[Brenda]

$1:

I trust other people to drive cars around me who for the most part are less safe than I am at the task.

EVERY drunk driver says that

[Xort]

Brenda Brenda:

$1:

I trust other people to drive cars around me who for the most part are less safe than I am at the task.

EVERY drunk driver says that

That's surprisingly funny.

[raydan]

Brenda Brenda:

$1:

I trust other people to drive cars around me who for the most part are less safe than I am at the task.

EVERY drunk driver says that

In reality, every driver thinks that all the others around him are less safe than him.

[ShepherdsDog]

When you loun eye in Chinee city dat be da troo.

[raydan]

ShepherdsDog ShepherdsDog:

When you loun eye in Chinee city dat be da troo.

They probably all think you're the worst driver they've ever seen.

[ShepherdsDog]

it pisses them off to no end when I stop at a red light, wait for my light to go green(not the other flow to turn yellow) before proceeding and slow down for yellows...the light that is.

[Thanos]

Speeding up for the other kind of yellows is standard practice here too.

[EyeBrock]

I know a few guys at the border crossings between Ontario and New York in the Niagara area. The CBS guys are always taking firearms from US travellers.

I think Bart is right too. It's a culture shock for some Yanks when they encounter interpersonal activity that in a US city might be a lethal or dangerous situation. In Calgary or some other Canadian city it's more than likely less risky.

It's tough to switch off spidey-senses that are required in your home-town but are not so relevant in one of ours. It took me a while to settle down after leaving Manchester and living in the GTA.

On the flip side, Canadians in places like Mexico seem to think that everywhere is like Canada and wonder why some very bad guy in the very bad part of town they stumbled into sees them as prey.

We shouldn't look down our noses and laugh at this guy, we should be thankful that our society is a lot safer than our neighbours to the south.

[xerxes]

EyeBrock EyeBrock:

I know a few guys at the border crossings between Ontario and New York in the Niagara area. The CBS guys are always taking firearms from US travellers.

I think Bart is right too. It's a culture shock for some Yanks when they encounter interpersonal activity that in a US city might be a lethal or dangerous situation. In Calgary or some other Canadian city it's more than likely less risky.

It's tough to switch off spidey-senses that are required in your home-town but are not so relevant in one of ours. It took me a while to settle down after leaving Manchester and living in the GTA.

On the flip side, Canadians in places like Mexico seem to think that everywhere is like Canada and wonder why some very bad guy in the very bad part of town they stumbled into sees them as prey.

We shouldn't look down our noses and laugh at this guy, we should be thankful that our society is a lot safer than our neighbours to the south.

Word.

I think this is the sort of thing that offends me about CCW laws. It's the perception that at any time you could be attacked and that you always have to be at the ready to defend yourself should the situation arise. Of course, it is likely after all, but then again, you could win the lottery too...

I don't want to live in that kind of society.

[Strutz]

xerxes xerxes:

EyeBrock EyeBrock:

I know a few guys at the border crossings between Ontario and New York in the Niagara area. The CBS guys are always taking firearms from US travellers.

I think Bart is right too. It's a culture shock for some Yanks when they encounter interpersonal activity that in a US city might be a lethal or dangerous situation. In Calgary or some other Canadian city it's more than likely less risky.

It's tough to switch off spidey-senses that are required in your home-town but are not so relevant in one of ours. It took me a while to settle down after leaving Manchester and living in the GTA.

On the flip side, Canadians in places like Mexico seem to think that everywhere is like Canada and wonder why some very bad guy in the very bad part of town they stumbled into sees them as prey.

We shouldn't look down our noses and laugh at this guy, we should be thankful that our society is a lot safer than our neighbours to the south.

Word.

I think this is the sort of thing that offends me about CCW laws. It's the perception that at any time you could be attacked and that you always have to be at the ready to defend yourself should the situation arise. Of course, it is likely after all, but then again, you could win the lottery too...

I don't want to live in that kind of society.

Nor do I. Let's hope that we don't become one.

And good points made EB.

[EyeBrock]

I was in St Petes (Fla) a couple of years ago buying booze in a strip plaza just up from where we were staying. A guy grabbed a few bottles and did a runner, the guy at the till pulled out a revolver and pointed it at the back of the fleeing felon. He didn't shoot but he was going to. For $50 worth of booze he was quite willing to shoot this guy. Scary stuff,

[Lemmy]

The people we need to stand our ground against are gun smugglers and those who commit gun offences. Automatic minimum life sentences. Treat all gun offences the same as murders. Like one of the shootings in Toronto this week. The shooter was out on bail, trial pending, on other gun offences. No, no, no. No bail for gun offences pending trial. No daylight again ever.

[EyeBrock]

Lemmy Lemmy:

The people we need to stand our ground against are gun smugglers and those who commit gun offences. Automatic minimum life sentences. Treat all gun offences the same as murders. Like one of the shootings in Toronto this week. The shooter was out on bail, trial pending, on other gun offences. No, no, no. No bail for gun offences pending trial. No daylight again ever.

I agree Lemmy. We already have strict laws on the books for weapons offences. Unfortunately judges and JP's don't like to enforce them.

The Toronto Star and it's ilk would rather see gun crime as a symptom of systemic racism or police misconduct than a case of bad guys with guns.

[ShepherdsDog]

I'm more worried about being taken out by traffic than a firearm here. You very rarely hear about gun crime here....which is why i think it's odd that the police carry M-16s(or AR-15s) whenever they have a traffic stop. Only once have I witnessed a crime involving a weapon here. A few years back when the cops were chasing someone and he tossed a pistol under a car. The cops stopped, and they retrieved the firearm, letting the perp continue to run. most crimes I hear about involve knives.

[PublicAnimalNo9]

bootlegga bootlegga:

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Yeah, in some ways the US is scary - the crime rate is definitely one of them.

For example, teeny tiny little Spokane, Washington has in some years had a similar murder rate as Edmonton, which is almost ten times its size. Some of their big cities sound almost as bad as Baghdad or Bogota for murders.

I was reading an article a few days back rating the 10 most dangerous cities in the world to live in. Bogota was #1. St. Louis, MO was #3. St. Louis was the only US city in the top 10 though.