A North Vancouver councillor says a pickup truck is a “glorification of violence” and is a symbol “domination”..Mathew Bond, a councillor for North Vancouver made the comment on Twitter Saturday after coming across a parked pickup truck in Vancouver..“The glorification of violence and domination,” Bond tweeted with disgust, along with a picture of the truck..Bond hash-tagged his posted “#unnecessarytrucks#petromasculinity“..The Dodge Ram with a medium suspension lift did not have a front licence plate, which means it could be from Alberta..There is also a skull attached below the front bumper adorned with the words “global warmer.”.The post caused an eruption of anger by pickup truck supporters against Bond..“I’m unclear on the point of this post other than to perpetuate/aggravate an “us and them” position. “Petromasculinity” really? “Unnecessary truck”? With so much crap actually going on do we really need to sit in judgment of a parked truck downtown???” asked Sonya Bonenfant..Rand Ridley mocked the driving capabilities of Vancouverites with his response: “At least when you get that one inch of snow that shuts Vancouver down this guy won’t be stuck blocking traffic!”.But the councillor was less than impressed with his critics..“A lot of the replies to this tweet (which Twitter has graciously ran through the quality filter) are reinforcing the point I made,” he tweeted on Sunday..“Wow, never expected to have so many people on this website thinking about my penis (especially dudes). Weird, but thanks?”.Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westernstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
