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Native Blockades (pg. 3)
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| zokissima |
| quote: | Originally posted by Abercrombie
I hope people are focused on the people disturbing the sh!t and not the whole people in general, as what I am reading. Imagine the same happenning to the people of your culture. |
I can understand where you're comming from, but its the people disturbing the that create the stereotypes in the first place. My disatisfaction is with them, and not the whole race in general. |
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| Time2Burn |
| If you don't like protests move to ing China. If you don't believe in a certain groups cause at least respect their right to voice an opinion. |
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by Time2Burn
If you don't like protests move to ing China. If you don't believe in a certain groups cause at least respect their right to voice an opinion. |
there's a difference between voicing an opinion and being a nuisance |
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| Cro_Addict |
This is bull. Like everyone else has already stated, blocking off highways and railroads is just pissing people off, and even the little sympathy people had..its gone now. Where do we put a stop to this??
All this claiming the land is just BULL! Are we gonna start going back now 3000 years and see which people owned which land and start protesting and blocking highways and railroads all across the world?? Seriously, they need to off and use the time to look for a damn job.
Sitting on their ass protesting, getting drunk, getting high, and not getting a an education is not going to get them very far. For whoeever said that they don't have the same opportunities....HAHA STUPID!
They don't pay taxes and get FREE education. If you can't succeed by getting this type of treatment, then you truly deserve to be poor and have nothing.
And these select few, give all the other natives that actually succeed in life a bad name. This does nothing but confirm the stereotype! |
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| Cro_Addict |
| quote: | Originally posted by Time2Burn
If you don't like protests move to ing China. If you don't believe in a certain groups cause at least respect their right to voice an opinion. |
I think plane tickets are too expensive. Today I will go to the airport terminal and protest. I will also say I have access to guns and will not be afraid to use them. I am sure that would last long....RIGHT :rolleyes: |
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| Time2Burn |
| quote: | Originally posted by FunkyCrew
there's a difference between voicing an opinion and being a nuisance |
Yes and that difference lies in the opinion of the person you are talking to.
I guess ANC protests in South Africa that helped abolish apartheid was a nuisance too. :rolleyes:
*edit* I would also suppose that Universities consider student protests to freeze or lower tuition rates a nuisance aswell. |
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| EvilTree |
| quote: | Originally posted by Time2Burn
If you don't like protests move to ing China. If you don't believe in a certain groups cause at least respect their right to voice an opinion. |
It's not what you say, but it is also how you say too. |
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| FunkyCrew |
| quote: | Originally posted by EvilTree
It's not what you say, but it is also how you say too. |
EXACTLY
no way in hell idiots blocking public highways, or blocking anything at that matter will get much support or respect
yes they ARE nuisance, and Time2Burn's comparison to uni. students is far fetched - protests like that are peaceful in all senses of this word |
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| Time2Burn |
| quote: | Originally posted by FunkyCrew
and Time2Burn's comparison to uni. students is far fetched - protests like that are peaceful in all senses of this word |
That example is just to show that opinion differ. This is not an arguement about peaceful vs. violent protest.
How bout the South Africa example... If you didn't already know South Africa based their apartheid "homelands" on Canada's model for Native Indians. |
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| Jayx1 |
I dont care what the cause is or who these protestors are. If you threaten society with the use of force and cut off their transportation links then you are a terrorist. And terrorists need to be dealt with with either the SWAT team or the army.
The natives may or may not have a valid point. But that is not the issue. The issue is how our province continues to let these terrorists get away with harming our society.
Our country actually allows the blocking off of streets for protest if done properly (and with out threats and arms) so there are no excuses here. |
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| Jem_hadar |
| quote: | Originally posted by colonelcrisp
Its time for these double standards to stop. if it were any other group in canada blocking off highways and rail lines, they would be arrested.
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A-ing-men!
I cant deal with double standards. It's time to treat these natives the way anyother group would be treated if such a thing was ever staged.
Ridiculous. |
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| Time2Burn |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jem_hadar
A-ing-men!
I cant deal with double standards. It's time to treat these natives the way anyother group would be treated if such a thing was ever staged.
Ridiculous. |
Like truckers? I guess them slowing traffic to a stand still a few years back was ok cause their not a marginalized group. |
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