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Originally Posted by fotze

I probably agree with you on this issue but for the majority of Calgarians they do not agree that the city has disgraceful sprawl and that is all that matters. The citizens ultimately vote on the people that run the and plan the city so the citizens are the planners of the city and they have the city they have made. Suburbanites complain about traffic but they don't complain about the sprawl and have no problem.

As someone who is not a fan of the way the city is designed and would actually like it to be different it is frustrating when fatanuts like Suzuki say things like that using a communication style that have a 100% chance of having the opposite effect. Calgarians will see that comment and drive an extra 30 miles today just for the hell of it.

It is so unconstructive for Suzuki to say things in that fashion that it actually makes me wonder if Suzuki deep down doesn't want these things he argues for because if some day the sky is determined to not be falling, society no longer needs the sky is falling alarm guy. That or he gets a free Matcha tea latte in Kitsilano because the checkout guy wearing the hempbeads loved that he stuck it to Calgary.

This sums it up fairly well actually. By acting like a lunatic and making overly dramatic and exaggerated statements Suzuki shoots his own cause in the foot.

Half of the message is delivery, and to be honest, at this point I dont think anybody gives a fata about what Suzuki thinks anymore.