General Road and Highway Discussion

[danbrotherston]

Maybe, or maybe not...historically there is a long history of direct action and even violent protests being effective. Whether this is an example, I do not know for sure, only time will tell.

Protests against “the man” can be effective. I’m skeptical that “protests” against random victims can be effective except to encourage an excessive response from law enforcement. The group “SUV owners” is not “the man”.

Although a lot of groups that people probably think are “the man” aren’t, in most contexts — landlords, grocers, gas station owners, ….

I agree with this concept in principle. I certainly strongly disagree with the violence committed against the people of Ottawa. But everything in perspective. 

Would you feel this is better or worse than setting fire to a car dealership or a gas station? These are more "the man" than owners of SUVs...but they are also farther from the harm...drivers of SUVs are the ones who are driving SUVs.

FWIW...back to the Ottawa example...I would argue the harm perpetrated against the people of Ottawa is a dozen orders of magnitude larger than the harm perpetrated here...and it was committed against at least 3 orders of magnitude more people. Just to put the scale in perspective.