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[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

On Sunday, a group of 250 Iranian legislators introduced a motion that requires the administration to designate the Canadian Army and federal police forces as terrorist organizations.

Historically speaking, from an indigenous perspective, the characterization of the RCMP as terrorist is not too far off the mark.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean, we're kind of known for war crimes too. Was anyone in WW1 worse than the Canadians?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm not familiar with this. Can you give a "for example?"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

Lots of good articles on Canadian brutality in WW1 if you do a search. As for war crimes in particular, here's one of many articles mentioning how Canadians killed prisoners of war:

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/the-forgotten-ferocity-of-canadas-soldiers-in-the-great-war

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Oh jeez, what did we do, what did we do...

Just a little of this, you know war time stuff

Edit: Don't mess with the Cannuks

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Fair turnaround.

It's a stupid political label as long as our nastiest friends are worse than our nicest enemies. Nobody's about to declare Saudi anything terroristic regardless of how many get chopped up, for example.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not to mention Saudi Arabia’s massive attack on the World Trade Center, pentagon, and attempted attack on White House

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I mean, they didn't have zero role in it.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago

Wherever they go, Tim Horton's Beiber-bites eventually follow. So yeah...in this case I'd agree with that assessment.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

On Sunday, a group of 250 Iranian legislators introduced a motion that requires the administration to designate the Canadian Army and federal police forces as terrorist organizations.

The Mounties too, I see.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Anyone who's seen Lore Lodge says that they probably should be called a terrorist organization

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A YouTube channel that discusses Missing 411 style content: people disappearing under mysterious circumstances.

A running theme in their show is that overwhelmingly the RCMP are criminally negligent in their duties, are very quick to write off missing persons as runaways, do absolute garbage tier investigation, and that's where my comment came from.

Not necessarily a topical episode but I like this one: https://youtu.be/f7389EXjdBg

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

"I know you are but what am I"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Um, sorry. We'll be more polite.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Lol butthurt Iran. I'll make sure to let boys know in Angus 🤣

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