I understand that roosevelt, koot/mckay are just suggestions, and I argued against them, plain simple.
they may have rebuilt part of the westview kids park, but that doesnt address the issue completely, and it only helps those within spitting distance of westview.
sure I may have missed plenty about the hospital workers, but I stand by only seeing one bike, ridden by a hospital worker in the 10 years Ive lived within 50 feet of the hospital, and one worker on the bus, and I know a bloody thing or two about labour as I sat by my wifes side for all of them, and Ill tell you this, not one worker had to get there in 15 minutes, more like we got to sit and wait days for it all to happen.
As Im getting my kids ready for school, I get to see them all pull up in their minivans with only one person in each van, and guess what? NOT ONE OF THEM IS RUNNING IN?!?!!? So please unless you get a front row seat to this EVERYDAY, dont think I dont know what Im talking about. do you live with the hospital filling your livingroom window? didnt think so.
thats fine, everyone is free to own a dog/pet… All im doing here is expressing my opinion, as you are, the only difference is your attacking me and my kids, and Im attacking the issue of putting public funds into a dog park that will prolly only be used by 5-6 people a day, and will be abused by many who do use it.
i still think its completely stupid to own a “toy”, or “freind” pet, and I stand by my statement that our children need help first. DOGS ARE ANIMALS, KIDS ARE HUMAN, last time I looked there isnt a Charter of DOG RIGHTS??? Its human rights…
You need a dog as a tool, fine with me, got a 2 pound when soaking wet shitzu that snaps and barks at anything and everything, well that annoys me.
I talked with an avid dog owner today about all this, and while she said she is a huge fan of dogs, she cant see the sense in spending money on something this “frivolous”, if she wants to walk her dog, she takes “it” for a walk, its an IT, not a he, or she. IT.
when dogs/pets cant be looked after anymore, they put it down.
when a kid cant be looked after anymore, they put he/she in a foster home.
ever wonder why they put down dogs/cats? they are ANIMALS thats way, no different than putting down any other animal. cow/horse or otherwise.
$100,000 sounds fine to raise a child, even tho I think that number is crazy, as I make roughly $20,000.00 per year, times 18 years = $360,000. Total expenses for 7 people over 18 years is $248,400 which divided per person =
$35485.714285714285714285714285714.
how much is spent on an animal? you made no mention of the lifetime cost of an animal? and how many things does a dog/pet create? how much money does a dog make? what tax bracket does a dog fall into? your comparing a living pillow with a tax payer. each of my kids will probably contribute minimum of $1,000,000.00 to the canadian economy. thats $5 million dollars created from an investment of:
$177,428.57142857142857142857142855
whats the return on a dog?
N/A?
yes I own lots of bikes, seeing as thats HOW I MAKE MY LIVING? seeing as someone here thinks that every parent in BC housing is on assistance, having kids for their own selfish needs and for cash, id think that someone would be happy with the idea of a parent working out of his house so he can keep a close supervision of his children while still producing for the economy.
I do have bike locks, you know sometimes someone borrows a bike of mine, and guess what? Im not there to make sure its locked up everytime, and I also only buy bikes from people who dont want them anymore, and I dont pay retail. and dogs get stolen to, I dont hear you suggesting you lock them up either?
I mentioned westview because it was the latest park to get the ax, if only for awhile.
OR A YEAR OR TWO?!?!
what you think I and my children are dense?!!? we look for dog crap to go lay in? becuase both you and the child hater who replied earlier seem to insinuate that my children are to stupid to try and avoid dog crap? my point is, the crap is everywhere, my kids dont crap everywhere, dogs do. my children should be free to play anywhere on this island without having to be affraid of stepping or sitting in some.
Second, how is dog poo any different than litter. There are laws against both littering and against leaving dog poo on the group when your pet has done his or her thing. Having a dog park wouldn’t help with dog poo too much. People who don’t pick up after their pet won’t start if there’s a park. However, people that litter continue to throw garbage on the group even though there are waste bins everywhere–does that mean we should get rid of all the waste bins just because it would save the tax payers money
dog crap is different than litter, a pop can on the ground doesnt make people sick, it doesnt stink, and doesnt kill the grass, and I can pick up and turn in a can for 5 cents, how much does dog crap bring you at the recycling depot? nothing, because its not litter, its CRAP!!
those taxes were already saved, they already got rid of many of the garbage bins, cant you tell from all the litter around town?
you said it yourself bud:
Having a dog park wouldn’t help with dog poo too much. People who don’t pick up after their pet won’t start if there’s a park.
dont want a kid, only want an animal fine, all i did was say I think that animals as pets and not used as tools, is wasteful and in the end, inconciderate to those HUMANS who cant make ends meet.
Im free to have an opinion, as IM HUMAN, as you all are, how about a little human solidarity? anyone else see this as a waste? Im sure there are many other things for humans we can build around here, ie a bike park, a jogging/camping area, something for the tourists to look at, instead of dog crap on our sidewalks and litter in the streets?
think that dog your looking at has an opinion other than “wow that crotch smells good” your fooling yourself, and if it does, please feel free to let them reply to this message, while your at that, Ill go and find a couple hundred kids that would have something to say about a park being setup for DOGS and not for them.
BTW: Ive never been bitten by a dog, but my children have, by both leashed and unleashed dogs, and most of my kids have been scratched by cats, both collared and uncollared. as i said GOD FORBID it happens. The dog owner I did talk to, said she’d only ever been bitten by small, or toy dogs, and that she’s never had trouble with the pitdoberbullman dogs, and I have to admit, Ive only ever heard of a couple of instances of these types of dogs attacking humans. certainly not enough to condem a whole breed of animal.
Ive had 2 dogs (1 stolen, 1 shot in front of me) and 6 cats (all went wild/lost), 2 hamsters (all found dead in cages), a number of goldfish (same in bowls) so far…Ive had pets and I know the bond that can be felt, Id prolly have defended some of my cats to the death, but would I put a pet before any child? instant anwser is no. the money, time, energy can be used elsewhere to a greater need.
