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Morning Brew: More Drug Squad Corruption Allegations, Ashley Madison Ads on Streetcars, Domestic Homicides Way Down, Cottage Country Getting Hammered by Snow, Bawdy House Raided
Photo: "Tracks on Villiers Street" by Kim Yokota, member of the blogTO Flickr pool.
What's happening in the GTA (and sometimes beyond):
How deep do corruption allegations with the Toronto Police drug squads go? A joint investigation by the CBC and Toronto Star is digging up additional, previously uncovered dirty details about potential corruption in a second squad. Did those running internal investigations knowingly push things under the rug, were they simply not efficacious, or are these new allegations untrue?
Are ads for Ashley Madison too taboo for the TTC to approve? Pro-family advocates won't be very happy if the ads for the online service, which helps people find partners for extra-marital rendez-vous action, end up wrapping several streetcars in Toronto.
Domestic-related homicides are way down this year, with just two of the 59 so far in Toronto being of that type, compared to seven last year and ten in 2007. Is this easily attributed to effective police policy on domestic violence issues, or it purely coincidental?
Cottage country is getting absolutely hammered by snow storms, with some areas getting as much as 50 to 80cm of the stuff. The volume of snow and dangers that come with it have prompted police to ask people not to visit the area (especially Hunstville).
And a Yonge Street bawdy house was raided by police this week, and 11 people arrested. Several teenage girls were allegedly recruited from nearby youth shelters, to work at Toronto Health Spa (above Elephant & Castle), where massages are reported (on escort review site TOsluts.com) to have come with happy endings.
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Real mature, and real inspirational.
Is this what people are growing up to believe?
That there's no value in choosing a partner, and being faithful to them? No virtue in making a decision, and being Man enough to see it through? (note capitalized "M", denoting the broader concept of huMANity, and not the gender)
It's all instantaneous gratification. No patience anymore.
"Must check my email and update my status every 5 seconds;
and once I grow tired of my current partner, I'll find a new one instead of making an effort to confront the issue."
I personally think the TTC should skip this one- regardless of how strapped for cash they are.
C'mon people, have some decency.
Every human being is responsible for his actions; or that being is still like beast: not yet human.
How about this for a revised AshleyMadison slogan:
"Life is short. You're too pathetic to make something meaningful of it. Have an affair."
monogamy and dedicated marriages are archaic and fundamentally non-human; we cannot remain with one partner.
the TTC would not be doing anything that isnt already happening
They are a business. They want to make money. Advertising makes money.
If people are going to cheat, they are going to cheat.
Its inherent in human nature.
Eve ate the apple didnt she?
So she was like anyone else.
Or, for anyone who's seen The Wire, is it purely a manipulation of documentation and statistics?
It is, after all, a business; and yes, hand jobs certainly are inherent to human nature. But hey. People have been indecent, unjust, lustful, slothful, selfish, greedy, and cruel for thousands of years- and it seems to be working out for us just fine. No need for Modern Man to evolve beyond its current neo-neanderthalic ways...
then again, as imposter nick'd said:
"we are on the cusp of a post-religious era; where we are realizing our deleuzian existence of mere energy channelers - morals and beliefs are no longer relevant."
Kudos Tiger, you're a radiant beacon of hope in an otherwise dismal sea of depravity.
That has nothing to do with religion and monogamy and everything to do with not being a disgusting human being.
I take it you are a "staunch supporter" of the Catholic Church by the sounds of it.
And we all know how well they are with sexually exploiting youth as well.
I know this because I know who nick'd is, and I know he is an impostor.
the best part (for me) is when TigerWouldBeProud groundlessly accuses me of supporting the Catholic Church! HA!
And you groundlessly accusing "Tiger" for supporting the Health Spa, when two are in no way related.
I'm not advocating Catholic Paedophilia, and apologize for assuming Tiger likes hand jobs from street children, but I do still back my own PERSONAL OPINION on morality, and will argue that good is greater than evil.
see... this is what pisses me off.
I'd rather see a 25ct. increase in fares than a steady rise in moral and social decay.
No one cares about the big picture.
*disclaimer: again, personal opinion people.
Has since the dawn of currency.
There is no such thing as the "big picture".
Am I out of line here? Am I so out of touch in being an optimist?
Does no one have anything constructive to contribute?
you are stuck in a by-gone era.
you sound like you watch leave it to beaver still.
Those things, you see, are only morally bankrupt in Leave it to Beaver.