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Shootings on Yonge Street
What a brutal way to be rounding out what has been a crazy violent year in the city. In case you haven't heard, some idiots in a BMW fired shots on Yonge Street near Gerrard (think Sam the Record Man, Future Shop, Foot Locker). One dead. Seven injured according to the Star. More reports from CBC (video) and the Globe.
The blogosphere also has responded.
Has this officially gotten out of hand or have we not seen the worst yet?
Our thoughts are with the friends and families of those affected. Totally senseless.
Photo: The Star
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Ban all the weapons and check tightly on the border. Persecute effectively all gangs and stupid young idiots who don't know what to do, so they 'play' with violence.
BMW - well maybe it's time to check if such money are not illecit?
It's aoutrageous what's going on in Toronto - it WAS such a beautiful and safe city... will it be in the future?
As for banning guns -- you may as well make a martyrdom for gun culture. Have we forgotten Prohibition?
Toronto is a beautiful city -- but when you have nowhere to play, sports fields with no grass, and funding cut from programs that used to be free what else is there to do?
And sadly we live in a "stuff" culture where people who do not have are willing to shoot to get. Worse we are a society of cowards where we can hide behind a gun as opposed to coming to fists, face to face.
I am not pro-violence but these boys (and girls) were taught the discipline of boxing, Capoeira, or the Asian martial arts then perhaps they would not be so inclined to wave guns in the air.
It's the easiest way to explain that poor children have not enough of this or that - so thay HAVE to rob or shoot - WHAT AN IDIOCY!
I've lived for nearly all of my life in a country with no - or very little 'playing grounds' - but we do not have gangs running everywhere and shooting to everyone.
Oh - and those idiots who fought the only right idiology were not going on crusades because they're poor but because it was 'cool' (or their limited IQ and the clerics told them to do so).
Sorry but you didn't get it at all Kritine
If you want to change anything just educate your youth. And persecute those who behave badly - starting from young, very young children.
It is not that difficult.