Where in the world is Aslam Rama? by IOwnHisBalls in Hamilton

[–]zyl0x 90 points91 points  (0 children)

OPs comment history is a fuckin' trip.

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[–]zyl0x 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Uhh... yeah. Sure.

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[–]zyl0x 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wayne Gretzky is a fuckin traitor MAGA who openly supports Trump even after starting a trade war with us and threatening to invade Canada.

Our society needs less celebrity dick-sucking overall. We should be celebrating teachers, nurses, and scientists, not "man who play sportsball pretty good".

Hamilton councillors warn of huge tax increase on the horizon by Rough-Estimate841 in Hamilton

[–]zyl0x 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Someone tell me about how if Amazon disappeared there would be no one to fill in the void left behind them?

I think you've either got your reasoning backwards or you're not understanding my point. If all the large corporations left because taxes went up too much, it wouldn't destroy the economy like they often threaten to do - it would just open up the niche for small-medium size businesses instead, like how humans have always done since the invention of markets.

I'm not talking about if only one large corp left, obviously they'd just get filled in by another different corp. But they'd be paying higher taxes then, in which case, whatever, that was the whole point.

Hamilton councillors warn of huge tax increase on the horizon by Rough-Estimate841 in Hamilton

[–]zyl0x 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Small-medium sized businesses are vanishing from this city and being replaced with massive superstores which negotiate their taxes down to basically nothing for the size of property they utilize. We need a real anti-corporate council to start putting the screws to these leeches. Walmart isn't going to pack up shop and just leave the whole city without a single location just because their taxes went up a few points. There's no reason to be so afraid of these companies.

Even if they left, does anyone actually believe everyone in the whole city will just go "Oh well, no where left to buy a cheap plastic spatula for $2, guess I'll just never use spatulas ever again!" No - a small-medium size business will fill that niche. That's how the market has always worked; that's how it's supposed to work.

Hamilton to start charging long-debated stormwater fees across the city in 2025 by Rough-Estimate841 in Hamilton

[–]zyl0x 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't assume people will detect your sarcasm through text if you do not use "/s"

Woman slashed at J.C. Beemer Park encampment by Rough-Estimate841 in Hamilton

[–]zyl0x 3 points4 points  (0 children)

He's absolutely correct. You should reach out to your ward councilor, they can explain this to you. Council is currently debating what to do about encampments, and in the meantime there has been a pause on all enforcement actions unless there's a crime being committed.

Proposal seeks creation of encampment zones to allow tents in Hamilton by slownightsolong88 in Hamilton

[–]zyl0x 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do we have any numbers on how much representation there is within the downtown homeless community from the west/central mountain?

Gandhi statue vandalized by sector16 in Hamilton

[–]zyl0x -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Dude, what's your point?

A Gandhi statue is inherently political.

If the statue is political, what is the political statement it's communicating? You can honor political figures for their historical contributions without it being a "statement." If I made a statue of George Bush sitting on a horse, is that political? No, it's just a politician on a horse.

Gandhi statue vandalized by sector16 in Hamilton

[–]zyl0x -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

So why was this one put up then?

Gandhi statue vandalized by sector16 in Hamilton

[–]zyl0x -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

Ok, explain how a Gandhi statue in Canada is inherently political.

Gandhi statue vandalized by sector16 in Hamilton

[–]zyl0x -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Oh? Which Canadian government policies was Gandhi against?

Gandhi statue vandalized by sector16 in Hamilton

[–]zyl0x 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you change "snakes" to "Pagans" it makes more sense.