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Originally Posted by Admiral Nelson
Using the word terrorist sounds apropos. In what sense does holding a community hostage to extort political demands, depriving at once thousands of persons' enjoyment of peace in their own dwellings, not fit the definition?
Setting aside questions of legitimacy of their cause, no Indigenous group or environmental group has done anything comparable before. Yes, there are instances of ecoterrorism affecting pipelines and the like. No one here is defending or downplaying those actions in this discussion. And while Indigenous groups have engaged in rail or road blockades, this is literally on land that is theirs. Neither has taken a city hostage for a month.
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You don't need to protest and block residents from travelling to work for months on land that is definitively yours.
Read about the Grand River Land dispute it was 15 years ago but well beyond anything that took place here. Yes these mostly impacted rural people who don't matter but Caledonia was held hostage for more than a year. The result of land they had previously sold (granted under duress) was bought out by the provincial government. We could have paid the convoy people their salaries for the 6 months when they actually needed to be vaccinated for much cheaper. (sure many were anti trudeau nuts who couldn't be reasoned with).
Protest even illegal to get your way is not terrorism. It is what brought down the government in Ukraine and what the brave people of Iran are doing now. Many in Iran probably think enforcing hijab wearing is as important as we think enforcing vaccine mandates was. Actually we now know the vaccine mandate was all political because those of us who got vaccinated were happy to see them punished for extending the pandemic though the only thing that ended the pandemic was 60-70% of us finally getting Covid as many said in the beginning.