Thrust and Parry

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nationalpost:

Victoria’s $60k open-air urinal ‘an attraction in itself’
Canada’s battle against public urination has a monument, and it stands in Victoria, B.C.

Prominently located just across the street from one of the city’s premier theatre venues stands the first of many artisanal urinals designed to rid Victoria’s alleys and alcoves of the unwanted stench of urine.

The $60,000 facility isn’t so much a bathroom appliance as a piece of public art. An automatic-flush stainless steel receptacle surrounded by a swirl of light-green tubes, it’s “an attraction in itself,” says Bruce Carter, CEO of the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce. Designers proudly note that it is the first municipally sanctioned open-air urinal in North America. (Darren Stone/Postmedia News)

I love that, while the US is running a war against terrorism and a drug war, Victoria’s wars are against public urination and rabbits.
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  to? $60,000 seems awfully steep (although I’m not very well versed in the costs of urinary infrastructures). Regardless,...
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  to? coolest thing in victoira! Women can use it too if they want to squat over a urinal. I’d use it. Don’t know why I...
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  i pass by that urinal everyday and am reminded of patriarchy marking its territory. sure the article mentions developers...
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  Finally… but can women use
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  I love that, while the US is running a war against terrorism and a drug war,
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