On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 04:55:47 GMT, beg2differ@notactive.com wrote:
>On Sun, 08 Apr 2007 13:56:44 GMT, ErnstZundholz
> wrote:
>>'Stabmonton' website cuts the wrong way
>>By BROOKES MERRITT -- Sun Media
>>"Let's face it, if you live in Edmonton, you're going to get stabbed every so
>>often. It's like saying hello."
>>That's a quote from the satirical "Stabmonton" Internet forum, part of a
>>Facebook.com website that's got the mayor and city cops wondering how
>>someone could be so insensitive.
>>Especially since several Edmonton families are still grieving loved ones lost
>>in recent fatal stabbings.
>>Since being uploaded Thursday by local computer geek Jeffrey Grajkowski ,
>>over 50 people have become members of the online group.
>>Posts on the forum include haikus about stabbings in Edmonton, flippant
>>discussions on knives of choice and instructions about how to win knife fights
>>- including "declare that you're from Edmonton, in any other city this will
>>cause your opponent to run in fear."
>>"It's disturbing and a bit perverse," Mayor Stephen Mandel told Sun Media.
>>"I guess there are more ways than I knew of to use the Internet in a
>>completely dysfunctional fashion."
>>Police spokesman Jeff Wuite said the Stabmonton forum falls in with other
>>distasteful monickers for Edmonton, such as "deadmonton" and areas like
>>Mill Woods being called "killwoods."
>>The entire city has been plagued by stabbings in recent years and last year
>>was dubbed the murder capital of Canada.
>>"It's in very poor taste. We're not pleased to hear about this," Wuite said.
>Poor taste? I guess sometimes the TRUTH really can hurt politcians but
>maybe if we did not have so many stabbings and killings in this city
>this website would not have gone up. So? Who really is to blame? Whey
>to open people's eyes to this problem Jeffrey.
Poor taste maybe, but if the crooked cops would catch a few criminals, instead
of constantly doing coverups, perhaps the public might eventually respect them
>How much is the cost of our police service these days anyway?
Over $220 MILLION dollars wasted in the city budget!!
Also, do not forget that Wuite is one of the overpaid hacks and flacks on the
trough at police headquarters, getting paid $95,000 plus benefits according to
their last ad for more bums.
In fact over $2 MILLION is wasted from the police budget to pay for 9, yes 9,
bums in the BS section, even though the chief gets around quarter MILLIOn,
plus benefits, and the deputy chiefs get around $180,000 plus benefits.
For their salaries, the chief and deputies should be able to speak proper
English, and save the taxpayers the costs of all their hacks in the BS
section!!
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