Pubdate: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 Source: Province, The (CN BC) Copyright: 2009 Canwest Publishing Inc. Contact: http://www.canada.com/theprovince/letters.html Website: http://www.canada.com/theprovince/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/476 Author: James Dawes Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n958/a01.html IRRELEVANT OPINIONS Beyond the shocking revelation that (gasp) cops tend to have conservative opinions, what could the motivation be for trumpeting that 59 per cent of Vancouver beat cops are opposed to Insite? Why should anyone care what the opinions of beat cops are, regarding whether or not crime and disorder have been reduced by the presence of the Insite? Statistics regarding these things are surely a matter of empirical facts and not people's politically-motivated opinions. James Dawes, Vancouver - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D