I'm not sure why exactly you feel that way when you were presented with a number of facts from several different posters about Ford and his disreputable manner. Has nothing to do with jumping on a bandwagon.
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Toronto-Age |OT3| Going Off the Rails on a Gravy Train
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I'm not sure why exactly you feel that way when you were presented with a number of facts from several different posters about Ford and his disreputable manner. Has nothing to do with jumping on a bandwagon.
Dude, you called him a "dumb bully". I can't even take anything you say seriously after that.
I figured he was making fun of Rob Ford's gang plan from earlier this year.
I hate fat people, but it's a different kind of hate. Sometimes I think about making a scale of hatred like the Schmidt Sting Pain Index.
My hatred of Rob Ford is a fiery, angry hate that spreads to the people around him. It's a burnt chicken kind of hate, and it can only be described as when you bite into something you expect to be soft and pliable but ends up crunchy and gritty.
My hatred of fat people is a fruity hate. A silly, smiley hatred like when you eat a fruit pickle when you expected a dill.
My hatred of Rob Ford is a fiery, angry hate that spreads to the people around him. It's a burnt chicken kind of hate, and it can only be described as when you bite into something you expect to be soft and pliable but ends up crunchy and gritty.
My hatred of fat people is a fruity hate. A silly, smiley hatred like when you eat a fruit pickle when you expected a dill.
lunarworks
Member
A good PR team can turn the narrative on a dime.
lunarworks
Member
Which is why you ignored every single thing everyone has said on the past couple of pages to back that up.
I swear, in Ford Nation's eyes he may as well be Glorious and Revered Leader Kim Jong Ford.
lunarworks
Member
...and from the looks of it, there may be a ferris wheel in the background.
Edit: Fuck it, I'm going full-out Photoshop on this. It's too good to pass-up.
IT IS! HAHAHAHAHA
How dare you! After I destroy Kraftwerks you're next!
lunarworks
Member
A start...
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
Next meet up we need to go to a place with gravy.
Looks like some Best Korea image.A start...
EDIT: wait, I think that's what it's supposed to be, lol.
BigJonsson
Member
Thread over, we have reached the pinnacle
Kuro Madoushi
Unconfirmed Member
A start...
We need to use this everytime the yanks talk about Canada in the OT
Earthstrike
Member
Rob ford was ordered to return the 3100. He chose not to do so. Ford cannot be fined for violating the conflict of interest act. The remedies for violations of the conflict of interest act are outlined in the act itself.
Edit: Nevermind, it appears willielectro ignores posts that demonstrate his position is incorrect.
Wrong, but I can't reply to all the commie posts here. Also, that image looks more like LRT than subway.
The "joke" in that letter is ruined by the fact that Ford has not (and will not) leave office. Although, who cares what some winos, who are hopelessly trying to crowd fund a glorified Poutine restaurant in a city that already has many better alternatives, have to say.
Commie's? Seriously?
If you support trying to push Ford out of office using left-wing, backdoor tactics, so be it. But if you really think that this stupid conflict of interest act is worth upholding at the cost of millions in a city that can't afford it, then that is insane.
BigJonsson
Member
It's not?
Zombie James
Banned
Not reading the handbook on purpose and breaking the law is a left-wing tactic? Ok then.
Isnt "hive mind" bannable?
But is that point alone (not those fat, dumb, bully, transit hating arguments) worth ousting Ford at a minimum cost of $7 million?
BigJonsson
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lunarworks
Member
Same goes for suggesting a ban, iirc.
Earthstrike
Member
All I'm stating is that your statement:
is incorrect. Rob Ford said himself that he didn't read the handbook. Your claim here is wrong. All of a sudden this results in your implying that I must think x,y, and z. You don't know what I think. All I am telling you is what actually happened, since your made-up idea here is factually incorrect.
It doesn't help that you don't understand how the law functions.
Willectro said:
Because he is the plaintiff in the lawsuit. That's how the law works. Here's some other properties of the law you might want to be aware of.
The law applies equally to all citizens of a society. If the prime minister kills someone, he can be charged.
The law is to be followed as directed by the law. Much law is self-referential. The MCIA outlines the punishments for its violations. We don't get to choose whether or not we follow the law because of the cost of an election.
It's not like this situation was unavoidable.
All Rob Ford had to do was attend the MCIA classes offered to all newly elected councillors OR read the MCIA at least once over his 12 years in power OR follow the advice of the integrity commissioner when it was given to him OR return the 3000$ the first time he was ordered too.
Edit:
No, It is worth ousting him so we don't live in a society that selectively enforces the law though.
You called us commie's. I think you need to take your ignorant ass back to the sun's comment section.
I'm fucking done with this guy.
Zombie James
Banned
Yes. These laws exist for a reason and being a dumbass isn't an excuse. The quicker we get someone who actually knows how City Hall works in there the quicker the city gets back on track.
I said the "commie posts" referring to posts which were communist in nature. Nothing wrong with that. It's a legitimate political stance.
lunarworks
Member
Don't even bother. He'll cherry pick one line from your post that he can vaguely counter, ignoring the rest, and he'll use that to "invalidate" everything you've said.
Please point out which posts here are "communist in nature".
Let's cut the sanctimonious "the law is the law" argument. GAF has like fifteen threads a day about stupid laws, stupid judges and stupid cops. This has never been a board where ridiculous rules that fly in the face of common sense get by without criticism.
What we have is Rob Ford acting like an idiot. At the same point are ~380,000 votes worth throwing out over $3,150 that didn't go to Ford, wasn't held from the public eye and the issue voted on, was known before the 2010 election? That doesn't sound reasonable to me.
I think it's ridiculous that after the ruling, Ford was turfed from office, but not forced to repay the money. I also think it would have been quite easy to say the amount is non-material. Which it is, I graduated last year and $3,150 isn't a serious financial burden.
When you call someone a "dumb bully" you have invalidated yourself.
The only point I'm trying to suggest here is that while Ford did ignorantly break the law, I really think mountains have been made out of molehills. There should be repercussions for sure, but this is extreme. I'm not saying I'm right about everything and everyone else is wrong, it's just my opinion, which in Canada everyone is entitled to. But I think I'm derailing the thread and we clearly differ on this, so until a concrete decision about Ford has been made in regards to whether he will continue to be mayor or not, I'm out. Good Luck Toronto-GAF, I hope you truly get what you desire.
Earthstrike
Member
And Willielectro made posts perhaps reasonably justified as this one we wouldn't be in our current predicament.
However, I don't think our "the law is the law" argument is sanctimonious. Noone is stopping anyone from arguing that the MCIA is stupid. Maybe the MCIA is stupid. But then argue that. Not that the law shouldn't be enforced. I think the war on drugs is dumb as hell but while the laws are on the books they should be enforced. What I fundamentally oppose is their existence.
Earthstrike
Member
The judge went out of his way in the decision to make it clear he gave ford the lightest possible punishment with respect to the law. For the love of god, read or do some research before you post.
Zombie James
Banned
So laws shouldn't apply to a ruling body because they won an election?
This still needs to be answered.
lunarworks
Member
Sounds communist in nature to me.
lunarworks
Member
I still need one of these pins.
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