Wayne D's Blog

On the drive back from Thanksgiving in Cornwall I had the chance to listen to the three part Ideas program The Suspect Society. The program discusses how governments are using our fear against us and creating a society where we are suspicious of everyone and everything. I recommend you at least listen to the first part. It talks about how the United States is subtly militarizing their schools and breeding fear through lock down drills. I viewed the emphasis on law and order by the Conservatives in tour recent election campaign through a different lens after listening to the first episode of the Suspect Society. We in Canada are not immune to fear of things that go bump in the night.

Part 2 focuses on how academic freedom is being attacked in this new age of patriotic correctness. Part 3 talks about how illegal immigrants in the United States are being treated very differently in this new age. Though you may not agree with everything you hear in this documentary it will certainly make you think.

The real audio for Part 1 is here, part 2 is here. If you prefer mp3's CBC only makes podcasts available for one month after the broadcast so the mp3 for part 1 is no longer available. The mp3's for part 2 and the part 3 will still be available for a short time. The real adio for part 3 is not currently available on the show website, I expect it may appear soon.