scaramouche

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Monday, 21 July 2008

A "human right" to hardwood floors: If you ever want to have a laugh and a half, check out some of the decisions of the BC Human Rights Tribunal, the 'roos who even as we speak are weighing the evidence of the Buffy scholar and other experts on "Islamophobia" who gave testimony at the Steyn/Maclean's show trial. (Either that or they've gone fishing and hope to get back to their deliberations once the fish stop biting.) Here's an example of one of the many, many decisions you can find on the BCHRT site: a couple who complained that the wife's rights had been violated when her request to rip out the broadloom in their unit--she suffered from asthma and the carpeting supposedly made her wheeze--was turned town.

Now, I'm not saying that, if the carpeting did indeed exacerbate her condition, the condo owners weren't being unreasonable when they told her the floor covering had to stay (because it would have violated the condo's by-laws to remove it). But, really, hardwood as a "human right"? I don't think so.

Posted by: scaramouche at 19:07 | link | comments (2)


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#1  22 July 2008 - 22:38
 
Does Mr. Smith own the condo or is he a renter?
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#2  23 July 2008 - 17:49
 
I disagree that the case of the condo owner who wanted to rip out the carpeting in his condo for health reasons was an unreasonable one. I have "given up" on condo ownership myself because of the myriad "stupid rules" condo committees come up with. Condo-living is an ownership option for people who can't afford actual "land" or don't want the responsibility of home and property maintencance. Nonetheless, owning a condo should not be a commitment to "people's fascism".

I am SO GLAD I was able to afford a detached home on real land. I enjoy gardening and tinkering around my century-old home. To boot, such residences accrue in value at rates far superior to "condos".
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