Perhaps, but that's a different argument,and one I don't agree with.
Canadian Politics
- Thread starter Ishmael
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I see. I haven't found that in my googling yet but I don't doubt you. However:
Feb 17, 2022 — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada on Friday again rejected calls to use the military to break up the trucker-led protests that are on
It seems a lot of those suggestions may have been made in an atmosphere of brainstorming and never taken seriously.
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- #963
If I recall correctly, those exchanged occurred after some of the truckers took the wheels off their trucks so they couldn't be towed. The military was the closest option for heavy moving.
spankoka
Super Anarchist
I said "posited". As I understand it, there is something about air brakes that make highway tractors hard to tow without the consent of the operator. Therefore, the tow truck guys did not have some ideological commitment to the protest-they just thought, "this is harder than you think".
SloopJonB
Super Anarchist
At the time I couldn't understand why those assholes were allowed to leave and return with food and diesel.
Why didn't the police simply barricade the side streets and prevent anyone from entering? In an Ottawa winter they would have quit as soon as their trucks ran dry and the heaters stopped.
Keith
Super Anarchist
08/02/22
"Towing companies on city contracts refuse to move convoy vehicles"
SloopJonB
Super Anarchist
They were too afraid of retribution to hook them up - their trucks have names & contact info all over them and the shitbag convoy people are dangerous cowards.
Keith
Super Anarchist
Exactly.
I would like to believe they thought they were doing the right thing, whether we disagree or not. I've seen no evidence they were shit bags. Admittedly my only information came from what I saw on tv
Keith
Super Anarchist
No, the the tow truck company's weren't doing the right thing,
The tow truck drivers were afraid and intimidated by the few morons who took over the simple truckers protest, who were then disrupting the daily lives of normal people 24-7, for little or no reason.
All this would have been avoided, if the local police had taken proper action immediately.
To quote a famous American for you, Paul Harvey,
"Now you know, the rest of the story."
basketcase
Fuck you second amendment
^^^^^^^^^ this.
spankoka
Super Anarchist
The thing of it is; the heavy wrecker operators did not have an entire garage full of; "Thunderbirds are Go" heavy wreckers. They have enough heavy wreckers out 24/7, for the usual incidents to make them a profit. The 401 keeps them busy enough in winter. If all the heavy wreckers were busy in Ottawa for a week, Southern Ontario would have been really stuffed up with the usual jackknifes, etc. Thus; the notion of using military engineers and their gear, was not unreasonable at all.
basketcase
Fuck you second amendment
how different is this
how different is this from when it snowed in Toronto and Megga city Mel called in the army? (having been there at the time, that was with out a doubt the right decision.)
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- #974
Trudeau the Lesser got some good press. I agree with him, and it's not just a Canadian issue.
www.nbcnews.com
Social | China's Xi Jinping just got a taste of democracy and he didn't like it
Leaders like Xi and Putin are starting to realize their limits, along with the liabilities that come with surrounding themselves with sycophants.
www.nbcnews.com
spankoka
Super Anarchist
I don't disagree. I am just happy it did not come to that with towing away the trucks in Ottawa.
SloopJonB
Super Anarchist
They were lowlifes - Trumper wannabees.
They had the standard moronic right wing attitude "Freedom means I can do whatever I want, whenever I want and fuck you".
Bristol-Cruiser
Super Anarchist
They might have thought they were doing the right thing but very quickly it became obvious that they were not. Intimidating people wearing masks and responding to requests by residents to stop using air horns by blowing said horns more is not doing the right thing. I have been to enough protests over the years to know what is civil behaviour and what is not. Went to a massive teacher protest in Hamilton decades ago against some Tory anti-teacher legislation (what is old is new again). In the loading dock area of Copps Coliseum there were about 50 cops (OPP) in riot gear (rare to see back then). They didn't move because the demonstration, with a city permit, was peaceful and ended when it was time to end.
I quite agree with the idea of civil disobedience as professed by Thoreau and Gandhi, but this protest was far from civil. To quote Dr. King, "Any man who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust and willingly accepts the penalty by staying in jail to arouse the conscience of the community on the injustice of the law is at that moment expressing the very highest respect for the law." The few Convoy protestors who did get arrested, should have been a lot more, whimpered like toddlers and got bail as quickly as they could. I have zero respect for them or their 'cause'.
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- #978
Danielle Smith is a looning ravatic. She wants to be the Rhonda Santis of Canada. This will not end well.
Gong Show
Member
That is quite the burn coming from JT.
Although he was a drama teacher, his elecution is terrible.
Although he was a drama teacher, his elecution is terrible.
