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Sounds a little silly to confiscate the assets of the people bringing the food to your table. That and the towies in the area are refusing to move any of the tr
by tonfreed 5y ago
Sounds a little silly to confiscate the assets of the people bringing the food to your table. That and the towies in the area are refusing to move any of the trucks.
Trudeau just looks weak at this point, and for a prime minister that got in because of his good looks and his dad's popularity it's not a good omen.
- jsjsbdkj 5y agoSurprisingly, I still have food on my table even though none of these people have worked in 3 weeks. If you're going to have a strike, you need to actually have an impact. Heavy equipment tow operators have recieved threats of violence, which is why at least some of them have not helped.
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- skyde 5y agoyou know those trucker do not represent all trucker. The one protesting probably make less than 5% of all trucker.
- spartanatreyu 5y agoThe vast majority of truckers understand the benefits of masks and vaccines to society as a whole. The ones protesting are either uber-libertarians (and possibly also "sovereign citizens"), dis-educated, or have some sort of mental/emotional shortcoming where they will resist any sort of directive given to them even if it goes in their in their interest. Sometimes people will lash out anyone who gives a helpful order because they feel like they're losing control.
- malermeister 5y ago90% of truckers are vaccinated. [0] This isn't "truckers" protesting, this is the radical fringe. [0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/01/28/canada-truckers-convoy-ottawa-covid/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/01/28/canada-truck...
- jtc331 5y agoPlease tell me more about how no vaccinated persons oppose vaccine mandates.
- iqanq 5y agoI am vaccinated and I oppose mandates. Who am I to tell others what to do?
- henrikschroder 5y agoThe conflation of "anti-vax" and "anti-mandate" is absolutely infuriating, and I'm sad and upset that so many people are falling for it. It is perfectly possible to be pro-vaccine and anti-mandate, because the case for mandates makes no scientific sense. Forcing the vaccines on people will create more anti-vaxxers, not fewer! The whole thing is completely counterproductive.
- jsjsbdkj 5y agoNo, I'm pretty sure we got to 90% vaccination because of mandates. People want things to go back to normal, and most people don't care one way or the other about getting a shot. Giving them a little incentive helps. Mandates make the remaining crazy people look more visibly crazy, but they were going to be there either way.
- n_plus_1 5y agoand that's coercion.
- malermeister 5y agoSo are many things, your point being?
- henrikschroder 5y ago$100 is "a little incentive". Firing people from their jobs, threatening their livelihood, making them unable to put food on their table or a roof over their heads, and ostracizing them from society is brutal coercion, no matter how nicely you dress it up. Getting people vaccinated that way is not informed consent in any way, shape or form. > People want things to go back to normal The biggest problem is that people who defend the coercion believe that a higher vaccination rate will somehow end the pandemic. In Ontario, today, the majority of ICU cases, hospital cases, and cases cases are among the vaccinated. It's the vaccinated who are driving the pandemic, and have been driving it the past few months. But all the blame is being heaped on the unvaccinated. The Omicron wave will burn out, as waves do. The pandemic will end, as pandemics do. And the vaccination rate won't make one iota of difference in the long run.
- John23832 5y agoThese people are actively NOT doing that... blocking commerce.