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> They were loading up encampments with propane and diesel fuel [1] mere feet from the Parliament buildings. You make it sound like the fuel was intended to bl

> They were loading up encampments with propane and diesel fuel [1] mere feet from the Parliament buildings. You make it sound like the fuel was intended to blow up Parliament or something. Clearly it was meant to keep their trucks running and the propane was for cooking and heating the people within the encampment. This was a completely non-violent protest.

arcticbull 3y ago
No, I implied it was a dangerous situation and I said it had to end. These whackadoodles fell down the conspiracy rabbit hole during COVID, like many others. They were irrational people making irrational decisions. Who knows what they would have done with that fuel when a month or two went by and nobody was listening to them. Maybe some oil-powered camp fires? One of their leaders was the QAnon Queen of Canada. We'd waited long enough. Imagine how the US government would have reacted to a stockpile of fuel outside the gates to the White House. There would have been no survivors. That's true in most jurisdictions around the world. The Canadian government ended this stand-off peacefully -- with people who were demanding things that literally couldn't physically be delivered. That's a damn miracle. The inquiry found the government's actions justified [1], and the ringleaders in this zero-ring circus have pled guilty or are on trial. [2, 3] And now that it's over, everyone is free to go back and protest! Stop sticking up for these nutbags, lol. It's time to put this whole COVID-induced mania behind us. Pretending these are somehow ideologues holding rational positions and making good decisions on that basis is just divorced from reality. At the time, 2/3 of Canadians supported this action. Less than 1/4 were strongly opposed. Not just that but all the Premiers from across the political spectrum and all the Federal politicians had to sign off too! This went about as well as it could have. Respectfully based on your post history it sounds like you're American. It doesn't seem like you really have the context on this one. [1] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/17/trudeaus-use-of-emergency-powers-to-end-convoy-justified-panel https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/17/trudeaus-use-of-eme... [2] https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/key-freedom-convoy-figure-pleads-guilty-to-counselling-mischief-released-from-jail-1.5947767 https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/key-freedom-convoy-figure-pleads-g... [3] https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/criminal-trial-for-freedom-convoy-organizer-pat-king-to-begin-in-november-1.6491852 https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/criminal-trial-for-freedom-c...

arcticbull 3y ago

No, I implied it was a dangerous situation and I said it had to end. These whackadoodles fell down the conspiracy rabbit hole during COVID, like many others. They were irrational people making irrational decisions. Who knows what they would have done with that fuel when a month or two went by and nobody was listening to them. Maybe some oil-powered camp fires? One of their leaders was the QAnon Queen of Canada. We'd waited long enough. Imagine how the US government would have reacted to a stockpile of fuel outside the gates to the White House. There would have been no survivors. That's true in most jurisdictions around the world. The Canadian government ended this stand-off peacefully -- with people who were demanding things that literally couldn't physically be delivered. That's a damn miracle. The inquiry found the government's actions justified [1], and the ringleaders in this zero-ring circus have pled guilty or are on trial. [2, 3] And now that it's over, everyone is free to go back and protest! Stop sticking up for these nutbags, lol. It's time to put this whole COVID-induced mania behind us. Pretending these are somehow ideologues holding rational positions and making good decisions on that basis is just divorced from reality. At the time, 2/3 of Canadians supported this action. Less than 1/4 were strongly opposed. Not just that but all the Premiers from across the political spectrum and all the Federal politicians had to sign off too! This went about as well as it could have. Respectfully based on your post history it sounds like you're American. It doesn't seem like you really have the context on this one. [1] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/17/trudeaus-use-of-emergency-powers-to-end-convoy-justified-panel https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/17/trudeaus-use-of-eme... [2] https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/key-freedom-convoy-figure-pleads-guilty-to-counselling-mischief-released-from-jail-1.5947767 https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/key-freedom-convoy-figure-pleads-g... [3] https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/criminal-trial-for-freedom-convoy-organizer-pat-king-to-begin-in-november-1.6491852 https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/criminal-trial-for-freedom-c...