http://canadiandimension.com/articles/2007/08/31/1308/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:05:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://canadiandimension.com/articles/2007/08/31/1308/#comment-174249 larry kowalchuk Tue, 04 Sep 2007 02:50:33 +0000 http://canadiandimension.com/articles/2007/08/31/1308/#comment-174249 <p>I am disappointed that you have chosen to say what you said in the context of the value of what has happened. I would also say that the facts are equally important before one goes off like this. I was present and I can tell you that the alleged statement is far out of context and missing the rest of what was said. The area of the protest (there were several by the way) where this attempt by the police to cause a disturbance or riot took place was in fact agreed to by the protesters as the peaceful family friendly area. There were other areas. We have the right to collectively choose where and when and what tactics are acceptable. Ghandi, Martin Luther King and many others would defend this value above all others and did in fact do so. I would ask that you value the same.</p> I am disappointed that you have chosen to say what you said in the context of the value of what has happened. I would also say that the facts are equally important before one goes off like this. I was present and I can tell you that the alleged statement is far out of context and missing the rest of what was said. The area of the protest (there were several by the way) where this attempt by the police to cause a disturbance or riot took place was in fact agreed to by the protesters as the peaceful family friendly area. There were other areas. We have the right to collectively choose where and when and what tactics are acceptable. Ghandi, Martin Luther King and many others would defend this value above all others and did in fact do so. I would ask that you value the same.

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