I saw something disgusting today.
We are lucky. We as a developed society have the
opportunity to bask in the glory of freedom. Our forefathers established our
constitutions, our soldiers defended it, and therefore we as citizens of
Canada, America and the rest of the developed world get to do the things we
want to do, say the things we want to say, and act however we choose (within
the stipulations of our respective laws) without facing repercussions.
It couldn’t get much better and most days I feel like I
couldn’t be any luckier. I feel like I have it pretty good. But today I saw
something I wish I didn’t.
I was linked a video by a close friend. This video is rather
old so I was surprised that I hadn’t seen it earlier. What I saw was shocking:
Wow. In America?. In North America?. In any free land? I
can’t tell you I’ve ever seen anything like that before. I am sure it’s
happened but fortunately for them it was never caught on video. What’s worse is
that it wasn’t the fault of the security on duty. They were obviously ordered
to stop the “demonstrations” by somebody of higher authority. They were just
doing their job. But why is this somebody’s job?
Scenes like this is why it is so important for us as a
society to stand up for our beliefs. There are rules. There are laws. But as
citizens of a free land we deserve to have the opportunity to have our rights. So stand up for them.
Stand up for what’s important. Things like this shouldn’t
happen.
-Blaze
We have a fundamental right to free speech, and it was unfortunate that something like this had to happen. It is funny how the people who order security to do these terrible acts are never really shown. If you are giving orders to carry out something like this, I feel you have a public responsibility to at least address the media. Do you know if there was any media conference of some kind held after this incident Blaze?
ReplyDeleteA very interesting blog post. Thank you for sharing this.
In my research I was not able to determine whether or a not a formal press conference was held to recognize the events that happened that day. It is possible that it is just not making itself presentable to me when I search or it could be that it's not there.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you 100%. Mistakes happen. But when an organization fails to address it and at least attempt to offer an explanation of what happened a problem arises. It is, as you point out, equally disturbing that we as an audience never get to see who actually calls the shots, just the individuals who do what there told and take the blame.
Thanks for your comment Chris.
-Blaze