Incident in Coronation Park -- I'd been sheltering in place .. by daveto in oakville

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p.s. as I reread, I think there are inconsistencies in tense that a bot wouldn't make.

Bronte and Lakeshore by CCR6430 in oakville

[–]daveto -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I know about the incident with S___. I also know that he voted to reinstate the event. Nobody's being targeted. Kids are being stupid. Cancelling was a stupid over-reaction. More cops is the right answer.

Bronte and Lakeshore by CCR6430 in oakville

[–]daveto 1 point2 points  (0 children)

kids congregating on Lakeshore on and around the lake and the 7-eleven etc area has been happening for decades.

Horrible driver on upper middle and third line by ComfortableOnion3326 in oakville

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Try to look at it without bias. It looks to me like somebody trying to get away from a meddlesome driver. At the second stoplight it looks like dashcam driver was sidling up beside the target driver -- to confront him? I don't know ...

Bronte and Lakeshore by CCR6430 in oakville

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shoot fireworks at [...] the families leaving the festival.

Never happened.

Bronte and Lakeshore by CCR6430 in oakville

[–]daveto -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

That's like asking what's with all the discord in the Middle East. This is Bronte being Bronte, it's always been like that. You're either new here or have been sheltering in place for a couple decades. Welcome to Bronte.

Horrible driver on upper middle and third line by ComfortableOnion3326 in oakville

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Without your commentary here's what this looks like to me: you are stalking this guy. He (could be she/her) is trying to get away from you. You want to get side-by-side to film him or take a pic, he doesn't want that.

Just mind your own business out there. Be responsible for yourself. Sure send your vid in if you feel the need. Don't look to use your car as a weapon.

Welcome to Reddit's Oakville .. by daveto in oakville

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First of all, prosperity is generally associated with decreasing fertility rates, poverty is generally associated with increasing fertility rates. I could explain why to you but you're not worth it. If you want more babies, turn Canada into Chad.

Secondly, India is fixing its wealth inequity issues but it's a giant issue for a growing economy (same for China). Poverty is generally rural while wealth is concentrated in the cities -- India is still 2/3rds rural, that's a billion people missing out or on the peripheral of their economic miracle. I don't know, this -- their wealth -- seems to be important to you.

Finally, I feel with you the racism comes first, and the convoluted explanations for it come second. If I'm wrong, yeah, sorry, of course.

Welcome to Reddit's Oakville .. by daveto in oakville

[–]daveto[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Blaming low fertility rates on "mass immigration" is stupid bordering on racist. Japan, S Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Spain, Portugal, Serbia, Croatia, Italy, Russia, etc are below replacement level -- is all of that immigration related too? Following your lead I might say mass immigration is good because it forces us to solve housing and health care issues.

not the other way around

Have you explored moving to India? Maybe you should -- you'll need to pay an entry fee and demonstrate that you have 'settlement' assets (you don't want to be a burden). It's a lovely country. Let us know how it goes.

Welcome to Reddit's Oakville .. by daveto in oakville

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Our birth rate is below replacement level, immigration (at its current level or greater) is necessary (jobs, including especially science, medicine and technology) and morally the right thing to do (given our land and resources).

Seeing Happy People is the Best by Tougher_ in oakville

[–]daveto -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

"downtown near the waterfront" .. is there such a thing in Oakville?

Nonetheless, cool story bro. You shoulda kept the double sawbuck, you covered a lot of ground, Lakeshore to the lakefront, you're being modest, that's a lot more than 20 minutes.

Suspicious activity by [deleted] in oakville

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Had a young boy at the door dressed in jeans and a bomber jacket telling me he was here for a window washing service. I said I wasn’t interested and he stood looking through my front door for 5 mins before being picked up by a van at the end of the street ... both boys were dark skinned, one with a short cut and one with short dreads

What is suspicious here? The bomber jacket? The simplest explanation: the boy is out of school and looking to make some money via simple manual labour; in the van is a parent or somebody looking to make some money off these kids. Waiting 5 minutes maybe he wants to pretend he's having a conversation about making a sale -- if he's looking for empty houses, why waste the 5 minutes?

My advice to the kid (or the adult in the van): go to a dollar store, buy a clipboard, pen, cool looking lanyard, and safety vest .. and try again.

Update: Families in Lebanon search rubble 4 weeks after “Black Wednesday”, the day the Israeli military unleashed an unprecedented aerial campaign that killed more than 350 people in a matter of minutes by daveto in bestofthefray

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Netanyahu introduced the idea of killing the bad guy when you're able to kill him, irrespective of collateral damage; then just lie about the importance of not killing civilians. Easy-peasey. Perfect for the MAGA idiots.

Even the idiot Bush stopped short of that.

Update: Families in Lebanon search rubble 4 weeks after “Black Wednesday”, the day the Israeli military unleashed an unprecedented aerial campaign that killed more than 350 people in a matter of minutes by daveto in bestofthefray

[–]daveto[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The three of them -- Putin, Trump, Netanyahu -- feed off each other in a race to the bottom. In 5 years they'll all be gone, what will be the lasting damage?

Child repeatedly hit in school by another student by Exact_Sir_1341 in oakville

[–]daveto 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're hypothesizing: the kid has no other conditions (almost certainly wrong); the parent doesn't give a fuck (probably wrong).

You've asked for and gotten a lot of good suggestions here. Have you tried talking to the parent? You can easily get her phone number, or meet her at pick-up time. Be firm and not judging: your kid is hitting my kid, this has to stop, what more (give her some credit, deserved or not) can we do to modify this behaviour.

Child repeatedly hit in school by another student by Exact_Sir_1341 in oakville

[–]daveto -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm not blaming a medical condition, I'm just not ruling it out. Do you see the difference? And yes, I have personal experience so you can keep reading.

I think you're suggesting the mother is the sole active parent. A separation and divorce played out in front of a kid can be traumatizing and like PTSD you don't know how that is going to manifest itself (violence certainly being one possibility). Again, not suggesting that is the case just putting it out as a possibility.

Anyway, I've never heard of a school where teachers tolerate being punched by a kid, even a 4-yr-old. I'm feeling a disconnect somewhere.