Ajax debate rages on Facebook
KAMLOOPS — The passion over the Ajax Mine debate reached an ignition point over the last week as talk of pipe bombs and blowing up the mine circulated on Facebook.
One poster mentioned they were surprised pipe bombs weren't more common and that KGHM hadn't been targeted while another spoke of how environmental terrorism could take out the Ajax Mine if it gets built.
The Support AJAX MINE Facebook administrators shared these comments and anger quickly boiled on the page. Stop Ajax Mine Facebook page administrators then tried to cool things down by commenting on the post.
“There are crazy people on both sides of the Ajax debate,” they said, adding the posts had been deleted, “because they're clearly ridiculous.”
The comment by Stop Ajax Mine was quickly deleted by administration and then the group was banned from commenting further on the Support AJAX MINE page.
This online war comes on the heels of KGHM Ajax Mining releasing a video about wanting to open up communication and promoting an online forum intended for just Kamloopsians to have those open conversations.
Members of the Stop Ajax Mine group also took to the streets Friday morning for a short rally along the Overlanders Bridge.
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The Stop Ajax Mine comment was deleted because clearly their intent was not to “cool down”members but rather to stir them up!The “cool down” comment you reference in this article included…..”But continue your regularly scheduled fear mongering…and if you want to make a deal about this stuff, we can post some of the ridiculous things that pro-ajax people have posted on our page, and claim they are all a part of your group”.The fact is that these comments referenced a recent bomb scare in Kamloops and encouraged Eco Terrorism against Ajax and anyone involved with Ajax.We encourage the STOP AJAX GROUP to report any and all terrorist threats that they see and that includes on our page.We have warned this group in the past that we will not fight with them and we certainly will not do it on our SUPPORT page!
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The Stop Ajax Mine comment was deleted because clearly their intent was not to “cool down”members but rather to stir them up!The “cool down” comment you reference in this article included…..”But continue your regularly scheduled fear mongering…and if you want to make a deal about this stuff, we can post some of the ridiculous things that pro-ajax people have posted on our page, and claim they are all a part of your group”.The fact is that these comments referenced a recent bomb scare in Kamloops and encouraged Eco Terrorism against Ajax and anyone involved with Ajax.We encourage the STOP AJAX GROUP to report any and all terrorist threats the see and that includes our page but we will not allow them to turn something that has nothing to do with us into a fight against us.
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