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This is one of those times when words fail me. This stands out, City hall staff has been working for a year on the popular parade, and  organizers have vowed there would be no problems or controversial  floats, Watts said.

How does someone who apparently does not even represent one of the official organizers accrue the kind of haumei to issue threats to anyone, official status of the threatened not withstanding?

There are a few things right with this article. One is the speedy decision to report the threat issued on the radio to RCMP. The use of all media, including Internet (social media like facebook, forums and email) to menace others and even to coordinate and plan violence, is unmistakable. Everyone has to start making law enforcement aware every time it happens.  If we do not,  there will be no way left to express unpopular or controversial views, no way left to know who is friend and who is not, and no way to assemble as people with a common spirit. No more parades for holy days where an entire community feels they are friends.