tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543260639674646150.post553450747988691987..comments2023-05-15T08:23:13.799-04:00Comments on dundas walks: side (walk) issueRandyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00661320629217673754noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7543260639674646150.post-62898197923453388292007-12-08T08:24:00.000-05:002007-12-08T08:24:00.000-05:00Found this letter in the paper - right on!TheSpec....Found this letter in the paper - right on!<BR/><BR/>TheSpec.com - LettertotheEditor - There is a place for people who don't shovel walks<BR/><BR/>Barry Rueger<BR/>Hamilton<BR/>The Hamilton Spectator<BR/><BR/>(Dec 8, 2007)<BR/><BR/>Re: Snow<BR/><BR/>Science fiction writer Jerry Pournelle has been working for the past year on a retelling of Dante Alighieris Divine Comedy.<BR/><BR/>As part of that work he asked his readers to submit suggestions for people who would inhabit the nine Circles of Hell.<BR/><BR/>Surely the people who refuse to clear their sidewalks belong somewhere in that story.<BR/><BR/>An hour of shovelling snow seems to me to be the bare minimum that any homeowner is expected to do.<BR/><BR/>Still, the innermost circles of Hell must be reserved for the impossibly rude people who shovel only the end of their driveway to pull out their SUV, but leave the sidewalks untouched.<BR/><BR/>For the tens of thousands of people in Hamilton who walk instead of driving -- a number that will grow with the upcoming HSR fare hike -- this is not about courtesy, it is about safety and mobility.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com