Two Cans & String

{ "thread_id": "11678", "posts": [ { "id": "1194841", "time": "1644521868", "html": "Wanted to see how the resident Canadians are dealing with the protests and if its affecting any of y'all personally? Tucking the question away here because it's a bit Political\u2122. <br /><br />Overall thoughts on the situation? For or against or indifferent?", "user": "ombra" }, { "id": "1194873", "time": "1644525481", "html": "They are dangerous fucking morons and I hope they get struck by lightning.<br /><br />Where I live, they are currently condoning off a chunk of downtown in anticipation of them coming here. This hasn't personally impacted me yet, as I haven't needed to go there, but that is where two courthouses plus my doctor are.", "user": "antagonist" }, { "id": "1194887", "time": "1644529263", "html": "Protests?", "user": "corporalcroissandwich" }, { "id": "1194892", "time": "1644530345", "html": "https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/trucker-convoy-day-14-dawns-in-ottawa-key-canada-us-bridge-closed", "user": "antagonist" }, { "id": "1196542", "time": "1644975685", "html": "They're insane, protesting in a way that interrupts transportation and puts strain on both countries to fix their stupidity.", "user": "wlicky" }, { "id": "1196581", "time": "1644979604", "html": "Effective protests kind of require disruption of something. Otherwise there's no pressure to actually do anything about them.", "user": "coldfrost" }, { "id": "1197058", "time": "1645076557", "html": "If you're intentionally and severely impeding access to public spaces, you should expect to be fined and eventually arrested. The legal right to protest obviously does not include a legal right to deny other people's rights (to access roads, to reasonable sound levels, etc.).<br /><br />Sometimes civil disobedience leading to arrests can be a powerful form of protest. But you'd better be prepared to suffer the legal consequences if you choose to include lawbreaking as part of your protest strategy.<br /><br />Personally, with very few exceptions, I've tended to lose sympathy for a cause when I feel like its proponents are trying to hold the rest of society hostage via "disruption".", "user": "hydrogen777" } ], "users": { "ombra": { "name": "Ombra", "key": "ombra", "url": "/users/ombra", "avatar": "/uploads/drawn/4583.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "1841" }, "antagonist": { "name": "Antagonist", "key": "antagonist", "url": "/users/antagonist", "avatar": "/uploads/drawn/27059.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "6927" }, "corporalcroissandwich": { "name": "Corporal Croissandwich", "key": "corporalcroissandwich", "url": "/users/corporalcroissandwich", "avatar": "/uploads/drawn/30324.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "648" }, "wlicky": { "name": "W_Licky", "key": "wlicky", "url": "/users/wlicky", "avatar": "/uploads/drawn/33480.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "7781" }, "coldfrost": { "name": "Coldfrost", "key": "coldfrost", "url": "/users/coldfrost", "avatar": "/uploads/drawn/33041.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "7997" }, "hydrogen777": { "name": "Hydrogen777", "key": "hydrogen777", "url": "/users/hydrogen777", "avatar": "/uploads/drawn/11933.png", "rankClass": "admin", "rankText": "Admin", "posts": "7553" } }, "page_num": 1, "locked": 0, "total_pages": 1 }

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