Having an open mind does not mean your brain will leak out.
But an open mind does mean that new ideas and information can get in. A fate that apparently terrifies many, including it would seem Abbotsford’s mayor and council, to the point their seal their minds shut. For this group changing their minds involves a rearranging of their prejudices and the myths they operate under.
So, when the City of Abbotsford descended upon the homeless camp on Gladys Avenue, began erecting the fence and, backed by the presence of the Abbotsford police, coerced the homeless to move or lose their belongings where did letter writer C. Howard think the homeless would go – Saskatchewan?
My mother never told me that life was like a box of chocolates. Probably because there are many areas of life where you know, or at least can predict, what you are going to get.
If I tried the excuse “I didn’t know that would happen” my mother would point out that that was because I didn’t think.
Whatever else you may accuse Abbotsford City Council of, and over the years Abbotsford’s councils have provided a multitude of injudicious actions and behaviours to choose among, you cannot accuse council of being cheap. Not with the millions of taxpayer dollars $$$$$ Council’s unwise actions and behaviours have wasted.
English is such a wonderfully nuanced language you can create false impressions and mislead with perfectly true statements – just ask any snake, flimflam artist or politician.