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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
I'm not sure where anyone says it is OK for them to do this.
I think it is more a worry that if the OPP take action, another Dudly George/Ipperwash or Akwesasne type of incident will occur. Especially with, as Loob Job mentions, more of the violent first nations community joining the trouble.
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Vulcan did, many times, earlier in the thread:
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Originally Posted by Vulcan
This isn't about "whore-tats". This is about land that was supposedly swindled from them and they would like it back. If your home was stolen from you, you might protest a little strongly also. This has gone on for 200 years because the law never respected native rights. This seems to be the only way for the natives to receive their rights before the land becomes a housing development.
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Originally Posted by Vulcan
Well when the law never respected the natves for 200 years how can you expect the natives to respect the law. Have you never heard the expression, 'the law is an ass'. I think it was Jesus who said 'the law was made for man, not man is made for the law', when discussing breaking the Sabath..
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I'm not saying that you, or anyone else is saying these things. Vulcan did, though. I do think it is an issue worth debating. Why IS this somehow acceptable because natives are doing it?
In forming opinions on matters like this, I find it important to look at what is being done rather than who it is being done by. Double standards are never good things. Of course, I'm open to honest debate on the matter if anyone feels differently.