I am not a legitimate protester, nor am I vandal. On Friday I was an observer, bearing witness. By Monday I had been transformed into an irate citizen, appalled at the stripping of our basic constitutional rights.
I will never look at a police car in the same way again.
People arrested for taking pictures? Illegal searches expanded throughout downtown? Innocent people being woken in the middle of the night with guns in their faces by incompetent police without a warrant?
But the most appalling thing of all are the people who would blindly accept this violation of our collective rights. The thing that most disturbs me about this reprehensible debacle is the blind selfishness and obedient complacency that allowed the offenses to occur.
For those who support the suspension of civil rights in the name of security, your lazy acceptance of the status quo is an affront to all the blood that has been spilled in the name of your freedoms.
Freedoms that were removed by the Government of Canada this weekend in the blink of an eye as you stood and watched.
Your indifference is a far greater threat to our democracy than the burning of a car.
Shame on you, and shame on all of us.
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