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Originally Posted by Fuzz
I think it's a bit different in authoritarian countries that don't have other methods of redress. These people are literally putting their lives on the line for their rights, which was not the case in Canada. We just had an election that re-affirmed the Liberals as the government, and these clowns showed up to alter that election result. We have other means of redress in Canada, other routes to take. They don't in China.
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They have other means in China, too - there is in fact a legal system there. It's simply not like ours - doesn't adhere to the same principles. But that's true the world over; if you go to France, which obviously isn't an authoritarian country, the line for what protest activity is going to get you thrown in prison is very different from here. Same for Brazil - say what you will about the outgoing Bolsonaro regime, but it's a very different country from China, and again, totally different standards.
We do not necessarily have the line right in the perfect spot in this country any more than anywhere else does and it's silly to say "well we're not an authoritarian country so any illegal protest here is clearly wrong". This isn't a discussion with obvious answers... And that's coming from someone who was largely okay with breaking up all the convoy protests and throwing certain individuals involved in them in jail, erring on the side of certainty and predictability and the rule of law. Your whole approach to this just seems way too simplistic.
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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
The convoy wasn't really a protest. The was a fringe group representing a minority of people whose stated goal was to make life painful for people until they could reverse the public health policy of a democratically elected government.
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This is hilarious because the second sentence perfectly describes.... a protest.