The Day Law and Order Died

No one likes to be branded a Cassandra, but....

Maybe it's time to start thinking about how we plan to deal with a province where the old concepts of law and order have broken down.

It's nothing really serious yet, mind. Just little nigglings that give pause to the inquiring mind.

First, Caledonia. A court issues an injunction, the police try but fail to enforce it, the police back down and the court decides to go silent. Do the transgressors win? Good question, eh? Wonder what that says?

Well, fast forward to an empty piece of ground in the wilds of Frontenac County where a group of people have decided to stop a property rights owner from getting access to his property. Nothing special about that these days. Except when the court says they have to remove their protest paraphernalia, they tell the court, respectfully, to screw off. They no longer wish to participate in this thing called the Canadian legal system. The police look the other way. And the court goes silent. Do the transgressors prevail again?

Hmmm.

What next?

Wait for it.

In a world ruled by entropy, the next thing can only be more unpredictability, more uncertainty, less order.

How will we go forward in this risky world created by the overly sensitive courts?

It will be fun to watch, but don't bet on coming out of it in better shape. Disorder always favours the strong and kicks the shit out of the weak.