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Post by kemp on Jun 12, 2020 4:01:00 GMT -5
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Post by darklordbob on Jun 12, 2020 17:33:35 GMT -5
You know what? yeah, I can dig it.
My garden's still better than theirs though.
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Post by kemp on Jun 12, 2020 19:55:35 GMT -5
People had a democratic right to protest, right or wrong, the lockdowns and closure of businesses earlier on, and also the recent protests in regards to civil issue concerns. I also noted some of the heavy handed treatment by the authorities in regards to both the protesters and the journalists covering the so called ‘black lives matter’ demonstrations, but I think where the line has to be drawn is where angry rioting mobs take it upon themselves to vandalize public property, burn buildings, disrupt services, extort businesses, take over blocks and declare autonomous zones with little to no legal repercussions. Thousands of people, as part of the so called ‘anti racism protests’, unhindered by the police, pulled down the statue of Edward Colston in Bristol and dumped the statue in the city’s harbour on the grounds that the historical figure was involved in the slave trade. My concern is not for the monument, perhaps it should have been removed, but that should have been done through legal channels via submissions to the Bristol City Council, and not by mob vandalism. There have also been recent reports of Christopher Columbus statues toppled and or beheaded in the US. I think this is setting a dangerous precedent where large numbers of anarchists are allowed to roam the major cities of the western world and destroy anything they find offensive to their ideology or world view of things. This needs to be mentioned in the context of the collapse of civilization.
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Post by Jason Aiken on Jun 12, 2020 21:20:21 GMT -5
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Post by zarono on Jun 12, 2020 21:51:02 GMT -5
CHAZ should base their economy on a 24/7 streaming video feed of their nation building activities, I think it would be the most entertaining reality show ever.
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Post by kemp on Jun 13, 2020 3:28:45 GMT -5
I'm all for some autonomy Jason, but people taking over and kicking the police out of Seattle Police Department's East Precinct to create a 'police free zone', and building community gardens in place was not what I had in mind when I talked about self sufficiency. As for Marcus Henderson, I suppose a Master’s degree in Sustainability in the Urban Environment coupled with years of work experience in sustainable agriculture probably puts him in the right place to help partly feed the congregated motley crew if they choose to create some longer term commune, and the government puts up with it for a little while longer. I'm sure that kind of clientele will probably want him to grow more than tomatoes and potatoes
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Post by kemp on Jun 13, 2020 3:43:07 GMT -5
Shite, hope all this is not a precursor to a new 'Age of Aquarius'.
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Post by Spartan198 on Jun 13, 2020 5:43:35 GMT -5
Quite funny how the Left has suddenly stopped mentioning gun control now that the armed men are standing for their cause, isn't it?
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Post by darklordbob on Jun 13, 2020 6:04:23 GMT -5
CHAZ should base their economy on a 24/7 streaming video feed of their nation building activities, I think it would be the most entertaining reality show ever. Not a bad idea actually, although I imagine what would be shown would be highly sanitized for public consumption.
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Post by darklordbob on Jun 13, 2020 6:08:16 GMT -5
Quite funny how the Left has suddenly stopped mentioning gun control now that the armed men are standing for their cause, isn't it? Well I mean they suddenly forgot about Covid-19 when millions of people took to the streets shoulder to shoulder, especially when they were mocking and belittling the "End the Lockdown" protests not a week before. Naturally the same can be said about many on the Right except in reverse. Hypocrisy is the one thing both sides of the political divide have in common.
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Post by Char-Vell on Jun 13, 2020 6:17:18 GMT -5
I have lived to see the world become a Mishmash of Rollerball Escape from New York and The Ultimate Warrior
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Post by darklordbob on Jun 13, 2020 6:54:51 GMT -5
Except with slightly fewer 70s porn 'staches than expected.
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Post by Jason Aiken on Jun 13, 2020 8:19:21 GMT -5
I'm all for some autonomy Jason, but people taking over and kicking the police out of Seattle Police Department's East Precinct to create a 'police free zone', and building community gardens in place was not what I had in mind when I talked about self sufficiency. I hear ya, the amateur sociolgist/fiction reader in me finds it amusing to see a scenario like this brought to life but I'm not a fan of sedition and think the 7 blocks of city should be taken back in an efficient manner and by force if absolutely necessary.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2020 10:48:14 GMT -5
CHAZ should base their economy on a 24/7 streaming video feed of their nation building activities, I think it would be the most entertaining reality show ever. Not a bad idea actually, although I imagine what would be shown would be highly sanitized for public consumption. Along the same lines, if they want to end this situation quickly, all they need to do is cut off cell phone service to the area. I give the protesters 2 hours before they leave to get their social media fix.
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Post by kemp on Jun 13, 2020 20:20:19 GMT -5
That's just too cruel
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