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From: BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com>
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Subject: Re: [OT] Professor inflitrates pro-Palestinian encampment; union leader calls for consequences
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In article <20240506101727.000055d2@example.com>,
 Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 05 May 2024 21:58:25 -0700
> BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
> 
> > In article <20240505232212.000020e2@example.com>,
> >  Rhino <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mon, 06 May 2024 02:02:26 +0000
> > > BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
> > >   
> > > > On May 5, 2024 at 5:44:12 PM PDT, "Rhino"
> > > > <no_offline_contact@example.com> wrote:
> > > >   
> > > > > On Sun, 05 May 2024 22:48:24 +0000
> > > > > BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:
> > > > >     
> > > > >>  On May 5, 2024 at 2:29:58 PM PDT, "Rhino"
> > > > >>  <no_offline_contact@example.com> 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-isr
> > > > >>> ael-
> > > > >>> 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.  
> > 
> > Her picture looked the same as the pictures of her in articles
> > dealing with the union stuff.
> 
> That's certainly more compelling than having the same name. They say
> everyone has a double/doppelganger - I've actually seen mine a
> couple of times - but the odds of the two having the same name are
> astronomical. 
> 
> Here's hoping someone arrests this rabble rouser for threatening the
> professor. I don't expect our soft-on-crime judiciary would actually
> deport her but there's always a chance, I suppose. (There was a case
> about 30 years ago where a foreigner had been convicted of attempted
> murder and was sentenced to be deported. In order to complete the
> deportation, his home country needed to issue him a passport which
> required a photo. The convicted criminal refused to pose for the
> picture - repeatedly - so the courts decided to simply let him go right
> back to his life here in Canada!!

Why didn't they just wait until he fell asleep and take a picture?

> I have no idea what theory of jurisprudence they utilized to come to
> that decision but I still remember it for its mind-boggling stupidity.)

Whoever made that decision should move to California. He's be governor 
here in no time.