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Would a plasma cutter be able to permanently destroy the engines in each truck rapidly beyond repairability, so that they’re “disarmed” and can be relocated saf
by floatingatoll 5y ago
Would a plasma cutter be able to permanently destroy the engines in each truck rapidly beyond repairability, so that they’re “disarmed” and can be relocated safely without malicious driver interference? I assume these are going to be taken out by demolition crane anyways, and it would provide a simple and immediate on-site tool to turn them into worthless scrap metal.
- Ancapistani 5y agoDestroying them out of spite sounds like a very effective way of turning a civil protest into an insurgency.
- throwaway6734 5y ago
- Ancapistani 5y agoMy statement wasn’t in support or opposition to these actions. I’m very carefully not taking a position on this site, on this issue or many others. What I am saying is that it seems like a large proportion of the Canadian public already support this. Probably not a majority, but still a lot of people. The government can’t just start applying extreme measures without at least considering the reaction of its citizens. Punitive actions like unnecessarily destroying these people’s livelihoods will not only further radicalize those involved but also sway public opinion toward them.
- willcipriano 5y agoNobody likes the other sides domestic terrorists.
- chucksta 5y agoLet alone destroying the engine would have no effect on the air brakes
- floatingatoll 5y agoNot out of spite, but to protect the workers as they remove the trucks, which the article cited as a specific concern. It will have obvious ramifications in decreased value of the truck, but that’s an expected side effect of deploying it as a paramilitary blockade in a large city anyways.
- Ancapistani 5y agoMaybe I missed something, but the way I read it is that the danger is from the drivers and other protestors, not the trucks themselves. Disabling the engines would make it more difficult to move the trucks, not less.
- chucksta 5y agoNo it wouldn't work. You'd have trucks with no engines and the brakes still locked. With that many trucks, your "worthless scrap metal" would be millions of dollars in damages. https://www.ontario.ca/document/official-air-brake-handbook/spring-parking-and-emergency-brake-subsystem https://www.ontario.ca/document/official-air-brake-handbook/...
- slowhand09 5y agoHave you considered that in the US and in Canada, approximately 80% of all goods are transported by heavy trucks? With the supply chain crippled and broken in so many ways already, these people are simply standing up for their right to CHOOSE if they want to vaccinated or not. They don't want to cripple the economy. They aren't anti-vax; they are anti-mandate. They can stay home, unvaccinated, and lose their homes, trucks, and jobs, further shutting down the supply chain. Or they can stand for freedom, and limit government overreach. And go to work delivering food, medical supplies, building materials, fuel, and other products.
- _iziv 5y agoYeah, and that's a reason to swing swastika flags... Maybe a lot of them are -- rightfully! -- frustrated by the working conditions, that doesn't mean it's all right to side with populists and fascists.
- ls15 5y ago> Yeah, and that's a reason to swing swastika flags... What percentage of protesters is swinging swastika flags?
- slowhand09 5y agoI've not seen those. BTW, which ones are the fascists?
- kylehotchkiss 5y agoIf you don't want the drivers storming away for relocation, you could just empty the fuel tanks
- floatingatoll 5y agoThat would also remove essentially all potential for attacking workers. I like it far better than my idea. Good call.