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[Peter Fitting]

    Breaking: RCMP Close to Arrests of Known Sociologists


        BLOG POST posted on April 25, 2013 by bernans </user/7703>

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thoughts, opinions and research.
Breaking: RCMP Close to Arrests of Known Sociologists 
<http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/bigimg/rcmptruck.jpg>

April 25, 2013

*When asked about the RCMP arrests made in an alleged terrorist plot, 
Prime Minister Stephen Harper had a warning for Canadians who would 
“commit sociology 
<http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/04/25/pol-harper-trinidad.html>.”**

The RCMP has confirmed that it is aware of several sociologist networks 
operating in a number of Canadian universities. Sources say arrests are 
imminent.

While most sociologists currently operating in Canada are thought to be 
of the home-grown variety, there appears to be a great deal of 
international coordination through various websites, social media and 
academic journals.

Public Safety Minister Vic Toews is expected to introduce emergency 
minimum sentences legislation for anyone who commits sociology or 
provides material support to a known sociologist network. The 
legislation could be introduced as early as tomorrow.

Sources say the RCMP will likely make arrests of known sociologists in 
the coming hours. More details will be provided as the story develops.

/David Bernans is a Québec-based writer and translator. He is the author 
of Collateral Murder 
<http://www.kobobooks.com/ebook/Collateral-Murder/book-Xt2DQOxPt0GzTOc9u47jcA/page1.html>. 
Follow him on twitter *@dbernans*./

* An actual quote! This is a satirical article, but, believe it or not 
our Prime Minister actually said this 
<http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/04/25/pol-harper-trinidad.html>. 
It has to do with the Harper government’s insistence that ignorance is 
the best policy when it comes to the root causes of evil 
<http://montreal.mediacoop.ca/blog/bernans/17249>.

*4:30 pm UPDATE: *This reporter was interviewing security expert Guy 
Lapoint on the extent of sociology in Canada when he was taken away for 
questioning by the RCMP. Just before the RCMP barged into Lapoint's 
office he was saying, "If only we had some way to find out what makes 
people commit sociology, some sort of macro-view of the whole society 
that could explain this phenomenon, we could..."



-- 
Pat Armstrong, PhD
Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology



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