“This is about freedom of expression of the filmmaker to make a intelligent, responsible film about a difficult subject,” said festival programmer Sean Farnel of his decision to schedule Casuistry: The Art Of Killing A Cat. “That’s what the festival is all about, setting the terms for debate, not stifling them.”

Freedom of expression all around. Kensington got to express his agony; in fact, that is what all the voyeurs at the Toronto Film festival paid their money to see. But then Kensington's freedom of expression was stifled by his being dead. There seems to be some conflict in Farnel's thinking. Or perhaps it is the more simple answer - that Farnel, and the talking heads in the art world, don't actually think, they only parrot each other.