Kevin Vickers overreacted, and that’s not what diplomats should do

There's little to suggest the protester represented anything more than a verbal threat.

Kevin Vickers, Canada's ambassador to Ireland, confronts protester Brian Murphy. Photograph courtesy of The Globe and Mail's Twitter and The Irish Independent

Opinion

BY GAR PARDY

June 1, 2016

OTTAWA—There are many claimants to being the world’s second-oldest profession but diplomacy and its sidekick spying are often given pride of place. There’s agreement that the use of force is not recommended in the practice of either. Canada’s ambassador to Ireland, Kevin Vickers, was clearl...

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