Wetcoaster Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Appreciate it, at least I don't pretend to know everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harbinger Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 So tell me this: If someone decides they don't like your place of business, (for whatever reason they see fit) you believe it okay for them to stand outside with signs and actively trying to prevent customers from patronizing it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Of course that's ok. It's called being conscientious. If you actually believe in something do something about it. If you don't have the intestinal fortitude to something then don't. If he wants to get his restaurant going that's good on him. If those that want to protest him are out there that is good on them.. All the people involved aren't just rolling over and taking it and that is fantastic. Nothing wrong with what either of the two sides are doing here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harbinger Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 I would guess that the employees who's livelihoods are being threatened, would disagree with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Most of the people in Surrey/Richmond/Coquitlam/etc. want to live in Vancouver too - they just can't afford adequate housing where there is more demand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Ambien Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Appreciate it, at least I don't pretend to know everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kass9 Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Popular misconception. I wouldn't want to live IN Vancouver even if I could afford it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buggernut Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 See post# 26. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RUPERTKBD Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Say, didn't the abortion clinic get an injunction to have protests removed from its surroundings? This restaurant too should be granted some measure of protection when protest crosses over into harrassment and sabotage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
literaphile Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 And literaphile will have absolutely no problem with it, I imagine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
literaphile Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Say, didn't the abortion clinic get an injunction to have protests removed from its surroundings? This restaurant too should be granted some measure of protection when protest crosses over into harrassment and sabotage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Money Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Popular misconception. I wouldn't want to live IN Vancouver even if I could afford it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buggernut Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Yes - if the protest crosses over into harassment and sabotage. That's what s.1 of the Charter is for: it ensures that there are reasonable limits placed on Charter rights (i.e. they're not absolute). I'm guessing you're talking about the injunction against abortion protesters in Toronto dating back to (I believe) 1994. Those protests could certainly be described as violent and dangerous - bomb threats, vandalism, arson threats, and, most notably, the fire bombing and destruction of a Toronto abortion clinic in 1992. I don't think these protests have reached the abortion clinic level yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
literaphile Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Actually, I was thinking more locally about the one in south Vancouver--Everywoman's or whatever it was called. Is it still around? Of course, more recently there were also the Olympic no-protest zones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 And you think you're in the majority? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Doctor Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Apparently you can now score a high end meal and crack in the same place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetcoaster Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 I was wondering the same thing. Why are these protesters within their rights, while protesters at an abortion clinic are not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Money Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 Don't know...don't have any data to support one way or the other. I do know a LOT of people who have the same/similar opinion though. So as anecdotal as it may be, I certainly know I'm not alone in my preference for an actual yard, more space, less people, less noise, less "hustle and bustle" etc, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted February 22, 2013 Share Posted February 22, 2013 This isn't an argument, because those things are available in Vancouver. Of course, most can't afford it though, so they choose to live out of the city rather than compromise on the expectations of the home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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