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Posted by Jayx1 on Feb-04-2005 21:51:

Pink Parking spots

You know my answer!


Posted by rabbitjoker on Feb-04-2005 21:54:

We're all pink on the inside.


Posted by rabbitjoker on Feb-04-2005 21:55:

Further - these spots were not designed for pregnant women - they were designed for people with small kids (men and women alike).


Posted by Jayx1 on Feb-04-2005 21:56:

quote:
Originally posted by rabbitjoker
Further - these spots were not designed for pregnant women - they were designed for people with small kids (men and women alike).


not the ones i saw.

They were pink and said "parking for mothers to be"

Which brings me to another point. Small children should be getting excersize. No wonder we are fatties.


Posted by Tordan on Feb-04-2005 22:05:

well, why not? women go through a lot when they're pregnant. why not make their lives just a little bit easier? i can't believe this is even an issue for some ppl.


Posted by ShadoWolf on Feb-04-2005 22:12:


Posted by VERTiG0 on Feb-04-2005 22:13:

quote:
Originally posted by rabbitjoker
We're all pink on the inside.


Says you, I'm mostly blue with splotches of yellow.


Posted by Cal on Feb-04-2005 22:28:

Wow they got this in Toronto now?

Hell no to this bullshit. If they can get in a car and drive they can stand to walk 20 extra meters to the damn mall.


Posted by Matt on Feb-04-2005 22:39:

it's never affected my life, so I don't care.

Go ahead, park up front. I am young and abled, I can park further away and make the walk if it makes someone else's day easier.


Posted by Special K on Feb-04-2005 22:54:

is it illegal to park in those spots?

im guessing NO ...


Posted by DigiNut on Feb-04-2005 23:11:

quote:
Originally posted by Matt
it's never affected my life, so I don't care.

Go ahead, park up front. I am young and abled, I can park further away and make the walk if it makes someone else's day easier.

If everybody only talked and cared about the things that affected their own personal lives, we'd all still be cavemen hunting bison for sustenance. Living in a bubble isn't something to be proud of - in fact, I recall it being mentioned a few times in the "pet peeves".

Sorry if this sounds personal but it seems like almost every post from you lately has carried the connotation of "I'm cool because everybody else complains about stuff but I don't". Guess what dude, there are only three things that've brought us to the stage of humanity where we're actually ABLE to sit back and not care. The first is greed and capitalism, which consists of meddling in other people's lives in order to make a few bucks. The second is the backbone of science, Curiosity - both of the world around us and the other people around us. And the third is altruism, that candy-coated desire to make our world a better place, which often involves protecting OTHER people from something we feel is wrong.

Whichever one of those three is your personal flavour of life, they ALL involve minding other people's business. Passivity has never accomplished anything in the history of the human race, so if you think that your complacent (and might I add, rather snarky) "I don't care" attitude makes you qualified to criticize others, think again. It's precisely that kind of complacency that's gotten Canada into the declining state it's in today. How about this: if you don't care, then don't comment.

Our government must be doing great, because my life hasn't been personally affected in the past few years!


Posted by Sly_Guy on Feb-04-2005 23:43:

before I read this thread, I thought it was just some slang for vagina I'd never heard of. As a result, I voted I'm a man, and said yes. I wanna redo my vote now.


Posted by Izra on Feb-04-2005 23:46:

OMG Jay !! Sometimes you can be so cold hearted... Families with small children and expecting mothers should be allowed to park a little closer. Its not just the closeness factor, these spots save them from driving around a busy parking lot looking for a spot, which (on a busy day) can be stressful.

Think about all the single Dads and Moms that have a hard time raising little kids, and if that spot would makes things a bit easier, then great.

Honestly Jay I think you spend too much time getting yourself all worked up about every little thing. You cant change the "pink" parking spots, to focus your energy on something positive for once...


Posted by pheonix on Feb-04-2005 23:50:

quote:
Originally posted by Cal


Hell no to this bullshit. If they can get in a car and drive they can stand to walk 20 extra meters to the damn mall.


This parking spots are a blessing to some women. The last stages of pregnancy are very uncomfortable. And who's to say that the pregnant woman isn't a passanger???


Posted by MarkT on Feb-05-2005 00:36:

I voted yes...but naturally I want to qualify my vote

at a supermarket, or other place of business where it's pretty much a necessity to go...yes...and a FEW spaces, yes. The Dominion down on Lakeshore...I haven't been there for a while, but don't they have a whole bunch of spots??? They are *always* empty...or I just see someone park there who clearly is not a "mother to be", lol.

at a shopping mall...um...not so necessary. I think someone can go without the shopping spree for the couple of very uncomfortable months (please don't hate me, ladies!)

people against these spots altogether often seem to be hung up on ridiculous "equality" notions...well, guess what...not everyone is equal. Most young men have a much better state of mobility than an 8.5 month expectant mother And pregnancy is a temporary state...I certainly don't advocate spots for the obese, for example, lol.

It strikes me as absurd that people will be ok with disabled parking, but not 'expectant mother' parking...same shit, really...except that you're generally permanently disabled, so that parking should be more readily available at more places.


Posted by Cal on Feb-05-2005 02:00:

quote:
Originally posted by pheonix
This parking spots are a blessing to some women. The last stages of pregnancy are very uncomfortable. And who's to say that the pregnant woman isn't a passanger???


If she's a passenger(note the spelling ), the pregnant woman is either smart enough to ask the driver to drop her off at the entrance to the place, or shes too stupid to do that in which case she deserves to walk 20 extra meters like the dumb bitch she is.

Honestly, unless she gets on one of those cool old fart cart things as soon as she gets in the mall I dont see the point of these things.

I would also like to give props to the guy that managed to cajole an entire 'angry dad's oh what is wrong with our kids today!' essay out of diginut with only three sentences. You're my kind of people.


Posted by Jayx1 on Feb-05-2005 02:07:

quote:
Originally posted by Cal
Wow they got this in Toronto now?

Hell no to this bullshit. If they can get in a car and drive they can stand to walk 20 extra meters to the damn mall.


EXACTLY!

This is political correctness run amok


Posted by Jayx1 on Feb-05-2005 02:08:

quote:
Originally posted by Special K
is it illegal to park in those spots?

im guessing NO ...


Not yet


Posted by Matt on Feb-05-2005 02:09:

quote:
Originally posted by Cal
I would also like to give props to the guy that managed to cajole an entire 'angry dad's oh what is wrong with our kids today!' essay out of diginut with only three sentences. You're my kind of people.


while I don't agree on your stance re: parking spaces... I am glad someone else said "wtf" when DigiNut came outta leftfield with the nutty kids bit.

Like, does it really make a difference to anyone here, including me if the parking spaces are there or not? Not really, so we might as well have them because chances are, they do prove useful for some women.

Personally tho, I would like to it see it made harder to obtain the handicapped driver thing. Cuz quite often I see someone park in the handicapped spot, get out, and stroll with easy to the store. But, they are still handicapped?!?


Posted by Jayx1 on Feb-05-2005 02:09:

quote:
Originally posted by PartEgurl
OMG Jay !! Sometimes you can be so cold hearted... Families with small children and expecting mothers should be allowed to park a little closer. Its not just the closeness factor, these spots save them from driving around a busy parking lot looking for a spot, which (on a busy day) can be stressful.

Think about all the single Dads and Moms that have a hard time raising little kids, and if that spot would makes things a bit easier, then great.

Honestly Jay I think you spend too much time getting yourself all worked up about every little thing. You cant change the "pink" parking spots, to focus your energy on something positive for once...


If society is so weak that a family cant stand the thought of driving around looking for a parking space then we need some sort of reality check.


Posted by Jayx1 on Feb-05-2005 02:12:

quote:
Originally posted by MarkT
I voted yes...but naturally I want to qualify my vote

at a supermarket, or other place of business where it's pretty much a necessity to go...yes...and a FEW spaces, yes. The Dominion down on Lakeshore...I haven't been there for a while, but don't they have a whole bunch of spots??? They are *always* empty...or I just see someone park there who clearly is not a "mother to be", lol.

at a shopping mall...um...not so necessary. I think someone can go without the shopping spree for the couple of very uncomfortable months (please don't hate me, ladies!)

people against these spots altogether often seem to be hung up on ridiculous "equality" notions...well, guess what...not everyone is equal. Most young men have a much better state of mobility than an 8.5 month expectant mother And pregnancy is a temporary state...I certainly don't advocate spots for the obese, for example, lol.

It strikes me as absurd that people will be ok with disabled parking, but not 'expectant mother' parking...same shit, really...except that you're generally permanently disabled, so that parking should be more readily available at more places.



If pregnancy is really a disability then lets solve the "problem" with temporary disabled passes for pregnant women. Problem solved.


Posted by Matt on Feb-05-2005 02:13:

quote:
Originally posted by Jayx1
If pregnancy is really a disability then lets solve the "problem" with temporary disabled passes for pregnant women. Problem solved.



THAT sounds more like it.

I've always wondered why it wasn't that way in the first place?


Posted by Jayx1 on Feb-05-2005 02:14:

quote:
Originally posted by Matt
THAT sounds more like it.

I've always wondered why it wasn't that way in the first place?


Because its NOT a disabilty?


Posted by SkyHigh on Feb-05-2005 02:14:

quote:
Originally posted by Cal
Wow they got this in Toronto now?

Hell no to this bullshit. If they can get in a car and drive they can stand to walk 20 extra meters to the damn mall.


You obviously dont have a pregnant wife. They are worse than hadicapped people.

P.S Pink spots are for expecting mothers.


Posted by Matt on Feb-05-2005 02:16:

quote:
Originally posted by Jayx1
Because its NOT a disabilty?


I mean, when they first introduced "pink spots". They wouldn't have thought they could just issue temporary handicapped parking passes and use the parking spots they had, meanwhile saving some paint?


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