How a woods ban to fight wildfires turned some Canadians into toddlers (i.ytimg.com)

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[-] Evkob@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 day ago

I'm honestly a bit disappointed in the takes I'm seeing here in the comments. People literally repeating stuff reported by Alex Jones as if that's in any way a trustworthy source.

I love the woods, that's why I'm more than happy to avoid them during an ongoing crisis. Let the firefighters save the forests and not accidentally give them more work, y'know?

As highlighted in Gilmore's video, it's 100% the same energy as the reaction the right had to masking mandates.

[+] Cypher@lemmy.world -15 points 1 day ago

I can only assume this is aimed at my comment.

People literally repeating stuff reported by Alex Jones as if that's in any way a trustworthy source.

This is the first I’ve heard of the issue, I haven’t seen any other media reporting on it. This is purely my response to the claims presented in the video.

Let the firefighters save the forests and not accidentally give them more work, y'know?

You could make less work for firefighters by living in a concrete cell with no electricity, y’know?

[-] Evkob@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 day ago

We could also make less work for firefighters by collectively performing society-wide mass suicide, but I don't see what that has to do with reasonable restrictions during a time of crisis.

[+] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com -16 points 1 day ago

Define "crisis" though.

Are there active fires in the neighborhood? 100% agree.

Is there a drought and increased risk for fire? There are appropriate measures for that, no reason for a full ban.

Masking mandates were appropriate measures at that time, no full stay at home ban was needed. Your comparison makes no sense.

[-] Evkob@lemmy.ca 20 points 1 day ago

My definition of crisis is when there are multiple out of control forest fires active in my province. I think restricting activity in high-risk areas makes sense, especially when firefighting resources are already used up fighting existing fires elsewhere in the province.