People really seem to want him to go away, and to go away now. It's like Toronto experienced an unexpected two month dream of what our city was like before Ford and then got woken up with a splash of cold water. People are waking up and angry.
Also, I'm wondering whether Silverstein et al approved the campaigning portion of the speech, or if Doug tacked it on without their approval. Linguists of UT, does it seem like the two parts were written by different people?