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The same thing didn't happen in Australia, they came to an agreement. The Canadian government dropped legislation that gave news sites free reign to request whatever they want with the government as the arbitrator. Nobody would take that deal. This was a political stunt, plain and simple.
This isn't an arm wrestle, because nobody is trying to win, but the Canadian government is sure as hell trying to make the Canadian people the losers here.
We aren’t being factual because this is just arguing about a framing. In my framing, it’s too soon to call it failure. In your framing, it already failed. I think you do have a point there, our negotiations broke down earlier. I just think it’s still salvageable.
I do think it’s pretty strange to think that the government is literally not trying to win and the goal is to fuck with people. Sounds like conspiracy theory thinking. People of power don’t generally go about fucking things up without personal gains in sight.
I never said the goal is to fuck with people, I said it's a political stunt. Go argue with your strawman elsewhere.
I really can't interpret this in any other way, but I guess it goes to show how framing is hard to argue about
It's an antithesis, a rhetorical device.
Making Canadians the losers doesn't mean the sole intention is to fuck with people. I've already said it's a political stunt.
Thanks for clarifying. More of an exaggeration than antithesis, but now I get it.