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Originally Posted by _Q_
I think all the reaching to turn this into a terrorism case is dangerous and the end result unfortunately is this.
Even all this rah-rah chest thumping, Canadian nationalism is getting to be a bit much. Don't get me wrong, I love Canada and am very proud of my country, but a lot of the stuff recently has turned this into an "us" vs. "them" sort thing as if because the murderer was a Muslim, he's all of a sudden not a Canadian. Unfortunately, he is one of "us" and in reality there are hundreds of Michael Zehaf-Bibeaus out there that have slipped through the system. This is a Canadian problem as much as any of the other politically or ideologically motivated crimes committed in Canada in the past. We need to look within for answers to these problems.
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I agree. These guys are technically terrorists because the attacked the state, but are very different from the sort of globally master-minded terrorism we've seen from Al Qaeda and others. There's no sign of masterminds at work in either of these incidents.
That's not to say there is no connection - it's pretty clear both were inspired, perhaps even encouraged to take action by Islamic radicals. But these locally born, raised and radicalized individuals are a local problem. We can shut ISIS up but they will be replaced by another.