tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761538946854485154.post2139241262610657809..comments2024-03-11T03:02:29.875-06:00Comments on Simple Massing Priest: Cowardly police leave "anarchists" alone and assault amputeeMalcolm+http://www.blogger.com/profile/08469936715413110334noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761538946854485154.post-87640124627659275462010-07-28T08:44:17.189-06:002010-07-28T08:44:17.189-06:00But it comes back to the fact that people have the...But it comes back to the fact that people have the right to protest. Most of the people arrested had done nothing wrong.<br /><br />In the meantime, those who had commited acts of violence were left alone while they went on a rampage.<br /><br />Frankly, both the government and the police needed to have violence happen in order to justify the outrageous amount of money spent on security - more money to secure three days of meetings than to secure three weeks of the Olympics.<br /><br />The bizarre decisions of the ISU leadership (to leave the "anarchists" alone and then to start their random mass arrests at the free speech zone) is justification enough for a public inquiry. And for the dismissal in disgrace of both Bill Blair and Alphonse MacNeill.Malcolm+https://www.blogger.com/profile/08469936715413110334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761538946854485154.post-8348392419162327862010-07-28T07:56:25.056-06:002010-07-28T07:56:25.056-06:00You didn't say that they were there to protest...You didn't say that they were there to protest. You gave the impression that they just gone on an innocent stroll or as disinterested observers. I am always oin your side and agreee with all your postings, but it would behoove me to stay well away from a place where there was the slightest possibility of violence or bad behaviour.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761538946854485154.post-49363856119231559122010-07-17T22:23:18.569-06:002010-07-17T22:23:18.569-06:00People have the right to protest. I don't kno...People have the right to protest. I don't know why you can't grasp that.<br /><br />Even 57 year old amputees have the right to protest.<br /><br />And when they have done nothing wrong, the police have no right to tear off prosthetic limbs and assault people.<br /><br />This isn't complicated. It's Human Rights 101.Malcolm+https://www.blogger.com/profile/08469936715413110334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761538946854485154.post-88945936709649311202010-07-14T07:38:58.785-06:002010-07-14T07:38:58.785-06:00it's not as if there wasn't a lot of publi...it's not as if there wasn't a lot of publicity about what might transpire there. if there was a possibility of violence, you would think that avoiding it would be the best idea.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761538946854485154.post-10021827509672165972010-07-09T22:38:46.319-06:002010-07-09T22:38:46.319-06:00With all due respect, do amputees and their daught...With all due respect, do amputees and their daughters not have the same rights as other citizens? In Canada, we used to have a right of free assembly - until Stephen Harper, Dalton McGuinty, Bill Blair and Alphonse MacNeil decided we didn't. That right extended even to amputees and their daughters.Malcolm+https://www.blogger.com/profile/08469936715413110334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2761538946854485154.post-84084444375226615462010-07-08T14:42:06.231-06:002010-07-08T14:42:06.231-06:00With all due respect, why would a young girl and h...With all due respect, why would a young girl and her amputee father be on the lawn in Queen's Park in the middle of the G20 security forces and the protestors. Why not stay far away? Kind of thoughtless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com