Environmental activists have caused disruptions outside Montreal Trudeau International Airport for three consecutive days protesting Canadian fossil fuel policy.
“But the plain fact is that each of you has some time ago crossed the line from concerned campaigner to fanatic. You have appointed yourselves as the sole arbiters of what should be done about climate change, bound neither by the principles of democracy nor the rule of law.
YOU have appointed yourselves as the SOLE arbiters of…
YOU is collection. The collective have appointed themselves the sole arbiters of…
dude, you’re the one who came in here asking questions. as soon as you decide that you understand, the conversation will be over. unless you were being disingenuous and pretending to ask questions when you were actually trying to make a point
guy needs to look up the meaning of the word “sole”
Sole.
congratulations?
What did you think he got wrong?
dude. how many protesters and defendants are we talking about? is it more than one?
He was referring to them collectively. In English, “you” can refer to one person or a group of people.
yeah that’s not the word we were talking about?
“But the plain fact is that each of you has some time ago crossed the line from concerned campaigner to fanatic. You have appointed yourselves as the sole arbiters of what should be done about climate change, bound neither by the principles of democracy nor the rule of law.
YOU have appointed yourselves as the SOLE arbiters of…
YOU is collection. The collective have appointed themselves the sole arbiters of…
Do you understand now?
dude, you’re the one who came in here asking questions. as soon as you decide that you understand, the conversation will be over. unless you were being disingenuous and pretending to ask questions when you were actually trying to make a point