DDO gets the fail award.

http://www.thepassinglane.ca/2010/03/say-it-aint-so-man-fined-for-playing-street-hockey.html

Father and kids play street hockey in a quiet residential street.

Neighbor complains to the police.

Police shows up, following the city's bylaw, issues 75$ tickets to the players.

Epic fail.

Here's when you notice some people lack fucking general knowledge and personal integrity.

For one, the neighbor should not have complained to the police. The kids are outside, with adult supervision, instead of at some park getting wasted, or inside glued to the tube, getting fat. That's already enough to earn the parent and the kids a medal in this day and age. They're on public property, and can't possibly be making some enough noise for you to cry about, especially since I know for a fact that AIRPLANES buzz DDO all the fucking time! How the fuck did he see the need to bother the po-lease with that, taking them away from more important tasks, such as cracking down on actual crime?

For two, the cop, once there, should not have done what he did. Yes, he should be enforcing all laws in place, but issuing a ticket was not his only option. Maybe he was an immigrant or something. (See, the propaganda is getting to me.) I find it unlikely that somebody from Canada doesn't know that street hockey is like, I don't know, essential to a kid's mental and physical (not to mention social) development. Street hockey is played fucking everywhere! The cop could have given them a warning, kindly asking them to relocate, on the count of some loud-mouth neighbor complaining. This way, he does his job, doesn't get into trouble with his supervisor, and the kids are not penalized more than they need to be. But no, he had to make a scene. (And what a scene it is. It's on the news, there's protests, petitions, and they've organized a 200 player hockey game on the streets. Nice move, idiot.)

For third, the seal of fail goes to the dumbshit at city hall who drafted/passed the stupid bylaw. You think you need a law to keep street hockey players off major roads? Who's the idiot that's going to play hockey on the highway? It's not highway hockey. It's street hockey. Or do you think street hockey can impede traffic on a road which has none?  A quiet residential street serving a few houses ain't going to be of much use most of the time anyways. It's just sitting there. Let the kids have fun on it. Sure beats the hell outta the kids growing into the couch, doncha think?


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Oh, on a separate note, walking home, I crossed two girls walking side by side... not talking to each other! And yet they seemed to be friends. You know what they were doing? They were texting. And not just for a moment. Saw them way down the street. Never raising their heads, they shuffled and dragged their feet over the ground, texting furiously, barely watching where they were going. Jeebus, I can't believe I'm saying this, but TALK, GODDAMNIT. You are fucking sad. 

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On a lighter note, beavers are mostly from Canada. This one is no exception.