It’s fascinating to watch how functioning democracies totally abhor any semblance of democratic behaviour from its citizens. You need go no further than the United States of America and the treatment of student protests right now. America’s most liberal colleges — 21 at last count — have tried every trick in the book to silence their students — academic, admission-related, curfews and boundaries and now brutal law enforcement. The students, oddly enough, continue to protest because they continue to believe that they live in a democracy and have a constitutional right to protest. They shout for free Palestine and for...