The reason this whole debate makes me livid is that anyone who has protested for decades knows that marching peacefully with a sign will never change Harpers mind. Unionist knows it and so does everyone else who follows the global reach of this police state.
It isn't about changing Stephen Harper's mind. It would be nice, but it's an unlikely outcome. It's about changing the mind of John and Jane Q Public. If public opinion shifts, Stephen Harper has to shift with it if he wants to keep his job. When activists are viewed as criminals, even by association, it prevents that change of opinion from happening.
So in our frustration we blame the youth who don't have pensions and benefits to protect and are frustrated and angry that they live in a police state and no one is ever fucking polite to them. Yeah lets have an endless debate about how they ruined it all for everyone.
That anger's justified but channeling it into actions that don't accomplish much is surely a waste of effort.
Its bad enough that the police can say the "devil" made me do it. What makes it over the top is people here saying; "yeah stop making the police violent."
Why not let the police be violent of their own accord? Why give them an excuse?