tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post4237441481066374663..comments2008-02-26T17:53:42.727-05:00Ben Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06372169478978720740ben@eagle.caBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-59578820549841332992008-02-26T13:03:00.000-05:002008-02-26T13:03:00.000-05:00Pensioners already get their drugs free from the Ontario Drug Benefit program that also funds people on social assistance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-50441309199210380752008-02-22T23:21:00.000-05:002008-02-22T23:21:00.000-05:00Think of the congestion and chaos 10 years from now when the front wave of the baby boomers begin to enter their 70's all with their set of wheels. Hopefully their dream will come true; pensioners will get prescriptions free, which means medicinal marijuana -- guvnoment weed. There will be gangs of them coming through Victoria Park, all in V-formation. <BR/><BR/>Wait until the boomer generation arrives with its bloated sense of entitlement. All giggly on funny fumes.Wally Boomer Keelernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-45633410337524076472008-02-21T09:24:00.000-05:002008-02-21T09:24:00.000-05:00Yes, I will concede your point on the issue of "sense of entitlement".<BR/><BR/>I also believe if the sidewalk is useable, that's where they should be. I wonder what the legal status of these things on the road is?<BR/><BR/>It has been my observation that many people, with little in their lives except for their disability, become obsessed with themselves to the point it's all they think about. It's sad really.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-39891038229874951062008-02-20T21:44:00.000-05:002008-02-20T21:44:00.000-05:00Let me say that your argument is correct - the problem may be with the Town in not enforcing the snow clearing of the sidewalks. But let me tell you in this case, and in the case of the other disabled person I have observed on University Ave, the fault is theirs. The sidewalks are clear. They prefer the road and that is the problem. When they can drive cars let them on the road until then they stay on the sidewalks. The disabled lady in the white box is well known downtown and she is a problem on the sidewalk, she cannot see properly and she is deaf. <BR/><BR/>This is an issue that nobody wants to tackle. How many times have you been in the way of speedy "Wrinklies on trikes" quite few I should imagine. It is a matter of tolerance and acceptance I know but some of the people in chairs certainly have a sense of entitlement as opposed to one of sharing the space!!Ben Burdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06372169478978720740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23948057.post-50656503777737081322008-02-20T12:24:00.000-05:002008-02-20T12:24:00.000-05:00Your comments about the person on the road in the wheelchair show not only a lack of human compassion but complete ignorance of the Human Rights Code.<BR/><BR/>Would you like the disabled to be simply shot like horses that can't pull the plough anymore? Or would it be enough to just confine them to their homes where they won't inconvenience you?<BR/><BR/>Your complaint should be with the Town for failing to ensure that sidewalks are cleared, not with the people who are forced out into the road as a result of the Town's failure to meet their obligations. <BR/><BR/>You might want to read today's story in the Cobourg Star about a woman's ordeal trying to get home from the train station in her wheelchair.<BR/><BR/>Remember my friend, but for the Grace of God and all that - you should think about that for a moment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com