I left the office last night, at around 6:00 pm, to meet up with a friend to play squash. As I walked down towards Bloor, I could hear somebody yelling in the distance. When I reached the corner, I waited to see who was yelling, and what they were saying. A little ways down the street, I could see a man coming towards the corner where I stood, and I could start to make out what he was yelling... it went something like this;
"Repent! Turn to Jesus! Ask Jesus Christ, the son of David for forgiveness! You ****** ******* son of a *****!"
At first I thought he was a little dilusional, but religious, until I heard the last portion of his tirade. He proceeded to say this sort of thing over and over, while walking down the street, approached each person he passed.
I let him pass me, and continued to walk behind him, to see what he would do. I was a little nervous with him at my back, so I wanted to let him past. At one point he pushed a woman that was walking in the opposite direction, and another man came to her defence, and told the 'dilusional' man not to push the woman, or anybody else. To this, he felt threatened, and apologized for his action.
As he progressed down the street, he came to Avenue Road, with all six lanes busy with traffic. But instead of stopping at the red signal light, he just marched straight into traffic, not paying any attention at all. Several cars had to either swirve or hit their breaks to avoid colliding with him, and there were many honking horns, and irate drivers.
At this time I lost him in the crowd, as I was not going to continue across in the same fashion, and had to wait for the light to turn green. An interesting character he was, but not somebody I would feel comfortable running into alone on the street.
DB.
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Good Afternoon,
I read with interest your comment on this person who was walking along a Toronto street.
It would appear that he may have mental health issues and need care and medication in order to cope.
It was a good job that the man helped the woman when he shoved her. People with mental health issues do not always see realistically how they are affecting others.
I enjoyed reading your blog.
Thank-you. It's been a long time since I've written anything in my Blog. I find it interesting to read these old posts, and see how much has changed in my life since then.
Maybe I'll start writing again, to share the things that have changed so much in my life. Such as my girlfriend who has since become my wife!
Blogging is interesting and a way of you keeping track of things going on. When you are a lot older, then you can look back and remember your youth! (smile)
Have a good day.
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