Recent content by CanadianBiker

Thanks! Definitely a loss to the GTA bike community but as long as he's happy, that's what counts.

Many years ago I owned a '97 Honda Blackbird (great bike). On the recommendation of someone here (I forget who) I took it to a place called DPE Engineering for a tuneup. DPE was a small independent shop in the west end run by a fellow by the name of Dave Pauletto (sp?). Dave was a great guy and...

I certainly do mean it, but I don't support it. And that's what I'm driving at. Condemning the attacks as an assault on free speech in journalism is disingenuous. The "speech" in question was inflammatory and deliberately designed to insult a huge number of people, the vast majority of which did...

Free speech should be exactly that, free of consequence. As soon as restrictions are placed on what can be said and where, it's no longer free. Going back to the original point I was trying to make (my failure if it wasn't clear, not the readers'), while I support exposing falsehoods in any...

Which is why I said nothing excuses the violence. The students were stopped, by the way, and their future careers forfeited, for simply posting ideas, however repugnant. I can't see how on the one hand being deliberately offensive in as crude as manner as possible to an entire religion can be...

So in that same vein, the Dalhousie dentistry students who posted violent fantasies about their classmates should be not only excused but embraced by proponents of free speech everywhere.

Agreed. While nothing can excuse or justify this violence, I take issue with the smug air of self-righteousness adopted by those defending the cartoons. Vile mockery of an entire religion is not journalism and just because one has the "right" to offend a billion people based on the actions of a...

I'm not much of a joiner but I met up with the Grand River (K-W) HOG Chapter two years ago, liked what I saw and joined. Really great people; no posers, just men and women who really enjoy riding, rides every week, with a few overnighters, plus social events throughout the year. Best advice is...

Ask your employer if they have one; many companies do, for various reasons. Otherwise, try a notary office. I believe some of the Red Seal notary offices have a CoO. Not sure of cost but last year they wanted something like $125 for an afadavit.

I do what I can. Seriously, I'm not a grammar Nazi but in a post deriding the facility of emoticons over the proper use of language AND citing Hemingway, well, the irony was too delicious.

Imagine if she'd had unfettered access to social media.

"Popular culture" starts with us. Make a concerted effort to elevate the tone of debate. Avoid the media outlets that are only forums for shrill wailing (The Star comes to mind). You won't change the world but you'll change your small space in it.

Most of my friends had long hair. Mine was down to my butt by age 17. And most of our fathers had the same haircut they wore in the service, mine included. It created some tension but I don't recall any major blowups over it, for any of us. They understood the difference between true rebellion...

He probably also knew that it's would HAVE, not would OF. And '60s, not 60's. I'll spare you the usual smiley intended to indicate no ill will.

No, I don't think ALL teens are monsters. I do think that they lack experience and judgement and rarely appreciate the full ramifications of their actions. And as a group, the collective IQ drops exponentially with every addition. I grew up in the same era and the Hippies vs. Establishment is...