Dumbfvcks blocked golden gate bridge too?
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I think we found our charge!
False Imprisonment
1. A person commits false imprisonment when they engage in the act of restraint on another person which confines that person in a restricted area. False imprisonment is an act punishable under criminal law as well as under tort law.
Projecting what? You have to be a sick groupmind fvck to be chanting "death to America", while blocking traffic and waving a Hezbollah flag...while living here, knowing the difference between the two. So, no. Not projecting.
This reminds me of one of my favorite youtube videos, the look on the reporters face trying not to laugh gets me. God not all but most protestors are idiots.
So both protestors AND voters should have to take a literacy and competency test is what you're saying.
Just start driving down the sidewalk in protest.
People should get out of the way and respect your protest. If they don’t, well that’s on them.
So just to clarify for the room, this is you.
On your way to work, airport, hospital, date night with the wife (babysitters are per hour, btw) and you roll up on a protest that is blocking the way to your destination with no way to back up and turn around, you're just parked. Indefinitely.
At what point during this scenario do you switch from, "This is cool. I support their right to protest. I'm good right here in this car for however long it takes." to "These M#)%$ F#$#ers! I'm going to kill someone if they don't get the #$#%%^ out my way!!!"?
A. Never
B. 30 min
C. 1 hr
D. 2hrs+
Yeah, stealing 4 hours from hundreds of people's lives is just not getting somewhere quickly. When this happened in Pensacola a few years ago, someone was trying to get across the bridge to a hospital. There are all kinds of issues with this other than getting somewhere quickly. People lost money by not getting to work. People missed appointments that might not be easy to reschedule. People missed flights, and all that goes along with that. People missed all manner of life experiences that might not be able to be replaced.
No doubt I would be frustrated, but a lot of people take their reactions too far. Inconveniencing me is not worth jail time for them.
So just to clarify for the room, this is you.
On your way to work, airport, hospital, date night with the wife (babysitters are per hour, btw) and you roll up on a protest that is blocking the way to your destination with no way to back up and turn around, you're just parked. Indefinitely.
At what point during this scenario do you switch from, "This is cool. I support their right to protest. I'm good right here in this car for however long it takes." to "These M#)%$ F#$#ers! I'm going to kill someone if they don't get the #$#%%^ out my way!!!"?
A. Never
B. 30 min
C. 1 hr
D. 2hrs+
If the point of the protest is to raise awareness of the issue, this seems like a pretty effective way.
I'll agree that someone not making it to a hospital quickly is a big problem, but I don't know how often that happens. Your other points, especially bolded lol, don't cross the threshold of being a big deal.
Everyone on the phucking planet is already aware of the issue,.. Blocking traffic like this is a assinine way to try to bring people over to your cause...
Ah, just an inconvenience. I'd love to test that out with some real life examples.
Let's see. What if you got a call from a nursing home or hospital that your mother was dying, and you should come right away? Let's say you got to the hospital 4 1/2 hours later, just to be told your mother passed away 30 minutes ago, and she was asking for you right up until the last moment?
Why do you think anyone has the right to impede someone else?
For how long?
Yeah, not a big deal for an incel, but most people are on that bridge trying to get somewhere for a reason. Somewhere between 40% and 60% of people live paycheck to paycheck. I'm sure missing 4 hours of work means nothing to them.
You are as selfish as the protestors.
On your property you can expect to be unimpeded. On a public road you have to wait on others all the time.
You really make this into a dire situation. It's an inconvenience.
Just for the sake of argument (that's what we do here), where do you draw the line at "inconveniencing"? Or do you?
What about these scenarios...ranging from the seemingly trivial to the more serious?
- Vacation: You miss your flight for a once-in-a-lifetime European vacation?
- Loved One's Passing: Being unable to reach a hospital or hospice in time to be with a loved one in their final moments, causing immense emotional distress.
- Medical Emergencies: Prevention of an ambulance from reaching critical medical emergencies, leading to worsened conditions or fatalities.
- Fire Incidents: Delaying firefighters' response to fires, allowing the fire to escalate and endanger lives.
- Violent Crimes: Law enforcement's inability to navigate a-hole protesters could delay responses to violent crimes, leaving victims vulnerable and perpetrators unchecked.
I suppose you could sue the protesters for damages if you miss your vacation.
Otherwise unless you're in the ambulance stuck in traffic, emergency services can avoid a traffic problem like they do every day in rush hour around the county.
You know this for 100% certainty? Let's say that it's an inconvenience for 99% of the people, but ONE person was on they way to a hospital with chest pains and subsequently dies. Is this no big deal? What is your threshold?
IMO there is ZERO excuse EVER for protestors to block a roadway. Arrest them all and set a precedence. Kneeling at a football game twists up the uber conservatives, but neither hurts nor inconveniences anyone. There are other ways to bring awareness to a cause.
I've never wished Karma on someone before, but I sincerely hope when you're trying to get somewhere extremely important, even if it's just for work you get involuntarily parked for 4+ hours during a protest. When that happens, I hope you'll return to this thread and give us live updates on how it's no big deal, you've just been "inconvenienced". We'll want hand pics in front of a huge, cheerful smile.
You just said, "I don't know how often it happens". So, why risk it?
so does each vehicle get a paper handed to them that has a list of all the participants in the protest so they know who they could sue?
Protesters could also avoid situations like this. They could not f with everyone’s life and they might be able to get people to believe their side if they do it correctly.
I'm agreeing with you that in the situation I would be pissed, but I can sit here now and rationally say that I don't think blocking a road is worth jail time. If someone dies because they have a medical emergency, that might be a different story, but it seems unlikely things time out that perfectly to have a heart attack victim stuck.
It's just funny everyone acts like they own the road they're on and are entitled to how they can travel on it. It's a public road
You realize that every single point you make trying to counter a point can be shot down quickly. So it's an inconvenience to you. Congratulations for your extreme patience. That's sincere. But it's not just an inconvenience to most people. You clearly want to have empathy with the protestors. Why do you not have the same empathy for all the people who it's not just an inconvenience for? Most have no idea why the people are protesting.
It's laughable to think people should simply just sue the protestors. Have you ever sued someone? IF so, did you win? If you won, did you actually collect?
It's called preventative action...the same thing we're trying to do with gun, seatbelt, etc. laws. Prevent something. MOST people--a significant majority even--will never purchase a gun to harm someone. But what if? Why risk it.
Most people will only be inconvenienced in a protest situation; however, is ONE life worth the risk? For me, the answer is a hard no. Do not block roadways. Period. If you do, you face a very steep fine, a few days in jail, whatever is appropriate. We can live in the whataboutism world all day, but at the end of it law and order should win out.
What is our awareness of shit happening 5,000 miles away, that we can do nothing about, doing for these ass holes blocking traffic?
Correct, it's a public road,.. As in, it belongs to the entire public, not just these protesters..
This is a disengenuous non-answer.
Impede means to delay by obstruction. This isn’t waiting your turn at the four way stop sign.
How long can I impede your ability to travel before I’m violating your rights?
Well, heck. If that's the case, let me go get my food truck and set up shop in the middle of the intersection. I can say I'm protesting under-payment of restaurant owners. I think those people who are selling $1 water bottles at the corner for their kids' soccer tourney should move their little entrepreneurship to the middle of the street.
Homeless people and panhandlers? Get 'em off the corners and out into these public roads we don't own.
If this is true, why are people still given tickets for jaywalking?
Can they just say they are protesting and have rights to that road?
So, you're against the ass hole protesters taking over the road as if they own it, then. Correct?
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