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Originally Posted by Changing City
Nothing about someone setting fire to the Pier in New Westmister has anything to do with the DTES, unless you can prove it does. The man arrested hasn't been charged. There's nothing published that I've seen that links him to Vancouver, or the DTES.
You accuse both Sheba and me of 'sugarcoating' the situation. That's rubbish. I've never failed to acknowledge the problems of the DTES - I live in it. I just don't think locking up everybody I see on the street until they're ready to be pizza delivery drivers is likely to be a solution to the problems here.
Maybe you should read a bit more about the area - like Dr. Gabor Maté for example. "'I've never met a single person who ever chose to be a drug addict".
Actually, sugarcoating might not be a bad approach to your increasingly bitter comments. |
One of the main reasons why crime is getting worse in DTES and downtown is because of how slack our enforcement has become, and it is not only a Vancouver problem, but province-wide. That's the parallel I was trying to draw. I never said the arsonist has anything to do with DTES, but the way he was arrested and let go, while police is recommending charges, is truly dumb. If there is no proof that he or she is indeed the arsonist, how can crown prosecutors recommend charges? Please think, and yes, stop sugarcoating everything.
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