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Originally Posted by scandium
That is one of the problems with "us" and "them" rhetoric, you need to create nice neat little categories to put people into only to find that they often don't even fit into these categories. The "us" the PM is referring to are Canadians in general, the "them" he referred to were the 17 arrested, at least some of whom also happen to be Canadians. I dislike such rhetoric because I see the world in full colour and not black and white little categories, although this particular example of it is, in itself, trivial and not something I'll lose any sleep over.
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Thanks, that clarifies my questions.
Conclusions:
1. The P.M. wisely made a big category of
all the decent, law abiding, hard working non-Muslim and Muslim citizens of Canada and a little category of people that (try to) place themselves outside the legal framework of the society they live in and thrive on. Just as I expected. I fully agree with the guy.
2. The Canadian Islamic Congress leader was the one using rethoric after all, trying to make this a 'Canada against all Muslims' issue. Just as I expected.
:p
3. You fell for his retorics. Just as I expected.
4. I see the world in color at least as well as you do, but for observing events like this
I take off my shades.
Terrorism is such a dark crime that I don't see any color left in it.
You should forget that neat little pallet of colors of yours for once and have the guts to take a stand based on principles without losing any sleep about making a choice between good and evil, scandium!
Have you REALLY considered for more than a second what would have happened had this attack succeeded?
What misery it would have brought to Canadians, non-Muslims and Muslims alike?
How much hope it would give to extremists and how much inspiration for would-be terrorists, seeking their own second of glory in their worthless life?
There are some evils on this planet that make people who nuance them sometimes perpetrators in the mind...