braking on laurier as i come up to st-laurent, pulling between the line of cars and the sidewalk at the intersection, the light is red. there a pigeon, but it's almost perfectly white and i roll towards it, still braking. it should fly out of my way, but the car is too close and it has nowhere to turn, i slam the brakes, stopping only inches to the side of the bird, the center of my wheel right next to it. and it doesn't move, it doesn't flinch. if we could all be so desensitised....