This nonsense with safe injection sites, politicians interfering with patent care, and the push for “involuntary treatment” in BC makes me think that the brief era of “science-based policy” where empirical data trump public ignorance is coming to a crashing end.

I can’t believe for a moment that removing tobacco from corner stores has ever crossed the mind of anyone in government right now

Obviously I was being glib. But even if I weren’t, I am not intending to be a leader, so Pratchet is not talking about me.

Having said that, voters have dynamic, even mutable qualities, and those are exactly the qualities that determine elections. There is an entirely reasonable approach to politics that is about educating and informing voters so that they can make more rational decisions. There is a very effective approach to politics that encourages and exploits voter disenfranchisement. Yes, voters can be the problem.

you will not divide us

I’m not even sure what this is meant to mean. What do you imagine my motives are? Who am I supposedly trying to divide?

And how does that apply to me?

The comment was about GenZ voting! It’s super relevant!!

Young women are the only cohort that strongly supports the NDP. The difference between young men and young women is striking enough to be panic inducing.

No, not “the same”.

Ah yes, it’s society’s fault young men are swinging hard right into fascism like they always do. It’s society’s fault that toxic masculinity has become a political movement. If only we had allowed young men into women’s shelters, the next 20 years of repression and oppression could have doubtlessly been avoided. Stupid society.

This is such a fucking bad idea (socially, not even considering financially) and no one talks about it. It’s going to cost us more than money. Making the most harmful drug that curses humanity more available while simultaneously tearing down our addiction treatment. Fucking awesome governance.

Jagmeet is decent. Its the voters who are complete shit.

Young men have really lost their way.

At least that means a less conservative (ie LPO) Ontario premier…

But with the US electing swinging to what we laughably refer to as the left, I wonder if it could cause the CPC trouble in the upcoming election. Could hope for a coalition government…

Throwing vulnerable citizens under the bus for votes.

When I got my vasectomy, my urologist didn’t ask me anything about my wife’s feelings on the subject. Because it’s my body. My urologist made sure I was informed on the risks, including that it may be irreversible, and the historical odds of being able to restore fertility.

I was young. Every time I came into contact with a nurse who found out I was getting a vasectomy, they started to ask me inappropriate questions. My urologist apparently knew to expect this, because he was always on top of them before they were even able to finish, telling them that it was “more common these days for young people to want to be sterilized,” and defending my autonomy without me even having to say a word. I felt very supported and I appreciated this a great deal. I would have appreciated even more if I had the same support from the nurses.

Incidentally, get a vasectomy. No, seriously, get one. If you don’t have vas deferens, encourage someone you know to get a vasectomy. It’s the best.

There is a pattern of abuse (like the example you for some reason try to soft peddle), it isn’t just one instance.

I reckon the US election suddenly swinging left has him nervous about waiting until after November.

It’s not inadmissible in court but it’s also not likely to cause the police top open an investigation or seek charges

I feel like you are not engaging with the point but rather making some unrelated point of your own.

It would be, if it was directly witnessed by a police officer who is sympathetic and not also hostile to cyclists, and isn’t already busy or “busy”.

The police are not on your side. Even if you fucking are one. They exist to hurt us for the good of the state. I’m not being hyperbolic, that is literally their reason for existing. Police are bastards BY DEFINITION.