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I know, what about our Charter rights to fund terrorists? Seriously, there is a line between civil disobedience and uncivil disobedience, and they crossed it.

IncRnd 4y ago
If people don't educate themselves on why the government acts against others, then when the government acts against them, who will listen to their cries?
refurb 4y ago
This comment is exactly why we need Charter Rights the government can't easily suspend. The utter lack of understanding of why these protections are needed is astounding. I wonder what they are teaching the kids in school. The government (and voters) won't hesitate to call the opposition "terrorists" and claim donating $5 to a cause is "supporting terrorism" and freeze your bank account so you can't pay rent or buy food. It's really scary. This time it's the other side, next time it's you.
- bawolff 4y ago
  From what i understand, a significant portion of those people would have had their bank accounts frozen from civil lawsuits anyways. So even without the emergencies act it was likely to happen anyways. > This time it's the other side, next time it's you. First they came for the violent criminals, and i did not speak up because i wasn't a violent criminal... oh wait i'm actually totally ok with that.
  - refurb 4y ago
    A donation to a cause is now a "violent crime"?
    - bawolff 4y ago
      It doesn't seem like anybody who donated had anything happen to them. However, generally speaking people who give money to someone in order to further a criminal act are comitting a criminal act. This is hardly a new concept.
  - unmole 4y ago
    Blowing horns is a violent crime? No, wait. Donating to people blowing horns is a violent crime?
    - bawolff 4y ago
      If the horns are loud enough to cause permenent hearing loss, than yes (these weren't just car horns). Allegedly they were significantly above that threshold, even from inside buildings. There's also mental torture aspect of doing it 24/7 (literally a tactic used in war to break troops). Additionally people living in the area reported experiencing significant harrasment from protestors.
unmole 4y ago
> terrorists Right, honking horns and blocking roads is pretty much the same as setting off bombs and murdering people for political ends.
- HappySweeney 4y ago
  They were torturing civilians in order to extract political concessions from the government. It's not called murderism.

IncRnd 4y ago

If people don't educate themselves on why the government acts against others, then when the government acts against them, who will listen to their cries?

refurb 4y ago

This comment is exactly why we need Charter Rights the government can't easily suspend. The utter lack of understanding of why these protections are needed is astounding. I wonder what they are teaching the kids in school. The government (and voters) won't hesitate to call the opposition "terrorists" and claim donating $5 to a cause is "supporting terrorism" and freeze your bank account so you can't pay rent or buy food. It's really scary. This time it's the other side, next time it's you.

bawolff 4y ago
From what i understand, a significant portion of those people would have had their bank accounts frozen from civil lawsuits anyways. So even without the emergencies act it was likely to happen anyways. > This time it's the other side, next time it's you. First they came for the violent criminals, and i did not speak up because i wasn't a violent criminal... oh wait i'm actually totally ok with that.
- refurb 4y ago
  A donation to a cause is now a "violent crime"?
  - bawolff 4y ago
    It doesn't seem like anybody who donated had anything happen to them. However, generally speaking people who give money to someone in order to further a criminal act are comitting a criminal act. This is hardly a new concept.
- unmole 4y ago
  Blowing horns is a violent crime? No, wait. Donating to people blowing horns is a violent crime?
  - bawolff 4y ago
    If the horns are loud enough to cause permenent hearing loss, than yes (these weren't just car horns). Allegedly they were significantly above that threshold, even from inside buildings. There's also mental torture aspect of doing it 24/7 (literally a tactic used in war to break troops). Additionally people living in the area reported experiencing significant harrasment from protestors.

unmole 4y ago

> terrorists Right, honking horns and blocking roads is pretty much the same as setting off bombs and murdering people for political ends.

HappySweeney 4y ago
They were torturing civilians in order to extract political concessions from the government. It's not called murderism.