Newspaper poll needs vaping input

[Tache]

The article is three weeks old, but I was shocked at how few people voted for the "no, e-cigs emit vapour not smoke". Take a look and put your two cents in.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottaw...on-t-mean-fine-but-sto-says-it-will-1.2989312

 

[Woofer]

Done, it is about 25 75 for them ATM.

 

[Luisa]

The article is three weeks old, but I was shocked at how few people voted for the "no, e-cigs emit vapour not smoke". Take a look and put your two cents in.

Vaping on OC Transpo won't mean fine, but STO says it will - Ottawa - CBC News

This is so quick and easy everyone should take a minute to take the poll. I hope they are still recording numbers.

 

[catsitter]

Done - it's now all the way up to 26.87%. Let's go, people...

 

[AndriaD]

I voted, and then read the article, and I must say, I am quite impressed with Canadian commentors, even the ones spouting nonsense are doing it politely, with good spelling and punctuation. Bravo, Canada!!! [ETA: I think I read somewhere that literacy is like 99% in Canada... is that true?]

Andria

 

[Lori2014]

Done. Thanks! Don't know how I missed the poll ... had read the article (or perhaps a similar one).

 

[twgbonehead]

Done, and bump!

 

[Tache]

I voted, and then read the article, and I must say, I am quite impressed with Canadian commentors, even the ones spouting nonsense are doing it politely, with good spelling and punctuation. Bravo, Canada!!! [ETA: I think I read somewhere that literacy is like 99% in Canada... is that true?]

Andria

Literacy Facts and Links - ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation

If you Google literacy in Canada it says 99%, but stats from a 2005 Statistics Canada survey indicated that, "Four out of 10 adult Canadians, age 16 to 65 - representing 9 million Canadians - struggle with low literacy."

That works out to about 10% of the total population (~ 35 million - less than the population of the California) although one wouldn't expect babies and toddlers to have high literacy and they would be in the denominator (but not numerator) of my rough calculation. It's probably reasonable to say that the "true" literacy rate is somewhere between 90% and 99%.

 

[somdcomputerguy]

Well I couldn't vote. I prefer the phrase 'not allowed' over the word 'banned', though they both mean pretty much the same. Six of one, half dozen of the other, you know. I would not have voted 'yes', for that reason, and the other is for not the reason they gave (the risk thing). There is no 'Other' option, so I didn't feel comfortable answering 'yes' to the whole statement. The j/s needed to display/run the comment section in the article is blocked (by me, by default), and I don't find it important enough to take the time (which would only be a few minutes though) to figure out which j/s script to allow.

 

[KattMamma]

voted - wish it had been worded a bit differently, but I definitely wanted to say that it's not smoke!!

 

[AndriaD]

Literacy Facts and Links - ABC CANADA Literacy Foundation

If you Google literacy in Canada it says 99%, but stats from a 2005 Statistics Canada survey indicated that, "Four out of 10 adult Canadians, age 16 to 65 - representing 9 million Canadians - struggle with low literacy."

That works out to about 10% of the total population (~ 35 million - less than the population of the California) although one wouldn't expect babies and toddlers to have high literacy and they would be in the denominator (but not numerator) of my rough calculation. It's probably reasonable to say that the "true" literacy rate is somewhere between 90% and 99%.

Well, it's remarkable; here in the US, it seems to me that about 4 out of every 10 that see me reading a book say something like "you shore doo reed alotta books!" And of the other 6, 3 may not know where the library is.

Just more fuel to my Canada fantasies! Given a budget for it, I'd emigrate there in a heartbeat!!!

Andria

 

[caramel]

Given a budget for it, I'd emigrate there in a heartbeat!!!

It's really really cold up here. Six months every single year.

 

[Frenchfry1942]

Around the world, Americans are known for their rudeness.

 

[AndriaD]

It's really really cold up here. Six months every single year.

I know... and down here, it's hellish for at least that long every year -- and there are only so many clothes you can take off and not go to jail!

I would love it up there -- I could grow blueberries! And maybe even apple trees! Neither grows worth a crap down here -- the plants might grow, but no fruit -- winter isn't cold enough. And the only way you get much out of tulips down here is if you keep them in the freezer all summer and fall-into-winter -- it isn't cold enough in the winter to freeze the ground, and the squirrels will dig them up and eat them! All that, plus widespread literacy and politeness... sounds like heaven to me.

Andria

 

[Woofer]

I'm thinking you would thrive here Andria.
Gals got spirit!

 

[Tache]

It's really really cold up here. Six months every single year.

You need to move to the West Coast Caramel - Southern Vancouver Island in particular (we didn't have any snow that lasted more than a day all winter this year). Moved here from Montreal in 1973 and although I miss that special "joie de vivre" of Montrealers, I can't imagine living anywhere else in Canada.

 

[AndriaD]

Well. remember what I said about "hellish" for at least 6 months of the year? Tomorrow... well hell, it's today now... is the third day of April... it's forecasted to be 80-83. Thinking maybe it's time to turn off the furnace, so when I turn on the AC it doesn't give the system a connimption fit.

Andria

 

[Tache]

Around the world, Americans are known for their rudeness.

That's the stereotype. I have many friends and acquaintances who happen to live below the 49th parallel, and most of them are "good people". The stereotype of Canadians as "polite" can be somewhat misleading. I'll share a little anecdote with you.

A fellow I played tennis with a number of years ago and I were chatting over a post-match "beverage". Now, this fellow happened to be born in Trinidad and also happened to be black. I asked him if he had experienced any discrimination based on the colour of his skin since he came to live in Canada. He said that he hadn't really, but a friend of his (also a person of colour, who lived in the States but often had business in Canada) had told/confided in him that he actually preferred the US. He said that at least there they were upfront about their prejudices. He found that in Canada, they "spit in your eye" and then look around and say "Is it raining?".