I've sometimes joked about the "Red Green Daycare", but I never thought....

[Karen]

I found what the mayor said as rather funny, and it certainly didn't imply or suggest, any physical harm or abuse. Yet people are outraged by his statement. Why aren't people outraged by these pictures, and why do so many people find them funny??? I'm Italian, and if someone said they might eat pizza in support of the Italian community, I would laugh at that too!!! I still find nothing to laugh at in those pictures.

OMG - where is this country of ours headed???

Did you read the back story behind the situation? Or just that one news piece? There's much more to it than the "tacos" statement, which I didn't find funny, just plain stupid. And there are discriminatory choices in place - you are Italian, if you lived in a city where it was half Italian, but only, say, Asians were allowed to be police officers, might you not be a bit touchy if an Asian official commented about meatballs?

[Cataholic]

Good gravy! Perhaps it is just my area of the country that believes duct tape is appropriate for children! This one was taped to the floor.

http://http://www.wcpo.com/dpp/news/...child-to-floor

[Edwina's Secretary]

I would equate the mayor's statement to that attributed to Marie-Antoinette- "Let them eat cake." It implied she didn't give a hoot that the people were starving.

The mayor implied, with his statement, that he didn't give a hoot about the hispanic population in his city.

Let's make the Italian example. A police department is accused of targeting citizens of Italian descent because they are of Italian descent. The mayor is asked what she is going to do to help the Italian community and she says..."eat lasagna."

[Lady's Human]

There's a difference, ES. Marie's comment is apocryphal. The good mayor's comment was live.

[Cataholic]

There's a difference, ES. Marie's comment is apocryphal. The good mayor's comment was live.

While I can agree it is the sign of the digital times, I think most people do attribute that statement to Marie Antionette. Plus, I heard it in a movie, so I know it was said by her.

[Edwina's Secretary]

There's a difference, ES. Marie's comment is apocryphal. The good mayor's comment was live.

That's where the "attributed to" comes in. And since I wasn't there...and I suspect you weren't either...we can go with Cataholic's "heard it in the movies."

[Lady's Human]

That's where the "attributed to" comes in. And since I wasn't there...and I suspect you weren't either...we can go with Cataholic's "heard it in the movies."

You weren't there? You sure about that?

[Edwina's Secretary]

You weren't there? You sure about that?

You found me out! I was the one in the front row with the knitting needles and balls of yarn...