Men Should Not Be Shamed on Dec. 6

A man pays his respects at the memorial plaque at Ecole Polytechnique on Dec. 6, 2011, the 22nd anniversary of the Montreal massacre. The Dec. 6, 1989, massacre is still creating sharp political divisions on Parliament Hill over the nature of the crime and the proper response to it. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz

Commentary

More than three decades after the Montreal Massacre, the anniversary remains the occasion for alarmist claims about violence against women and the ritual shaming of men. Such shaming does nothing to prevent future violence and should cease immediately.