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| illegal dumping This morning I heard the top of the dumpster in our parkinglot slam open and the following sounds of glass crashing into it. The I heard the Super yelling, "What are you doing in our dumpster?? You don't live in this building !!" A yelling match between a tattooed youth with a blue scarf tied around his head (gangsta style) and the Super began, he swearing his head off and her telling him to use the dumpster in his own building. We have one dumpster collection a week and if things get too full then she may have to pay for a second collection. I looked over the edge of the balcony as things were getting heated and he was getting nasty. I got dressed quickly, going down to back her up in case things got out of hand. J told me not to get involved and considering a handgun takedown happened the other night at Yonge & Eg, I could understand what she meant. But still, I didn't want anything to happen to our Super as she is a great lady and maybe my presence would assist. As I looked out over the balcony I saw him pull out a nasty big knife. That did it, I was going down. I grabbed my discard items (stuff place on a laundry room table to offer to the tenants for free) to make it look like I wasn't just coming down to stick my nose in. I was. By the time I arrived, I heard him crashing his stuff against the dumpster and the Super now inside her apartment swearing a storm herself. I tapped on her door and asked if everything was OK. She said he would come back later and clean his mess up. He won't. But at least nothing progressed. I think she knew when to let it go. Maybe she saw the knife I saw or maybe she knows the trouble with badgering youth in our neighbourhood -- our laundry room has been broken into and vandalized at least four times since we moved in. But it was over now. Toronto is in a "wave of violence" right now more often in neighbourhoods no where near mine. But this stuff creeps into other areas pretty quickly. i don't want to be the one who ignores things in my backyard (literally) but I also don't want to get shot or knifed. This is the point where friends and family still at home just tell me to move away from Dangerous Toronto. August 26 05 |
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Comments
OK, move away from Danderous Toronto, to Boring Edmonton. At least we'll be there. :)
Posted by: ubergrande at August 26, 2005 08:01 PM
now now dave you know better. toronto's homicide rate is pretty flat. check your facts.
Posted by: cde at August 28, 2005 09:13 PM
check what facts ?!?! random violence is random; it could happen anywhere...
Posted by: tbit at August 28, 2005 10:33 PM
er dave there is no such thing as random violence... only individuals committing unlawful acts (which they tend to repeat unless stopped). check out two very old latin terms actus rhea and mens rhea. that about sums it up. anyway yes true violent acts can happen anywhere but toronto is still safer then Calgary, Edmonton & Regina. Where are you living anyway? Jane Finch or downtown. Yes Sherbourne/Jarvis is bad. There are way too many newcomers, poor people, coops, homeless shoved into a small area. Prefer Sydney over Toronto still.
Posted by: cde at August 29, 2005 09:16 PM
i would say any act of violence that is not part of an ongoing or planned series of events is random. a guy walks into a drugstore robbery and is shot is random. a senior crossing a street and run down by a car thief is random. a group of street thugs shooting another group of street thugs is not random but very connected and related to their criminal activities. but if one of them is putting out his garbage and is clubbed to death by his 16 year old neighbour high on shrooms, speed and draino then i would consider it random.
Posted by: tbit at August 29, 2005 09:44 PM
your still breathing so I'd say your not subject to any random forces at the moment.
how are you doing?
Posted by: cde at August 29, 2005 09:56 PM
the probabilities are pretty much static for any negative situation by gun at least in canada (though your more likely to die by knife):
Death by gun
Homicides involving firearms as a per cent of total homicides:
1993: 31.1%
1994: 32.9%
1995: 29.9%
1996: 33.4%
1997: 32.9%
1998: 27.1%
1999: 30.7%
2000: 33.7%
2001: 30.9%
2002: 26.1%
2003: 29.4%
so i'd be careful about intervening.
Posted by: cde at September 1, 2005 08:54 PM
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