FAQ's - My personal faq's on the issue

Why didn't the city council hold a public hearing about the wet house project?

• Backdoor politics? Is someone getting a cut from somewhere?
• Corruption and politics sadly go hand in hand. Power corrupts. History shows, over and over, that it's up to the people to change things for the betterment of everyone.

Are the tenants going to be able to use drugs and alcohol to their heart's content on the property?

• From what I understand : yes.
• If that is the case...wth! This is completely ludicrous! Insane! Ridiculous! Preposterous! and wholly unacceptable.

Are drug dealers going to hanging around the wet house?

• Well, if drug dealer's clients are gathered together all in one place, jonesing away, why not? There's "money" to be made after all! And hey, why stop with the wet house? There are two schools a 5 minute walk away. 100's of potential clients. So much money to be made!
  
• Drug dealers must be loving the city. I'd like to think not, but is there some money flowing from pushers to politicos? Politics and corruption : BFF's.
  

Do drug addicts steal when they need a fix?

• Yup.
  

Are there lots of residences with valuables near the wet house?

• Oh yeagh, lots. The North End is a nice neighborhood. People there have money. They'll be lots of stuff to steal. As long as a person doesn't get caught, their addiction can be fed indefinitely.

Is this whole thing completely *$%@ing ridiculous?

• I think so. What can I say? Nanaimo's City Councilors just don't appear to care. I wonder if they are getting a cut from somewhere, because it looks like they're going to ram the whole process down the North Ender's throats.

Is this class warfare?

• I think so. This is a Capitalist world. Have and have-not's. Humanity has got to evolve beyond money, beyond resource-hierarchy (experience-hierarchy is fine of course), or human civilization will just keep stabbing itself with the class problem.
  

Is this a situation of North-End vs South-End?

• I think so. Not entirely, but it is definitely partly that. The two sides of the railroad track as it were. It seems Humanity is once again looking at this whole resource-hierarchy thing. The question is, once again, do we want it?
  
• I certainly don't. Star Trek Humanism all the way.
  

What's the difference between resource-hierarchy and experience-hierarchy?

• It's a Star Trek thing. In Star Trek there is no money. No material wealth. Human beings aren't motivated by such meaningless pursuits.
  
• There is hierarchy in Star Trek, but it's hierarchy of experience, knowledge, wisdom. Everyone has good food, comfortable shelter, nice clothes, and the full host of individual rights and responsibilities. It's just that people with more knowledge, experience, strength, etc are the leaders. They can best lead, so they lead. It's logical and it's right. It's not about power and control. That crap is so old-school, primitive human beings.