It certainly is petty. Kind of like releasing Belinda's personal cell phone number - or encouraging people to do it. That kind of petty.

Posted by: at March 14, 2006 11:32 AM

The cell phone number -- I forgot about that. First, sit-ins and vandalism are clearly illegal, while giving out a phone number is not. But it was a petty move, and more than a few people said so, including me. Thankfully, that was the worst thing that happened as I recall. Though of course I did forget about the phone number, so maybe I forgot about something else. But probably not.

Posted by: Steve Janke at March 14, 2006 11:39 AM

This is almost the reverse of what you would expect.The biggest problem with Liberal voters is that everything is OK and lets not get excited about it as long as the government keeps the pablum coming.These guys actually got off their duff and did something? on the other hand they did break the law so maybe its not really out of character.

Posted by: ian at March 14, 2006 11:40 AM

Steve,

Yet again you confuse "liberal" with "Lieberal" or "left wing"!

These are the fundamentals of "liberalism" (according to The LockeSmith Institute):

1) An ethical emphasis on the individual as a rights-bearer prior to the existence of any state, community, or society.
2) The support of the right of property carried to its economic conclusion, a free-market system.
3) The desire for a limited constitutional government to protect individuals' rights from others and from its own expansion.
4) The universal (global and ahistorical) applicability of these above convictions.

As you can see, there is nothing in there defending or excusing vandalism.

Please use the term liberalism appropriately in the future!

Btw, you may want to compare liberalism with conservatism (as described by Hayek):

"Conservatism, .. in its paternalistic, nationalistic, and power-adoring tendencies it is often closer to socialism than true liberalism, and with its traditionalistic, anti-intellectual, and often mystical propensities it will never, except in short periods of disillusionment, appeal to the young.. "

Posted by: Johan i Kanada at March 14, 2006 12:38 PM

Janke, I'm glad you wrote this post. It's exacly some of what I was thinking. I recall that the first protest group in front of Emerson's office resulted from a phone-up campaign by the NDP.

The perps in the horse poop caper may have been encouraged by Liberals or NDP.

I suspect the NDP. More incentive. They want to enhance that balance of power to sway things as they did with the Liberal minority.

Remember how *perps* swamped Andrew Coyne's sight with slander comments and shut him down for a time?

Remember how phone threats were made from the Dithers PMO in an attempt to shut down the Halifax based Dominion internet paper?

Remember the exchange of brown bags of cash in restaurants on ST. Denis street in Montreal?
How many people know that St. Denis is likely the most dangerous mob connected place in Montreal.

I see a trend of liberal thuggery here. Please, do not suggest it's imagination. Nothing imaginary about it. TG

Posted by: TonyGuitar at March 14, 2006 01:03 PM

Leftwingnuts firebombed the Premier's office after Gordon Campbell (Liberal by name only) was elected in 2001. They went after his wife, too.

Leftwingnuts are making it clear that vitriol and violence are the mainstays of the Left's political strategy. The Left's first reaction is always to find some point of blame on the Right, rather than condemn acts of violence committed by their compatriots.

Posted by: at March 14, 2006 01:39 PM

Interesting how the names of the "alleged" vandals were not released.

Surely there could be no tie in to any Liberals or NDPers members,
enough

Posted by: enough at March 14, 2006 03:31 PM