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[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I was actually going to the airport yesterday, and was wondering why the otherwise 30 minute drive took over an hour, with the lineups already reaching the hwy exit. I was explaining to my relative, that see, Montreal has such little foresight, they couldn't build a train to reach the airport in fifty years, unlike Toronto and their Union-Pearson express, which makes YYZ a superior departure point.

Little did I know that this was a sit-in by activists. And the First Nation & Eco activists do this stuff in Toronto all the time. As in block the UP / CN lines, so it's not like that would be exempt from delays either.

All the power to them mind you. I'm just trying to highlight my smugness and bias towards Toronto transit interconnectedness.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

Nearly every other developed country on the planet has rail connecting their major airports. It just makes sense. Of course i didn't bring my personal car with me on the flight. The train is often cheaper than a taxi too.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Locking this post since some troll isn't getting the message.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (11 children)

From a recent ruling in the UK.

β€œI acknowledge that at least some of the concerns motivating you are, at least to some extent, shared by many,” he said.

β€œBut the plain fact is that each of you has some time ago crossed the line from concerned campaigner to fanatic. You have appointed yourselves as the sole arbiters of what should be done about climate change, bound neither by the principles of democracy nor the rule of law.

β€œAnd your fanaticism makes you entirely heedless of the rights of your fellow citizens. You have taken it upon yourselves to decide that your fellow citizens must suffer disruption and harm, and how much disruption and harm they must suffer, simply so that you may parade your views.”

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (13 children)

What an absolutely tone deaf and patronizing statement. The world is ending but god forbid we inconvenience anyone while trying to do something about it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

No, no you misunderstand. Let me translate:

"Die in a hole you filthy peasant. Your life is expendable and you won't be missed when the police gun you down in the climate riots 20 years from now."

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (41 children)

Yes the harm of being delayed a coupled minutes while siting in a nice climate controled vehicle that has comfy seats and an entertainment system.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

guy needs to look up the meaning of the word "sole"

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