Native Protest Day

elmo

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I'm starting to get tired of these clowns. Today, they have set up various blockades across the country to protest poor housing conditions. I realize that some of their issues are legit, but their chief held a news conference to say that they didn't want to cause undo hardship or adversely affect the economy...seems to me that shutting the rail line between Montreal and Toronto would do that, as would the blockades on various major highways.

I appreciate their plight, but there are many other special interest groups with similar plights who don't act in as radical a manner as these people continue to do time and time again.

Seems to me that Fantino and the other law enforcement leaders, as well as the politicians, should grow some balls and remove them.

These people have been sucking the social system for a long time and never seem to be satisfied...have they ever heard of the get a job concept? Has the rest of the country let them down in not supplying them with the opportunity to get an education and a job?

Discuss...
 
touchy

bit of a hot topic....

i'm on board, imagine if it was your house they were blocking you from? i'd be tempted to to take arms and oppose.

so we screwed their ancestors out of their land, thats the way of the world. people have been taking land from others since the beginning of time.

was it wrong, absolutely. should we pay for it again and again, no.

man, this could get ugly.....
 
I've offered a few suggestions in the past in dealing with this problem.

Usually gets me in trouble with the "powers that be" so I won't say anything inflamatory this time.

You might even get the feeling that the point I would offer them is hollow.:mad:


That is all.


As you were.
 
So do you think a bleeding heart socialist comment would be out of line? If so, I won't make one...
 
LancsLad said:
I've offered a few suggestions in the past in dealing with this problem.

Usually gets me in trouble with the "powers that be" so I won't say anything inflamatory this time.

You might even get the feeling that the point I would offer them is hollow.:mad:


That is all.


As you were.

Go and buy a few cases of canadian beer and give it to the protesters as a peace offering.
 
hahahaha

LancsLad said:
I've offered a few suggestions in the past in dealing with this problem.

Usually gets me in trouble with the "powers that be" so I won't say anything inflamatory this time.

You might even get the feeling that the point I would offer them is hollow.:mad:


That is all.


As you were.

i had to temper mine severerly myself. nice to see they're blocking the highways already. remember that truck from maximum overdrive? or one of the ones from mad max with a big ram on the front? very appropriate!

hahahah

chris
 
danmand said:
Go and buy a few cases of canadian beer and give it to the protesters as a peace offering.


What about 35 dozen paper bags and a whole lot of model airplane glue.:)
 
The natives have stated that they have guns at these protest locations and will not be moved.

The job concept is not something they want to hear about, they want to sit around and collect money as landlords.
 
KBear said:
The job concept is not something they want to hear about, they want to sit around and collect money as landlords.

Seems like a good plan. Many immigrants does that too.
 
And yet as they stand at these blockades armed and in fatigues if police arrive armed they are instigating a fight.

I'm sorry, but I lost my sympathy for their plight years ago. I get screwed by the government every single day. Yet still pay my taxes, get treated like a second class citizen by every level of government, and get arrested if I do something illegal.


LancsLad said:
You might even get the feeling that the point I would offer them is hollow.:mad:

Indeed...
 
They are turning Canadians against them with these actions. If they keep this up more and more Canadians are going to come to feel that the police should arrest them for obstruction. Forcibly if necessary. If they've got guns, have the cops bring bigger guns.

I don't think we've reached that point yet, most people wouldn't want to see that happen, but if they keep up with this attitudes will turn against them.
 
That can be changed...

KBear said:
The natives have stated that they have guns at these protest locations and will not be moved.

The job concept is not something they want to hear about, they want to sit around and collect money as landlords.
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If they're armed and on a public highway it paves the way for our police to react accordingly.

Most effective way is to use a tank from Trenton or Bordon with a plow front. The indians open up then they're met with a burst from a 30 ca. machine gun.

Next time they trying this stunt leave the blockades up and send tanks to level their homes. That should show what a little inconvenience means.

Radical? Yes! Has anything else worked or show promise no!
:mad:
 
I had the impression we spend about $7 Billion a year on Indian and Northern Affairs. That would be the third biggest governmental expenditure after Health Care and Defence, but we never hear about it.

So my solution is to give each and every status Indian a cheque for $2 Million. We'd be very generous about who qualifies - even unborn Native Canadians would be eligible, as the total outlay would still be far below one year's budget for the department. Then, we close Indian Affairs, and never offer another penny towards the affair. They should be able to turn their winnings into generations of success.
 
Thread should be deleted because a lot of people will end up getting banned, including myself. Must bite tounge.
 
my understanding of first nations people is that 75% live amongst the rest of us, work for a living and it's only 25% that sit around and want the rest of us to feel sorry that their ancestors got a bad deal.
Yes they got a bad deal - but they accepted.

Imagine if it never happened and the entire country was only "first nation’s people" Canada would be one big huge sewer and run down buldgs everywhere (if they built buildings). If we all were not here in this country paying our taxes and supporting these people how on earth would the first nations survive. There would be no social system in place to mooch from.

Nobody is stopping them from moving to the city and finding a job to support themselves and their families. One thing that gets me is if you know you are having a hard time supporting yourself why on earth bring in so many innocent children into this world that you can not provide for and support.
 
stang said:
Are they blocking roads into casino's too?

LOL, that would be and interesting protest.

Seeing the news, it appeared to be a very small group of guys, dressed in fatigues and balaclavas, who are blocking the rail lines and roads. Don’t know why the police can’t round them up and bill them for damages.
 
stang said:
Are they blocking roads into casino's too?

Sadly, the Government of Ontario runs casinos here.
 
sparkyboy said:
And yet as they stand at these blockades armed and in fatigues if police arrive armed they are instigating a fight.

I'm sorry, but I lost my sympathy for their plight years ago. I get screwed by the government every single day. Yet still pay my taxes, get treated like a second class citizen by every level of government, and get arrested if I do something illegal.




Indeed...

Couldn't agree more. The more we bend, the more they'll take. That's the victim mentality at work. I wanted to drive to Montreal this weekend to sample some French talent. But noooooooooooo. :rolleyes: