Comments on: Kindness Meters?

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By: cinnamon gurl

cinnamon gurl — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:03:49 +0000

Wow, also fantastic post… I will do as you wish and vote for the Crack Kit post.

By: knitnut.net » Vote for me and I’ll freeze your taxes

knitnut.net » Vote for me and I’ll freeze your taxes — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:46:57 +0000

[...] 1. Best Blog Post. This one’s a bit tricky. Two of my posts have been short-listed in this category: The Real Reason I Support the Crack Kit Program, and Kindness Meters. You can only vote once. If you like one of these posts and don’t like the other one, by all means vote for the one you like. But if you want to vote for me and you like both posts equally, please vote for The Real Reason I Support the Crack Kit Program. This is in order to minimize the vote-splitting effect that comes from having two entries in the same category. (I told you I take this stuff seriously.) [...]

By: zoom!

zoom! — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:50:43 +0000

Thanks kermujin. I like that term, “rich-man’s burden.” Here’s a quote for you:

“Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well- warmed, and well-fed.” (Herman Melville)

By: kermujin

kermujin — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 03:23:59 +0000

zoom, this is great stuff. I followed your link from LATOC, and am glad I did. Your point-by-point deconstruction showing just what is so wrongheaded about this idea is spot-on.
I’m on the far left of you (map-wise, anyway , but sans ‘kindness meters,’ I find the same ‘rich-man’s burden’ bullshit out here. Argh.
Nice work! Thanks for the alert.
kermujin

By: Julia

Julia — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:20:06 +0000

I had no idea there were out there. I think your assessment is right on the money (no pun intended), especially the dehumanizing aspect of things. Let’s not get our hands dirty folks!

By: Em

Em — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:07:33 +0000

Wow, you TOTALLY summed-up my opinion of this O’Brien bullshit. Thank you.
I’m curious how long these things will actually last out there.

By: krothe

krothe — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:02:50 +0000

lol, perhaps the city could just start by donating all the xtra cash they rake out of the meter to start with, like when I put a damn twoonie in do I get what I paid for ..Noooo.., I still get the one hour max, heaven forbid I get that extra 7 minutes that I paid for .

oh and btw, dont bother with the smart cards, they too are still limited by the meters, which makes them fairly useless.

By: Greater Ottawa

Greater Ottawa — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 21:20:24 +0000

Unkind thoughts about kindness meters…

What blogger “Zoom!” says is better than anything I could write. This initiative is not about alleviating…

By: dirtwitch

dirtwitch — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:46:27 +0000

Hey Zoom here’s something to warm the cockles of your heart…there aren’t any *visible* homeless here in Wolfville. But I met a woman this morning who works with people leaving shelters and halfway homes in the Valley, helping them get established with basic household supplies and furnishings. I offered to give her a huge pile of bedding I had in my giveaways and she said not to donate to her community service, because they get tons of donations because they are so visible and publically funded. Instead she gave me the name of a store in New Minas that collects bedding to give to those in need who are not so easily served by social services. Lots of people are COLD this time of year and are too proud to access social service agencies, but they’ll accept wool blankets from a woman in the community who offers with an open heart without stigmatizing them.