John Robson: Institutions Must Trust Citizens

John Robson: Institutions Must Trust Citizens

Commentary If you’re startled half-awake at 3 a.m. by an armed intruder, can you fight back or must you submit to whatever outrage they have in mind? Oddly, opinions are divided here, with most citizens on one side and the chattering classes on the other. We must push back. It’s front of mind because a guy in Kawartha Lakes seriously injured an armed, wanted intruder and was charged with assault. The authorities sneered at the rabble’s “negative…