Do You Want Lech Walesa?

Because THIS is how you get Lech Walesa:

A pastor who became an internet sensation after chasing Canadian authorities out of his church has been detained for violating Covid-19 restrictions. Footage of the dramatic arrest was posted on his YouTube channel.

Pastor Artur Pawlowski, of Calgary, Alberta, made headlines last month after he berated police for trying to shut down an Easter service that violated limitations on public gatherings. In a viral video of the confrontation, Pawlowski is heard shouting at the “Nazi” and “Gestapo” officers to leave “immediately,” telling them not to return without a warrant. 

Although the police retreated, it appears authorities were determined to stop the pastor from holding services. Earlier this week, Alberta Health Services obtained a court order which allows law enforcement to issue fines and even make arrests in order to enforce public health guidelines. The order also applies to organizers of demonstrations. 

Calgary police then served Pawlowski with the order. The force said the pastor acknowledged the injunction but nonetheless ignored “requirements for social distancing, mask wearing and reduced capacity limits for attendees” and continued to hold religious gatherings.

On Saturday, a car carrying Pawlowski and his brother, Dawid, was pulled over by police. The incident was filmed by the vehicle’s driver. 

After the driver rolls down the window, an officer explains that Artur and Dawid were under arrest for violating the injunction, and asks the two brothers to step out of the car. 

Artur, who is sitting in the front passenger’s seat, complies. Moments later, he is seen kneeling on the road with his hands placed behind his head. The pastor then begins to yell at the “Gestapo psychopaths” and “Nazis” as he is arrested.

“Do it the Nazi style!” he shouts at two officers as they cuff him. The cops then drag the pastor to a police cruiser. 

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A heavily-armed SWAT team just took down a Christian pastor heading home from church. Police say he’s charged with “inciting” people to go to church. This is the second pastor jailed this year. We’re crowdfunding his lawyers at https://t.co/bMwAj1iNfP pic.twitter.com/RZ913cQns3

— Ezra Levant 🍁 (@ezralevant) May 8, 2021

 This Lech Walesa: 

The federation’s gains proved ephemeral, however: on December 13, 1981, the Polish government imposed martial law, Solidarity was outlawed, and most of the leaders of Solidarity were arrested, including Wałęsa, who was detained for nearly a year. The awarding of the Nobel Prize for Peace to Wałęsa in 1983 was criticized by the Polish government. Fearing involuntary exile, he remained in Poland while his wife, Danuta, traveled to Oslo, Norway, to accept the prize on his behalf.

 

You Canadian Gestapo douchebags should actually read books instead of planning on banning them.

Do you know what comes next?

 

Does history repeat itself or rhyme?

YOU decide. 

Also - in short, no, Father:

We have lived a year in which parliamentary democracy and judicial review have been almost entirely usurped by decrees. Much of that has been by the cabinet, using its regulatory powers under various public health and quarantine laws. Other decrees have been made by public health officials themselves, who are not elected.

These measures have largely not been debated in the legislatures, even ex post, let alone ex ante. Very few measures have been passed by statute, let alone been subject to the usual committee hearings and review. ...

Governments accustomed to imposing their will by fiat, enjoying enormous public support in doing so, may not be so keen to go back to the messiness of parliamentary government. Much more congenial to be a pharaoh than a first minister. At least for the pharaoh.