Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rhino Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: [OT] Professor inflitrates pro-Palestinian encampment; union leader calls for consequences Date: Sun, 5 May 2024 23:22:12 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 68 Message-ID: <20240505232212.000020e2@example.com> References: <20240505172958.000034ab@example.com> <20240505204412.000020d9@example.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Mon, 06 May 2024 05:22:13 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6b3d97db786d5530b07068c7cd411990"; logging-data="2475137"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+7f+y+bHltdc8fd7rpDeoqpHtqu3amXRQ=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:k2TmDfCE/5fIb78YEK/vHFaHZCo= X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 240505-4, 5/5/2024), Outbound message X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.2.0 (GTK 3.24.41; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Bytes: 3873 On Mon, 06 May 2024 02:02:26 +0000 BTR1701 wrote: > On May 5, 2024 at 5:44:12 PM PDT, "Rhino" > wrote: > > > On Sun, 05 May 2024 22:48:24 +0000 > > BTR1701 wrote: > > > >> On May 5, 2024 at 2:29:58 PM PDT, "Rhino" > >> wrote: > >> > >> > Students at the University of Toronto have a pro-Palestinian > >> > encampment like some of the American colleges and universities. > >> > Recently, a professor "infiltrated" the encampment - he > >> > basically just visited and talked to protestors - and described > >> > the experience in an article for the National Post: > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>> https://nationalpost.com/news/toronto/university-of-toronto-anti-israel-protest-encampment > >> > > >> > The professor found that many of the protesters were not > >> > students, staff or faculty of the university at all, yet they > >> > were limited were actual fee-paying students could go. > >> > > >> > A former Antifa member who is now a "communications officer" in > >> > a major union has called for "street-level" consequences for > >> > people like the professor. > >> > >> This union official-- Victoria Wojciechowska-- isn't even a > >> Canadidian citizen. She's a Polish national. > >> > > How did you determine that? That isn't in the article. While the > > name is almost certainly Polish she could be third or fourth > > generation Canadian for all I know. > > I looked her up. Her Facebook says she's Polish and lives in Warsaw a > lot of the time. > Or at least someone with the same name does.... Any time I look someone up online, even someone with a very unique -seeming name, I find several exact duplicates. >> In any rational society, a foreign national making public threats > >> of violence in the media against the citizenry would be instantly > >> deported. > >> > > I agree that the threat should definitely be subject to legal > > consequences for the person uttering them. I wouldn't be adverse to > > a deportation either if she really is a Polish citizen. > > > > I was rather appalled at the open threat of violence against the > > professor made in a public place - the newspaper - and certainly > > hope the police don't let that go by. I'd also like to see the > > professor get a protection order (Canadian equivalent of a > > restraining order) against the threatener, although I suppose the > > union has additional goons to break legs if it wants. > > > -- Rhino