On 1/28/06, Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Interesting use of the fisheye. I like it. I'm surprised and saddened > to hear of this event. I would never have guessed that this could > happen in Toronto.
Toronto is still a pretty safe place. There were 78 murders in 2005. For a city of some 2.5 million people, that's low by any standard. That number is a bit higher than average, but not shockingly so; indeed, it's not the record. The problem is that 52 of them were with firearms. That is by far the highest number ever killed with guns. It's not just the numbers, but the way it's happened. Many of the murders and shootings seem gang-related, and are happening in crowded places during the day. Drive-by shootings at shopping malls, and kids getting into gunfights at high schools, those sorts of things. Even sadder, is that Jane Creba was not the only innocent death this year as a result of gunplay in public places. Her death enraged the city because it was so senseless. Our recent gun problem is a big concern, to be sure, but Toronto's still among the safest cities in the world. BTW, thanks for your comments, Perry, Paul and Jack. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
