I wonder if there are other interesting things going on with a desire for safety. The language used of "hurt" and "healing" in some of the press conferences an

I wonder if there are other interesting things going on with a desire for safety. The language used of "hurt" and "healing" in some of the press conferences and the lawsuit makes it seem like the feelings police are in charge in Canada and they're going to make sure you're happy: https://youtu.be/wZK5ixf4o7Q?t=699 https://youtu.be/wZK5ixf4o7Q?t=699 In this interview with a resident of the downtown area who seems to have had to initiate legal injunctions while the police and apparently all the city authorities did nothing I am torn between sympathy for someone being inconvenienced and a sneaking feeling that an unpleasant situation is being exaggerated: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G86OL0YyHw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-G86OL0YyHw I was watching those after listening to the excellent Bungacast which tries to dissect the recent use of "trauma studies" to understand the evolution of the neo-liberal state under its most recent pressures https://bungacast.com/2021/12/14/231-new-class-analysis-ft-catherine-liu/ https://bungacast.com/2021/12/14/231-new-class-analysis-ft-c... Canada does not seem as though its ready to deal very minor, low-level political dissent and is incompetently defaulting to maximum authoritarianism. Latest news seems to be that a woman was trampled and seriously injured by a police horse.