Comments on: Why I won’t support the 2008 Beijing Olympics

By: The All Real Numbers Symbol

The All Real Numbers Symbol — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 17:37:33 +0000

(Slaps forehead) Geez, i can’t believe that as many times as I’ve had to spell ‘infinity’ I forgot an ‘i’. @.@ Thanks for fixing that for me.

By: Richard Shih

Richard Shih — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:19:04 +0000

No worries, as long as I get credited for what I rant about.

I found the problem, you had been writing your own URL down wrong. Infinity was missing an ‘i’. I took the liberty of fixing your previous comments.

By: The All Real Numbers Symbol

The All Real Numbers Symbol — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:18:06 +0000

Oh, sorry. The url was spaced becasue I wasn’t sure whether or not your site would filter the adress out. I’ll try to submit the url again and see if it works.

dialr4infinity.blogspot.com

If that doesn’t work, you can also find it by Googling Dial R 4 Infinity, my blog’s name.

Please don’t be too mad at me for quoting you. ^^’

By: Scott Kuo

Scott Kuo — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:17:50 +0000

I can’t wait. Remember to take photos. Lots of them. With blinding flashes.

By: Richard Shih

Richard Shih — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:12:12 +0000

Well if it doesn’t work then I’ll have a funny story to write about, now won’t I?

By: Scott Kuo

Scott Kuo — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:13:14 +0000

Oh yea, Richard, watch out when you go up to visit Vancouver during the work term. Sometimes panhandlers DO get aggressive and ignoring/turning them down doesn’t always work…

By: Scott Kuo

Scott Kuo — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 16:00:33 +0000

Typo typo! =)
http://dialr4infinity.blogspot.com/2008/08/beijing-olympics-2008.html

By: Richard Shih

Richard Shih — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:54:00 +0000

I’d like to see what you wrote and how you used it, but your URL doesn’t work.

By: Richard Shih

Richard Shih — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:52:54 +0000

Woah, woah, I never advocated pouring money on the homeless. In my very limited exposure to homeless people, most of them are lazy and don’t want to put the effort into getting a stable job because the gimmes are so plentiful and easy to get. Give any one of them a shower and a shave and McDonald’s will definitely hire them, but then they’ll be busting their balls just to make minimum wage.

But you’re right, Scott – money should be put into the education system to try to prevent those that can be helped to stay off the street. There are already places setup to help people down on their luck to get jobs and such and I really do think that the high school dropout rate is much more concerning than the number of homeless bums on the downtown streets.

By: Scott Kuo

Scott Kuo — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:54:32 +0000

On the homeless issue, many of Vancouver’s homeless people come from other parts of Canada. If I was homeless, I’d try to get myself to Vancouver too. It’s the only city in Canada that doesn’t have harsh summer/winter weather and the downtown core is filled with tourists and exchange students who just love to give.

I say instead of pouring the money on the homeless, lets put the money on education (and continuing education) where it will make a real difference in the long term.