Reader Responses
Issue date: 6/9/09 Section: Opinion
Crashing couches: The new way to travel the world
I am impressed with this project, I find it extremely practical, no wonder so many people fell for it. I would be more that glad to be a part of this project, I am sure all the experiences will be unique and memorable, it's a great alternative, specially for the young and adventurers.
- Alanya posted 5/27/09
Brock Hosts Be the Change conference
Congrats to the Brock FTC Action Group exec team for planning and organizing such an amazing conference!!! 500+ local youth in attendance - who all left the conference full of passion, inspiration, enthusiasm... ready to take action and 'be the change' in our communities!
- Marty Mako posted 5/12/09
I keep a brick in my purse for sentimental reasons
I know that PROUD dismisses the kids who will miss the bars, but I think their complaint is as relevant as any. Port Dalhousie is a storehouse of memories for families stretching back for almost ten generations. When those memories get bulldozed and power shovelled away in order to erect a nondescript and dysfunctional piece of architectural claptrap, then we are losing so much more than just a few hang-outs, or old buildings or historical artifacts. We are losing the social glue that gives Port Dalhousie a special place in our heats and in our narratives, and gives people a reason to come to this city. We are losing the very soul of St. Catharines, and for what? So that a few people can walk off with their treasure, leaving the rest of us to clean up the mess behind them? Fight the Tower!
- Robert Montgomery posted 5/22/09
Swine flu: there is an 0.00085 per cent
chance you have it
The author writes, with no evidence whatsoever, "the process of examination has erupted into cross-continental panic and fear which has resulted in individuals taking extreme, and arguably excessive, precaution..." Such as?
Recent Gallup polls show that most people have done practically nothing except read, watch, and learn about what a pandemic might be. www.gallup.com/poll/118258/Americans-Split-Media-Coverage-Swine-Flu.aspx?version=print and some other polls, also not showing much in the way of public hysteria (as opposed to public interest in a good story): www.gallup.com/tag/Healthcare.aspx I can't figure out who all the reporters are talking with, to get such an impression of panic and hysteria. My best guess: each other.
I am impressed with this project, I find it extremely practical, no wonder so many people fell for it. I would be more that glad to be a part of this project, I am sure all the experiences will be unique and memorable, it's a great alternative, specially for the young and adventurers.
- Alanya posted 5/27/09
Brock Hosts Be the Change conference
Congrats to the Brock FTC Action Group exec team for planning and organizing such an amazing conference!!! 500+ local youth in attendance - who all left the conference full of passion, inspiration, enthusiasm... ready to take action and 'be the change' in our communities!
- Marty Mako posted 5/12/09
I keep a brick in my purse for sentimental reasons
I know that PROUD dismisses the kids who will miss the bars, but I think their complaint is as relevant as any. Port Dalhousie is a storehouse of memories for families stretching back for almost ten generations. When those memories get bulldozed and power shovelled away in order to erect a nondescript and dysfunctional piece of architectural claptrap, then we are losing so much more than just a few hang-outs, or old buildings or historical artifacts. We are losing the social glue that gives Port Dalhousie a special place in our heats and in our narratives, and gives people a reason to come to this city. We are losing the very soul of St. Catharines, and for what? So that a few people can walk off with their treasure, leaving the rest of us to clean up the mess behind them? Fight the Tower!
- Robert Montgomery posted 5/22/09
Swine flu: there is an 0.00085 per cent
chance you have it
The author writes, with no evidence whatsoever, "the process of examination has erupted into cross-continental panic and fear which has resulted in individuals taking extreme, and arguably excessive, precaution..." Such as?
Recent Gallup polls show that most people have done practically nothing except read, watch, and learn about what a pandemic might be. www.gallup.com/poll/118258/Americans-Split-Media-Coverage-Swine-Flu.aspx?version=print and some other polls, also not showing much in the way of public hysteria (as opposed to public interest in a good story): www.gallup.com/tag/Healthcare.aspx I can't figure out who all the reporters are talking with, to get such an impression of panic and hysteria. My best guess: each other.
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