A Canadian reporter has been arrested in Ferguson for asking a question. It was an uncomfortable question, asked to cops who, for some unknown reason, feel that wearing kakhi military gear makes 'em look bad-ass in urban St. Louis, but I digress.
Was this warranted? Were the police justified in this act? Was it a matter of law-and-justice, cops being tough-on-crime - and if not, what was it?
This was a Canadian citizen, doing his job - providing relevant information about troubling foreign circumstances to Canadian audiences. If a Canadian journalist had been killed in Israel due to a Hamas attack, I'm sure our PM would have some choice words.
How about now? Or was this guy asking for it, poking his nose where it didn't belong?
Questions I'd love to hear Stephen Harper answer, but know better than to expect him to. He doesn't share his rationale with us, the plebes - ours is to follow, not question, or risk being left behind.
Team Harper has verily been acting out of the same playbook - reduce media access, pillory opponents, find ways to silence the voices that oppose you, either through direct attacks, cut funding or job termination.
It's a slippery slope, this - when you're world is black and white, you oft miss that moment when you cross the line.
Yet another reason why committing sociology is both good for the soul and good for society.
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