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Re:U.S. Ambassador says Canadians are consuming 'unhealthy' ... by ClumsyPilot on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @06:57PM (#41374172)
The reaction to George Floyd in UK was quite strange, with "don't shoot" protests and "defund the police", when the UK police is not even armed and gets paid like half of their American counterparts.
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Re:U.S. Ambassador says Canadians are consuming 'unhealthy' ... by some_random on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @07:23PM (#41374355)
That's not a bad one, although issues of police brutality and overfunding definitely aren't unique to the US
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Re:U.S. Ambassador says Canadians are consuming 'unhealthy' ... by mensetmanusman on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @09:59PM (#41375262)
Police regularly having tanks and other epic equipment from war is definitely unique to democracies.
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Re:U.S. Ambassador says Canadians are consuming 'unhealthy' ... by some_random on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @11:00PM (#41375550)
That's true, autocracies usually just deploy the military domestically!
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