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Originally Posted by Yamer
Call it pedantry if you want, but I distinguish sedition from protest.
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Suppose someone wanted to stand outside Calgary city hall holding a sign that says "Sean Chu must resign", and accosting everyone who enters the building repeatedly yelling, "Sean Chu must resign" at them. Would that not be protected political expression to you? I mean they're trying to get a democratically elected government official removed from their post. I don't see the difference in principle.
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Originally Posted by flamesfever
1. The right to the quiet enjoyment of one's property, in the case of nearby residents?
2. The negative affect on nearby businesses
3. The potential threat of crowd violence, fires, explosions etc.
4. The impeding of normal traffic
5. The wasting of the public's time, money and effort, that could be used for more productive means
6. Etc.
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Again, unless the explosions are actually happening / threatening to happen and have the potential to hurt people, none of these would fall within what was being referenced as far as "threats of violence or acts of violence" by the SCC in Irwin Toy. All the rest of it you can do to your heart's content and still be engaged in protected expression. To reiterate: being engaged in protected expression does not mean you cannot be arrested.
People really need to have a better understanding of how far their civil rights actually go in this country.