What other injustices in the world can city council find to spend my tax dollars to combat? Persecution of minorities in China, perhaps? The rise of fascist parties in Eastern Europe? Putin’s growing influence in Ukraine? Spread that money around, Jyoti! Surely we have no use for it here!
… seriously, how the #### can anyone think this is an appropriate use of city time or funds?
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so i read on twitter that a group of folks were protesting somehting at mayor gondek's (sp?) house.
when did protesting at a politicians houses become a thing? i get being frustrated with our elected folks, and wanting to protest; however, going to someone's home really crosses a line.
i'd like to see these donkeys charged - but i suppose charging them, likely polarizes them.
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so i read on twitter that a group of folks were protesting somehting at mayor gondek's (sp?) house.
when did protesting at a politicians houses become a thing? i get being frustrated with our elected folks, and wanting to protest; however, going to someone's home really crosses a line.
i'd like to see these donkeys charged - but i suppose charging them, likely polarizes them.
If they are protesting at someone's house, they're already polarized (radicalized).
Anyone who protests at the home of a politician, healthcare professional, etc. should absolutely be charged. If laws don’t exist to allow that, change the laws.
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so i read on twitter that a group of folks were protesting somehting at mayor gondek's (sp?) house.
when did protesting at a politicians houses become a thing? i get being frustrated with our elected folks, and wanting to protest; however, going to someone's home really crosses a line.
i'd like to see these donkeys charged - but i suppose charging them, likely polarizes them.
Worse it makes them into Martyrs.
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Anyone who protests at the home of a politician, healthcare professional, etc. should absolutely be charged. If laws don’t exist to allow that, change the laws.
Am I the only one who thinks this is a horrible idea? For a law to be justified, it must protect someone from undue harm. Whilst I fully support laws that appropriately restrict what a protest may do (e.g noise bylaws), I cannot support a law that implies that protests are inherently harmful.
I would also suspect that such restrictions on freedom of movement, expression, and association would fail the Oakes test in court and thus be unconstitutional.
Be nice! it took a dozen people 6 years to come up with that.
Also,
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Vickers’ proposed redesign, named The Confluence Flag, features a red triangle and six converging diagonal blue lines set on a white field. The design is meant to invoke the confluence of the Bow and Elbow rivers on the Prairies. Additional layers of symbolism are also incorporated, Vickers said, including each blue line representing one of the five Treaty 7 Nations as well as the Métis peoples.
5 lines? Where?
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It takes a lot of courage, or blind confidence, to put out a design for a flag. You know you're in for a lot of uneducated opinions, hot takes, comparisons to other designs, people with terrible design sense. "It's too simple!" "It's too complicated!" "I hate that colour!" "That doesn't represent Calgary to me!" "Why are we focusing on that group to represent?" "It's too modern!" "It's not modern enough!"
Flag design is very personal. There will never be a design that the majority of people agree with.
I'm not saying we shouldn't try, but it's a death by committee process I wouldn't want to be a part of.
The 5 Treaty 7 Nations, represented by 6 lines does't make sense to me.
