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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
These comments are contradictory. Replying to insurrection or protest with "swift, brutal force" in the name of "peace loving liberal democratic society" doesn't make sense.
We don't know that anything will become and armed insurrection. If it turns out that the people blocking a train are armed, calling out the army to swiftly and brutally put it down (shoot them, as I take it) is not peace loving and is un-Canadian.
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It makes total sense. The idea behind liberal democracies are peaceful societies. When these societies are threatened, governments have an obligation to protect them since they don't protect themselves. In fact, putting down armed insurrections swiftly is very Canadian if you look back on our history. Mass-slaughter of course isn't, and I didn't suggest that. Stopping them does not mean shooting them, it means having sufficient numbers to stop them. It also means a deterrent if these guys start brandishing weapons. (which is a very logical assumption with Oka still in recent memory). If I meant gunning them all down, I would have said so. Government's first job is protection of its citizenry, not letting disgruntled natives masquerading as terrorists disrupt the country to meet their demands.