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Originally Posted by fredr123
I sympathize with First Nations peoples who claim the right to traditional trade and whatnot that have been disrupted through the imposition of an arbitrary international border right through their own lands. However, the people orchestrating this standoff and other similar armed or violent protests are doing nothing for the cause and undermining all of the work done by those who would like to see a reasonable resolution to these issues.
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They lose my sympathy when they illegally profit on the basis that their land is located along an arbitrary international border by manufacturing and smuggling cigarettes, drugs, weapons, and people. This isn't about White man imposing his arbitrary rules on a subjected people. This is about organized crime (Both internal and external to the reserve) taking advantage of the strategic location of the reserve and the privledges granted to said reserve with regards to law enforcement.