Here's what I heard: the song is based on a story, true-to-life, about an RCMP officer who quit his job after being obliged to patrol a punk concert hosted by some Canuck white supremacy network that had been granted a permit for the show by the city. The point of police presence was to provide protection for the group and their fans against protesters who had announced plans for a counter-rally to oppose fascism. What happened afterwards is pretty faithfully depicted in the video. The heads getting knocked about are those of anti-fascism protesters in the hollow name of liberal dem & free speech - ah, no, sorry - "Peace, order & good governance." The kicker is that, in addition to having to face personal questions about why he became a cop in the first place (would that there were a few more thousands like him), the guy was also seeing an Asian-Canadian at the time. For me, this song brings is one of the most concise indictments of contradictions plaguing (Canadian) liberal democracy in Canadian tunage. And it's pretty.
Here's what I heard: the song is based on a story, true-to-life, about an RCMP officer who quit his job after being obliged to patrol a punk concert hosted by some Canuck white supremacy network that had been granted a permit for the show by the city. The point of police presence was to provide protection for the group and their fans against protesters who had announced plans for a counter-rally to oppose fascism. What happened afterwards is pretty faithfully depicted in the video. The heads getting knocked about are those of anti-fascism protesters in the hollow name of liberal dem & free speech - ah, no, sorry - "Peace, order & good governance." The kicker is that, in addition to having to face personal questions about why he became a cop in the first place (would that there were a few more thousands like him), the guy was also seeing an Asian-Canadian at the time. For me, this song brings is one of the most concise indictments of contradictions plaguing (Canadian) liberal democracy in Canadian tunage. And it's pretty.