07-19-2017, 01:24 PM
(07-19-2017, 09:16 AM)danbrotherston Wrote:(07-19-2017, 08:13 AM)timio Wrote: A number of years ago when the opposition to Phase 1 was trying to up it's rhetoric, one person wrote a letter to the editor suggesting that world class cities only have subways and not light rail. I wrote in response that London and Paris must not be world class because they have light rail. It went unpublished, but the trend continues that ignorant people will make up facts to suit their interests.
It wasn't published? What standards exactly does the record use when publishing letters?!
On the other hand, I think it would not be terrible to push for a subway. Some may agree or disagree with this particular political tactic, but it's used pretty much everywhere in our society. You have the subway on the table for the same reason you have the 100 inch TV sitting in the store, so that people will buy the 60 inch TV, basically, you make LRT look like the sweet spot medium product which is what everyone really wants.
To be fair to the Record, I think they have published other letters and/or op-eds suggesting facetiously that London, Paris, etc. must not be world-class for that exact reason. But it still seems strange not to publish when compared to some of the objectively bollocks letters that are published.