Trucker Blockade Caused Lasting Psychological Damage to Canadians
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Sure, if the threat is significant enough and comes from fake freedom protesters, BLM, environmentalists or any other group, then it can be categorized as terrorism.
A political aim can be justified through peaceful protest.
Are all protesters liable for the acts of individuals within the protest? You claim that some people were assaulted by protesters for wearing masks. Is a protester who was six blocks (or three provinces) away liable for that?
It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week.
I'm just giving one example from this scenario. The other obvious one is the significant economic harm caused by turning a city into a fort, keeping people awake through the night with constant trucks honking, blocking trade at the border, etc.
"The Almighty says to quit changin' the subject and answer the fockin' question."
--Stephen, Braveheart
I'm perfectly capable of demolishing your bullshit one item at a time. Let's keep this orderly.
After 2 years of being mostly closed for covid, I am not sure the economic impact is relevant.
And even if it is, I'm not sure "economic impact" rises to the level of "terrorism."
Though corporations would be delighted if it did. Imagine what they could do to people who called for boycotts of their products or services!
To be fair, if you are days without sleep or little sleep, it DOES do damage to your mental state.
I did see a video of one resident going off on a couple of the truckers saying he hadn't slept in 5 days. While I doubt the length of time was true, that he hadn't slept likely was since that has been a pretty common theme from those living in the area.
Except for the fact they kept a quiet period overnight your story might have merit .
This one might be a difficult question to answer. The situation was politically charged with various camps and biases, and simply trying to pull the answer out of the media would be difficult.
This is a fact. It is winter, and these protesters would have to stay warm somehow without permanent shelters & indoor furnaces, so inevitably there would’ve been either idling trucks, or heating units like Pro-Heat or Webasto units running for warmth, & they aren’t silent. This would be noise overnight!!
This is an assumption. I’ve also heard of fireworks but I’m assuming (ass/u/me, I know) they couldn’t be going off between 11pm-7am seven days a week constantly, but that would have been annoying if used at all in the overnight period (fireworks are not very dramatic during the day).
This is a theory and nothing more. Though I do not support this protest past it’s first two days where it became clear that Trudeau was in hiding & would not have even sent an intermediary out to meet with anybody or listen to them….for the weeks that these protesters where in Ottawa living outdoors….they also would have had to sleep to be up & moving to protest & stay warm for the other 16 hour a day I’d assume…. And if it was intolerable not allowing them to sleep also, then they would’ve left themselves because they were portable and they could leave if they couldn’t sleep. There’s a reason why law enforcement uses sound equipment to bombard protesters or other occupiers through the nights…& if the sound through the night didn’t allow anybody to sleep then the protesters also would’ve left I’m guessing.
If it did then the illegal rail blockades would definitely qualify as they most certainly impacted the economy. But then, that was just fine and dandy with our twit pm.
Just like the CCLA hasn’t dropped its litigation against the Federal Government yet with respect to the questionable use of the Emergency Act with at least two provinces (so far) seeking intervener status on behalf of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association in this case.