By Bo Kruk ( May 7, 2021, 8:36 AM EDT) -- From John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s bed-in protesting the Vietnam War, to the 1963 March on Washington where Dr. Martin Luther King gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, peaceful protests have been a pillar of Western democracy. Closer to home, we regularly see protests against politically charged cutbacks to health care and education. In fact, I can still remember accompanying my mother, my “Get the Message” scarf wrapped proudly around my neck, and joining the protests for public education at the Alberta legislature grounds in the 1990s. Lately another modern protest tactic has gained notoriety — sidewalk chalk, usually outside of the offices of the local member of the legislative assembly. ...