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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
There's a problem, or at the very least extremely poor word choice. It's not their parks any more than it's the Mexican Mennonites', if the Mexicans want to use them peacefully and the other Taber residents are uncomfortable being around them, #### the bigoted Taber residents.
Oh yeah, God forbid that the police officers follow Canadian laws and protocols when dealing with citizens when it's so much more convenient to just take away the rights they are granted in the Charter of Rights.
Prior to reading this, I just assumed it was an overzealous police force in a rural town looking to stop no-good teenagers. Now, if this writer can be believed, it comes down to a racist town trying to chase out a group of people they are "uncomfortable" being around.
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The issue for many is that they are not using the public spaces "peacefully"
You use bigot and racist, and I am sure there are those in Taber. However, do you define Canadians who left Canada 80-90 years ago and their children and grandchildren have now returned to Canada as another race? Most of the Mennonites I have met in Taber and Grassy lakes are not a different race.
Obviously the town council has erred. It is my belief though that they were concerned with crime and drugs, not racism and religious bigotry. There are all kinds of religions down there, for me it makes no difference that they are Mennonite.