tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post104623163766625340..comments2023-10-28T01:08:17.601-07:00Comments on David Talks/The Berner Monologues: VANCOUVER DISAGREEMENTDavid Bernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05707698404226464547noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post-7410993045799929282009-02-17T09:20:00.000-08:002009-02-17T09:20:00.000-08:00The Tories are not living up to any of their promi...The Tories are not living up to any of their promises!<BR/>Residental treatment is the only answer. Out of town treatment centers are the best for long term results.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post-39972070267337942212009-02-16T21:07:00.000-08:002009-02-16T21:07:00.000-08:00Pelalusa!You are, as per usual, spot on...Here's a...Pelalusa!<BR/><BR/>You are, as per usual, spot on...<BR/><BR/>Here's a bigger name for you. The Portland Hotel Society and it's overlord Mark Townsend. He bitches and complains every time I write a column on the drug industry on the DTES. "Harm reduction is the only thing that will help, Alex", he whines and snivels.<BR/><BR/>Bullshit.<BR/><BR/>As Sir David has pointed out, umpteen times: TREATMENT IS THE ANSWER, Period. You can have harm seduction for the 1 in 10 of addicts that it might help--fine. But the Tories, sadly, are not living up to their promises about funding treatment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post-58285128709634525282009-02-16T20:31:00.000-08:002009-02-16T20:31:00.000-08:00David, the other day on the radio I heard that $1....David, the other day on the radio I heard that $1.4 Billion has been spent on the DTES since the Year 2000. So there's no misunderstanding, that is $1,400,000,000.00 in the past 9 years. And this is supposed to be a conservative estimate; the actual number may be much higher.<BR/><BR/>Today I heard Gary Mason talking about the DTES. He said that the major problem are all the vested interests down there, what I aptly call The Poverty Industry (PVI). He added that it's not in their interest to have things ever get any better. And lo and behold, they don't.<BR/><BR/>I'm convinced that the average British Columbian is a caring & compassionate person. They're also not stupid. So they pretty much have surmised that things will never get better until a strong politicians stands up against The Poverty Industry. But that requires standing firm while the PVI applies a lot of tricks with the media to shame said politician.<BR/><BR/>Mason cited The Carnegie Centre as one of the vested interests that don't want things to change. But clearly there are many more.Robert W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11450265399740128136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post-89084871198363192032009-02-16T13:42:00.000-08:002009-02-16T13:42:00.000-08:00David: For some time now, I have felt that we need...David: For some time now, I have felt that we need to make many government "services" redundant. Your article this morning, I think, proves my point. Point One: An amount of $200,000 is peanuts in the overall scheme of things - just one dollar from everyone who attends hockey games from now 'til the end of the season, would cover it. So would one dollar each from every citizen in the three main municipalities on the North Shore.<BR/>Point #2: Yesterday, British Columbians pledged a record $8.3 million dollars in the Variety Telethon. So what do we do, forget our kids once they're no longer cute at age 19? What would be wrong with holding a Global BC Telethon for drug treatment facilities and treatment modalities? <BR/>Do we not do these things because the sight of a few spaced out, emaciated human beings will not turn on the money taps?<BR/>Give me a break!<BR/>Regards,<BR/>Elizabeth JamesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post-10459073895546937392009-02-16T11:06:00.000-08:002009-02-16T11:06:00.000-08:00The conservatives don't believe in prevention and ...The conservatives don't believe in prevention and treatment. They use the concept of morality to justify punishments, as if human beings lack discipline to be good, only punishing them would they learn to behave. Of course, the conservatives also believe that the high-ups, people of their own, are exempt from this rule that underlies their unique trait to be superior. <BR/><BR/>Conservatism is worthless. well. almost.<BR/><BR/>ZhaoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com