With a visionary like Ford at the helm, I'm certain this meeting will bear some fruit. Sweet, sweet fruit.

The summit of the gun is technically, I believe, the foresight.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford meets with the city's police Chief Bill Blair, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty and other members of the provincial government Monda

Oh yeah, subby. The country's top politicians are on it.

TOP POLITICIANS!!11!!

Good idea or not, "Summit of the Gun" is a pretty awesome name.

ontariolightning: And America has had a worse week of gun violence

That shooting in Tuscaloosa injured a dozen or two.. then the dark knight rises shooting

shouldn't top US politicians be having the same summit?
or do Canadian politicians care more for their people?

American politicians care about people (as long as they make over $500,000 a year)

DamnYankees: Good idea or not, "Summit of the Gun" is a pretty awesome name.

And ripped off clean from the "Summer Of The Gun" Toronto's actual toying with weak U.S. numbers back in 2005.
Toronto is nearly at the same number of incidents to date this year, but there have been a couple of freakishly public gun killings this year, mostly probably gang related, and one that had to be a mob hit, but out in public, in otherwise safe areas, and dammit we gotta do something about it!

DamnYankees: Good idea or not, "Summit of the Gun" is a pretty awesome name.

Also, If you like that, you might like the other related Mayor Fordism "hug-a-thug programs"
An attempt at a derogatory spin on some of the more progressive policies currently in place for rehabilitation and intervention of "at risk" youth.

ontariolightning: Even with the slight rise in gun violence, Toronto is still safer than most American metropolises

ontariolightning: And America has had a worse week of gun violence

Is it because you're from a border town that you always make some kind of comparison between the US and Canada? Just curious.

Well, Canada has fewer people. If two people get shot, a whole province goes empty. Then the King of England will come in and tell everyone what to do.

/Why yes, I did go to American public school.

Excepting the unforeseeable mass shootings by lunatics. there has long been a correlation between violence and economics. You want people to stop shooting each other so much? Make them richer, give them jobs, and increase their standard of living. It's really that simple. It's not gun control, it's not even crime control, it's just basic common sense. People who are happy don't go off killing other people, and happiness is a fat bank account and a job at a decent wage.

How politicians will go about doing that is a different matter entirely.

ontariolightning: Am I not allowed to criticize the US?

I never said that. It just seems to be extreme in your case.

ontariolightning: The Canadian government has to be sure when US stores move to Canada that 25% of the shiat they sell is Canadian
Same with Canadian tv channels

Not sure what that has to do with what I'm talking about, but ok.

ontariolightning: We are beaten to death everything American so you're god damn right I have a right to criticize them
jesus let us breathe instead of smothering us with an american pillow

Did an American run over your dog or something? Of course we are bombarded with American images, products and culture; we share the longest undefended border and are the largest trading partner with the world's only superpower. They're 10 times more populous (notice I didn't say popular) than we are so none of this can come as a surprise to anyone.

ontariolightning: says you're Canadian
do you not hear people make comments bout americans/america?
id doubt it very much if you said no

Yes, all the time. But I don't frame every issue I see in some kind of US vs Canada lens the way you seem to.

Look, I'm not trying to criticize, I've noticed you in threads beating the same drum and I'm curious as to why.

miss diminutive: Yes, all the time. But I don't frame every issue I see in some kind of US vs Canada lens the way you seem to. Look, I'm not trying to criticize, I've noticed you in threads beating the same drum and I'm curious as to why.

He's not to be taken seriously in political or cross-border threads. All he brings is a sh*t quiver filled with sh*t arrows launched from his +2 Bow of Sh*t.

ontariolightning: So you are pointing the obvious out because you want me to be more like you?

What? So asking a question and asking for you to explain your point of view means I want you to be more like me? Is that honestly how you believe people think?

ontariolightning: You say you're not trying to be criticizing but you are pointing a flaw out, a prejudice. I don't mind being criticized but don't sit there and tell me you're not trying to criticize me.

I don't know how I can be any more clear about this. I'm saying that I've noticed a specific pattern to your comments, that they almost always refer to some kind of comparison between the US and Canada (always praising the latter at the expense of the former) even when the thread has absolutely nothing to do with a Canada/US relationship and I'm simply asking if it had something to do with living in a border town. You and I simply see things differently and I'm offering you a chance to explain your point of view. If you see that as some sort of criticism or flaw, then fine.

I asked a simple question and your response talked about being beaten to death and smothered (obviously you meant figuratively) by Americans. Maybe this is a common sentiment for people who grew up on the border, I don't know....that's why I asked.

Bob_Laublaw: All he brings is a sh*t quiver filled with sh*t arrows launched from his +2 Bow of Sh*t.

I might just have to steal that.

ontariolightning: how many hours from the US border do you live?

Currently I'm in the GTA but I grew up in eastern Ontario.

ontariolightning: Miss I don't mean to criticize you but I do,

Well, which is it? I don't mean to sound confused, but I'm confused.

Rising gun violence in America just means that we're getting safer as more and more people can get guns to protect us from people with guns.

ontariolightning: shouldn't top US politicians be having the same summit?

Shiat, our politicians have probably already heard it from the NRA because Canada is having the summit. "Dey're takin' R guns in a country that is not far from us!!!! Obama Iluminati United Nations Communism!"

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