tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post4118737646752325673..comments2023-10-28T01:08:17.601-07:00Comments on David Talks/The Berner Monologues: PASS THE TEADavid Bernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05707698404226464547noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post-91201972214715065522012-04-17T21:42:16.991-07:002012-04-17T21:42:16.991-07:00"Its a complex problem"
What a load of l..."Its a complex problem"<br />What a load of left wing do gooder crap. The problem is the use of drugs. I have already told my tale of woe re my families battle with drugs and alchohol. We managed to overcome the addictions.(2 dead of ods many more recovering) with little or no help from taxpayers. Yes it is complex.<br />Use a backhoe or a D9 cat to remove Insite.<br />UGM and all real treatment centers prevail stupidity dies sooner or later.<br />13Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post-24455094456277389442012-04-17T03:54:46.098-07:002012-04-17T03:54:46.098-07:00@Robert W.
You respect Roy Green? You mean that ...@Robert W.<br /><br />You respect Roy Green? You mean that partisan right-wing hack who supported fully the choice of Sarah Palin for VP? Yes, very wise man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post-76241199006894570742012-04-15T12:39:27.158-07:002012-04-15T12:39:27.158-07:00Damn those big, bad, mean developers. Imagine want...Damn those big, bad, mean developers. Imagine wanting to replace filth, stench, criminal activity, slavery to drugs and prostitution with nice places to shop and live. As for the BIA's security, how dare the business association want to provide another pair of eyes to help protect people that want to park their cars or simply walk the streets in that area without the fear of not making to their destination in one piece ! Has this world gone mad ? David, isn't it interesting that some people with the beliefs that the DTES is just fine the way it is, don't use their names when posting a comment ? You'd think that they'd be proud and willing to let the rest of us know who it is that supports the constant and continuing enabling of the misery that afflicts the DTES.Jeff Taylornoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post-71778788163469694672012-04-14T23:59:28.259-07:002012-04-14T23:59:28.259-07:00I understand how the situation can sound absurd bu...I understand how the situation can sound absurd but...<br /><br />It's a complex problem - Vandu is only one organization of many in the DTES who oppose this development and for many reasons. Vandu represents drug users as it pertains to support, personal liberty and health. They advocate for InSite because it is better than having overdoses in the alleys and the rapid spread of HIV that the City faced not so long ago.<br /><br />Other groups oppose Sequel 138 for the devastation it will have on surrounding housing efforts. There is an attempt by the developer and city staff to redefine the meaning of "social housing" to keep city requirements to a minimum - zoning and policies get into the mix. <br /><br />On top of that, the developer has been particularly nasty towards the local residents and thinks that by providing 8 units at welfare rates he should have carte blanche over a block of development in a poverty-stricken community. He didn't realize that people actually live in the neighbourhood and care about what happens here.<br /><br />I am self-employed in the arts, live in the area and although I'm not a drug user I'm already being aggressed by the private security hired by the BIAs. I can only imagine the harassment that someone who lives on the street faces.<br /><br />The Globe's report is unfortunate: the headline is biased and definitely not intended to help reach any resolution about condo tower development in the Downtown Eastside. This is far too complicated an issue to base a reaction on a report in the G&M.<br /><br />Thanks for taking my comment!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post-11384678198425688422012-04-14T12:26:04.108-07:002012-04-14T12:26:04.108-07:00"Well. The entire world is falling to ruins a..."Well. The entire world is falling to ruins and poor Cheshire is off his tea."You are right sheer lunacyJoanna Jnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post-46017694338829138892012-04-14T11:45:09.675-07:002012-04-14T11:45:09.675-07:00Listening to Roy Green this morning, a man I very ...Listening to Roy Green this morning, a man I very much respect, on comes a series of pro-drug & pro-alcohol dispensing "clinics". Of course they call them something else but we all know what they are.<br /><br />These folks, with the many, many letters after their names I have no doubt, sound so kind & gentle ... as they advocate policies that are helping to extend the destruction of people's lives. And all supported by endless "studies" ... studies whose outcomes I suspect were all predetermined before they commenced.<br /><br />So your report is no surprise to me at all. :-(Robert W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11450265399740128136noreply@blogger.com