Graham Milne was born in Toronto but bears no responsibility whatsoever for its current mayor. He is a lover of shaken martinis, elegant turns of phrase, the silken sounds of jazz, thought-provoking movies, the collected works of Aaron Sorkin, the Beatles, The Big Lebowski, Star Trek, Star Wars and the limitless promise of the human spirit. He is a writer, husband, Big Brother, merciless cowbell player and can perform the Monty Python silly walk with 99.4% accuracy.
UrbanDictionary.com defines a "concern troll" as "someone who is on one side of the discussion, but pretends to be a supporter of the other side with 'concerns.' The idea behind this is that your opponents will take your arguments more seriously if they think you're an ally."
I'm no fan of Rob Ford. I find him to be a regressive, rude, right-wing bully I wouldn't trust to have my back in a bar fight, let alone as the mayor of one of the most progressive cities in the world. Yet this uproar over his recent purchase of...
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