Bob – Re your reply to my posting : TL;DR COPYPASTA BABY BOOMER DRIVEL
Apologies for not getting back sooner but I had to go ship a case of champagne to the Truckers for the first victory.
You know the one where the entire COP shit show came down like the vengeance of Thor and were met with only peaceful protesters.
Stupid cops didn’t even realize they were suckered into a power play that they them selves contributed to by blocking access to the area which meant no agitators were present.
I am sure there are some very angry government officials because there could be no violent reason to unleash the gates of hell onto these guys.
So well played and you never even noticed.
Hey Bob – don’t know if you are male or female – had a female friend Roberta who went by Bob so don’t really know how to address you formally. Let me know if you Mr. Bob or Ms/Mrs Bob or whatever.
Of course this is the great thing about an internet forum is that you can spew all kinds of crap – not saying you do – and it counts as a post. Not worth the bytes that are used but WTH.
Says you: I’m now dumber for even having skimmed over that.
Well Bob, I am truly sorry that you have a serious learning impediment - maybe you should actually go back and read it rather than skim through it. Most of us it seem are able to comprehend and even hold maybe more that 2 ideas in our head at the same time.
I see you like to use Magenta text – does that mean you are one of the Children of the Magenta Line?
Says you: I could have saved you what must have been hours of googling and getting your grandkids to figure out BBC code but if what you say is true.. does that mean that American freedom is meaningless because they had slavery and death marches?
Not hours Bob – doesn’t take me long to access information. I used Wikipedia because it is a somewhat reasonable reference being publicly produced and vetted. I did this so that what I say here is backed up by a source – something that I don’t really think you are capable of.
As to the slur of an old Boomer not being able to operate a computer without the help of my Grand Kids – just to let you know – I don’t have any – so that is incorrect.
In addition I embraced the computer way back in the 80s – not a super smart user but did write some code that was later used by Pratt and Whitney Canada for the first computer based trend monitoring program for the PT-6 series of engines – that was back in the late 80s so piss off with you derogatory remarks about Boomers not knowing how to work a computer.
God Bob!! – just look at the news – do you actually think the USA has a Democracy – they are every bit as screwed up as we are – just in a different way.,
The USA missed the all important word “ALL” in their declaration by Abe Lincoln that the government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
What the should have said was - a government of ALL the people, by ALL the people, for ALL the people, shall not perish from the Earth.
The word ALL in there makes all the difference (pun intended).
Of course they couldn’t do that because the south still considered slaves not to be people.
Of course they had a civil war to fix that. Don’t think in the long run it worked out that well for them.
So it really is: of the ELITE, by the ELITE, for the ELITE – so go put that in your stupid pipe and smoke it.
The early freedoms were not enjoyed by the slaves nor the Chinese imported for cheap labour – so it was totally meaningless for them – for us Whites it was OK for some – but I think some reading about the Irish in America might enlighten you a bit.
Are you telling me that freeing the slaves made for more freedom in the USA? – you better do some travelling buddy – visit the ghettos of America – I have been there – those physically enslaved people became financially enslaved – but slavery is slavery is slavery.
By the way we had slaves here in Canada.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Canada
I am unsure of what death marches you speak of are so please enlighten me.
Says you: Come on.. only someone who had never travelled outside of an all-inclusive truly thinks that Canada isn’t a functioning democracy. If it wasn’t, we’d have dynasties of political parties rather than swinging right to left every decade or so.
Bob – are you truly a natural idiot or do you have to work at it?
We have political parties in Canada that are exactly that – dynasties – with a set of rules that all members must adhere to or you get kicked out. It swings so called left and right simply because the voting public of Canada simply has no choice but to vote for one of these dynasties. If I am wrong – show me proof.
As to world travel well I have been to a few places
– every single province and territory of Canada. I have seen first hand the Canadian ghettos – places like Shamattawa in northern Manitoba that when the winter turns to spring the smell almost chokes you.
People living in poverty in our great free land.
I have done many medi-vacs one with a couple of young boys who decided to sniff gasoline.
Score 1 dead – one brain dead. Total loss to the families and communities.
So yes I have seen our great country – and with my eyes wide open.
Worldwide – how about:
- Every State in the great United States of America.
- Many States in Mexico – and not just the tourist ones.
- Nicaragua
-Costa Rica – ever been to Lake Arenal? Total time - well over 2 years
- Panama
- Ecuador
- Peru
- Chile’ – was there for over 6 months.
- Great Britain
- Germany
- Norway – more than 6 months
- France
- Portugul
- Spain
- Africa – the slums of Nairobi are a world in themselves.
- China – I stood in Tiananmen Square where “Tank Man” made his appearance. Been there Bob?
- Fiji
- Australia – had Landed Immigrant Status after working there for about 4 years.
So I have sampled at least a small part of the world – and I still choose to live here in Canada because I am a Canadian and my country although not perfect is a lot better than others.
But also this country could be so much better than it is right now – hence my reply to you and also a question – How many places in the world have you been – and I am talking about boots on the ground – not in and out at the airport to hotel and back?
Says you: If it wasn’t.. the army would have already entered downtown Ottawa with tear gas and water cannons and would be using LAVs and tanks to clear trucks.
Well so far – Police with full SWAT gear and automatic weapons.
Snipers on the roof to make sure no COP got hurt.
I am waiting for the tanks and other crap – not sure if JT and DF and the Ottawa Mayor says the Cops have all the resources; is there anyone on the Police Force that can drive a tank??
That might be a sight to see – especially when being filmed for the war crimes legal defence – there is a Geneva Conference – that the last time I checked - we were still a member of.
Water cannons at -20C – I guess the fine citizens of Ottawa wouldn’t have to go down to the canal for a skate and could play some really nice shinny games.
So far (as at time of writing) there has been only 4 protester people hurt in Winterpeg.
You Said: This is just a bunch of whining. They’ve reached their limitations as far as freedom of assembly goes as allowed by the Charter and lots of case precedence.. and authorities had been far more lenient to them than other groups.
Well I guess the “Fringe Group with Un-acceptable views” got just a little bit bigger than JT and his cronies thought.
I normally condemn all Mobs – especially when there is violence.
Including Police Mobs.
So far this Trucker Mob has been peaceful – very noisy - and now very large – surprise!!!! they told everyone in advance that was going to happen – but of course great pundits like yourself saw that coming.
As to whining – only person I see as whining is you and the entirely deserving to whine folks; suffering downtown with the noise.
Like I said before – The start of the protest to the day our great leader JT was out of quarantine is on the Truckers Convoy – after that it is on JT.
Can you understand that concept or it that too hard to understand with your skim over?
You said: What you ask will never happen. Not ever. You would find out how fringe of a minority you are if you even got to Step 2 (like the militia movement in the USA 30 years ago) and Step 4… you’re trying so hard, but nobody is biting.
Bob my most learned friend – you need to read something a bit more comprehensive than the Sunday Comics.
If you don’t learn from history then you are bound to repeat it.
Please read a bit about some revolutions – especially the French One and the American one.
Here I will make it easy for you, as it seems like you have trouble getting to information.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution
Maybe read it rather than skimming - you might get a bit of education.
So called fringe groups have played a huge part in getting governments changed and new countries started. The only problem with both of these revolutions above is that there was huge amounts of bloodshed.
Canada started this country without bloodshed – there is absolutely no reason that we can’t change our government in a civil organized way as a result of good men and women making it happen.
I personally hope that the changes can be without bloodshed – but alas it probably is not to be with the self serving jackasses that are currently ruining this country.
What you think doesn’t matter – as what I think doesn’t matter.
What does matter is what the Canadian public is going to do.
Your guess is a good as mine on that call.
So you spread your doctrine of support for the cause – whatever yours might be and I will do the same for the cause of getting a 21st century government that is responsive to the needs and desires of ALL CANADIANS.