02-16-2019, 09:04 PM
(02-02-2019, 09:43 AM)ijmorlan Wrote:(02-01-2019, 06:40 PM)Canard Wrote: The bit that confuses me is they're all "DONT EVER USE SALT!!!!!!!!!! SALT KILLS UNBORN BABIES AND KITTENS!!!!!!!!!111" and then you see this:
Hey, where is that, I need to pick up some salt for my driveway!
(I know where it is, just funny to think that enough salt to supply my house for a season is probably dumped like that in each of many locations every time there is a large snowfall)
More seriously, you’ve located another example of bad-faith argumentation. Those people don’t really care about salt; if they did they would bring it up as a separate issue applying to all snow clearing, not as a “but, but, but…” with respect to City clearing of sidewalks. It’s like people who say “shouldn’t we consider Hyperloop?” when an LRT project is about to begin construction — usually they don’t really want Hyperloop, which doesn’t actually exist now anyway, they just want to stop the LRT project. And I’m sure there are other examples.
Or maybe you don't know me. Maybe I do care a LOT about salt use, water quality, and habitat protection. Maybe I engaged staff and a close friend in water-protection to understand the implications of hundreds of tons more salt in our community. Maybe I've engaged staff on ALL salt use and you just aren't aware of it. But hey... I'm a politician. An easy target to slam and get lols from your bros. Surely I'm not some guy researching and doing the best I can to make the best possible decision. Keep throwing out "bad faith" and saying I "don't really care" that's why I'm here writing this on a Saturday night on long weekend...