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Absolutely people have right to protest all they want, infact people are still protesting on side walks. But they don't have right to block whole city blocks fo

Absolutely people have right to protest all they want, infact people are still protesting on side walks. But they don't have right to block whole city blocks for weeks, blocking paths of ambulances, jam 911 and block critical infrastructure.

beardedetim 5y ago
Why not? I agree we currently don't but why shouldn't we?
throwaway894345 5y ago
I think this is reasonable, but it's also problematic when the subject of the protests invokes emergency powers to deal with his critics. That's not a precedent you want to set over people blocking streets, never mind the functionally weak position the government was attempting to defend (vaccine mandates).
- dataminer 5y ago
  I really wish that people would have protested without going overboard, the support would have grown a lot more. (Not making blanket statement that everyone who was part of protest went overboard) I am not supportive of vaccine mandates and fully support people's right to control what is injected in their bodies. I don't support people getting fired because they are unvaccinated and all the other negative consequences of mandates. We are in terrible and disappointing situation and can only hope that saner heads will prevail.
valachio 5y ago
You sort of have to, if you want to actually make an impact. Look at what they did in Euromaiden, or the recent protests in Kazakhstan (200+ dead). If Ukrainian people resorted to peaceful protests, the pro-Russian government would have easily cracked down and suppressed the protests. If you want another even more brutal example - look at the Tiananmen Protests. Do you think peaceful protest will convince an authoritarian communist government to magically give up its powers? The government rarely listens to its people (yes that includes democratic countries). If you want the government to listen, you gotta make a lot of noise.
- dataminer 5y ago
  Thank you for that perspective, fully support your right to peaceful protest. We live in a democracy with representatives. We may be approaching Kazakhstan but not there yet. Protests in Canada were allowed for weeks to go on without much interruption from government and there are still protests going on. I am against mandates, against vaccine passports, also against debanking people. I would argue better approach in democracy is to call your representatives phone rather than jam 911. You can also vote them out in the next election (there is an election coming up in Ontario, Canada, if you feel that mandates are wrong make sure people running for election understand that you don't want mandates). I hope we can see there is a way to peacefully coexist, by using tools available in democratic process.
Banana699 5y ago
How did protestors jam 911 ? and what is the critical infrastructure that they blocked other than roads ?

beardedetim 5y ago

Why not? I agree we currently don't but why shouldn't we?

throwaway894345 5y ago

I think this is reasonable, but it's also problematic when the subject of the protests invokes emergency powers to deal with his critics. That's not a precedent you want to set over people blocking streets, never mind the functionally weak position the government was attempting to defend (vaccine mandates).

dataminer 5y ago
I really wish that people would have protested without going overboard, the support would have grown a lot more. (Not making blanket statement that everyone who was part of protest went overboard) I am not supportive of vaccine mandates and fully support people's right to control what is injected in their bodies. I don't support people getting fired because they are unvaccinated and all the other negative consequences of mandates. We are in terrible and disappointing situation and can only hope that saner heads will prevail.

valachio 5y ago

You sort of have to, if you want to actually make an impact. Look at what they did in Euromaiden, or the recent protests in Kazakhstan (200+ dead). If Ukrainian people resorted to peaceful protests, the pro-Russian government would have easily cracked down and suppressed the protests. If you want another even more brutal example - look at the Tiananmen Protests. Do you think peaceful protest will convince an authoritarian communist government to magically give up its powers? The government rarely listens to its people (yes that includes democratic countries). If you want the government to listen, you gotta make a lot of noise.

dataminer 5y ago
Thank you for that perspective, fully support your right to peaceful protest. We live in a democracy with representatives. We may be approaching Kazakhstan but not there yet. Protests in Canada were allowed for weeks to go on without much interruption from government and there are still protests going on. I am against mandates, against vaccine passports, also against debanking people. I would argue better approach in democracy is to call your representatives phone rather than jam 911. You can also vote them out in the next election (there is an election coming up in Ontario, Canada, if you feel that mandates are wrong make sure people running for election understand that you don't want mandates). I hope we can see there is a way to peacefully coexist, by using tools available in democratic process.

Banana699 5y ago

How did protestors jam 911 ? and what is the critical infrastructure that they blocked other than roads ?