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[Mikey Jr.]

Man, he was fucked up in that video. God damn!

 

[Dr.Acula]

the Ford family have $10 million worth in real estate holdings

The parents die, the kids spend millions on lawyers fighting over the assets, make one or two bad business investments, money gone. It happens all the time. Lottery winners, pro athletes, movie stars, musicians. It's not unprecedented.

 

[milanbaros]

Don't have anything against the release of the video but putting 'Rest In Peace' in the thread title is pretty ironic.

 

[Liberty4all]

Really sad video. I hope he found peace near the end. He wasn't a bad guy but had some major flaws due to his addictions. The six he did with kids though showed his true heart.

 

[OnPoint]

It was under a publication ban which has now been lifted. It's literally in the quote I posted in OP.

No I get that. I can read, thanks.

But why even bother? What good does it do? Do people need to see this? What's the point.

 

[commedieu]

Let it go. He's dead jim.

 

[Silexx]

No I get that. I can read, thanks.

But why even bother? What good does it do? Do people need to see this? What's the point.

Given the hoopla around the video when its existence was revealed, this is in the public interest.

If anything, even though the timing is coincidental, given we are in the middle of Olympics coverage and most political reporters are on vacation, then factor in the emergence of Trump and you can argue that this story is being sent out to die.

 

[DeaconKnowledge]

Team Ford.

 

[gutter_trash]

The parents die, the kids spend millions on lawyers fighting over the assets, make one or two bad business investments, money gone. It happens all the time. Lottery winners, pro athletes, movie stars, musicians. It's not unprecedented.

aren't Conservatives "supposed" to be good with money?

 

[Dr.Acula]

aren't Conservatives "supposed" to be good with money?

They're also supposed to be faithful to their spouses and anti-drug. I get financial and economic conservatism, but they need to cut it with social conservatism because everyone has vices, and it's kinda bull to demand people live perfect lives.

Given the hoopla around the video when its existence was revealed, this is in the public interest.

If anything, even though the timing is coincidental, given we are in the middle of Olympics coverage and most political reporters are on vacation, then factor in the emergence of Trump and you can argue that this story is being sent out to die.

Plus we got Malia Obama's "smoking" video too.

Spoiler

The weed one, not the twerk one, you pervs!

 

[jstripes]

No I get that. I can read, thanks.

But why even bother? What good does it do? Do people need to see this? What's the point.

Closure.

 

[killer rin]

All I can say is that I can't believe people voted for him

 

[Sapiens]

All I can say is that I can't believe people voted for him

People weren't voting for Ford - it was the suburbs telling downtown to fuck off.

 

[Diablos]

He's dead. this is sleazy.

I agree. I don't see the point in basically humiliating a man who is dead especially when the world knows about all of his bad decisions to begin with.

 

[killer rin]

No I get that. I can read, thanks.

But why even bother? What good does it do? Do people need to see this? What's the point.

Considering conservative types raked the Toronto Star and its reporters through the mud over this video being "false", "fake" or "a lie", its nice to see them be able to come back with this to tell them off after the fact. Shame it couldn't come out earlier when it was still in the publics attention and Ford was alive though.

 

[jediyoshi]

I agree. I don't see the point in basically humiliating a man who is dead especially when the world knows about all of his bad decisions to begin with.

New trick for topic creators.

Post the article as a reply. Then people might read it after they ignore OP.

 

[Pakkidis]

I agree. I don't see the point in basically humiliating a man who is dead especially when the world knows about all of his bad decisions to begin with.

As I said on the first page, Toronto star took a lot of heat for being one of the first ones to acknowledge the video. A lot of conservatives were trashing Toronto Star and even questioned the credibility of the reporter who first saw the tape. I think the Toronto Star has every right to show it.

 

[jstripes]

All I can say is that I can't believe people voted for him

Look at what's going on south of the border.

Trump's not gonna win (unless something awful happens), but he's got a similar rabid following.

 

[Layell]

Toronto Star has every right to publish the video, they were hit by a ton of right-wing media for reporting on the video.

As someone who lives in Toronto I am glad the video is out, people still try to deny the fact that he did what he did, or gloss over it. In an ideal world Rob Ford would have lived long enough to turn around on his racist, homophobic, and abusive actions. It's a shame that he did not.

 

[Zombie James]

Toronto Star has every right to publish the video, they were hit by a ton of right-wing media for reporting on the video.

As someone who lives in Toronto I am glad the video is out, people still try to deny the fact that he did what he did, or gloss over it. In an ideal world Rob Ford would have lived long enough to turn around on his racist, homophobic, and abusive actions. It's a shame that he did not.

Nobody's perfect!

 

[Sapiens]

Toronto Star has every right to publish the video, they were hit by a ton of right-wing media for reporting on the video.

As someone who lives in Toronto I am glad the video is out, people still try to deny the fact that he did what he did, or gloss over it. In an ideal world Rob Ford would have lived long enough to turn around on his racist, homophobic, and abusive actions. It's a shame that he did not.

Right? The man was known to have bedbugs deposited in the homes of his enemies, drive drunk and show up to work intoxicated. The man has not deserved anyone's sympathy (even in death), because while he was living, he had no regard for you.

What if Rob Ford, in one of his crack addicted, drunken stupors, ran over your child in his car?

Fuck that guy.

 

[EvilMario]

Cross posting from Toronto-Age OT

It's a shame the crack still gets all the headlines when his politics while in office had such a huge negative impact on the city. Ripping up transit, being against shelters, having laughable 11pm depositions for people when threatening to shut down city services, stunting growth in general. Being a regular ol' racist and homophobic bigot who beat his wife.

The quick turn that people, especially media, had when he died was staggering. He was not some warm, loving, man of the people suddenly. He hurt tens of thousands at least through his shitty policies. If you don't want people to talk shit about you when you're dead, don't be a shit person while you were alive.

 

[Jackpot]

I agree. I don't see the point in basically humiliating a man who is dead especially when the world knows about all of his bad decisions to begin with.

Cross posting from Toronto-Age OT

This is the guy you're defending. Being dead does not change that or make him noble or whatever messed up idea you have.

 

[daemonic]

Toronto Star has every right to publish the video, they were hit by a ton of right-wing media for reporting on the video.

As someone who lives in Toronto I am glad the video is out, people still try to deny the fact that he did what he did, or gloss over it. In an ideal world Rob Ford would have lived long enough to turn around on his racist, homophobic, and abusive actions. It's a shame that he did not.

I feel the same way. The Star was criticized immensely for it's journalistic integrity when this broke loose. Not to mention reporters were attacked and humiliated for attempting to uncover the story. Ford having passed does not change the fact that the full truth should be revealed, especially given that the Ford "political legacy" continues on with his nephew and the family has a lot of support.

 

[ameratsu]

The amount of denial surrounding the existence of this video is almost hard to believe. All signed pointed to its existence, but there was this persistent undercurrent of Rob Ford being the victim of some left-wing slander campaign.

I seem to even remember some (possibly banned) poster here on gaf having an avatar with Rob Ford's face, with the caption "video or gtfo". Well... here's the video, how about you gtfo?

 

[EvilMario]

The amount of denial surrounding the existence of this video is almost hard to believe. All signed pointed to its existence, but there was this persistent undercurrent of Rob Ford being the victim of some left-wing slander campaign.

I seem to even remember some (possibly banned) poster here on gaf having an avatar with Rob Ford's face, with the caption "video or gtfo". Well... here's the video, how about you gtfo?

Willectro. He's gone to a better place, but he still has his avatar.

 

[MrCunningham]

Yep. That's some crack.

Who should play him in the HBO movie?

Melissa McCarthy.

Spoiler

Probably Kevin James

 

[Kelsdesu]

Site warns of language while man smokes crack.

 

[AstroLad]

The amount of denial surrounding the existence of this video is almost hard to believe. All signed pointed to its existence, but there was this persistent undercurrent of Rob Ford being the victim of some left-wing slander campaign.

I seem to even remember some (possibly banned) poster here on gaf having an avatar with Rob Ford's face, with the caption "video or gtfo". Well... here's the video, how about you gtfo?

welcome to the modern-day right-wing/conservatives. complete delusion and viciously blaming others for everything is pretty much required just to get out of bed

 

[Walpurgis]

Right? The man was known to have bedbugs deposited in the homes of his enemies, drive drunk and show up to work intoxicated. The man has not deserved anyone's sympathy (even in death), because while he was living, he had no regard for you.

What if Rob Ford, in one of his crack addicted, drunken stupors, ran over your child in his car?

Fuck that guy.

How have I not heard about this?! If true, this man is a true piece of shit. As someone still recovering from a bedbug scare, I only got a glimpse of the paranoia and mental anguish those things can cause. They are life ruining. The fact that an elected official purposely did that is disgusting. I used to laugh at this guy like a joke. Now I know better (assuming the bed bug thing is true).

 

[lightskintwin]

You can tell this wasn't his first crack at it.

I'll see myself out.

 

[Thatonemoor]

Wait.... Rob Ford died? Man I have been under a rock lately :/

 

[SomedayTheFire]

Who cares if he did crack. That's small time compared to all the other horrible shit he did.

 

[Layell]

Willectro. He's gone to a better place, but he still has his avatar.

Well now he has the vids and the outs.

 

[TheStruggler]

Toronto deserves to be screwed.

They have the Leafs they have suffered enough

 

[gutter_trash]

Toronto Star has every right to publish the video, they were hit by a ton of right-wing media for reporting on the video.

As someone who lives in Toronto I am glad the video is out, people still try to deny the fact that he did what he did, or gloss over it. In an ideal world Rob Ford would have lived long enough to turn around on his racist, homophobic, and abusive actions. It's a shame that he did not.

I feel sorry for TO but we in Montreal were loving the comedy show coming from your city.

 

[DopeyFish]

Toronto deserves to be screwed.

That's how we got rob ford in the first place.

When Toronto was amalgamated, it opened the door for right wing nutjobs because of population imbalance.

You have these wankers coming along promising subways for very populated areas but don't have the density for those projects... And enough promises to the outer area fucks the entire city with a shitty mayor.

Thankfully mayors in Ontario are not very powerful figures and city council was able to make Ford pretty ineffective... Though he did nuke transit city, it is coming back piece by piece and should be fully restored in the next few years (because we really need transit)

Thankfully they didn't merge in Mississauga or the other suburbs or Toronto would be screwed constantly. Though I wouldn't be surprised it happens the next time a conservative takes office, just because of the city's ridiculous growth

 

[smokeandmirrors]

just because he's dead doesn't mean we can't admonish him for being a garbage person.

 

[ArjanN]

The parents die, the kids spend millions on lawyers fighting over the assets, make one or two bad business investments, money gone. It happens all the time. Lottery winners, pro athletes, movie stars, musicians. It's not unprecedented.

new money vs old money though.

 

[criesofthepast]

Crackheads give crack a bad rep. It is fairly fly.

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