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by loloquwowndueo 976 days ago
> I'm not sure where you're from, but I have seen very few of these.

Well I’m not sure where you’re from but I have seen tons of these pedestrian bridges :) wouldn’t it be better to inconvenience the car by building an overpass? The car has an engine and doesn’t get tired.

On beg buttons: I did not invent the terminology. Look it up.
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giantg2 976 days ago
Where is that?

Source for your beg button claim? I've only seen that term used with a political spin. (And yes, I tried looking it up)

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loloquwowndueo 976 days ago
You can’t have looked too hard if you didn’t find it.
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giantg2 976 days ago
Please be more charitable. I legitimately looked. All I found were biased pieces calling them beg buttons. I'm asking for an unbiased source calling them that. It seems the real term is a pedestrian call button.
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loloquwowndueo 976 days ago
The CBC is pretty objective and unbiased in their reporting : https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/councillor-takes-steps...

I’m sure you’ll find a way to disqualify that also, but well. By the way this was like the fourth result on a ddg search, there are many more if you care to actually look and read.

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giantg2 976 days ago
Yeah, I mean, they're quoting a politician to get the term. Ergo my stance that it's heavy spin.
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