Canada 'sleepwalking' into cashless society, consumer advocates warn

Re:Canada 'sleepwalking' into cashless society, consumer adv... by CamperBob2 on Sunday June 30, 2024 @05:35PM (#40840574)

Exactly. There's a force continuum at play.

Truckers take over the city and make life a living hell for thousands of innocent residents? Lock their bank accounts and starve them out, and (ideally) prosecute the perpetrators alongside anyone who donated to them.

Soldiers raping and killing civilians? Blow them to kingdom come if possible (it's a war, after all). Otherwise, identify them, convene a tribunal after the war, and hang those found guilty.

FA, FO.

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Re:Canada 'sleepwalking' into cashless society, consumer adv... by s1artibartfast on Sunday June 30, 2024 @05:41PM (#40840609)

Still hugely disproportionate.

If someone is non-violent protesting in a location they arent allowed to be, the appropriate response it to arrest and move them, not lock their bank accounts and starve their families.

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Re:Canada 'sleepwalking' into cashless society, consumer adv... by CamperBob2 on Sunday June 30, 2024 @06:39PM (#40840983)

Deliberate sleep deprivation is torture. It isn't "non-violent protest." This isn't a matter of opinion.

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Re:Canada 'sleepwalking' into cashless society, consumer adv... by s1artibartfast on Sunday June 30, 2024 @06:48PM (#40841050)

nonsense.

Locking someone in a cell and keeping them awake for the purpose if inflicting suffering is torture. Making noise so that someone in the freedom of their own home has to put ear plugs in is not.

conflating them ignores the clear differences and stretches the meaning of the word. You might as well say an ice cream display in the super market is torture.

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Re:Canada 'sleepwalking' into cashless society, consumer adv... by CamperBob2 on Sunday June 30, 2024 @09:37PM (#40841869)

Again, translation: "Like the other guy said, this didn't affect me or my loved ones. Even if it had, I have the resources to deal with it. So, meh."

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Re:Canada 'sleepwalking' into cashless society, consumer adv... by s1artibartfast on Sunday June 30, 2024 @09:53PM (#40841936)

no, the translation is that something can be bad, but not everything bad is literal torture.

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Re:Canada 'sleepwalking' into cashless society, consumer adv... by dang on Monday July 01, 2024 @08:51PM (#40852497)

Please don't break the HN guidelines like this, and please don't perpetuate flamewars. It's not what this site is for, and destroys what it is for.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

(Yes, the other commenter was also breaking the site guidelines and I've responded to them elsewhere.)

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