On the one hand you seem to condemn swastika waving yet on the other hand your reply seems to justify it because it was for a good cause. Maybe you want to clarify what you meant above.Let's be clear - protesters ought not be tarred by the brush of a single idiot with a swastika. Moreover, the media actually tracked the guy down, and he made it crystal clear that he loathes swastikas and Nazis and the lot. The whole point was to equate Trudeau's current approach to it. Obviously grossly inaccurate and hyperbolic, but it's 100% acceptable speech in a liberal democracy.
My MP tabled a motion in Parliament today that would fine people flying swastikas, KKK symbols and confederate flags.
Ummmmm……having an opinion that “my body my choice” does not automatically mean people go to the extreme like this. Most people I know with a strong anti-vax opinion also very much understand that, by and large, we are all basically powerless in this pandemic…..no matter what the opinion. Most I know would not even consider radical action such as this.Vaccine protestors harassed staff at a vaccine clinic yesterday in new west yesterday and they broke a window at a vaccine clinic on monday in north vancouver. Unlike some people i will not justify their actions. The police shouldvarrestbthem and arrest thebtruckers blocking roads in alberta and ottawa. Thenlaw needs to be applied to everyone, including racists and protesting truckers.
I think you misunderstood me. My point, was that the swastika waver the media bothered to talk to was doing so to equate Trudeau's approach to Nazism and to condemn both. It's hyperbolic, and certainly not how I would choose to get such a message across - but to each their own.On the one hand you seem to condemn swastika waving yet on the other hand your reply seems to justify it because it was for a good cause. Maybe you want to clarify what you meant above.
Please also note there was more than one person with a swastika. And there were people with U.S. confederate flags and dozens of people waving black flags with white lettering; similar to ISIS flags. Their flags said "fcuk Trudeau"
I need to hear from a Lawyer on this one.
@mtkb
Would you not have to rewrite the charter?
I'd think these people are protected under freedom of expression currently?
I had a chance to look at the paper briefly. You say they looked at 34 studies, yes they did but they also say there are 1,048 studies and only 34 met their criteria. Undoubtedly some of the 1,0014 stidies are garbage and should be rejected, but to use only 3% of the studies is cherry picking.@bulljive you can say you don't know, but you can read the article stating that Johns Hopkins study indicates that the death rate was only impacted by about 0.2% due to the lockdowns/mandates. The University is one of the most prestigious and world renown research academies. They reviewed 34 discrete studies and came to these findings.
Now the media and others with a vested interest are trying to criticize this paper... what we can do is follow the bouncing ball that says every time someone criticizes covid policy they get personally attacked as a science denier, or grifter, or what have you.... and eventually they get proven right.
People have been staying home when they are sick... by force or by choice. Sick with the flu, cold corona virus', etc... That's what's limiting the spread of other illnesses. People in society were getting lazy with basic hygiene. If there's a silver lining to covid it's that people have got a hygiene reminder.
The convoy was directed at tightened cross-border rules for truckers. That was a purely federal initiative. This "it's the provinces" argument is a straw man - period.Thus far we have avoided talking about the convoy being in Ottawa when most of the restrictions have been implemented by provincial governments. Trudeau did not shut down schools, Trudeau did not shut down the soccer season. Trudeau did not close gyms and yoga studios, etc, etc etc.