Remember when the city of Berlin, in an effort to disassociate itself from the horrors seen in Germany, changed its name to Kitchener – after Lord Kitchener, inventor of concentration camps…?
Looking forward to seeing what bad things the new name is associated with.
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Love how this is how my tax dollars are being used.
Not working towards solutions for actual problems, but instead how to re-label a street name.
It’s only $8.6 million!
Spend that 8.6m on homeless shelters instead. Or fixing pot holes.
“Normally we give friends of the council a lot more! This is a good deal.” – Toronto city council, probably.
Remember when the city of Berlin, in an effort to disassociate itself from the horrors seen in Germany, changed its name to Kitchener – after Lord Kitchener, inventor of concentration camps…?
Looking forward to seeing what bad things the new name is associated with.
Link for anyone interested in learning about Kitchener’s atrocious behaviour. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War_concentration_camps
Baby steps.