Everyone is not wearing masks and socially distancing.
Actually in Winnipeg, they are where it matters, in indoor spaces. Many people are also wearing masks outside. Still hasn't had any impact.
Civil rights and COVID-19
Fri, 2020-12-25 00:53
#152
Fri, 2020-12-25 19:03
#153
Everyone is not wearing masks and socially distancing.Actually in Winnipeg, they are where it matters, in indoor spaces. Many people are also wearing masks outside. Still hasn't had any impact.
What makes you think the situation would be no worse if people were not wearing masks or socially distancing? Just because people are socially distancing in public doesn't mean they are doing it in private. I'm certain there are lots of people not having noticiable parties but still having people over.
Tue, 2020-12-29 02:25
#154
Just because people are socially distancing in public doesn't mean they are doing it in private. I'm certain there are lots of people not having noticiable parties but still having people over.
Why should I care how many people someone invites into their residence when the majority of covid fatailties in the province are connected to oubreaks in the care homes and the hospitals, outbreaks that continue to happen while we are in lockdown? It's been a really difficult year for people, and friends and family are a source of joy. Why begrudge anyone of that?
Tue, 2020-12-29 02:37
#155
This year has been difficult because of Covid, not the reaction to it. Confusing the two makes no sense.
Tue, 2020-12-29 17:51
#156
Georgia reminds us of what freedom looks like:
Spending three days in Georgia served as a glorious reminder of the good life. Restaurants and bars are packed, people are out shopping and spending time together, handshakes and hugs are everywhere. The movies are open. Office buildings are filled up again. You can even go to a holiday concert at the symphony hall. The holidays are not cancelled.
Some schools are still shut and large events are struggling to restart. Masking is not legally mandated but still perfunctorily practiced out of perceived courtesy. So yes, there is some evidence of the suffering visited upon the rest of the country. Still, there is enough normalcy here to generate hope for the future.
Most notable is the absence of the penitent despair one observes in any public place in the lockdowned Northeast, where people are still dressing in grim rags with face shields, barking at each other to mask up, or sheltering at home in fear of something they cannot see. Sadness is everywhere on display in such places.
In Georgia you see actual happiness: smiles on faces, quick steps, and light conversations about something other than the virus. The look and feel of the place, with bustling commercial districts and holiday joy everywhere, absolutely startled me. Just being around this scene for a few days lifted my own spirits immeasurably.
Why, surely Georgia must be a basketcase of death, disaster, despair, and unemployment?
In deaths per capita, Georgia is below the national average. Excess deaths actually fell in the two months following their reopening, rising again in August, and now matching average deaths from 2014-2019. The demographics of death follow what we’ve seen around the world. Three quarters of the deaths are people 65 or older. Only 3% are under 40 years of age. One third occurred in nursing homes. The average age of death is 74. Of the 7 pediatric deaths, 5 had serious comorbidities.In other words, all quite typical of this virus. Neither the lockdown nor the opening had an impact in either direction, which offers a serious rebuke to all the states that imagined their quarantines, closings, and curfews could somehow intimidate a virus. It’s also a refutation of the media’s hysterical predictions.
Meanwhile, the economy is humming. The unemployment rate of 5.7% is well below the national average. That’s an increase in November but that is due to a record number of people re-entering the workforce. Georgia’s labor force is right now at a record high of 5.17 million. All those companies that relocated to Atlanta over the last 10 years can feel affirmed that they made the right choice.
Okay, having fewer deaths per capita than the national average in the United States is not particularly good, considering how badly the country did with the pandemic overall. But their deaths per capita are still nowhere near the top 10, where other Democratically-run states who enacted social distancing protocols still have among the worst covid outcomes in the country.
Fri, 2021-01-01 01:36
#157
How the covid response enables authoriarianism:
No federal or state legislature has the legal authority to limit people’s rights as has occurred during lockdowns. Political leaders have therefore suspended the normal operation of the legislature and declared a “state of emergency” in order to exercise absolute power. There is no basis in any constitution to exercise this type of power, except possibly during wartime or a natural disaster. The coronavirus pandemic is anything but a war or disaster, however. It is a mild respiratory infection with a 0.2% fatality rate that doesn’t even put a dent in national life expectancy.
Without the legislative branch of government operating, the party in power operates as a dictatorship. They can pass any law they want with no opposition from other parties. This is what has happened in many countries. The government in power has used the emergency powers it claimed to pass bills that they have wanted for a long time.
There is never a time to suspend democracy. The more uncertain the situation facing a country, the more important it is to have rigorous political debate, checks on governmental power, and a free public debate. Moreover, history has consistently shown that when governments give themselves newfound powers in response to a crisis (whether actual or fake), they hold on to much of that power permanently. Termed the ratchet effect by historian Robert Higgs, it has never posed such a critical threat to wellbeing and self-determination.
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The coronavirus pandemic has presented democratically elected leaders with a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to exercise absolute power with no consequences. In fact, the prevailing attitude in high income countries is that the tougher the politician is on coronavirus contagion, the more that politician is a hero. Human rights laws are considered an inconvenience in this regard, garnering praise for politicians who heroically ignore them.
Fri, 2021-01-01 02:20
#158
Fri, 2021-01-01 03:00
#159
Libertarians are opposed to government intervention, even during a pandemic. Since when have libertarians been the ones we should follow?
Fri, 2021-01-01 03:15
#160
Libertarians are opposed to government intervention, even during a pandemic. Since when have libertarians been the ones we should follow?
Total non sequitor. What's your point?
Fri, 2021-01-01 04:09
#161
The article you posted was from a libertarian web site. My point is that libertarians are generally wrong in their opinions and the government has an important role to take in improving society which includes policies regarding Covid.
Fri, 2021-01-01 04:29
#162
The article you posted was from a libertarian web site. My point is that libertarians are generally wrong in their opinions and the government has an important role to take in improving society which includes policies regarding Covid.
I can think of any number of things the government can do to make a positive difference on the covid file that would be far less expensive, less intrusive into people's personal and business lives, and would have a much better outcome and breed much less resentment than what the current measures are doing. Yes the AIER may be more liberterian leaning, but I'm not going to let liberterians or anti-liberterians do my thinking for me. I'll take a look at things on a case-by-case basis, and the facts posted in that article speak for themselves.
Fri, 2021-01-01 04:50
#163
I think those were not facts but were biased libertarian opinions.
Fri, 2021-01-01 11:18
#164
Georgia reminds us of what freedom looks like:
Spending three days in Georgia served as a glorious reminder of the good life. Restaurants and bars are packed, people are out shopping and spending time together, handshakes and hugs are everywhere. The movies are open. Office buildings are filled up again. You can even go to a holiday concert at the symphony hall. The holidays are not cancelled.
Some schools are still shut and large events are struggling to restart. Masking is not legally mandated but still perfunctorily practiced out of perceived courtesy. So yes, there is some evidence of the suffering visited upon the rest of the country. Still, there is enough normalcy here to generate hope for the future.
Most notable is the absence of the penitent despair one observes in any public place in the lockdowned Northeast, where people are still dressing in grim rags with face shields, barking at each other to mask up, or sheltering at home in fear of something they cannot see. Sadness is everywhere on display in such places.
In Georgia you see actual happiness: smiles on faces, quick steps, and light conversations about something other than the virus. The look and feel of the place, with bustling commercial districts and holiday joy everywhere, absolutely startled me. Just being around this scene for a few days lifted my own spirits immeasurably.
Why, surely Georgia must be a basketcase of death, disaster, despair, and unemployment?
In deaths per capita, Georgia is below the national average. Excess deaths actually fell in the two months following their reopening, rising again in August, and now matching average deaths from 2014-2019. The demographics of death follow what we’ve seen around the world. Three quarters of the deaths are people 65 or older. Only 3% are under 40 years of age. One third occurred in nursing homes. The average age of death is 74. Of the 7 pediatric deaths, 5 had serious comorbidities.In other words, all quite typical of this virus. Neither the lockdown nor the opening had an impact in either direction, which offers a serious rebuke to all the states that imagined their quarantines, closings, and curfews could somehow intimidate a virus. It’s also a refutation of the media’s hysterical predictions.
Meanwhile, the economy is humming. The unemployment rate of 5.7% is well below the national average. That’s an increase in November but that is due to a record number of people re-entering the workforce. Georgia’s labor force is right now at a record high of 5.17 million. All those companies that relocated to Atlanta over the last 10 years can feel affirmed that they made the right choice.
Okay, having fewer deaths per capita than the national average in the United States is not particularly good, considering how badly the country did with the pandemic overall. But their deaths per capita are still nowhere near the top 10, where other Democratically-run states who enacted social distancing protocols still have among the worst covid outcomes in the country.
Let's looks at some numbers. On Jan. 1, 2021, Georgia had 6277 cases of COVID/100K population, and 103 deaths.
On the same day, the three Canadian provinces with the highest numbers were:
QC 2447 cases/100 K; 28.5 deaths
AL 2467 cases; 23.3 deaths
ON 1330 cases; 17.2 deaths
Tracking Covid-19 cases in the US (cnn.com)
Canada Coronavirus Map and Case Count - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Fri, 2021-01-01 12:41
#165
Georgia reminds us of what freedom looks like:
Spending three days in Georgia served as a glorious reminder of the good life. Restaurants and bars are packed, people are out shopping and spending time together, handshakes and hugs are everywhere. The movies are open. Office buildings are filled up again. You can even go to a holiday concert at the symphony hall. The holidays are not cancelled.
Some schools are still shut and large events are struggling to restart. Masking is not legally mandated but still perfunctorily practiced out of perceived courtesy. So yes, there is some evidence of the suffering visited upon the rest of the country. Still, there is enough normalcy here to generate hope for the future.
Most notable is the absence of the penitent despair one observes in any public place in the lockdowned Northeast, where people are still dressing in grim rags with face shields, barking at each other to mask up, or sheltering at home in fear of something they cannot see. Sadness is everywhere on display in such places.
In Georgia you see actual happiness: smiles on faces, quick steps, and light conversations about something other than the virus. The look and feel of the place, with bustling commercial districts and holiday joy everywhere, absolutely startled me. Just being around this scene for a few days lifted my own spirits immeasurably.
Why, surely Georgia must be a basketcase of death, disaster, despair, and unemployment?
In deaths per capita, Georgia is below the national average. Excess deaths actually fell in the two months following their reopening, rising again in August, and now matching average deaths from 2014-2019. The demographics of death follow what we’ve seen around the world. Three quarters of the deaths are people 65 or older. Only 3% are under 40 years of age. One third occurred in nursing homes. The average age of death is 74. Of the 7 pediatric deaths, 5 had serious comorbidities.In other words, all quite typical of this virus. Neither the lockdown nor the opening had an impact in either direction, which offers a serious rebuke to all the states that imagined their quarantines, closings, and curfews could somehow intimidate a virus. It’s also a refutation of the media’s hysterical predictions.
Meanwhile, the economy is humming. The unemployment rate of 5.7% is well below the national average. That’s an increase in November but that is due to a record number of people re-entering the workforce. Georgia’s labor force is right now at a record high of 5.17 million. All those companies that relocated to Atlanta over the last 10 years can feel affirmed that they made the right choice.
Okay, having fewer deaths per capita than the national average in the United States is not particularly good, considering how badly the country did with the pandemic overall. But their deaths per capita are still nowhere near the top 10, where other Democratically-run states who enacted social distancing protocols still have among the worst covid outcomes in the country.
Let's looks at some numbers. On Jan. 1, 2021, Georgia had 6277 cases of COVID/100K population, and 103 deaths.
On the same day, the three Canadian provinces with the highest numbers were:
QC 2447 cases/100 K; 28.5 deaths
AL 2467 cases; 23.3 deaths
ON 1330 cases; 17.2 deaths
Tracking Covid-19 cases in the US (cnn.com)
Canada Coronavirus Map and Case Count - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
I actually acknowleded within my post that the United States as a whole had not done very well with the pandemic. I would argue that there are demographic and structural factors, like massive incarceration rates, rampant income inequality, and the fact that people go to work sick because of a tough-it-out culture along with the fact that the working class is so stretched thin financially that they can't afford to miss a day of work because employers don't offer sick pay. That said, the fact is that even by covid metrics, Georgia is doing much better than states in the Northeast which did lock down.
Is joy and happiness not worth anything any more? The article mentions that people are generally happy. How happy are people in Quebec, Ontario, and Alberta? Is crushing covid worth it if it takes all meaning out of life?
Fri, 2021-01-01 13:07
#166
Ontario and Quebec have failed to take the measures needed to control Covid-19.
Hospital capacity, not death rate, is guiding response.
Direct comparisions between places cannot be made without taking into account dozens of factors of which hospital capacity is just one, but the most important of all.
Fri, 2021-01-01 13:15
#167
Ontario and Quebec have failed to take the measures needed to control Covid-19.Hospital capacity, not death rate, is guiding response.
Direct comparisions between places cannot be made without taking into account dozens of factors of which hospital capacity is just one, but the most important of all.
Except as Badirya points out, covid is not spreading nearly as rampantly through Ontario and Quebec as it is throug Georgia. Does Georiga all of a sudden have more hospital capacity than these 2 provinces, and that is why they are feeling free to open up again?
Fri, 2021-01-01 14:37
#168
Comparing states in the U.S. northeast to many other parts of the U.S. is not instructive because states in the northeast, especially Metro New York City had to deal with very many cases of Covid very early in the pandemic compared to most other states that didn't have to.
Fri, 2021-01-01 14:54
#169
Comparing states in the U.S. northeast to many other parts of the U.S. is not instructive because states in the northeast, especially Metro New York City had to deal with very many cases of Covid very early in the pandemic compared to most other states that didn't have to.
But I thought the covid fatality rate was all Trump's fault? Now all of a sudden when the blame is flipped back onto Democratic governers people want to have a nuanced conversations about factors beyond the control of government that influence the spread?
Fri, 2021-01-01 20:42
#170
I think it's obvious that places that had to deal with Covid earlier in the pandemic were in a much more difficult position because they had much less time to prepare. In descending order places that confronted Covid earlier were places like Wuhan, the rest of China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Italy, Belgium, Spain, New York City, and the North East U.S. states.
Trump and other Republicans completely botched the U.S.'s response to Covid. Many months after the pandemic started Republicans have learned far too little and that has caused far too much damage.
Fri, 2021-01-01 22:59
#171
Except as Badirya points out, covid is not spreading nearly as rampantly through Ontario and Quebec as it is throug Georgia. Does Georiga all of a sudden have more hospital capacity than these 2 provinces, and that is why they are feeling free to open up again?
What Georgia does is up to them. My opinion is based on what is happening in Montreal and the rest of Canada. You mentioned somewhere that emergency waiting rooms are empty. They are supposed to be empty. Covid patients are not taken in through emergency unless they showed up there instead of calling the info line. People are avoiding the emergency room unless they have no choice. It isn't emergency that we have to worry about. It is the number of beds and nurses available.
Alberta is setting up a field hospital. Ontario and Quebec are shattering records as predicted. It will get worse before it gets better. End of January beginning of February will shatter more records unless restrictions are tightened up and fast.
Meanwhile Wuhan is having a great big party.
Sat, 2021-01-02 03:51
#172
Is joy and happiness not worth anything any more? The article mentions that people are generally happy. How happy are people in Quebec, Ontario, and Alberta? Is crushing covid worth it if it takes all meaning out of life?
Despite the fact that I leave the house only two to four times a month I have found plenty to keep me busy and I am enjoying most of the time I spend there with my family, learning Spanish, exercising, writing short stories and poems, etc. admitting though that I get a little restless at times. This may be a function of my personality, although I am also an inveterate traveller who has been to 76 countries before Covid struck. I don't ascribe this to any kind of superiority but rather that my personality does better in some situations than many others do but worse in other situations than many others. My wife will testify to the latter. Don't assume everyone sees or feels the world the same way that you do.
However, what does make me sad at times is watching the death toll mount at home and abroad. Therefore, for me, I see taking the measures governments have taken to be necessary to increase the likelihood of more people surviving Covid and not as a crushing burden.
Mon, 2021-01-04 02:24
#173
However, what does make me sad at times is watching the death toll mount at home and abroad. Therefore, for me, I see taking the measures governments have taken to be necessary to increase the likelihood of more people surviving Covid and not as a crushing burden.
Every civil rights violation in the history of humanity is justifed on the basis of protecting the greater good. When covid restrictions result in more overdose deaths, or throw people into poverty, or tear apart at the social fabric of a community like I'm seeing happen here in Winnipeg, I'm not sure you can credit the measures as preventing covid deaths. Especially since deaths in elder care homes have been happening regardless of the state of lockdowns that have been enacted.
Mon, 2021-01-04 04:54
#174
Every civil rights violation in the history of humanity is justifed on the basis of protecting the greater good.
How has protecting people's health and lives from COVID-19 unreasonably violated civil rights?
Mon, 2021-01-04 13:30
#175
Every civil rights violation in the history of humanity is justifed on the basis of protecting the greater good.
How has protecting people's health and lives from COVID-19 unreasonably violated civil rights?
Suppose we have a wave of refugees coming in from a country experiencing an outbreak of a deadly disease. Let's then say these refugees were targeted and profiled by the government, and their communities within Canada were subject to increasing scrutiny. Would that be acceptable?
Mon, 2021-01-04 13:32
#176
Family gathering broken up by Gatineau police
I don't think it's reasonable at all for the government to limit how many people one can have over at their residence under any circumstances.
Mon, 2021-01-04 16:35
#177
Suppose we have a wave of refugees coming in from a country experiencing an outbreak of a deadly disease. Let's then say these refugees were targeted and profiled by the government, and their communities within Canada were subject to increasing scrutiny. Would that be acceptable?
It would be acceptable to require them to go into quarantine on arrival, as should anyone arriving from that country, but profiling and targeting would be unacceptable.
Mon, 2021-01-04 16:44
#178
Family gathering broken up by Gatineau police
I don't think it's reasonable at all for the government to limit how many people one can have over at their residence under any circumstances.
Collective rights take precedence. They knew they were breaking the law but expected only a warning. They may well have just gotten a warning if they identified themselves.
The people who ran the underground railroad and who traveled it were in the right but they hid their behavior because they knew they were breaking the law.
Likewise, if you are going to break the no gathering rule because you think you are in the right don't make so much noise that the neighbours call to complain about fighting.
Mon, 2021-01-04 16:52
#179
Reading the article its clear he knew it was wrong and figured he would either not get caught or just get a warning. He was wrong and assaulting a cop doesnt help either
Tue, 2021-01-05 00:23
#180
Tue, 2021-01-05 23:57
#181
However, what does make me sad at times is watching the death toll mount at home and abroad. Therefore, for me, I see taking the measures governments have taken to be necessary to increase the likelihood of more people surviving Covid and not as a crushing burden.Every civil rights violation in the history of humanity is justifed on the basis of protecting the greater good. When covid restrictions result in more overdose deaths, or throw people into poverty, or tear apart at the social fabric of a community like I'm seeing happen here in Winnipeg, I'm not sure you can credit the measures as preventing covid deaths. Especially since deaths in elder care homes have been happening regardless of the state of lockdowns that have been enacted.
Again, the goal wasn't and isn't to prevent all deaths and transmissions. It is to slow transmission. It is succeeding in slowing transmission. It isn't doing it well enough so now we have to have stronger restrictions.
Thu, 2021-01-07 00:33
#182
We have more videos from Calgary. One about police being called on a skater. Another case of cops called on a soccer game.
Defund the police indeed. Many people who spout that ridiculous mantra have no problem with lockdown restrictions, which invite the possibility of police enforcement for non-compliance. It used to be that people who called the police for such petty reasons were derided. Now they are celebrated as heros.
Thu, 2021-01-07 03:44
#183
I don't agree with that. I want to be understanding, even linient, empathy does actually ask seeing everthing, and not minimalize anyone's grief who has lost someone to covid-19. I have, more specifically a family member lost their father, in a nursing home, while the mother/wife - not understanding he was dead, kissed him goodbye. Her family was rightfully scared she is still alive, this is from April, and I can't know but I would imagine her not saying goodbye in that way, is paramount -for her- upon any risk people want to subscribe
So my questions begins, where in any name of any deity, secular or not, people get to image what matters to someoe else?
So now Manitoba is the latest jurisdiction to roll out a covid alert system. Note that the green level is to be reached when "The spread of COVID 19 is broadly contained and a vaccine and/or effective treatment is available." Until then, there are limits on gathering sizes indoors and outdoors at the higher levels.
Why are we okay with Dr. Roussin deciding this for us? I thought in a democracy, the people decide. For one, limits on indoor capacity is a health risk for people freezing to death outside in the winter. But more broadly, capacity limits on gatherings, especially in a context where we don't have a vaccine or effective treatment and may never have, is a blatant attack on our right to free assembly which is guaranteed by the Charter.
No, I am not okay with this. These restrictions should be challenged in court, and the government allowed to make its case. There are already provisions in the Charter that allow certain rights to be suspended for the greater good. If the government makes a solid case, then the restrictions will stay in place. At least that is a better outcome than just rolling over and accepting these limitations. To paraphrase George Carlin, if your rights don't apply in a crisis, they don't apply at all.
Thu, 2021-01-07 10:51
#184
In a representative democracy the people choose their representatives who then make the decisions usually rooted in wanting to get elected again.
Tue, 2021-05-04 01:04
#185
London anti-lockdown protest "the largest I've ever seen or participated in:"
Yesterday was the March for Freedom in central London, following on from the one last month in London and Manchester. As a trade unionist and socialist I have been on many demonstrations in my time but this was the largest I’ve ever seen or participated in, with estimates of around 500,000 seeming very credible. London was completely brought to a standstill.
Tue, 2021-05-04 10:28
#186
London anti-lockdown protest "the largest I've ever seen or participated in:"
Yesterday was the March for Freedom in central London, following on from the one last month in London and Manchester. As a trade unionist and socialist I have been on many demonstrations in my time but this was the largest I’ve ever seen or participated in, with estimates of around 500,000 seeming very credible. London was completely brought to a standstill.
It's rather like a zombie apocalypse, isn't it? Crazy, dead thoughts rising in their brains, despite the fact they are still living.
Thu, 2021-05-06 18:09
#187
Remember that one tactic of despotic, authoritarian governments is to blame, demonize, and stigmatize different segments of the population as responsible for spreading of infectious diseases. Take it from someone who was on the wrong end of such a campaign.
Thu, 2021-05-06 20:00
#188
What was the disease she was talking about? I think it's reasonable, for example, to think that someone infected with smallpox should be subject to a strict but temporary quarantine. And I am prepared to accept that this might end up corraling a few false positives. Again, temporarily.
Where I would object is if it were proposed that someone expressing "dangerous" OPINIONS about a disease or its cure should be locked up. I don't wanna have people arrested for saying eg. "The AstraZeneca vaccine is a tool of the Illuminati to annihilate half of mankind", even though I think that's a little silly.
Thu, 2021-05-06 20:37
#189
You do realize VOTD, that now that you have spoke the unspeakable, we will have to silence you?
Thu, 2021-05-06 21:01
#190
Sorry. That came out wrong. What I meant to say was that AstraZeneca Is The Kindest, Bravest, Warmest, Most Wonderful Corporation I've Ever Known In My Life.
Fri, 2021-05-07 12:45
#191
Clear communication prevents mishaps VOTD. Good timing, I will call off the ah um 'pest control' people
Sat, 2021-05-08 02:09
#192
What was the disease she was talking about? I think it's reasonable, for example, to think that someone infected with smallpox should be subject to a strict but temporary quarantine. And I am prepared to accept that this might end up corraling a few false positives.
Donald Henderson, who ironically was key in eliminating smallpox, had this to say:
Experience has shown that communities faced with epidemics or other adverse events respond best and with the least anxiety when the normal social functioning of the community is least disrupted. Strong political and public health leadership to provide reassurance and to ensure that needed medical care services are provided are critical elements. If either is seen to be less than optimal, a manageable epidemic could move toward catastrophe.
I can't imagine that hunting down sick people and carting them away in handcuffs is conducive to providing calm leadership.
Sat, 2021-05-08 02:11
#193
Someone please bring this campaign to Canada:
No Vaccine Passports
No Mask Mandates
No Emergency Law
Open Schools Up 100%
Freedom of commerce, worship, petition
Sat, 2021-05-08 10:20
#194
Someone please bring this campaign to Canada:
No Vaccine Passports
No Mask Mandates
No Emergency Law
Open Schools Up 100%
Freedom of commerce, worship, petition
Resulting in much higher than necessary amount of sickness and death. No thanks, doofus.
Sat, 2021-05-08 13:10
#195
Are you in an abusive relationship with your government? Here are the general red flags of an abusive relationship:
- Isolating a person from their friends and family
- Depriving them of their basic needs
- Monitoring their time
- Monitoring a person via online communication tools or using spyware
- Taking control over aspects of their everyday life, such as where they can go, who they can see, what to wear and when they can sleep
- Depriving them of access to support services, such as specialist support or medical services
- Repeatedly putting them down such as telling them they are worthless
- Enforcing rules and activity which humiliate, degrade or dehumanise the victim
- Preventing a person from having access to transport or from working
- Financial abuse including control of finances, such as only allowing a person a punitive allowanceThreats to reveal or publish private information (e.g. threatening to ‘out’ someone)
Sat, 2021-05-08 18:21
#196
I can't check a single box on your list so I guess the government program is okay.
Sat, 2021-05-08 19:17
#197
Even the CBC can no longer ignore the growing backlash against the lockdowns:
An anti-restriction protest went ahead outside a cafe in central Alberta on Saturday, despite pouring rain and a pre-emptive court injunction.
Dozens of protesters gathered outside the Whistle Stop Cafe in the hamlet of Mirror, Alta., for the Save Alberta Campout Protest.
Alberta Health Services has said the provincial government will take legal action to stop any planned protests of COVID-19 public health orders, including the one outside the cafe.
On Wednesday, AHS said it closed the Whistle Stop Cafe after the agency received more than 400 complaints against the business since January. Health authorities said it would remain closed until its owner, Chris Scott, can demonstrate the ability to comply with health restrictions.
While a large crowd of people without masks stood together, cheering, clapping and eating, RCMP officers stood to the side on Saturday as Scott took to the stage and rallied the crowd to join him in what he called peaceful civil disobedience.
Watch the defund-the-police crowd suddenly change their tune and call for all manner of tough enforcement against mass gatherings.
We're almost there, even though there are no Premiers in Canada who showed the same guts as covid-leaders Ron DeSantis and Kristi Noem showed in their states. This is the second major illegal gathering in Alberta in as many weekends, and already it looks like Alberta's curve is about to turn down. Once people see the numbers continue to drop in spite of these gatherings, the rationale for lockdowns will crumble, and people will want more freedom. The lockdowners have no idea how badly they have overplayed their hand with the public.
Sat, 2021-05-08 19:38
#198
Meanwhile, this came up on Twitter:
Street entrance to calgary Islamic center, vehicles lined up to get in, street parking full. Friday may 7 2021
multi legalism in action. Not implying you shut them down, asking why you choose to persecute Christianity. Very bad look
Absolutely agreed. Muslims have every right to practise their faith as they see fit. This helps expose the fact that the hysteria around churches being open had nothing to do with public health and everything to do with the government and media using the covid crisis to carry out an anti-Christian agenda and eliminate any religions it deemed unfit for practise.
We are either all free to worship (for those of us for whom worship is important) or we are not. Open it all up or close it all down. Pick one.
Sat, 2021-05-08 22:50
#199
Mon, 2021-05-10 22:02
#200
Muslims also need their civil rights:
Social distanced prayers must be abandoned by every practicing Muslim. We must decolonize our minds from these fraudulent narratives and forbidden practices.
Lets us stand together on Eid, in proper prayer. Traditional practices must be preserved.
For our friends that are non Muslim, you are welcomed and we invite you to attend and celebrate with us! We ask you to attend, support and be part of our celebration. Everyone is welcome. We look forward to seeing you!
Location & Time:
Erindale Park
1695 Dundas St. W
Mississauga, Ontario
Takbir: 8:00am - 9:30 am
Prayer Start Time: 10:00 am
Tue, 2021-05-11 00:12
#201
Someone please bring this campaign to Canada:
No Vaccine Passports
No Mask Mandates
No Emergency Law
Open Schools Up 100%
Freedom of commerce, worship, petition
It's already here