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Re: In today's news...
Last big terrorist incident in Canada was done by a radicalized Canadian. Only time our War Measures Act was put into place was due to French Canadian terrorism. In Spain the Euskadi Ta Askatasuna are a terrorist group pushing for Basque nationalism. Not all threats come from the outside.
Bringing up the point of only one of the Paris shooters/bombers was a refugee is also interesting seeing as France has brought in roughly 5000. And how many of these terrorists actually believe in their cause, and aren't going to their own deaths under duress. Happened a lot with fighters and suicide bombers in Afghanistan; Taliban would threaten to rape and murder their families if they didn't do what they were told (which often involved conflict with ISAF forces).
On the other side of the coin... how come everyone only brings up terrorism? How about Polio? The WHO declared a public health emergency because of outbreaks in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Sure most people are vaccinated, but not everyone is. Just a devil's advocate point.
My one correction here is that many only believe it a problem for the middle east. There's been suicide bombings all over the world really. One of the first recorded ones was a Russian in 1881. The Japanese kamikaze pilots of WWII. Nigerian attacks. Chechnya.
Last big terrorist incident in Canada was done by a radicalized Canadian. Only time our War Measures Act was put into place was due to French Canadian terrorism. In Spain the Euskadi Ta Askatasuna are a terrorist group pushing for Basque nationalism. Not all threats come from the outside.
Bringing up the point of only one of the Paris shooters/bombers was a refugee is also interesting seeing as France has brought in roughly 5000. And how many of these terrorists actually believe in their cause, and aren't going to their own deaths under duress. Happened a lot with fighters and suicide bombers in Afghanistan; Taliban would threaten to rape and murder their families if they didn't do what they were told (which often involved conflict with ISAF forces).
On the other side of the coin... how come everyone only brings up terrorism? How about Polio? The WHO declared a public health emergency because of outbreaks in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Sure most people are vaccinated, but not everyone is. Just a devil's advocate point.
The fact of the matter is that most of us were much more comfortable when suicide bombings and other related forms of violence were exclusively problems for the Middle East.
My one correction here is that many only believe it a problem for the middle east. There's been suicide bombings all over the world really. One of the first recorded ones was a Russian in 1881. The Japanese kamikaze pilots of WWII. Nigerian attacks. Chechnya.