Maybe her pimp was trying to make a point with her about handing over all of the days proceeds. After seeking medical attention the doctor alerted DRPS about the assault, as they are supposed to and she made the whole thing up.
SP beaten and robbed in Ajax this morning!
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When the TV reporter asked the stabbed cabdriver why he would take the risks of driving a cab and would he return to driving a cab? The cab driver said that he would return to driving a cab as he has a family to support.
A lot of us can't pick and choose the jobs we desire. We take the jobs that are available to us so we can keep body and soul together. Remember that gas station attendant who died trying to stop a gas thief? He probably also would have preferred a nice job sitting in a Bay Street tower collecting a $200,000 salary.
I'll turn that around and wonder why a veteran of this board did not notice the obvious. From that proposition there is only one conclusion.
i made good money at it. the guys i talk to down in toronto made less then half what i did on a good day for them. they tell me they make 60-100$ a day and try to support families on that. i was lucky to work where i did and i was making close to 300$ a day monday to thursday and then i made double that friday and saturday.
i do remember that story about the gas station guy and i thought he was a idiot for doing it. if i was behind a counter and someone wanted to take the cash i would put my hands up and say feel free.
Your methods of argumentation are not compelling.
First off, in this country there is nothing to stop anyone from climbing to a $200,000 Bay Street job. Nothing.
Except sacrifice and hard work.
As for taking any job to support your family and keep your body and soul intact.
Accepting thug clients to your home, alone, at 4:30 am or driving a taxi at the end of the club shift is risky. And accepting that risk is driven by a desire for money. Hard to support your family if you are dead.
the lack of education or ability to speak the language might be a small hurdle.
I think it makes sense to accept Royson's empirical data based on the remarkable allegory of black roofers. Not.
And one has to wonder if pebble boy is going to interject the same information into every race question on the board. He posted this on Feb 28 and I think has used it on other occasions but I cannot be bothered to look.
A hurdle? Yes.
Guys like Frank Stronach had to learn english and toolmaking when emigrating from Austria.
Guys like Michael Lee Chin were born in Jamaica to poor but hardworking family of 8
Cut and paste from Wikipedia:
"Michael Lee-Chin was born in Port Antonio, Jamaica in 1951. Both his parents were biracial, Black and Chinese Jamaican. When Lee-Chin was aged 7, his mother married Vincent Chen.[5]
Lee-Chin had a son from a previous relationship, and the couple had a further 7 children together, including 6 boys and 1 girl.[6]
His mother sold Avon products, and worked as a bookkeeper for various local firms, while his stepfather ran a local grocery store.[7] He attended the local high school, Titchfield High, between 1962 and 1969.[8]
His first job came in 1965 working as part of the landscaping team at the Frenchman's Cove Hotel.[9] In 1966 he got a summer job working on the Jamaica Queen cruise ship, cleaning the engine room.[citation needed]"
The Honourable Michael Lee-Chin, OJ (born 1951) is a Jamaican-born Canadian business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is the founder and Chairman of Portland Holdings Inc., a privately held investment company which owns a collection of diversified operating companies in sectors that include media, tourism, health care telecommunications and financial services. Amongst other positions, he is currently Executive Chairman of AIC Limited (a Canadian mutual fund), and the National Commercial Bank of Jamaica. In the latest Forbes Billionaires List, he was placed at number 701, with assets worth around $1.0 billion.[2] (Though Lee-Chin's wealth has been as high as $2.5 billion in the past.) Canadian Business has named him as one of the richest people in Canada.
my guess is that a guy that comes over here in his late 30's to mid 40's with little education is not going to be the next king of bay street. sure no one will actually stop him from trying but who is going to give him the chance ?
First thing to get, that most people don't get is not to count on anyone "giving" you anything.
Second is that believe me that if you really do more than "try", people will trip all over themselves to give you the chance.
Brampton is full of successful Indian businessmen who started by taking their meagre earnings and buying a thousand pairs of socks and sellling them at Flea Markets and re-investing and working harder.
The chinese lining Spadina and Markham and the Pacific Mall (and whatever other stereotypes I am missing) amde their won chances and luck by starting small and working up.
I know of Indian truckers who have started with not knowing how to speak english, getting a license, running the shit runs and today owning as many as 100 trucks/trailers. They are not satisfied with just getting by, they are driven to success.
Dismissing this by guys like Rockslinger who think the only path to success is the proverbial $200k Bay Street job (which of itself shows a lack of current understanding of the reality of Bay Street! LOL) is just being a loser and making excuses.
not everyone's circumstances are the same. while yes it is possible, someone that has the drive to do the things you are talking about don't have the ability due to home life or other circumstances. yes the opportunity is there for anyone who wants it but not everyone that wants can take it.
ahh yes. that is bullshit every time. it's people wanting to dump the responsibility of their own life on someone else. it's easier to say your life sucks because of someone else than it is to say your life sucks and i need to fix it then get off your ass.
Exactly.
Or worse, someone saying that other people's lives suck because The Man is holding them back.
"i can't get a job because i am *insert colour here*" yeah it is a pathetic excuse.
Don't spoil it and turn it around. I like many others have FUJI on ignore for a long long long time, and his posts are just blank. What he posts goes by unless someone quotes him. You'll see why in the near future. His quirks were slam dunk nailed months ago by many.
Argumentum ad populum
In argumentation theory, an argumentum ad populum (Latin for "appeal to the people") is a fallacious argument that concludes a proposition to be true because many or most people believe it. In other words, the basic idea of the argument is: "If many believe so, it is so."
Here we go ladies and gentlemen...the Canadian/American dream laid out for you.
Work hard...and you too can be a millionaire amassing wealth, fame...and a beautiful spouse.
If you aren't making over 100,000 a year, its your own fault.
Those people who work at Walmart are all lazy...unmotivated...and generally shiftless
Those social workers who make 40 grand a year...they probably work 3 hours a week...lazy
My mechanic who puts in 60 hours a week for 75,000...yeah, not working hard enough...
The single mom who works full-time and takes care of two kids, but still can't make ends meet. She need to put her back into it, and work harder, right?
Work hard = more money...there are no other considerations at all this equation.
Your upbringing, family life...extra curricular opportunities.. your network..the money you were born into.....they make no difference at all
The only thing that matters is hard work....why? Because I said so...that's why!
No Plan B, I am not saying all that you are reading into.
I am not successful like those guys and would not want to be. Wayyy too much work. I am happy where I am. And I do not advoacte nor suggest that unless you do the same as them, or me or anyone that you are bad.
All I am saying is that there is no "The Man" holding you down. That most can can accomplish their goals by working at them. Unless your goal, like many, is to wait for the lottery to call you or knock on your door. You gotta at least buy a ticket! :eyebrows:
I am not successful like those guys and would not want to be. Wayyy too much work. I am happy where I am. And I do not advoacte nor suggest that unless you do the same as them, or me or anyone that you are bad.
All I am saying is that there is no "The Man" holding you down. That most can can accomplish their goals by working at them. Unless your goal, like many, is to wait for the lottery to call you or knock on your door. You gotta at least buy a ticket! :eyebrows:
