My mistake. You’re right I could’ve made that comment without the personal swipe.

Consent of the governed, quite obviously.

By definition, this is forced. Force means to make someone do something against their will. In this case the choice is be fired or take the vaccine. They obviously don't want to be fired, so they are being forced to take the vaccine. Yes, it isn't physical force, but it is forced none the less.

I'm your boss, either have sex with me or be fired.

You aren't forced, there are a lot of other jobs that don't require you to have sex with the boss.

You ok with this? Don't have an abortion or you will be fired. Don't have a kid or you will be fired. It is always a choice right?

And this is forced through other means that aren’t physical - but it is still forced. I am also not sure why the choice to get other jobs changes or justifies anything here. For example consider this: “There are other jobs so quit complaining when we racially discriminate against you.”

Good thing work that doesn't require vaccination is plentiful. Demand for labour is high everywhere.

It's called a career because you do it your whole life and you keep getting paid more money to do it. What are other job options for truckers? Fast food? Warehouse? It's not like you can just go get a SWE job.

Yes, but you agree to that mandate before getting the job. When you join the Army you know you're selling your body to the state.

Of course politicians are politicizing. But they're just riding the wave of something that people are already mad about--like higher taxes and abortion. Your comment makes it sound like people are mindless automatons whose opinions have no substance. They are opinions that differ from your own but that's OK. We need both sides of the discussion for a healthy democracy.

We started with almost no jobs needing proof of vaccination to a lot needing it. Each week more and more require it, you talk like this is a minor thing that will not escalate, when it clearly has been.

The options you seem to think unvaccinated Canadians have are slim and moving towards non, That is why people are protesting.

When was there a requirement in our history to be vaccinated to shop for your groceries?

>"You do know that the vast majority of jobs in Canada do not require being vaccinated, right?"

Well suddenly vast majority now does require COVID vaccination. It is forced even on people that never show up in the office. So if I were you I'd come up with some better arguments to advance the agenda.

> Healthcare workers are now told to remove any indications that they work at a hospital for their own safety.

This seems like a really weird narrative. Why would people who are protesting vaccine mandates be against healthcare workers? They aren't the ones keeping the mandate in place. There's a tenuous connection with them being the ones to administer a vaccine if someone decides to get vaccinated but it's not like attacking a healthcare worker is going to accomplish anything. A lot of the people engaging in this protest have already been vaccinated, what's their beef with healthcare? Honestly, this just seems like spin that's aimed at creating two opposing groups.

In other words, it's nothing alike.

I know all about that. I was questioning the claim that this protest has done all the same things.