tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906854738305262612.post9034582861221133594..comments2024-01-16T13:45:18.658-06:00Comments on The North Coast: CTA Ad Endorses Public UrinationThe North Coasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14292115710427172625noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906854738305262612.post-81497785144765963352013-10-20T19:35:29.126-05:002013-10-20T19:35:29.126-05:00Ok. I see your point, but I supposed it is just a ...Ok. I see your point, but I supposed it is just a clever announce that tried to pick up your attention with a unoffensive joke. I assume that most people didn´t chose their appartments because of the possibility of peeing in their own yard haha. I remember that once I visited a relative of mine that had moved to Argentina, and he used to peeing from the balcony of his <a href="http://www.4rentargentina.com/" title="Argentina Apartments" rel="nofollow"> Argentina Apartments</a> to the courtyard of his downstairs neighbor because they had a bad relation hhahah that was hilarious. Tiagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18442456213726675162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906854738305262612.post-25284176006830301102007-08-02T02:11:00.000-05:002007-08-02T02:11:00.000-05:00I don't know if being completely shitfaced after a...I don't know if being completely shitfaced after a Cubs game and having a capacity bladder is <I>trying</I> to be offensive, but is is certainly lacking any class whatsoever... <BR/><BR/>LOL <BR/><BR/>BTW, Cubbies in 1st place!formul8https://www.blogger.com/profile/01565170272049750733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906854738305262612.post-16776153550254408362007-07-30T18:00:00.000-05:002007-07-30T18:00:00.000-05:00I think so, too formul8. If you get caught, that m...I think so, too formul8. If you get caught, that means you were public about it. <BR/><BR/>The whole point is that bathroom functions are PRIVATE. Among even the most primitive tribes, people do this out of sight and out of the public way. <BR/><BR/>People who urinate in public are TRYING to be offensive.The North Coasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14292115710427172625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906854738305262612.post-62803991976482876082007-07-30T15:43:00.000-05:002007-07-30T15:43:00.000-05:00I think getting caught pissing on your own front l...I think getting caught pissing on your own front lawn still nets a $50.00 ticket or $500.00 in Wrigleyville, for "urinating in public".formul8https://www.blogger.com/profile/01565170272049750733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906854738305262612.post-49812659024021302522007-07-23T22:31:00.000-05:002007-07-23T22:31:00.000-05:00North Coast said:"My personal belief is that the r...North Coast said:<BR/>"My personal belief is that the rampant incivility you see in every segment of the population causes crime and disorder, and people respond to the deterioration of their civil and personal environments by demanding authoritarian governments whose leaders promise to relieve the symptoms. Saddam was tolerated, even loved, because under his hand Iraq had safe streets, a decent business climate, and some progress in women's rights. Hitler made the trains run on time. <BR/><BR/>I will personally tolerate a lot of disorder and incivility rather than subject myself to a terrorist regime, but when people feel they have totally lost control over their immediate environment, an authoritarian regime begins to look good. That's the danger of letting your nabe and your city be turned into a cesspool of filth and incivility."<BR/><BR/>Girl, you are up on your history!!! Hitler also ran on the comfort of older ways, as I am sure you know.<BR/><BR/>In complete agreement. Authoritarian political groups, like criminals, pray on those that are fearful, distracted or out of control.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Well said!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906854738305262612.post-11369118217399403222007-07-22T12:59:00.000-05:002007-07-22T12:59:00.000-05:00A "corn pone fascist" would be a politician of the...A "corn pone fascist" would be a politician of the Bush-Cheney-Limbaugh-Falwell stamp, except that he would openly preach, and run on, Hitler's platform, while preaching down-home,simple, folksy virtue. <BR/><BR/>Remember that most people will do anything to have ORDER. You can point out the obvious, that governments are humanity's biggest criminals and killers, but when people are traumatized by rapid social and economic shifts, and surrounded by crime and disorder, they will go for symtomatic relief.<BR/><BR/>My personal belief is that the rampant incivility you see in every segment of the population causes crime and disorder, and people respond to the deterioration of their civil and personal environments by demanding authoritarian governments whose leaders promise to relieve the symptoms. Saddam was tolerated, even loved, because under his hand Iraq had safe streets, a decent business climate, and some progress in women's rights. Hitler made the trains run on time. <BR/><BR/>I will personally tolerate a lot of disorder and incivility rather than subject myself to a terrorist regime, but when people feel they have totally lost control over their immediate environment, an authoritarian regime begins to look good. That's the danger of letting your nabe and your city be turned into a cesspool of filth and incivility.The North Coasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14292115710427172625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906854738305262612.post-71333306698087025192007-07-22T10:16:00.000-05:002007-07-22T10:16:00.000-05:00what is a corn pone fascist?what is a corn pone fascist?anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15180064650082865050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906854738305262612.post-2577985589094092012007-07-21T06:40:00.000-05:002007-07-21T06:40:00.000-05:00Well, ceedub, I guess you like el stations that re...Well, ceedub, I guess you like el stations that reek of urine and watching people urinate on your lawn.<BR/><BR/>The "times have changed" out wears thin. They have not changed enough to make public urination acceptable, and it's not any more acceptable when some yup does it on my front lawn than when some slumdweller does it in the el station. <BR/><BR/>My fear is if we don't restore some level of civility, some religious maniac or "corn pone fascist" WILL take control, as the population at large grows more exasperated with living in a country that feels more and more like it is totally controlled by its least civilized elements on every socio-economic level.The North Coasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14292115710427172625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906854738305262612.post-49471421185073188662007-07-21T00:53:00.000-05:002007-07-21T00:53:00.000-05:00North Coast-Get over your righteous indignation lo...North Coast-<BR/><BR/>Get over your righteous indignation long enough to realize times have changed. First, we learned that sex sells. Now we are learning that pandering to the frat boys and sorority girls that would even bother GOING to a goddamn baseball game sells.<BR/><BR/>The scale has tipped, the pendulum has swung, and until some scary religious group can turn back the clock on our culture, you'll have to deal with this poppycock.<BR/><BR/>Don't get me wrong. I'm not defending it. I'm not offended by it, but I think it's damn stupid. It makes me glad I ride the Metra to work...the.dubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05395776401768949456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906854738305262612.post-44626867137567142772007-07-17T20:53:00.000-05:002007-07-17T20:53:00.000-05:00No excuse, Vanessa. There are restrooms available ...No excuse, Vanessa. There are restrooms available all over the place if you look for them. <BR/><BR/>However, it is true that there are not nearly as many as there were when I was a child, due to the complete breakdown in civility and the concurrent increase in crime since the late 50s. Any restroom that was not monitored non-stop became a dangerous, highly unsanitary cesspool because people trashed them totally with personal filth, vandalized and destroyed the fixtures and plumbing,and criminals hid in them to waylay people. The transit authority in my city totally gave up trying to keep up with the situation and closed what few they had, due to the impossibility of keeping them minamally usable. <BR/><BR/>What really makes it inexcusable is that the guys who use other people's lawns around the ballpark, plus many other inappropriate places, are well-heeled white-collar guys who just spent hours in a nearby bar swilling beer and getting blasted out of their wits, for which they laid down a considerable wad of money. Do these bars not have restrooms? Do these guys not have homes with bathrooms in them? <BR/><BR/>I mean, I can forgive some homeless person who sneaks behind a bush and at least tries to be inconspicuous. But I have witnessed so many well-paid Lincoln Park louts relieve themselves on lawns and even people's doorsteps. A few precincts went dry over this, in that area, back in the 90s, so infuriated were local homeowners. <BR/><BR/>Sometimes there is humor in it, like when some moron from an outer nabe close to the Ravenswood tracks just HAD to relieve himself on those tracks and got electrocuted by the third rail. This is what is called Evolution In Action. What a moron. <BR/><BR/>Maybe, if we could restore some level of civility, we could restore the public amenity we once had. However, it looks to me like we have a long way to go in incalculating any public spirit and care for the civil environment in the American population, when guys with 4, 6, and 8 years of college and 6-digit incomes think it's cute to piss in public.The North Coasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14292115710427172625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906854738305262612.post-2620967755801900922007-07-17T19:50:00.000-05:002007-07-17T19:50:00.000-05:00We don't have public toilets in Chicago...We don't have public toilets in Chicago...anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15180064650082865050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906854738305262612.post-46558614847782133852007-07-17T19:25:00.000-05:002007-07-17T19:25:00.000-05:00Hey, it's your yard, not mine! But I still maintai...Hey, it's your yard, not mine! <BR/><BR/>But I still maintain that the ad is extremely offensive and does make it seem like urinating in public is a normal thing to do. Just because the yups in Wrigleyville do it after they get wasted in those sports bars doesn't make it civilized. <BR/><BR/>I sent e-mails to everyone at CTA and their ad agency for whom I could find contact info to get this ad off their vehicles immediately.The North Coasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14292115710427172625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-906854738305262612.post-53058021536685764552007-07-17T18:45:00.000-05:002007-07-17T18:45:00.000-05:00There's nothing wrong with peeing in your own yard...There's nothing wrong with peeing in your own yard. It's one of my not-so-secret pleasures. When I bought my place, I was done with being secret about all these perfectly normal needs.Gay Chicago Magazinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03934581401046904326noreply@blogger.com