Rest in Peace Rob Ford
Rob Ford was an interesting fellow whom for most of us was portrayed through the media. It was greatly unfortunate to hear he passed away on March 26, at age 46. He flooded our news feeds with bold comments and a few crazy antics.
As any big story in today's world, the news of his death exploded on Twitter and other social media. Most sympathized with his family and felt sorry that he had to suffer through such a terrible illness. Students were surprised to see some people say rude things like "he deserved it" or "he was a bad mayor anyway". After speaking to students at Bishop Allen about these comments, it seems as if our peers are appalled at the remarks
Laura Barek, a grade 11 student, said "He was really young, too young. I knew people were gonna freak out, but he had a family. He had cancer. That's really tough. It was unfortunate to see so many insensitive comments. I thought we could be a lot to nicer to his family, they must be in awful grieving." Another student, Daniel Johnston, said something similar "I know I didn't agree with his political views and the way he wanted to manage Toronto but I think everyone should look past that. They should forget the arguments and conflicts and just see a man who lost his battle to cancer, and the family he left behind."
It seems as students at Bishop Allen are unanimous with their standpoint on Rob Ford's death. Whether you were his biggest fan, or couldn't wait till his term in office was over, we must respect his family and the loss of a life.[if gte vml 1]><v:rect id="_x0000_s1033" style='position:absolute; left:45.66pt;top:1042.84pt;width:203.72pt;height:124.77pt;z-index:1; mso-wrap-distance-left:2.88pt;mso-wrap-distance-top:2.88pt; mso-wrap-distance-right:2.88pt;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:2.88pt' o:preferrelative="t" filled="f" fillcolor="white [7]" stroked="f" strokecolor="black [0]" insetpen="t" o:cliptowrap="t"> <v:fill color2="white [7]"></v:fill> <v:stroke color2="white [7]"> <o:left v:ext="view" color="black [0]" color2="white [7]"></o:left> <o:top v:ext="view" color="black [0]" color2="white [7]"></o:top> <o:right v:ext="view" color="black [0]" color2="white [7]"></o:right> <o:bottom v:ext="view" color="black [0]" color2="white [7]"></o:bottom> <o:column v:ext="view" color="black [0]" color2="white [7]"></o:column> </v:stroke> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\Users\Natalie\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.png" o:title="torontoist"></v:imagedata> <v:shadow color="#ccc [4]"></v:shadow> <v:path o:extrusionok="f"></v:path> <o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t"></o:lock> <![if pub]><b:otyEscherText type="OplPo" oty="1" oh="286"> <b:FUserChangedFmt priv="200">True</b:FUserChangedFmt> <b:FMoved priv="300">True</b:FMoved> <b:Oid priv="C05">(```````````</b:Oid> <b:OidAssociated priv="D05">(```````````</b:OidAssociated> <b:Qtf priv="3404">0</b:Qtf> <b:Ohlinfo priv="3A0E">287</b:Ohlinfo> <b:DxlMax priv="AA04">2587256</b:DxlMax> <b:DylMax priv="AB04">1584694</b:DylMax> <b:ISptPictureShape priv="B704">0</b:ISptPictureShape> </b:otyEscherText> <b:Filename type="OplFileName" oty="102" oh="287"> <b:SzFileName priv="318">torontoist.png</b:SzFileName> </b:Filename> <![endif]> </v:rect><![endif][if !vml][endif]
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