People - Canadians included - have literally been sent to a gulag at the border crossing, for social media posts and otherwise. Can you really not see why that would cause someone to not want to enter?
Moreover, he literally said he continues to be a supporter of that org.
“The French researcher in question was in possession of confidential information on his electronic device from Los Alamos National Laboratory — in violation of a nondisclosure agreement — something he admitted to taking without permission and attempted to conceal,”
The article doesn't say exactly what information. Is it something that technically maybe could possibly be considered under NDA? Or something more substantial? France said:
> “Each country is free to regulate their borders,” Mr. Baptiste acknowledged. But he said the scientist’s case was “extraordinarily atypical” and a “subject of concern.”
I'm inclined to believe that they think this is atypical. How did he "attempt to conceal" it?
Terrance McKenna once said something like "The worst government is the one in power, regardless of the time."
Essentially, regardless of who is in, they rarely teardown the injustices of the past but merely build on them. They will rip out like 20% of things that are socially changing but after that it is a ratchet upwards on things that cement in further power.
Huh. You read that as whataboutism. I just saw "this is also bad, let's list the offenders". Not an excuse or normalization, but an expansion of scope. It may not be terribly useful or relevant in this instance, but I tend to lean towards wholistic examination of issues, which must include all the places and forms where they appear.
Then again, maybe I'm just bad at recognizing intent from such small pieces of writing.
To add my voice to the choir: fuck all the governments pushing this nonsense. It causes harm with no measurable, justifiable benefit.
Moreover, he literally said he continues to be a supporter of that org.