Wear a Mask During a Protest In Canada: 10 Years In Jail

Phrogman writes "The Conservative government of Steven Harper in Canada has proposed a new bill that would impose a jail term of 10 years for anyone wearing a mask while 'participating in a riot or unlawful assembly.' The conservative backbencher who proposed the bill makes it clear that he intended it to allow police to arrest anyone wearing a mask 'before protests spiral out of control.' Since this is the same government that arrested hundreds of protesters during the G8/G20 summit using a law that didn't actually exist, it raises the question as to how they will define 'unlawful.' The 10-year penalty is more than double the penalty awarded to a person who murdered someone in a fit of 'road-rage' recently."

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Re:roadrage demonstrations.

[CanHasDIY]

It's an unlawful protest if you don't have a permit.

Got one right here.

... "Fuck the police, they're violating our constitutional rights" despite the fact that the Supreme Court has long held that the right to peaceably assemble is limited by reasonable time and space constraints, and permit requirements are completely lawful.

K, I'm gonna lay some free-range truth on you here; whether or not you choose to accept it is up to you:

It doesn't matter one bit what the SCOTUS says when it comes to the Constitution - the fact remains that the Constitution is, by its own wording, the supreme, undeniable, unquestionable law of the land, and short of a Constitutional Amendment to the contrary, approved by 2/3 of the population, it's going to stay that way. As a matter of fact, if not for seditious turncoats such as yourself, we wouldn't have to be concerned about getting government approval to exercise our Constitutional rights, as no patriot in their right mind would ever allow such a travesty to occur, regardless of how they felt about the protest.

In summation: fuck you and your cow-towing to the political elite and their attempts to subvert the Constitution. I'm going to exercise my right to peaceably assemble whether you like it or not - you can take your 'permit' and shove it up your ass.