Arrest of Peaceful Pro-Life Students @ Carleton University

On October 4, 2010, peaceful pro-life students at Carleton University attempted to set up the Genocide Awareness Project (GAP). The university censored them and had Ottawa police arrest them. Four tuition-paying students were charged with trespass on their own campus. To demand that the charges be dropped and that their display be given the same respect as other topics, contact:
Dr. Roseann O'Reilly Runte (President and Vice-Chancellor)
Tel: 613 520-3801
Email: presidents_office@carleton.ca

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[ceruleanblue777]

Whether you agree with them or not is moot. They were protesting on private property, they were notified by the property owner that they were not welcome to protest there, they declined to leave, ergo, they were arrested. They broke the law, plain and simple.

[zestymordant7]

That's a weird looking kitchen

[glitchuser4]

If I pay for a Gym membership, I can't legally put up posters in the gym supporting my stance on politics if the owner disagrees. Besides, Anti-choice is a popular opinion, don't fool yourself madam.

[thinkgreenlovepurple]

Wow, I cannot believe this. Well, I'm glad I didn't apply to Carleton...

[HurricaneTeen]

@ceruleanblue777

They are members of a student organization at the university, and are thus entitled to the use of university property.

[WhisperPathsOfLight]

Wonder if people handing out free condoms on this campus would be told to go and distribute them in a room under threat of trespassing on private property?

Liars always try to put the truth in chains ...

[balepsychobat]

I seriously think you need to check into a mental health hospital. Just read the law and the rules. If you hate the system so much and are so convinced of you correctness, why don't you stop composing psychotic rants on Youtube and initiate a legal challenge?

[lonewolf1369]

@balepsychobat finally, by your position, we should just blindly follow any dumb ass rule any government agency follows because for some reason they have a right to shit on us and fuck around with us just because they have the "power" to do so. And that therefore we should not resist any law or regulation just because it's unjust but rather sheepishly submit to it just because they said so.

[lonewolf1369]

@balepsychobat and third, ANY OTHER DEMONSTRATOR would not have been harassed and arrested simply for protesting in that certain busy area. This was therefore deliberate targeting of that group. The policy's rule that just because it's a busy area and that a smaller area where not many people could see the posters is a stupid ass idiotic rule that serves no purpose other than to minimize the impact of a protest.

[lonewolf1369]

@balepsychobat wow so all you did was ignore all my points. Here's the problems...first you admit you had no clue what private property meant, then even called me a communist. This is hilarious because Carleton university is a communist institution because it's publicly funded. Second you ignore the fact that the administration's complaint was targeted towards the VISUAL GRAPHICS of the posters, so this is about censorship and not strictly about use of certain spaces.

[balepsychobat]

@lonewolf1369 Do you feel better getting all that off your chest? I am embarrassed for you. You sound like a raving lunatic. If you just took a look at the law and Carleton's own internal rules you would realize how basic this situation is. I realize you do not have the ability to accept facts which don't coincide with your own personal beliefs, but the simple truth of the matter is that Carleton and the police acted appropriately under the circumstances.