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Montreal shopping mall plays “Baby Shark” on repeat to prevent unhoused people from loittering
(montreal.ctvnews.ca)
this post was submitted on 29 Nov 2024
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Doesn’t this violate the Geneva convention ?
How so?
It's a joke. The implication is that the repeated playing of Baby Shark could be considered torture, other cruel, inhumane or degrading treatment and punishment.
Homeless people aren't POWs though, doesn't it only apply to POWs?
yeah it's completely legal to torture people so long as you don't call them your prisoners
Dude, I'm not saying this is a cool and good thing to do lol, fuck them for doing this, for real. It's that the Geneva convention has to do with stuff relating to war and a lot of the things people say violate it often don't. Like people will say that tear gas is a Geneva convention violation but it actually says tear gas is allowable for controlling prison riots.
I just wish people would point to actually relevant documents when criticizing people for their misdeeds if they're bringing up documents. The truth is we shouldn't need some document to criticize this action. It's inherently disgusting. It distracts from the point when people bring up irrelevant things like the Geneva convention.
It’s just a joke you dingus. Don’t take everything so literally
Bullying now, very cool, very original. 😎👍
Lol grow a spine. “Dingus” is hardly bullying
It's the time and the context, not the specific word choice. Just drop it.
The War on Poverty has been waged relentlessly and mercilessly for decades
I'm not supporting the displacement of homeless people lol, I'm just saying we shouldn't bring up the Geneva convention as if it's relevant when talking about the displacement of homeless people.
This is an unnecessarily pedantic take over something that was obviously a joke.
Yeah, I'm so fucking sorry that I tried to explain myself so I don't sound like an anti homeless conservative.